BLOCKBUSTER TRADE: Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi and Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren got the drop on the rest in terms of draft day deals by completing a draft-eve, blockbuster trade that sent center Mike Richards to the Kings in exchange for right wing Wayne Simmonds, center prospect Brayden Schenn, and a... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio and NHL Video: Bernier, Stoll Lead LA Kings To 1-0 Win Over Phoenix
LOS ANGELES — Jarret Stoll scored a power play goal at 12:13 of the third period, while Jonathan Bernier stopped all 25 shots he faced to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 win over their Pacific Division rival, the Phoenix Coyotes, on March 3 at Staples Center. The game was mostly a yawner,... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio And NHL Video: LA Kings Outplay Phoenix But Lose Anyway, 2-0
LOS ANGELES — In sports, a team often makes its own breaks, and when things are going bad, the breaks almost always go against you. That was exactly what happened on January 20, when the Los Angeles Kings dropped a 2-0 decision to the Phoenix Coyotes in front of an announced sellout crowd of 18,118... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: LA Kings Swept By Phoenix Coyotes In Pre-Season Split-Squad Games
LOS ANGELES — Mikkel Boedker, Brett Maclean and Eric Belanger scored goals and Al Montoya made 19 saves to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in split-squad, pre-season action at Staples Center on September 23. At Jobing.com Arena is Glendale, Arizona, Shane Doan scored at 3:54 of overtime... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Drew Doughty Honored At NHL Awards…Just Not With The Norris Trophy
LAS VEGAS AND EL SEGUNDO, CA — At the 2010 National Hockey League Awards, held at the Palms in Las Vegas, Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty finished third in the voting for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the league’s best defenseman during the regular season. Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith received... Continue Reading →
LA Kings Goaltender Jonathan Quick Named NHL’s First Star of the Week
NEW YORK — On December 14, the National Hockey League named Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick as their number one star of the week for the week ending December 13. Quick posted a 3-0-0 record with a 1.58 goals-against average (GAA) and a .941 save percentage, helping the Kings (21-10-3) leap into first place... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio: LA Kings Earn Split In Split-Squad Pre-Season Series
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings opened the 2009-10 pre-season schedule by earning a split in their split-squad series against the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday night. At Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Wayne Simmonds scored two goals for the Kings, but that was not enough as the Coyotes handed the Kings a 4-2 loss.... Continue Reading →
Redemption In The Desert: Kings Shutout Coyotes, 4-0
One can imagine Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray sitting in the coaches room with a big smile on his face tonight. Indeed, after a less-than-lackluster effort in a 2-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes at Staples Center on Friday night, the Kings, from the players to the coaches, all talked about coming to... Continue Reading →
20 Minutes Isn’t Enough: Kings Outworked By Coyotes, 2-1
RECAP: The Los Angeles Kings were unable to shake off the after-effects of the two-day Christmas break until the third period on Friday night as they dropped a 2-1 decision to the Phoenix Coyotes at Staples Center; features post-game audio interviews. LOS ANGELES — Perhaps they went a bit overboard with their Christmas holiday celebrations,... Continue Reading →
Reinprecht Leads Coyotes Over Kings, 5-2
Steven Reinprecht scored two goals and Ilya Bryzgalov stopped all 17 shots he faced in two periods of action to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings in pre-season action on Saturday night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Kevin Porter, Viktor Tikhonov and Shane Doan also scored for... Continue Reading →