Sunday afternoon the suddenly surging Kings will get a chance to extract a little revenge on the red-hot Blackhawks in Chicago. It was just last month that the two teams met in Los Angeles on opening day of the 2013 season. That game was a decisive win for the road team and the Kings are [...]
CBJ at LA: Pre-game comments from Kopitar, Richards, Penner, etc.
February 15, 2013 By
When Kings’ coach Darryl Sutter gave a major shake-up to the team’s lines last weekend there were some odd pairings on paper. However, the results worked out fine, perhaps even better than expected. LA played a solid game in Detroit on Sunday and then picked up a dominating win in St. Louis on Monday.
Here’s some [...]
Word Association: Five on Four, Kings vs Blue Jackets
February 15, 2013 By
As part of our preview for tonight’s Kings v Blue Jackets game we played Word Association with five Los Angeles players, asking them to react to the names of four Columbus players. Like usual, these were all done one-on-one, so no player heard what the other guy said – which is interesting when you compare their answers…
Rob [...]
Dustin Penner and Rob Scuderi – just a couple of homebodies
February 12, 2013 By
During the early part of last season we had a series of articles where members of the LA Kings talked about things they had learned about their teammates. According to readers, some of the most popular answers were Dustin Brown trying to explain the subtle differences between nerd vs. geek and then-newcomer Mike Richards talking about [...]
Full goal clips – highlights from Kings 4-1 win in STL
February 11, 2013 By
Video highlights from the LA Kings 4-1 victory in St. Louis…
Jeff Carter opens the scoring at 8:31 of the first period:
It’s that Carter guy again in the second period:
Defenseman Davis Drewiske picked up his first goal of the season later that same period:
With Dwight King in the penalty box, Alex Steen scored up a power [...]
The likely reason why Dustin Penner isn’t playing tonight
February 5, 2013 By
With the Kings off to a 2-3-2 start in the early going this season, coach Darry Sutter has yet to find a winning combination that can sustain any type of success.
And Dustin Penner appears to be the guy taking the brunt of things at the moment.
The 6-foot-4 left wing was widely credited as being one of [...]
What Will Sutter Say? Quotes from Kings practice – Feb 1, 2013
February 1, 2013 By
It’s our new feature – What Will Sutter Say?
Here we’ll bring you all the post-game or post-practice knowledge Kings’ coach Darryl Sutter passes along.
Today, he talked about Dustin Penner, shot blocking, the Anaheim Ducks and more. Check it out…
- On if Penner will return to the line-up tomorrow in Anaheim: “Yup, he’s ready to go…I [...]
Kings v Preds – morning comments from Darryl Sutter
January 31, 2013 By
Things were relatively quiet around the Kings’ training facility this morning for their pre-game skate vs. Nashville. Here’s what coach Darryl Sutter had to say…
- On tonight’s game: “We just want to continue to play well and hopefully get points out of it.”
- On fixing the power play: “Continue to work at it and finish [...]
Word Association: Kopitar, Lewis, Penner vs the Oilers
Last season the Kings went 2-1-1 vs. the Oilers, but that seems like such a long time ago. The more recent memory is of the Kings game in Edmonton just a few weeks ago – where there was some crazy officiating all night long and they eventually lost when Sam Gagner scored in overtime. However, the most lasting image [...]