LOS ANGELES —Retired Los Angeles Kings right wing and former captain Dustin Brown spoke with the local media following his jersey retirement ceremony and statute reveal ceremony on February 11, 2013, at Crypto.com Arena in Downtown Los Angeles. You can listen to the entire press conference by clicking on the arrow below. Dustin Brpwn Press... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Talk about feeling like you just got hit by the proverbial ton of bricks... At about 1:00 PM PDT on April 28, 2022, the Los Angeles Kings announced that veteran forward and former team captain Dustin Brown will retire after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. My first thought was, “this is the... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — When we last left this off-and-on series focusing on former Los Angeles Kings star right wing and former general manager Dave Taylor, we looked at his time with the Kings during the 1980s, especially the time he spent playing on one of the greatest forward lines in National Hockey League history, the... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — Looking at the prospects for success for the 2019-20 Los Angeles Kings, the picture really doesn’t look very good. Most would predict that while the Kings could be a playoff team, it is going to take a Herculean effort to get there, if they can get there at all. Indeed, the... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — One of the traditional benchmarks for a National Hockey League team is where they are in the standings at Christmas and for the Los Angeles Kings, who are at the bottom of the league standings, what more needs to be said? They’re ranked 31st in the 31-team NHL, still way, way... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — With the Los Angeles Kings having lost superstar goaltender Jonathan Quick indefinitely after he underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, backup goaltender Jack Campbell and number three goaltender Peter Budaj are now under the proverbial microscope. That said, the Kings must score more goals without Quick to... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — Just hours from now, the city of Las Vegas will host its first major playoff game, with the Vegas Golden Knights hosting the Los Angeles Kings in their first round Stanley Cup Playoff series. The Golden Knights have quickly built a solid fan base that has made for a very loud... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The National Hockey League’s Christmas break is always a time to take a long, hard look at a team to see where it has been that season, and where it is likely to go, and not just because the league takes a few days off at that time. Indeed, by the... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — Through the Los Angeles Kings’ first 29 games of the 2017-18 season, to say that center Anze Kopitar is on a torrid pace would be understating things by a long shot. Indeed, Kopitar is so hot that he’s on pace to set new career highs in goals, assists and points. In... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Kings have returned home in triumphant fashion after earning a perfect 4-0 record on a road swing through Detroit, Washington, St. Louis, and Chicago. Before that, they defeated the Anaheim Ducks at Staples Center in a shootout on November 25—the Kings will try to extend their winning streak... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Kings are only three games into the 2017-18 National Hockey League season, but with Anze Kopitar scoring three goals and adding three assists for six points, with a +6 plus/minus rating in those games, he is already way ahead of the curve. Indeed, last season, although the entire... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO AND LOS ANGELES, CA — For any hockey writer covering a young player making his National Hockey League debut, chances are astronomical that he or she is secretly hoping that the player in question will, at least, record an assist, if not score a goal, that his team will win, and that his... Continue Reading →
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