LA Kings Dustin Brown Has New Perspective On Winning And Losing

May 28, 2013 by Leave a comment

LA Kings winger and captain Dustin Brown (foreground), shown
here during a recent practice.
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Photo: David Sheehan/FrozenRoyalty.net

EL SEGUNDO, CA — Just one game short of having two series under his belt in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs, not to mention having won the Stanley Cup last season, Los Angeles Kings winger and captain Dustin Brown now has a strikingly different outlook about hockey than he did prior to the Kings winning the 2012 Stanley Cup Championship.

“You always remember what it feels like to lose,” said Brown, who began his National Hockey League career with the Kings in 2003-04, playing on a lot of poor-to-mediocre teams that did a lot more losing than winning. “You almost have to lose before you learn how to win. It’s a motivating factor.”

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Los Angeles Kings Aren’t Fazed By Game 7 Mystique

May 28, 2013 by Leave a comment

LA Kings center Anze Kopitar (left), shown
here with goaltender Jonathan Bernier
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — On the eve of Game 7 of their Western Conference Semifinal series against the San Jose Sharks, the Los Angeles Kings were very much aware of the potentially final nature of tonight’s game at Staples Center in Los Angeles (6:00 PM PDT, NBC Sports Network, TSN, RDS).

“This is it,” said center Anze Kopitar. “Either you live on, or you’re done with the season. I think everybody is going to take responsibility, and obviously, I’m certainly one of them. I’m going to try and pull the team behind me.”

“We want to make sure we leave everything out there, and give ourselves the best chance to win,” added Kopitar. “We’re a confident group. We know we can get it done. We’ve done it a bunch of times already. Now it’s just a matter of going out and performing to our standards.”

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LA Kings Trevor Lewis Is Thriving Under Head Coach Darryl Sutter

May 26, 2013 by Leave a comment

VIDEO: Includes video of May 25 media interview with Los Angeles Kings head coach Darryl Sutter with bonus footage available only from FrozenRoyaltyNHL on YouTube.

LA Kings forward Trevor Lewis
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — At this point in his National Hockey League career, it is quite clear that Los Angeles Kings forward Trevor Lewis is not likely to become a gifted sniper or a dazzling playmaker.

But that is what Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi thought he could be getting when he dealt center Pavol Demitra, the Kings’ best player in the 2005-06 season, to the Minnesota Wild on June 24, 2006, in exchange for center prospect Patrick O’Sullivan (now playing in Finland), who was the top prospect in the Wild organization at the time, along with the 17th pick in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

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Frozen Royalty Video: Interviews With Brown, Greene, Kopitar After LA Kings Take 3-2 Lead in Series With 3-0 Win In Game 5 Over San Jose

May 24, 2013 by Leave a comment

Due to the late hour, not to mention several early commitments in the morning, I will not be posting a quick write-up leading into the following post-game interviews with Los Angeles Kings Dustin Brown, Matt Greene, and Anze Kopitar, who helped lead their team to a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 of their Western Conference Semifinal playoff series at Staples Center on May 23.

KingsVision’s video interviews are included below, but the first three videos, with Brown, Greene and Kopitar, are only available from FrozenRoyaltyNHL on YouTube.

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LA Kings Need To Fix Scoring Woes, But Problems Don’t Necessarily Start In Offensive Zone

May 23, 2013 by Leave a comment

VIDEO: Includes video of portions of media interviews with Los Angeles Kings Rob Scuderi and Justin Williams that are only available from FrozenRoyaltyNHL on YouTube.

LA Kings right wing Justin Williams
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — That their Western Conference Semifinal series against the San Jose Sharks is now tied, 2-2, might be the bottom line for the Los Angeles Kings heading into Thursday’s Game 5 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. But of greater concern is that the Sharks have dictated the pace and controlled play for the vast majority of each game, using a heavy forecheck to keep the Kings bottled up in their own zone.

The fifth game of a National Hockey League playoff series that lasts six or seven games is often the key contest in that series, something that was not lost on the Kings.

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