MONTEREY PARK, CA — Every summer, hockey fans suffer from withdrawal symptoms while their game goes on a long, painful hiatus. Indeed, once the Stanley Cup Final has been completed and a champion crowned, all that’s left is the annual National Hockey League Draft, usually one week later, followed by the NHL Awards one week... Continue Reading →
Pond Hockey: Rediscovering The Game – An Entertaining, Novel Way To Get Your Off-Season Hockey Fix
MONTEREY PARK, CA — With about nine weeks until the start of National Hockey League training camps, we’re into that dead period where hockey fans, already desperate for their hockey fix, are forced to choose between playing NHL2014 on their video game console, or watching replays of 2014 Stanley Cup Playoff games on their DVR... Continue Reading →
Author, Hockey Writer Brian Kennedy Reads From His New Book, My Country Is Hockey, on February 9 in Pasadena, CA
PASADENA, CA — Author Brian Kennedy, a freelance hockey writer who covers the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks for Inside Hockey, will read from his new book, My Country Is Hockey (Edmonton, Argenta Press, 2011), at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 7:00 PM. The book explores the deep... Continue Reading →
Brian Kennedy’s My Country Is Hockey Is A Revealing, Insightful, Must-Read Book
MONTEREY PARK, CA — Here in the United States, especially for those of us who did not grow up in the Northeast, or in states like Minnesota, where kids have the opportunity to play hockey on a frozen pond, or where road hockey games have been popular for many, many years, that innocent and pure... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings Press Corps Left With Huge Hole In Lineup After Loss Of Jonathan Moncrief
LOS ANGELES — Back in late March, the west wing of the Bob Miller Press Box at Staples Center was unusually quiet during Los Angeles Kings games. The reason: Jonathan Moncrief, who covered the Kings for Examiner.com and for Inside Sports was not in his usual seat, nor was he in the Chick Hearn Media... Continue Reading →
Tears From The Hockey Gods, Not Raindrops, Are Falling On Southern California
LOS ANGELES — For most people here in Southern California, the region has been drenched by rain the past few days. But if you are involved with the Los Angeles Kings or Anaheim Ducks, either as part of the teams, a member of the media, or as fan, make no mistake...those drops are not from... Continue Reading →
New On KingsCast: LA Kings Media Roundtable, Part 4
Keith Korneluk and Chris Kaliszewski have released part 4 of their media roundtable discussing the 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings and their future. In Episode 60 - Los Angeles Kings Roundtable Discussion, Part 4, the discussion centers around goaltending... Frozen Royalty by Gann Matsuda is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0... Continue Reading →
New On KingsCast: Overtime Episode 59 – LA Kings Roundtable Discussion, Part 3
In Overtime Episode 59 - Los Angeles Kings Roundtable Discussion, Part 3, Keith Korneluk and Chris Kaliszewski asked some of the local media covering the Kings about what most Kings fans want to know... Will the Kings go after star forward Ilya Kovalchuk, who will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1? ... Continue Reading →
New On KingsCast: Overtime Episode 58 – LA Kings Media Roundtable, Part 2
Keith Korneluk and Chris Kaliszewski are back with the next installment of their Los Angeles Kings Media Roundtable in Overtime Episode 58 - Los Angeles Kings Roundtable Discussion, Part 2. In this episode, Dennis Bernstein from The Fourth Period, J.P. Hoornstra from the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Brian Kennedy from Inside Hockey, Matt Reitz from... Continue Reading →
New On KingsCast: LA Kings Roundtable Discussion – Part 1
This past weekend, Keith Korneluk and Chris Kaliszewski had a bunch of total losers...hockey writers get-together to talk about the 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings and their future. In Episode 57 of Overtime by KingsCast, Dennis Bernstein from The Fourth Period, J.P. Hoornstra from the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Brian Kennedy from Inside Hockey, Matt Reitz... Continue Reading →
Former LA Kings, Montreal Canadiens Great Rogie Vachon Speaks About Career, Exclusion From Hockey Hall Of Fame
LOS ANGELES — Many hockey fans in the Los Angeles area have at least heard of Rogie Vachon. They may know that he was the best goaltender ever to wear the jersey of the Los Angeles Kings. But few know of his accomplishments with the Kings and with the Montreal Canadiens prior to his arrival... Continue Reading →
Living The Hockey Dream Captures The Magic Of The Game
MONTEREY PARK, CA — Whether you played the game at any level or are just a spectator, if you truck the kids to hockey practice very early in the morning or just lie on the living room couch and watch games on television, just about everyone touched by the game has a hockey dream or... Continue Reading →