In an article yesterday, titled Remembering a Rivalry. we looked back at the rich history between the Flames and Kings. Each team has caused the other a fair share of pain at different points, including Calgary bouncing Los Angeles from Wayne Gretzky’s first playoff run with his new team, to the Kings eliminating the Flames in […]
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What Will Sutter Say? LA coach talks Kings-Ducks rivalry
We already have a few articles up previewing tonight’s Kings-Ducks game – the first of four times they’ll play this season, including twice this month. For starters, to see what Dustin Brown and Jeff Carter had to say about four of the Anaheim players during a session of Word Association, click here. You can also […]
Mike Richards on the return of Sidney Crosby to the NHL
While a member of the Philadelphia Flyers, Mike Richards played the New Jersey Devils a total of 41 times, which was more than any other team in the league. Just one game behind were the Pittsburgh Penguins. Somebody else can look up how many of those 40 games featured Sidney Crosby – although it’s safe […]
Ducks at Kings Freeway Faceoff – pregame primer
Tonight will be game number 103 between the Kings and Ducks. Last year, Anaheim took the season series four games to two. Through 17 games played by each team, the scales are titled towards the Kings – they have more wins (8 to 6), points (19 to 15), have scored more goals per game (2.41 […]
Calgary Flames at LA Kings – Revisiting a Rivalry
For fans that have only been following the Kings since their move downtown to Staples Center, tonight’s game doesn’t mean much – other than the two points at stake in the Western Conference. However, for longtime fans, a game against the Flames likely stirs emotions from nearly 20 years ago when Calgary versus Los Angeles […]