2 Wins, 2 Losses
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Kings | 1 Comment »Hope everyone out there had a great holiday season. Some things have happened with the Kings since I last post. Most of it is probably already old news to anyone reading this but I'll rehash just in case. There's a ...
Quick, Kings Whitewash Blue Jackets
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Kings | 3 Comments »Two games this season vs Columbus have largely been dominant performances for the Kings. The Jackets have fired 42 shots in two games against Los Angeles and have failed to score on any of them. Kings rookie netminder Jon Quick ...
Excitement Fades To Dissapointment
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 3 Comments »For about 53 minutes tonight, the Kings played neck and neck with Detroit. The last 7 minutes, however were a disaster. Unable to hold on to the momentum gained on Dustin Brown's goal that gave the Kings a lead, Detroit ...
Just Plain Ugly
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 1 Comment »Another road stinker, and I don't have a whole lot to say about the game in general but one glaring stat stands out to me - Buffalo's Ryan Miller stopped 40 shots, Jason LaBarbera on the other hand, stopped 10. ...
There’s Nothing More Frustrating…
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 2 Comments »...Than playing well enough to win against a very good team, and losing because of....wait for it...goaltending! Steve Valiquette played very well for the Rangers, Jason LaBarbera looked like absolute dung on at least two of the three Ranger goals ...
Quick Gets the Call
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 1 Comment »Kings have recalled Jonathan Quick from Manchester today in response to the groin injury Erik Ersberg sustained last night. As mentioned last night, Quick is 6-5-2 at Manchester with a 2.68 GAA and a .919 save %. He looked most ...
And, We’re Screwed…
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 2 Comments »There's some good news, and there's LOTS of bad news tonight from LA. I suppose I'll start with the bad news? Kings lost Erik Ersberg (the team's better goaltender) to a "lower body injury" (lakings.com reports it as a groin ...
Ersberg, Kings Tame the Wild
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 1 Comment »Minnesota is known, under coach Jacques Lemaire as a defense-first type of team. They are traditionally near the top of the league in goals against average (as is the case this season at 2.21 despite giving up 30.5 shots per ...
What Scoring Problems?
Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 4 Comments »One thing about this year's Kings team is resiliency. Both of this year's worst losses have been followed up by victories, last night's in dramatic fashion. Terry Murray juggled the lines in hopes of generating some more offense, I'd say ...
Ouch
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Kings | 1 Comment »Nothing really positive to say about tonight's game. I can forgo the stats and analysis for the most part, in the end it all boils down to one thing. The Colorado Avalanche, not a good team by any stretch (I ...
