Just a few notes to close out the pre-season coverage as we march towards Friday’s season opener… – LA finished their eight-game exhibition schedule with a 4-2-2 record. – For the second time in three years, Anze Kopitar led the team in pre-season scoring, picking up five goals and four assists, nine points total, in six […]
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NHL Premiere: caption these three Drew Doughty photos
After a summer filled with some nervous Kings fans wondering if Drew Doughty would ever play a game in Los Angeles again – despite several reassurances by team management that he wasn’t going to be traded and it was ‘just business – the talented blueliner finally inked a deal on September 30th. And while those […]
Bye, bye Hamburg – Kings vs Freezers post-game notes
The pre-season is now officially over for the Los Angeles Kings after they defeated the Hamburg Freezers 5-4 earlier today in Germany. POST-GAME NOTES: – The Kings were allowed to play the game under German Elite League rules, thus they had 20 skaters, plus two goalies. The line combinations and D-pairings were: Scott Parse – […]
Five final thoughts on the Kings vs Avs at Frozen Fury 2011
In front of a sell-out crowd at the MGM Grand on Saturday (announced as 11.478), the Kings lost 4-1 to the Colorado Avalanche. To close the chapter on this year’s event, here are five post-game notes… – The last time the Kings lost a 60-minute game to the Avalanche in Las Vegas was all the […]
Murray says Voynov will play Tuesday – did he tip his hand?
Slava Voynov of LA Kings (photo: M. Zampelli) Given the words and actions of LA Kings coach Terry Murray over the last few weeks, it at least appears like forward Scott Parse may be hanging on by a thread. The team needs to get the roster down to 21 skaters by Friday, meaning one more […]