With Canada’s 3-2 overtime victory over the United States, Drew Doughty became the first player to win Olympic gold while representing the Kings. Adam Deadmarsh and Aaron Miller won silver playing for the United States in 2002, and four Kings have won bronze medals. Congrats also to the Kings’ silver medalists, Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson and Jonathan Quick.
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Kings Fan In Idaho Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
@Steve S.,
Hey, you’d better tune in on Tuesday or you’ll miss the game
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Congrats to Drew, Dustin, Jack, Jonathan, and Michael.
You made all of us Kings fan proud!
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roadtripper Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
DITTO
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BRIAN SIMMONS Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
@roadtripper, DOUBLE DITTO
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Lanny McDonald's 'Stache Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Yes, the Kings’ players made extremely strong showings in this tournament.
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BRIAN SIMMONS Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
@Lanny McDonald’s ‘Stache, KINGS ROCK!
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Belexes Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
@Arron,
Agreed, couldn’t be more proud of our boys!
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Congrats to them all, they made us proud.
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Congratulations Brownie, Dewey, JJ & Quicker!! So happy for you guys.
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CONGRATS TO THE USA THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE OLYMPICS WAY TO GO ALL LA KINGS PLAYERS
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UAS!USA!USA@
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Way to go Drew! Way to go Brown, Johnson, and Quick! And last but never least, Handzus, you played great hockey and you can rub it in to the others that you are the only one who scored!
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Both teams showed us something. The USA team showed us the ability to play with composure and pride, from the drop of the first puck to the final heartbreaking horn. The Canada team showed the champion’s persistence to fight through adversity, not once or twice, but repeatedly, even through the final overtime. In a tournament that had no easy games after the preliminary round, these teams showed us the hearts of champions, as did many of the teams that came up just a little short along the way.
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Kings Fan In Idaho Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
So well expressed.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@Kings Fan In Idaho, thanks! I keep thinking back to previous olympic games, particularly Nagano, in which neither the Canadian team or American team were particularly graceful in disappointment. The US team did so well to show the poise necessary to avoid disappointment until the very end, and the Canadian team not only handled theirs with grace, but overcame them.
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It’ll be very interesting to see what happens between now and Sochi, in 2014. Sure, it won’t heat up until summer of 2013, but the question of NHL, the KHL, and who goes, etc., will certainly come up repeatedly between now and then.
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Brown a plus 1 for the last game and DD……..a PLUS 3 WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Doughty on the ice for the OT winner… I’m sure that will be a memory that he’ll cherish forever.
Congrats to all 5 Kings… they all did their country, and us Kings fans, very proud.
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Congrats to both teams, that was one exciting game. The young Kings acquitted themselves very well and I’m happy to see no one was badly injured in the entire tournament, for any team.
I have to say, some players I’ve never gotten to see play a lot impressed the hell out of me with their ability to excel in games entirely manned by top players. They just stood out amongst the stand outs. I was especially impressed with Erik Johnson, Zak Parise, Ryan Kessler, Ryan Suter, Paul Stasny, Patrick Kane (he is amazing!), Duncan Keith, Corey Perry (as much as it pains me to say that :p ) and of course Ryan Miller – he was one steely-eyed netminder throughout the games.
It might be a little hard getting used to plain old NHL games now, but GO KINGS!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
@bbb7, well, there was the one player…Finn, I believe, who was injured by an overzealous Norwegian player, if I recall correctly, but I’m also glad it was a relatively safe tournament.
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bbb7 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Yah you’re right but I saw last night he was in the press box and expects to be back playing in a week, so that was good.
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RJC76 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
@bbb7,
Parise is the real deal. That kid was all over the damn place created chances and giving the Canadians fits.
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Kings Fan In Idaho Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
@bbb7,
Re: It might be a little hard getting used to plain old NHL games now, but GO KINGS!
My thought exactly watching these games. But seeing all the Kings players out on the ice Tuesday, that will be great. Yep, Go Kings!
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Congrats to all the medal winners and also to those that didn’t win but played their guts out.
Also thoughts and prayers go out to Quick and his wife as they await the birth of a baby any day now.
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I am so very proud and happy for Drew, I cried when he received his medal. Can’t think of when I’ve ever been so happy. It was a great tournament. Congrats to the USA team for such a well played game and tournament. Very happy for Brownie, JJ and Quicker. All of their experiences are going to help take the Kings to the next level.
GO KINGS!!
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Way to go USA and Canada for giving us all a great game. Congrats to Drew for winning gold and JMFJ,Brownie,and Quick for bringing the USA a Silver you all made the hockey world happy! Now lets get back to bringing the Cup to L.A.!!!!!!!!!!! Go Kings GO!!
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Great game. Because of the nature of sudden death, it was a tough loss to swallow, but you have to realize that we just watched the two best teams in the world battle it out, and that silver for the US is no disappointment even though it might feel like that. Both teams should be proud, and it shows how close this tournament was. And to have Doughty, Brown, JJ, Quicker representing our club in the finals is just awesome. Congrats to USA and Canada for showing the world the greatness of this sport!
…and GO KINGS!
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bbb7 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
@KingsKnight, Agreed, and the 4-on-4 in OT took most of the hitting out of the OT and made it more an All Star Game competition, which is fine but definitely didnt favor the US’s more physical style.
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How about Drew starting a new Olympic tradition? Skating around with the flag like it was the Stanley Cup!
Oh and Congrats to Drew for making the All tournament team!
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bbb7 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
@Arron, Amazing… he’s only 20! When crunch time came late in the Slovakia and US games the coach thought “I have a bench full of the finest players in Canada, whom should I put out? Doughty!”
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Arron Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
@bbb7,
It is amazing! The Canadian announcers were saying he was the best defenseman in the entire tournament.
This guy is going to carry us to the Stanley Cup. I can just feel it!
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jayhay Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
@Arron,
trying to find all tourny team, where is it?
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Arron Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
@jayhay,
I read it on Drew Doughty’s facebook fan page, but they have since removed it so maybe they jumped the gun. Mckenzie, Pang, Kypreos, and Duthie all said he was the best d-man in the tournament though.
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Decker Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
@Arron,
Found this list on a couple of websites… looks like Drew missed the but, but I’m sure he didn’t miss it by much…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/olympics/2010/writers/michael_farber/02/28/all.tournament.team/index.html
Just got back from watching the game and it was a classic! Congrats to all players involved, that was an amazing game to watch as a fan of hockey. My heart sunk when Parise scored with 24 seconds left, but Sid the Kid came through when it counted. Congrats to Drew on the gold and to JJ, Brownie and Quick on their silver medals.
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Speaking of Drew, for those of you who want to relish his medal, but can’t stand the rest of Team Canada…
http://lakingsnews.com/2010/02/28/yay-doughty-i-guess-damn-it/
More creative (and better) photoshopping to come tomorrow.
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Lanny McDonald's 'Stache Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
@Surly Jacob (JDM), LOL!!! That last picture was great, it made it much more tolerable.
If Drew wasn’t on the Canadian team I think this would be a lot harder to stomach after that heartbreaking finish, but I am incredibly proud for Doughty, who was relied upon in the most important situations and was the first one embraced by Crosby after the OT winner.
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RJC76 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
@Surly Jacob (JDM),
Funny stuff man. My girlfriend is sick of me talking about Doughty every time he touched the puck. Needless to say she’s glad Kings games don’t start over here usually until 9:30-10, that way she says she can go to bed and not have to listen to me talk about him anymore.
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Surly Jacob (JDM) Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
@RJC76,
Hah, he is worthy off continuous gushing.
He was incredible all tournament. Guy is unflappable.
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nykingfan Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 4:59 am
@RJC76,
Good..I’m not alone.
My wife wants to shoot me the next time I mention Doughty’s name. She said the way I was talking about him, he must be the next Bobby Orr…Exactly!!!!!!!
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Surly Jacob (JDM) Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 11:44 am
@nykingfan,
Hey, atleast your girlfriend knows who Bobby Orr is….
Congrats to team usa for a good effort. But I’m not going to gloat or call out the americans that told me to make sure I’m here today after Canada lost so they could gloat. Way to go Doughty and WAY TO GO CANADA!!!!!
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RJC76 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
@tantrum4,
Agreed tantrum. The Americans had an amazing tournament. I wonder if there is any way we can pry Parise away from the Devils…that kid is amazing.
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Arron Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
@RJC76,
I don’t know if you remember but there was a rumor a few years back that would of have had us send Blake for Parise and a first rounder…Damn Lamourello
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RJC76 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
@Arron,
I hadn’t heard that before, man would that have been worth it and then some.
Got some food, still hate the result of that game.
Team Canada had the better players, Team USA had the better team concept… Damn, I still can’t get over it!
Give me Kings hockey on Tuesday!
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Lanny McDonald's 'Stache Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
Well said.
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It stings losing to the ultimate hockey snobs, but it was a great game. The positives: we showed that we can hang with anybody in the world and all of the Kings that participated in the tourney played well and are coming back home healthy. Now lets get back to business and finish the last 21 games strong.
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BRIAN SIMMONS Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
@uknojata, GO KINGS GO
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So proud of the boys! Go USA! Go Kings!
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Looking back, the most amazing thing about the tournament was the level of competition, and the level of the Kings’ players in that competition. How proud must DL and TM be to see the players they choose to depend on used in the same capacity on teams with players hand-picked because they’re the best in the world!
We knew what Drew could do, and now the world knows. We knew what Zeus could do, and even though it was a “goodbye” tour for most of the Slovakian team, they leaned on him as a rock.
We knew what Brownie can do, and he showed he’ll be as steady in the toughest of contests as he is for the Kings this season.
We knew what Quick could do, and though he never got the chance to show the rest of the world, he got to feel the excitement of the highest level of competition possible, and he’ll be rested and as sharp as possible in goal.
We weren’t all very sure what Jack Johnson could do, but he impressed us all by showing poise and confidence, in the biggest of games and under the most pressure imaginable.
They’ve all made us proud and shown the world that they’re the best of the best. Now they can come home and join their team, and show them once more. This team that few had above second-to-last in division–that few had even making the playoffs–won’t just make the playoffs, but will make us all proud once more.
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King John Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 11:17 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Nice post
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WHAT AGAME PROUD OF THE USA TEAM.NOW LETS GET THE KINGS BACK ON THE ICE AND MAKE A STRONG PUSH TOWARD THE PLAYOFFS
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Oh, and, I could talk about a couple Ducks players that I was not impressed with, but there were certainly others with whom I was very impressed, including Bobby Ryan, Ryan Miller, Brian Rafalski, Zach Parise and the always-dependable Chris Drury.
On the “other side,” I couldn’t have been more impressed with Shea Weber and Duncan Keith. There were certainly bigger names–even from the same NHL team, but I don’t think anyone played better. I think the defensive players, with some obvious exceptions, were the strength of the Canadian roster.
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Surly Jacob (JDM) Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Do you mean Seabrook and not Weber, or did you just get confused?
Weber and Keith were incredible. Seabrook lost his pairing 1 game in.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
I thought about it a lot, and I really thought Keith and Weber, for their individual contributions, were really rocks out there.
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Surly Jacob (JDM) Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
I think I misread your first post.
Plus it has to be said that Jonas Hiller was very good for the Swiss. Given a better draw after the group stage, he could have single-handedly put switzerland in the medal round.
That said, I hope that all stops for the next freeway faceoff!
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WHERE’S PLAYER X AT?!?!?!? WOOOOOHOOOO BABBBYYYYY!!!! THIS IS OUR GAME, CANADA’S GAME BABBYYYYY!!!!!! DOUGHTY!
what a great game, Parise broke my heart and then Crosby sewed it back up, I love it and the best team won this tournament
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BRIAN SIMMONS Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
@AK47, THEY WERE BOTH THE BEST TEAMS.CONGRATS TO CANADA BRING ON THE PLAOFFS KINGS.
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Player-X Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
@AK47,
Right here AK, what you need from me?
Congratulations on a great win. And I am super proud of my American team, I think even you would admit they were a lot better than the rest of the world gave them credit for.
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AK47 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
@Player-X,
well, I, unlike most Canadians, knew what talent the US team had, simply because I watch every single Kings game. The Americans were definitely not favorite to do this well and they did have a good tournament, but let’s be honest, the better team won! We stole one from you guys in Salt Lake, you stole one from us in the Juniors game in January, now we won one on our home soil. In the end, we’re all still Kings fans
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Player-X Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
@AK47,
Must you perpetuate the blather of denial? Canada won today. They had the better team, for that game, and for that tournament.
A = B.
In the juniors tournament, USA juniors won. That day, that tournament, for that game and for that year, USA had a better team. Again, A = B.
Nobody “stole” anything. It was what it was.
Cristobal Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 2:34 pm
@AK47,
The better team won???
Of course you have to say that to shake off the fear of imagining you are not the best, but you were still outscored on your home ice over two games by the “lesser team” as you put it. The game winner was a lucky goal as Miller was setting up for a poke check. I don’t see how anyone could say there was a difference between these teams.
The USA is proud of Team USA and the fact that we took game 1, and pushed till the “Canadian Dream Team” to the limit, all on Canadian ice and in front of an overwhelmingly home-ice advantage with one of the youngest teams in the tourny.
I have to praise the Canadian fans who not only cheered their gold medal winners, but also many of the runners-up. Also, Scott Nedermier for praising Team USA afterwards and saying we battled hard and gave them all they could handle.
Crosby, on the other hand, proved what a tool he is when he said “they didn’t expect it to be that close”. Very disrespectful from a “tom cruise-ish” ego maniac who was far from Canada’s best player over the final 3 games.
I’d say Doughty was one of the best for Canada with his skill and tough play.
In the end, Canada was lucky to capitalize on small errors by Rafalski in the first period and overtime, so saying the better team won is totaly out of line with what happened on the ice.
Great game by both teams and USA fans KNOW that there is little separation between the 2 best teams in this tournament.
Canada won gold and broke our hearts, but this one shows that the Americans can play with anyone and will one day have gold around there necks again.
justmyopinion Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 12:57 am
@AK47,
If not for a lucky bounce or a puck that stopped at the line you would be crying in your beer.
Team USA was not projected to be “the team to beat”, and yet, going into the final game, they had a better record than the two that were supposed to be. They did it without the advantages of having a goalie playing on his home ice as well as lines and defensive pairings that play regularly together. What this, the youngest team in these olympic hockey games, did was incredible and they deserve to be praised for an incredible accomplishment.
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USA WILL TAKE THE SILVER WHEN NO ONE THOUGHT THEY WOUDMAKE IT THIS FAR
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GO KINGS GO GO USA GO
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Todays game was as it should be. It came down to one shot. Great Kings for both teams. Sadness for my player Zeus. He also played his butt off, but its gotta be hard to overcome 5 straight power plays. Maybe the Finns didn’t score on all of them, but that equates to half a period being unable to effectively attack. Kudos to Zeus! Zeus didn’t lose it, the team did.
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First off congrats to Canada and great show by the US team. From what I can gather some had them as far down as 5th or 6th in chances to win. Great showing by all the Kings and bring on the cup run. Nice job Rich on all your coverage and live blog. GO KINGS GO. Feels good after a few weeks to post that.
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If there was any doubt that the United States was a hockey powerhouse, those doubts have been removed. Even though the Americans finished in 2nd place, that soon will change, very soon.
USA Hockey is on the rise and it is only a matter of time till it becomes “our thing” rather than “Canada’s thing”.
Congradulations to Brown, Johnson, Quick, and all of our American hockey players, you showed the world what you’re made of. Congrats to Drew Doughty as well.
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Does anyone know which NHL team took the most gold medals? I don’t feel like doing my homework.
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Wahine Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
@Kings Fan In Idaho, Unfortunately, the Sharks had 4 players (Boyle, Marleau, Thornton & Heatley). That really sucks! Chicago had 3 players.
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Kings Fan In Idaho Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
@Wahine,
Thanks for the info…yeah that is unfortunate.
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OK, ENOUGH TOUCH GOOD OLYMPIC FEELY…
LETS GET BACK TO WHAT WE’RE ALL HERE FOR….
LETS GO KINGS!! LETS GO KINGS!!
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Congrats to all the Kings players, you all represented your Countries well. Now let’s go KINGS!!!
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BRIAN SIMMONS Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
@Mark C., GO KINGS GO
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That game was truly one that I’ll remember for a long time.Not because USA lost,but because USA showed the world that we’re a force to be reconed with when it comes to hockey.All hockey finals in all levels came down to one of 2 teams for the gold US vs Canada.The ones that mattered to Canada the most they won gold in,but Canada now knows America is right there with them.
I’m so proud of all our Kings that particapated,but I think I’m most proud of Zus.He worked really hard and got nothing to show for it(as far as medals go).I can’t wait for the season to start again,and I hope the Kings organization gives the guys a big welcome back ceramony.
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USA FOEEVER
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I WILL SAY IT AGAIN USA FOREVER
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Unfortunately, I believe the Ducks have 6 players with medals. 2 from Finland with Selanne and Koivu, 3 from Canada with Getzlaf, Perry and Niedermayer, and Ryan from the US. On a lighter note, I can’t wait until the Ducks play the Kings again. JJ has found a way to get into Getzlaf’s head and I love it!!!
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bbb7 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
@Nitrohockey, ABSOLUTELY! I would love to get a transcript of their ‘conversations’; there is no love lost between them at all. As it should be since I have no love for Getzlaf either.
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wontonkings01 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
@Nitrohockey, Don’t forget Whitney from USA. I can’t wait to play the Ducks again either. With any luck, Williams will be back, and the Ducks will finally see the destruction that is Kopitar-Smyth-Williams.
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BRING THE PLAYOFFS BACK TO L.A.
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We need to reach the playoffs this year.
and I never knew Getzlaf was balding lmao
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It was pretty awesome that Doughty started out as the 7th defenseman, and ended up as the #2 defenseman playing with Neidermeyer in overtime. This kid is going to be a star in the league. We need to sign him to a lifetime contract.
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USHA#17 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
@wontonkings01,
Yeah, careful or he’ll go the way of Duschene, Galley, Sydor and a dozen others
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USHA#17 Reply:
February 28th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
@USHA#17,
Oh yeah, another one, Alex Zitnik…
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I think it is fair to say that JJ, Brown and DD have playoff level (I’d say even game 7 Stanly Cup final level) now. There can’t be a bigger stage than what they played in so they should feel right at home come playoff time.
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Congrats DD! You deserved this. The other Kings played great as well. Hopefully Zus doesn’t get lost in the mix. He did a terrific job as well.
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I’ve been a Kings fan for over 30+ years, and this is the FIRST time in all those years that the Kings Organization has to be proud of all their efforts. Sure we had Gretzky, Luc, Marcel etc but ask yourself this. When was the last time we had a TEAM full of great players, who play with grit and class AND a farm system of future All Stars!! It’s great to be a Kings fan!! Way to make us fans proud, boys now let’s get home field!!
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JJ is the man! the way he rammed Crosby into the boards after the period ended was awesome. I cant wait till we play Anaheim and see JJ, Getzlaf and Perry go at it. Drew better step in and protect his teammates….its gonna be awesome!
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BRIAN SIMMONS Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 8:25 am
@Minas, iagree
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congrats to Doughty and all the Kings Men….
Handzus, Johnson, Brown were awesome…
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Whats this about Visnovsky Juicing?
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Congrats to our friends north of the border. They deserved the Gold medal…U.S has nothing to be ashamed of. They took the best to OT where anything can happen. In my opinion its 1 and 1A with Canada and US.
I couldn’t be any more proud of how the Kings performed in this tournament. Doughty showed he’s already an elite defensemen. Brownie and JJ were outstanding..as was Zeus.
I would think this experience will help the Kings tremendously down the stretch. I can’t imagine how invaluable this experience will be to a guys like Doughty, Brown, JJ. Of course the same can be said for a lot of guys around the league that participated in the tournament.
Congrats to all and thanks for a great showing.
And now back to our regular scheduled programming.
GO KINGS!!!!!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 11:57 am
@nykingfan, Well said!
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Great, tournament, great game. I had to pop a nitro when Parise scored at the end of the game. Whats even better was you could here alot of people in the neighborhood yelling too, so that tells me most everyone in AMERICA was a hockey fan yesterday. Now though, we can get back to being Kings fans and I hate the sucks. somebody please give corey fairy back his bottle so he can stop looking like he’s always going to cry…..
How about Milbury with all the love for the Kings? I think Dustin Brown is his new favorite player. JJ showing the Kings/sucks hatred was great, and also how about the rest of the world finding out how great DD is? I know I’m just repeating whats already been said in the earlier posts, but I felt compelled to jump in and say I’m proud of our boys, and bring on the Stars. 4th place looks pretty good to me right now. Go Kings.
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I’m not a fan of Canadians today with Drew being the only exception! I so wanted to return the favor to Canada from 2002.
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Sir: you missed some of the implied points.
we haven’t won the World Baseball Classic and probably won’t SINCE it is played at our Major Leagues Spring Training time and the other countries are finishing their seasons. that is a hugh difference, and if you followed that discussion, it has been noted that the classic should be done at the end of our World Series, or Playoff schedule to make the timing of participants more equal to their preparation. maybe you haven’t, but i am not the same player at training, trying to hit curve balls, fast balls, and change ups, until the season got going and timing caught up.
Secondly, you missed the point on hockey participation in the US and in Canada. we may have the same numbers, but our BEST athletes have more choices to participate and with that, in our culture, like your sport culture is heavily connected to ice hockey, we have athletes making big money in alot of sports, tennis, track and field, swimming, auto racing, now soccer, real football, etc., is drawing a number of quality athletes into some many sports. my take is, that in Canada, it is the drawing the best of the best, since it is a heritage and intwined into the sporting culture of that country. you won the gold, fair and square, we made you work hard for it, didn’t seem to get any respect for it, you should have won the gold, and you are the only country that could have fielded 2 legitimate medal teams. i can’t see you arguing that point. your second team would be favored over everybody except Team Canda 1, Russia, Sweden, and perhaps Finland, since they won Silver in Turino, if i remember. Certainly would be better than Finland, knowing the players in the NHL, and even Sweden, perhaps.
Thirdly, my entire emphasis was our effort should not be overlooked by failing to win the Gold, since we don’t emphasis hockey in this country, and the plain fact is, here, it is considered a minor sport when compared to the Big 3, and those 3 draw the vast majority of our best athletes. maybe you have to read that sentence over to see what i am saying. when i think of all the world class athletes we produce and placing them in hockey, if that was the main focus of kids when choosing sports to play when growing up, it is one impressive list, to long to include from all the sports to list here.
i am praising my countries team and effort and insecurities from external sources will not detract from it. i didn’t say a negative thing about canada, but i am noticing in publish reports, over the years, alot of America bashing, when it is unwarranted and not a product of initiated comments from this side.
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