In the first of four games against the Avs on Friday, Colorado did what was necessary to snap the LA Kings modest two-game win streak. If this was New York and a headline was needed for the newspaper’s back page, ‘Back To Reality’ would be fitting. The Kings are simply at a different stage of […]
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Friday: Ontario Reign Projected Lineup vs. San Diego, Plus Chromiak Debut
Winners of four straight, the Ontario Reign are riding some momentum heading into their final regular season game vs. San Diego on Friday night. It will be a rematch of Wednesday’s contest, where coach John Wroblewski’s club scored a few goals early, then fell behind 4-2 before Mikey Eyssimont had a natural hat trick and […]
Friday: LA Kings Projected Lineup vs. Avalanche; Plus McLellan, Brown and Byfield Notes
With only five games remaining on their regular season schedule, the Kings are preparing for more of a sandwich than an Avalanche. LA’s final stretch will feature a pair of two-game sets vs. Colorado, with a solo game against the St. Louis Blues stuffed in between. Coming into the weekend, Anze Kopitar is the talk […]
The Situation: Details on What’s Going On With Byfield, Lizotte, Kupari
‘Go out there and grab it kid, take the spot, earn it.’ While we’re not sure those were the exact words Ontario Reign coach John Wroblewski said to Rasmus Kupari before Wednesday night’s game vs. San Diego, they certainly could have been. And that just as easily could have been what was uttered to Akil […]
Reign Recap: Eyssimont Hat Trick, Plus a Gordie, and Wrobo Talks Kings Prospects
If the three-game sweep pulled off by the Reign in Colorado last week was a dominant performance, Wednesday night could be characterized as a ‘character’ win. Trailing 4-2 after 40 minutes, forward Mikey Eyssimont — who earlier had an assist and a fight — recorded a natural hat trick in the third period to help […]