After his nice assist on Ponikarovsky’s goal, Simmonds got rewarded with a goal of his own just nine seconds later. Simmonds was sprung on a breakaway and tucked the puck around Lehtonen as he was being knocked into the net. A video review showed that the puck crossed the goal line before the net was knocked off.
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Simmers!!!! Way to wake up boys.
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phx 4-2 DET/FINAL
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
…
Now its
stl 1-0 NSH/3rd period, 11:37 to go
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
stl 3-0 NSH/FINAL
Now its:
col 1-2 CAL/1st intermission
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Yess!! Finally we get the right call. just when we were saying Simmonds needs to step up he totally redeems himself
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Cmon boys! break the back-to-back second game curse!
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Simmonds has a potty mouth.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
@Who Knows?,
Aww.
Playground rules!
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Simmonds only needs a fight for the Gordie Howe Hat Trick!!!!!!! Lets go Man Child
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Ok.. got the answer to the question posted in previous post.
Kings record for fastest 2 goals is 6 seconds.
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GooooKings!! Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
@Mesquite Smokie,
Yeah as posted over there..
Kings fastest 2 goals, 6 seconds..
0:06
4/15/99
Doug Bodger 7:47 & Luc Robitaille 7:53 3rd period vs. Anaheim
11/2/72 Ralph Backstrom (2) 8:30-8:36 3rd period vs. Boston
3/10/68 Bill Flett 9:14 & Eddie Joyal 9:20
1st period vs. NY Rangers
Source:
http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=21960
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JJ had a hand in all 3 goals.
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This is where the absence of a crowd KILLS the Stars…
No one to help them get that extra jump.
–And, Quick is the Taxman, robbing Dallas blind!
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WOW!! Quick is a beast!!
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Well, there’s scoring depth for you. Nice to have a 3rd line that can score two goals like that, bang-bang.
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Simmondssssss!!!
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Go Clifford!
Big Dog!
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finally some gloves are dropped
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GODDAMNIT WESTGARTH. DO YOUR JOB.
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threepwood Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
@Dwreck,
Meaning what?
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Dwreck Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
@threepwood, meaning deliver a beat down, but don’t sacrifice a friggin PP.
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threepwood Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
@Dwreck,
He stood up for his teammate – which is his job.
Would have been a neat trick to deliver a beat down without sacrificing a PP.
Grossman is a Swede. Think he’s going to willingly drop his gloves with Westgarth?
Westy would have had to jump him to deliver said beat down…which would have been a penalty.
No vacancy in the sin bin!
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Here we go. Was only a matter of time. Get him Clifford!
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Westgarth just showed why he should be in a suit in the stands. Stupid freaking penalty when the Kings could have been on the PP and broke this open.
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Andrew Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
@Dan H., AGree 100% That was a stupid, stupid penalty!@
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rumpa#19 Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
@Dan H., Na he was standing up for Schenn..dont mess with our rookie
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Mesquite Smokie Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
@Dan H.,
Actually Westgarth was doing what he is paid to do. Stand up for the rest of the teammates who get hit unnecessarily, in this case Schenn.
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Dan H. Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
@Mesquite Smokie,
Standing up for would be grabbing him face to face, not putting his face into the boards from behind to possibly injure him and for sure take the Kings off of the power play.
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Duksuck Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
@Mesquite Smokie,
Agreed, Westie tried in front of the net after he got checked. Why did no one but me see that the puck was in that tangled mess of bodies when Westie hit the dude. Clifford one punch KO to Sutherby….Yea
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damn. no pp.
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Quick is doing great!!! He helped us weather the storm and gave the offense a chance to get started.
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Come on cap…
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…Made it!
End of Period!
Whew…
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Atta boy JQ!
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good period.. time to lock it down
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Well, they dodged a bit of a bullet toward the end of the 2nd there.
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Great game so far. Good to see Poni find the net.
Keep it up in the third!
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Quick making it look easy, you tell me how Bernie is even on the same lvl right now??
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Quick is a beast tonight. Keep it up JQ.
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Need a little more “O” zone time next period. GO KINGS!!
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I am watching the Dallas feed and the announcers seems to be giving the Kings alot of credit..
Good to hear..
Go Kings!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
@GooooKings!!, So far this season, opposing announcers seem to be very complementary–even in Calgary!
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GooooKings!! Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Yeah same goes for the announcers on VS..One in particular his name is alluding me right now though..
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any update on Simmonds? Heard he went down and was slow to get up?
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
@Mesquite Smokie,
Sometimes, no word is a good thing…
I hope.
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Mesquite Smokie Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
Agreed, but still would like to know if he is back. Can’t really get a good showing online of this game. I have almost a 1 minute delay between Nick and Daryl and the FSSW feed.
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can we close the deal tonight, these guys must be tired. Rich said they flew from Chicago last night to Dallas.
Quick line changes (30 sec) and push hard!! How about Simmer and the crazy speed I think I mentioned it earlier in the day.
So far…
1st star Quick
2nd star Simmer
3rd star Richards
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bmova Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
@Harty, Dude, JJ has 3 assists…
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Is Simmers down?
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damnit! I i live in Washington (state) and am missing what sounds to be a great game. Go Kings Go!
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Seattle757 Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
@Stone, I live in Seattle and I get every Kings game, just get Center Ice. For $20 you can’t go bad plus there are plenty of bars/pubs that show NHL games
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Looks like our #1 is playing tonight…..only reason why we are winning this game. Keep going Quick!
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Great game by “MR. NOT-DOUGHTY”, Jack Johnson.
If JJ can stay hot, we will be devastating when
DD comes back.
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Mesquite Smokie Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
@Sergei Prozacutov,
Agreed there.
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Stone I live in Ontario Canada and I get all the games every night. $15 bucks a season per month. Every game all teams.
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Quick is tracking the puck like a hawk tonight. This is the guy we had before the all-star break last year. Keep him well rested TM we’re gonna need Quick to be fresh for a deep run into June.
I can’t compliment Williams enough for his ability to get good body position. Multiple times this year the guy is 1-2 steps behind a defenseman on a dump and then he swoops down right in front of them on an angle boxes them out and gets in position to take the puck along the boards smart player making smart plays.
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Kopitar line is pretty non-existent tonight. Kopi has zero shots so far.
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Comment on Simmonds–
Supposedly very ginger this period, reaching for the puck.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
–Now he’s off the ice…
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Mesquite Smokie Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
Eeeek?
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Shorthanded goal!!!!!!!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Change that goalie!
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Mesquite Smokie Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
Why? we can get another 2-3 on him. Make this game very out of reach.
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a Shortie? Very nice. Willie Mitchell?
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YAY willie!!
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Shortie for Willie!
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Defenses first goal of the season. Haha. What a way to score.
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McDonalds Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
@91chargersrt8,
i know really
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Good to see that it is our night after last night
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Man, Quick looks unbeatable right now
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I’ll bet Bernier wishes the Kings had chased Turco off last night as they did Lehtinen tonight.
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WOW Stoll had the open net
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wow, the Kings really didnt like losin’ lastnight, did they?
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
@Stone, Actually, they seem to be getting all the bounces they didn’t get last night.
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As I said, tonight they took their frustrations from last night out on Dallas, matching the thrashing the Stars received from the quacks Tuesday. Re Westgarth… Not to single anyone out, but much of the criticism he receives betrays ignorance on the part of his critics. He made the correct moves tonight, and has thus far this season, with the exception of small errors. I love the explanation McSorley gave at Hockeyfest this year regarding when we drop gloves and when we don’t. To paraphrase Marty, “Guys, we’re in a 1 point hockey game; I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to suck that up… get me a 3 goal lead, however, and he’s going to pay…” I find it extremely annoying on a personal level to watch a young enforcer criticized by people who don’t seem to grasp what the job entails, and how its aims are achieved.
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poni
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