MayorsManor First Goal Contest: Game 42 – Ducks at Kings

According to the Ducks’ twitter feed, they’re giving out thundersticks at their team store for fans traveling to Staples Center to take in tonight’s game with the Kings.  That should be…well, interesting.
At the very least, there are several other storylines heading into the match-up.  For example, this could be Teemu Selanne‘s final game played in downtown LA.  Also, can the [...]

Doughty and Scuderi talk Kings game at Dodger Stadium

Drew Doughty provided the comic relief on Sunday night following the Kings loss in Anaheim. Yet, it was Rob Scuderi who had the line of the night – and he wasn’t even being interviewed…
- Doughty on it being an ’All London’ game with him, Jeff Carter, and Corey Perry scoring goals: “London breeds good hockey players. That’s [...]

Kopitar and Nolan happy with Kings’ effort on Sunday, not result

By far, the funniest lines of the weekend came from Drew Doughty and Rob Scuderi. We’ll get to those in a moment though. First, here are a few of the more serious comments we gathered from the Kings’ locker room following their 4-3 shootout loss in Anaheim on Sunday night…
- Anze Kopitar on the overall game: “Thought we [...]

MayorsManor First Goal Contest: Game 39 – Kings at Ducks

It’s a late-season Sunday Special… Kings at Ducks tonight.  Per the norm, we even have another First Goal Contest for you today too!
Entering is easy enough as well, just follow these three simple steps and you’ll be on your way…
STEP 1 – Some required reading:
- Pre-game comments from coach Darryl Sutter
- EXLCUSIVE: Lombardi plans on signing [...]

What will Sutter say? Pre-game comments, Kings at Ducks

It doesn’t happen often, but it happened today.  The Kings took morning skate at the Honda Center in Anaheim.  Rather than bus down prior to the game, the team arrived yesterday following their win at home over the visiting Edmonton Oilers.  Although all players were at the arena today, only about half of them took to the ice.  Guys [...]

Fill In The Blank: Game 17 – feedback from Kings 5-2 win over Ducks

It’s time for more input from the readers.
This normally would have gone up yesterday.  However, with the trade of Simon Gagne, it was pushed until today.  Sorry if that disrupted anybody’s sleep last night.
Following the game at Staples Center on Monday night we asked people to complete this statement:
‘The best moment in the Kings 5-2 [...]

Quotes from Anaheim Ducks locker room after 5-2 loss in LA

Let’s take a quick lap around the Anaheim Ducks locker room and get some post-game thoughts following their 5-2 loss to the Kings at Staples Center on Monday night…
- Saku Koivu on the overall game: “On Brown’s goal. It was a wrist shot that hit the bar and went it. The third one trickled in. [...]

MayorsManor First Goal Contest: Game 17 – Ducks at Kings

Later tonight at Staples Center the Kings and Ducks will meet up for the second time this season. Last time was a wild affair, where Jonathan Bernier was thrust into action, replacing Jonathan Quick early in the first period.  LA went on to lose that game by a final score of 7-4 and also dropped two [...]

Fill In The Blank: Game 7 Feedback – Kings at Ducks

It’s time for more input from the readers.
Following Saturday night’s game with the Ducks, we asked people to complete the following:
“The turning point for the LA Kings in their 7-4 loss to Anaheim was ____.” (FILL IN THE BLANK)
After pouring over all the feedback provided by MayorsManor readers on twitter and facebook, here are the ten best answers…
@tieronedesign – [...]

What Will Sutter Say? Post-game comments from Anaheim

Following the Kings 7-4 loss to the Ducks in Anaheim on Saturday night, here’s what LA coach Darryl Sutter had to say…
- On how difficult it can be to come back on teams in the NHL these days: “Well we did. We did comeback from being down by two goals. It was a momentum thing. [...]