Los Angeles Kings Head Coach Terry Murray Looks Back At 2010-11 Season

August 27, 2011 by 16 Comments

FROZEN ROYALTY EXCLUSIVE: Each summer, since his arrival in Southern California, Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray has graciously taken a break from his preparation work for the new season to talk with Frozen Royalty during a one-on-one interview. He did so once again this week, looking back at last season and ahead at the 2011-12 campaign. In this story, the first of a series, Murray shares his thoughts on his team’s up-and-down 2010-11 season.

Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray (standing; third from left) with his team during practice at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California.
Photo: David Sheehan

EL SEGUNDO, CA — One of the most talked about aspects of the 2010-11 season was the fact that the Western Conference playoff race was so tight from the first day of the season all the way to the last, as the eight playoff teams were not determined until the very end.

“The division, the conference was so competitive,” said Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray. “It came right down to the last game of the year, whether Chicago gets in, or Dallas gets in. It was that competitive.” Read more of this post

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Frozen Royalty Audio: Kings End Pre-Season At Anaheim With 5-4 Loss

September 28, 2009 by

ANAHEIM — A weary-looking Los Angeles Kings team finished their 2009-10 pre-season with a 5-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center in Anaheim on Sunday night. Read more of this post

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2008-09 NHL Playoffs – Joe Thornton: Too Little, Too Late…Again

April 29, 2009 by 1 Comment

San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton (right) drops the gloves with Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf two seconds
into game 6 of their playoff series on April 27, 2009.
Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images


LOS ANGELES — When San Jose Sharks superstar center Joe Thornton dropped the gloves with Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf just two seconds into Game 6 of their Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series, it was too little, too late.

Thornton, who scored just one goal and contributed four assists in the six-game series, failed to show any fight in his game until it was too late, helping lead his team down the drain, losing the series in six games.

The Sharks have a reputation of being playoff busts, failing to get out of the second round in four straight seasons. This is also a team that reached the Western Conference Finals in 2003-04 and has been among the elite teams in the conference since then. Read more of this post

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Kings Take Advantage of Undisciplined Ducks

October 15, 2008 by 5 Comments

LOS ANGELES — Southern California’s National Hockey League teams are both off to slow starts this season. The two teams met at Staples Center on Tuesday night and obviously, something had to give.

The Stanley Cup-contending but underachieving Anaheim Ducks have looked like anything but a contender in the very young 2008-09 season, while the young, inexperienced Los Angeles Kings have met expectations with their 0-2 start.

But when the ice chips finally settled late Tuesday night, it was the Kings who broke through with their first win of the season, a 6-3 trouncing over the undisciplined Ducks, in front of a relatively sparse crowd of 14,451 fans. Read more of this post

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Fitting End To Miserable Season

April 6, 2008 by

LOS ANGELES — In their final game of the 2007-08 season, the Los Angeles Kings dropped a 4-3 decision to the Anaheim Ducks in front of a sellout crowd of 18,118 fans at Staples Center on Saturday afternoon.

It was a rather fitting end to yet another miserable, disastrous season. Read more of this post

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Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings: In-Game Updates

April 5, 2008 by

Greetings from the press box at Staples Center where the Los Angeles Kings host Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne and the Anaheim Ducks in a matinee affair, the season finale for the Kings. Read more of this post

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