For his 28th birthday Colin Fraser gets to play the Vancouver Canucks at Staples Center.
“Just another game day,” he said with a chuckle. “I don’t think there’s anything special about the 28th, maybe I’ll get something special on my 30th birthday.”
Then, in typical Fraser fashion, he was quick to give a shoutout to others.
“I’ve had [...]
Colin Fraser bringing the Canucks hate, even on his birthday
January 28, 2013 By
Simon Gagne on his new role with the Kings and playing the Canucks
January 28, 2013 By
Kings’ coach Darry Sutter had some pointed words for forward Simon Gagne following the team’s morning skate earlier today. Meanwhile, the former two-time 40-goal scorer shared his own perspective on things.
“It’s not easy,” said Gagne, when talking about being a fourth line player right now and fighting for minutes. “But, at the same time I [...]
Drew Doughty on where his hatred stands for the Canucks
January 28, 2013 By
In one of the more memorable quotes from last season, Drew Doughty told MayorsManor his hatred for the Vancouver Canucks was at a 10 – when using a 1-to-10 scale. While that might have stoked the flames for many hockey fans in British Columbia, he wasn’t necessarily ready to back off those statements earlier today [...]
MayorsManor First Goal Contest: Game 5 – Canucks at Kings
January 28, 2013 By
MayorsManor readers seemed to be on to something the other night when the majority of people felt that Jeff Carter was going to notch a goal against the Edmonton Oilers. And with Anze Kopitar having posted 38 points in 39 career games against the Coyotes prior to Saturday night’s contest in Phoenix, it’s no surprise he [...]
MayorsManor Live Radio – Canucks v Kings preview with Ray Ferraro
January 28, 2013 By
When you’ve played over 1.200 games in the NHL and scored more than 400 goals, you’ve earned the right to talk about hockey for a living. And when you have a personality about it, all the better.
These days, Ray Ferraro is based out of Vancouver, working for TSN. However, after being selected by the Whalers at [...]
MayorsManor Live – season previews w/ Nick Nickson and Jim Fox
January 18, 2013 By
In the spirit of getting content to you as quickly as possible, we’ll shorten up the preamble today and get right to the good stuff…
SHOW ONE
In our first season preview show we spoke with radio play-by-play master Nick Nickson. We’ll get his take on not only the Kings, but several teams that will likely challenge [...]
NHL lockout nears end, 48-game season likely starts January 19
January 6, 2013 By
Less than 24 hours after news first began to circulate that the NHL and NHLPA had reached an agreement, the question everybody wants answered is when the season might start. More specifically in Los Angeles, fans keep asking when the Kings’ Stanley Cup Championship banner will be raised to the rafters.
Before we get too far ahead [...]
POLL: Which rival should the Kings play on NHL Opening Night?
January 4, 2013 By
What hook might the NHL use to try and lure fans back to the game should the lockout end in the coming week?
It’s a question many have pondered, as most of the ‘tools’ used in 2005 won’t be available this time around. Back then they rolled out a slew of rule changes and ideas designed to make the game [...]
AUDIO: TFP Live guest spot – talking LA Kings year in review
December 30, 2012 By
On Saturday afternoon I joined David Pagnotta and Dennis Bernstein for another guest spot on The Fourth Period Live – a weekly show on NHL Network Radio (XM 92 / Sirius 207). Because not everybody has satellite radio, we thought it best to share the audio here.
In the segment we discussed the LA Kings season [...]
10 Tidbits from Sutter – ‘I’m not a doctor, a psychologist or a therapist’
Following the Kings 30 minute pre-game skate at their training facility in El Segundo, coach Darryl Sutter shared some wisdom and dropped some straight facts on us this morning…
1. On if he’ll use the same line-up tonight as he did in the last game – “You’ll need to get there for the song.” [note: He [...]