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San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres has been suspended for the remainder of the second round of the playoffs for his hit on Jarret Stoll. Here’s the full NHL explanation…
Meanwhile, Stoll remains sidelined following the hit. He will not play in Game 2 tonight and Brad Richardson will take his place in the Kings’ line-up.
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Sharks forward Raffi Torres will appear before the NHL Disciplinary Committee in New York on Thursday afternoon. As such, Torres will definitely miss Game 2 in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, the status of Jarret Stoll’s availability for the game remains unknown at the time of this post.
Regardless, San Jose defenseman Jason Demers thumbed out a tweet in [...]
The following video is of Raffi Torres’ hit on Jarret Stoll from the second period of Tuesday night’s playoff game between the Sharks and Kings…
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Stoll did not play another shift after the hit.
Following the game, here’s a link to what Kings coach Darryl Sutter had to say about the situation.
Meanwhile, Sharks coach Todd McLellan [...]
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 [...]
Following a play along the boards Thursday night, there were questions about a hit from Dustin Brown that knocked Jason Pominville out of the game between the Kings and Wild.
Depending on your point of view, LA’s captain was either responding to a check he was about to receive from Pominville or he threw an illegal elbow [...]
Following the Kings 2-1 loss in Minnesota on Tuesday, here’s what LA captain Dustin Brown had to share…
- On the third period: “First good shifts. You kind of build on them, and Bernie made a couple saves in the third that he had to. That gave us a chance to win, and we had some [...]
In a somewhat surprising move – at least based on timing, not on merit – the Kings have called up prospect Tyler Toffoli from the Manchester Monarchs (AHL).
Here’s the skinny..
- He loves to tan in LA, more on that in a minute (see radio link)
- Has 48 points in 55 AHL games this season (28G, [...]
Simon Gagne has enough to worry about without some people thinking he had cancer too.
It seems much of the recent confusion stemmed from a tweet posted by an Edmonton reporter when the Kings were in Canada to play the Oilers.
Simon Gagne had a tumour the size of a tennis ball removed from his neck during the summer. [...]
Anze Kopitar update from Friday’s Kings practice
Comments from Kings center Anze Kopitar…
On Dustin Brown hitting him with a puck:
“I guess the stick was not enough, so he had to shoot a puck in my face.”
On the severity of his injury:
“I’ve felt better before but with the situation, coming out with a couple stitches is not too bad.”
On his coming back into [...]