EL SEGUNDO, CA — Following the 2009-10 season, the Los Angeles Kings lost defensemen Sean O’Donnell, Randy Jones and later in the summer, Matt Greene. While O’Donnell and Jones signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, respectively, Greene underwent shoulder surgery is expected to miss the first month of the 2010-11 season,... Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: In part 2 of a series of stories based on an interview with Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray, we look at the Kings’ defense and goaltending as their 2010 training camp approaches. Look for the third and final installment of this series on Thursday, September 9. EL SEGUNDO, CA — As... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Quit pinching yourselves, Los Angeles hockey fans. You are not dreaming. Yes, the Los Angeles Kings have made the playoffs for the first time since 2002, and for just the fifth time since 1993, when the Wayne Gretzky-led Kings went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Like that 1992-93 team,... Continue Reading →
]\rUPDATE: Fox Sports West or Prime Ticket will televise all games in the Vancouver Canucks/Los Angeles Kings first round playoff series. Radio broadcasts to move to KLAC AM 570. On the strength of a come-from-behind, 2-1 overtime victory over the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center in Denver on April 11, combined with a 3-2 overtime... Continue Reading →
[tweetmeme only_single=false]LOS ANGELES — In recent weeks, if it’s not one thing, it’s another, for the Los Angeles Kings. Indeed, whether it has been uninspired play, too many penalties, poor puck support and the inability to generate a forecheck, or not getting traffic and pucks to the net, the Kings have been struggling to find... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — During a matinee contest at Staples Center on February 6, the Los Angeles Kings set a franchise record with their ninth consecutive win, coming back from a 3-0 first period deficit to defeat the once mighty Detroit Red Wings, 4-3, in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,118 fans. As they have... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Anze Kopitar and Ryan Smyth scored goals while Jonathan Quick stopped twenty shots to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers in front of an announced sell-out crowd of 18,118 fans at Staples Center on February 2. After a scoreless first period, Kopitar opened the... Continue Reading →
EL SEGUNDO, CA — The mood on the ice and in the Los Angeles Kings’ dressing room at their practice facility, the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California, was a mix of disappointment and determination in the aftermath of their 3-2 loss at Phoenix on Saturday night when they lost right wing Justin Williams... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Over the vast majority of their history, the Los Angeles Kings have traditionally played poorly in December, so often that many fans resign themselves to the inevitable “December Swoon.” But this year’s Kings have been a big surprise. To be sure, they have done anything but swoon as their 7-2-1 record for... Continue Reading →
Brad Richardson and Dustin Brown scored a goal and added an assist each and...get this...Sean O’Donnell scored the game-winner late in the third period to help lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Tuesday night.O’Donnell’s goal was his first in 157 games, dating... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Despite not being at their best for their third straight game, the Los Angeles Kings found a way to win yet again, handing the Dallas Stars a 3-2 shootout defeat in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,118 happy fans at Staples Center on Saturday night. Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar scored... Continue Reading →
During the Los Angeles Kings’ pre-season game on September 22, a 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Kings defenseman Sean O’Donnell went after Matt Martin of the Islanders after he high-sticked Kings defenseman Drew Doughty. O’Donnell was assessed a match penalty on the play and has been... Continue Reading →
