Post-Game 1 Comments from Tyler Toffoli

On the differences between St. Louis and San Jose:
“Oh, it’s just the next round.  It’s a lot harder and faster.  We came out, first game, we wanted to get the win, and that’s what we did.”
On if the Sharks were chirping him hard as the rookie out there:
“I don’t think they know who I am.  [...]

Post-Game 1 – comments from Dustin Brown after Kings 2-0 win

Comments from Dustin Browm after the Kings’ 2-0 win in Game 1 over the visiting St. Louis Blues…
On the difference between St. Louis and San Jose:
“St. Louis was fast and big, but these guys are probably faster.  They make more rush chances.  They hold onto pucks.  It’s not the chip and chase game that it [...]

Post-Game 1 – comments from Darryl Sutter after Kings 2-0 win

Comments from coach Darryl Sutter following the Kings’ 2-0 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks in Game 1 of their best-of-seven series…
On how it felt to take care of business in front of the home crowd:
“It doesn’t matter where it is.  We expect the home crowd to really be as loud as their home [...]

Comments from Sharks’ locker room after 2-0 loss to LA in Game 1

- Sharks coach on Todd McLellan on whether he thinks his team accomplished what they could: “ I don’t. I just spent a week, six days anyhow, reviewing the St. Louis series and I heard a lot of the same stuff coming out of their mouths so we didn’t accomplish enough. There’s a team that [...]

Post-Game 1: Comments from Anze Kopitar on Kings 2-0 win

Anze Kopitar had nearly 23 minutes of ice time in Tuesday night’s opening game between the Kings and Sharks. He also won nine of 22 faceoffs taken (41%) and contributed two of the team’s 39 hits. Following LA’s 2-0 win, here’s what he had to share…
On Jonathan Quick’s performance:
“Well I don’t know if he helps [...]

MayorsManor Live Radio – Round 2 preview with Jim Fox

Jim Fox is back!  He joined us a few weeks ago to set-up the Kings-Blues opening round series.  Now, he returns to the MayorsManor show to help preview the Kings-Sharks second round match-up.  We’ll also look back at some key moments from the NHL’s first round battles, including Game 7 between the Ducks and Red Wings.  If [...]

MayorsManor goes one-on-one with Kings GM Dean Lombardi

There’s no denying that being a General Manager in the National Hockey League is a year-round job. In addition to putting a team together for the NHL’s regular season, there’s scouting, the draft, salary cap related contract issues, trades, injury management and much more. Just this season alone, Kings GM Dean Lombardi oversaw multiple deals [...]

Monday Practice Comments from Jarret Stoll 5/13/13

Following the Kings’ one-hour practice earlier today, here’s what center Jarret Stoll had to share…
On the San Jose Sharks:
“Two teams that don’t like each other, and have a good rivalry within our division here.  Yeah, it’s going to be fun.  They’re always fun games against San Jose.  We know that.  We’ve seen it.  This is [...]

Monday practice report – chat with Drew Doughty 5/13/13

Following the Kings’ one-hour practice on Monday morning, here’s what defenseman Drew Doughty had to share…
On if he still thinks about his first fight with Joe Thornton:
“No, I guess every time we play against them I’m reminded of it by other people, but I don’t see it happening during this playoff round.  Because I’d rather be [...]

Monday practice report – comments from Matt Greene 5/13/13

On his 30th birthday, Matt Greene skated in the full practice with his LA Kings teammates earlier today. Perhaps as a slight nod to their inspirational leader, the whole D-unit wore green jerseys – usually not a color used by the defensemen, only forwards. Regardless, here’s what he had to share after coming off the [...]