LOS ANGELES — If there was ever anything clearly evident about the 2007-08 Los Angeles Kings, it is that they are hockey’s version of a modern-day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Indeed, after beginning the season going 1-4-0 in their first five games, they went on to win four out of their next six games,... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings: Playoff Contention Slipping Away
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings are, for all intents and purposes, out of playoff contention. After winning just eight games between November 1 and December 31, the Kings now find themselves deep in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference cellar, fifteen points behind eighth-place Anaheim with forty games left in the regular season.... Continue Reading →
2007-08 Los Angeles Kings: An Obituary
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings, a professional hockey team in the National Hockey League that has done little more than play mediocre (or worse) hockey throughout its history, died at home on Monday night. The Kings were forty years old. In reality, the Kings are not really dead, of course. But they have... Continue Reading →
LA Kings: Month vs. Pacific Division Proves Difficult
LOS ANGELES — In the month of November, the Los Angeles Kings failed to take advantage of facing Pacific Division rivals in eleven straight games, taking a nose dive right into the cellar of the National Hockey League’s Western Conference. Kings head coach Marc Crawford referred to November as a “divisional month.” And even though... Continue Reading →
LA Kings: November Hiatus For Hollywood Hockey?
LOS ANGELES — In case you weren’t aware, the 2007-08 National Hockey League season is still going on. But that has been very easy to forget in the Los Angeles area with the Los Angeles Kings sitting on the sidelines all week. Indeed, the Kings have been reduced to being spectators this week, having been... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings: Stepping Up
LOS ANGELES — Riding on the wave of a four-game winning streak, the Los Angeles Kings found themselves in uncharted waters after their 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on October 27 at Staples Center. That win put in the Kings into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with the Dallas Stars.... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings: Looking Much Better
LOS ANGELES — After losing five straight games following their season opening win in London, England, the Los Angeles Kings have now won three of their last four games and are playing much better hockey. During their five-game losing streak, the Kings were, in a word, horrendous. They were stumbling and bumbling their way through... Continue Reading →
LA Kings: To The Abyss, Or Righting The Ship?
LOS ANGELES — Until they earned a 4-3 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild on October 16, the Los Angeles Kings had been hurtling into the abyss. After littering the ice in each game with horrendous, embarrassing blunders, mostly in the defensive zone, the Kings allowed a whopping 27 goals in six games—4.50 goals per... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings: Pre-Season Opener A Winner
ANAHEIM, CA — Don’t look now, but just four days into their 2007 training camp, the pre-season schedule has already begun for the Los Angeles Kings, and on Thursday night, they eked out a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks in front of an announced crowd of 16,973 fans at Honda Center in Anaheim. Right... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings 2007 Training Camp Days 2 and 3
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The second and third days of the Los Angeles Kings 2007 training camp were highly competitive affairs as players fighting for roster spots in the very short camp were battling it out, both in scrimmages and in drills, trying to make a good impressions on the coaches and scouts in attendance... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings 2007 Camp Underway
EL SEGUNDO — The Los Angeles Kings are starting their 2007 training camp a bit earlier than other National Hockey League teams, with the exception of their neighbors about 35 miles to the south. Why? They start the season with two games against their Stanley Cup Champion neighbors, the Anaheim Ducks, in London, England on... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings 2007 Rookie Camp Report
EL SEGUNDO, CA — If you were anywhere in Southern California over the Labor Day weekend, you sweltered in the blazing heat, as temperatures reached into triple digits in many areas. A heat wave is anything but “hockey weather,” but for the Los Angeles Kings, it was time for their first-year prospects to hit the... Continue Reading →
