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Kings captain Dustin Brown was obviously disappointed with his team’s performance today vs. the Islanders. After, he spoke with the media – including sharing thoughts on goalie Jonathan Quick and rookie Jordan Nolan.
Post-game thoughts from coach Darryl Sutter and Quick are up on the homepage.
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When the Kings returned to their practice facility on Monday after nearly a week long break there was a stranger sitting in Jonathan Quick‘s stall. Perhaps even more confusing to some, he was putting on goalie equipment.
Salvatore Tecci had been at the rink since noon, hours before practice was set to start. As the players [...]
Was it really this bad when the All-Star Game was held in Los Angeles back in 2002? Is it because the event was held in ‘hockey crazed’ Canada? Or has the whole thing just turned into a nutty media thing, ala the Super Bowl? Watch as Kings goalie Jonathan Quick attempts to answer some – [...]
Bernier at practice (photo: David Sheehan)
Goalie Jonathan Bernier has started just eight of the Kings’ 48 games last year. However, it’s not his 3-4-1 record that is holding him back from getting more playing time – it’s starter Jonathan Quick, who is posting such incredible numbers that he’s starting to generate discussions about being a [...]
Below is a short video that covers a lot of ground, as Kings goalie Jonathan Quick talks about three of his masks – the traditional black and silver one he wears most games, the ‘Rogie Vachon’ model worn with the purple and yellow vintage jerseys and the Team USA mask he took to the Olympics [...]
With tonight’s 1-0 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, goalie Jonathan Quick has run his record to 6-0-2 in his last eight games – with a 1.20 goals-against average and .956 save percentage.
After the game, he shared this…
On his shutout – “That’s great in all. We got two points tonight, it’s huge and that is what [...]
Just when you think you know the answer to the Kings goaltending depth, leave it to Jeff Zatkoff to change the question.
Originally selected by the team in the third round of the 2006 NHL Draft, it was starting to seem like he was slipping a bit in the organization’s overall rankings. Obviously, Jonathan’s Quick and [...]
Jeff Zatkoff has reemerged as the top goalie in Manchester.
For those unfamiliar with the goaltending situation with the Kings top farm team, the Manchester Monarchs (AHL), here’s a quick, watered down version…
Jonathan Bernier was the starting goalie there two years ago. Zatkoff was his understudy and was expected to be the number one guy [...]
The Colorado Avalanche trailed the LA Kings in shots 12-5 after the first period. The game was scoreless. LA was up 1-0 after 40 minutes and led in shots 21-12.
Then, with less than six minutes remaining in the game, Ryan O’Reilly scored to tie it. Nothing happened in overtime. And the Avs’ Milan Hejduk – [...]
Talking LA Kings trade rumors with goalie Jonathan Bernier
Bernier at practice today (photo: D. Sheehan)
As we wrote about earlier today, trading goalie Jonathan Bernier is a risky proposition for the LA Kings when you consider that starter Jonathan Quick can be a walk-away free agent in less than 18 months.
However, he remains one of the key assets likely to move in [...]