LOS ANGELES — Although the Los Angeles Kings were not lighting the National Hockey League on fire by scoring goals in bunches before losing their top two scorers, the task at hand has become far more difficult. After losing right wing Justin Williams to a dislocated right shoulder on March 21, and then losing star... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings’ Playoff Success In Jeopardy After Losing Anze Kopitar
LOS ANGELES — Going into the 2010-11 season, the Los Angeles Kings were expected to be a playoff team, as they were last season. But expectations were higher this season, their benchmark for success being to make it into the second round, the Western Conference semi-finals, and with just eight games remaining, their prospects were... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio and NHL Video: LA Kings Dominate, But End Up Escaping With 4-3 Win Over Colorado
p>LOS ANGELES — After dominating the first fifty minutes of their matinee contest against the Colorado Avalanche at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 26, scoring four times, the Los Angeles Kings let down in a big way and came within a hair of coughing up their four-goal lead. Indeed, the Avalanche got two,... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio and NHL Video: LA Kings Move Past Minnesota After 4-2 Win
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings made a triumphant return home to the friendly confines of Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 24, after playing their last ten games on the road. Wayne Simmonds scored two goals, Anze Kopitar scored a goal and added an assist, Dustin Brown contributed two assists, and Drew... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio and NHL Video: LA Kings Steal A Win At Anaheim
ANAHEIM — It was not pretty, not in the least, but, somehow, the Los Angeles Kings emerged from Honda Center with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks were the better team, and by a large margin, in the first period and much of the second. Although things evened out in the third,... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings Need Center Anze Kopitar To Be A Little Greedy
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Kings appear to have turned things around, earning a 5-0-1 record in their last six games, and a 6-3-1 record in their last ten. All that comes after an absolutely dreadful stretch from late December through much of January that saw them lose ten out of twelve games.Even... Continue Reading →
Los Angeles Kings Have A Lot Of Work To Do Before Stretch Drive
LOS ANGELES AND EL SEGUNDO, CA — With the 2011 National Hockey League All-Star festivities in Raleigh, North Carolina now just a fading memory, players are now returning to their teams facing the uphill climb that is otherwise known as the stretch drive to the playoffs. But after a dismal 3-8-0 performance in January, which... Continue Reading →
Gann Matsuda On The Hockey Writers: LA Kings Must Climb A Mountain Called “February” To Make Playoffs
LOS ANGELES AND EL SEGUNDO, CA — After a dreadful 3-8-0 performance in January, not to mention a stretch where they lost ten of twelve games going back to December 29, the Los Angeles Kings are now looking up at a mountain in their schedule akin to some of tallest mountains and steepest cliffs in... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio And NHL Video: LA Kings Go Into All-Star Break On A High After Huge Win Over Sharks
LOS ANGELES — After a skid where they lost ten out of twelve games, the Los Angeles Kings were painfully close to seeing their epitaph written in terms of their playoff hopes, and it is only the third week of January. Indeed, with the Western Conference race so tight, the Kings dug themselves a very... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio And NHL Video: LA Kings Near Perfect In 2-0 Win Over Boston
LOS ANGELES — Back on January 4, 2011, this reporter wrote, “...the [Los Angeles] Kings’ inconsistency is so often apparent that it can be maddening, and is a stark contrast to where they need and want to be.” ]No one can say that the Kings have successfully addressed that issue yet this season, given the... Continue Reading →
Gann Matsuda On The Hockey Writers: Los Angeles Kings: Players Must Turn It Around On Their Own…For Now
LOS ANGELES — Having lost nine out of their last eleven games, the Los Angeles Kings are hurtling into an all-to-familiar abyss, one where they get an early summer vacation while the good teams continue on to the National Hockey League’s second season, the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Oh...by the way, the Kings have only been... Continue Reading →
Frozen Royalty Audio And NHL Video: LA Kings’ Futility Continues With Loss To St. Louis
LOS ANGELES — The futility at Staples Center continued for the Los Angeles Kings in another woeful effort in front of the home crowd, this time, a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on January 13. It was much of the same for the Kings, losers of seven of their last eight games, in... Continue Reading →
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