Murray with Williams (photo: D. Sheehan) Granted, he didn’t take the team to the playoffs his first year behind the bench in Los Angeles. However, in year two, Kings head coach Terry Murray guided the club to 101 points and they returned to the post-season for the first time in nearly a decade. He backed […]
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Mike Richards has ideas to help the LA Kings power play
Earlier this week we posted a conversation with LA Kings coach Terry Murray, where we talked about some of his plans for the power play next season. Call it a follow-up piece to several discussions with Murray and GM Dean Lombardi about what changes need to take place to improve last season’s dismal 16.1% conversion rate. […]
Mike Richards on LA Kings first game – ‘hatred’ for Rangers, ready to fight Brandon Dubinsky again
Richards v Dubinsky (Photo by Bob Fina) Drafted 24th overall by Philadelphia in 2003, Canadian Mike Richards played two more years of junior hockey before making his NHL debut for the Flyers. The night was October 5, 2005 and they were playing the New York Rangers. In the second period of that game, Richards scored […]
LA Kings Lombardi – ‘Kopitar may be the new Blake Griffin’
Mike Richards, Mike Richards, Mike Richards. Don’t worry, we’ll get back to him later – there are plenty more notes and quotes from today’s press luncheon that I’ll post later. How about we shift gears though for a moment… Among the myriad of topics that Kings GM Dean Lombardi waxed poetically about for more than […]
Kings coach Murray discusses next season’s power play
Coach Murray during drills (photo: K. Spatz) During a recent conversation with Kings coach Terry Murray at their training facility in El Segundo we not only talked about prospects and Dustin Penner’s off-season training, he also shed a little light on his power play plans for next season. As many Kings fans recall, Murray and […]