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Fail…
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
@brook,
S’ alright.
Get ‘em tomorrow.
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K-Dog Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
@brook, Yes, Big Time Fail!
This week the Kings ate Smoked Duck
and Smoked Shark, not enough fire
in the Belly to Smoke Coyote…
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MR King Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
@K-Dog, Looks like Smoked King was the chef’s special of the evening.
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K-Dog Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
@MR King, Very true my friend!!!! Damn the chef…
Why do I sense a come back in the third? Oh yeah…we play our best hockey in the third. GKG!!!
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what a mess, bring out the mirros…. Quick has every right to be pissed
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RYC Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
@pr0cess, He had no help at all.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
@RYC, Yup. He can stop some pretty good shots, and if he sucked, I’d be sayin’ it, but he really only blew the last one (which he shouldn’t have been in to face.)
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pr0cess Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
@RYC, drop the “pride” from the saying if they cant find it
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What an embarrassment. So many giveaways.
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Ughh, I guess we were due for one of these.
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LA KING BOBchi Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
@Goring 19, Everyone has one like this.. Lets stay healthy and play a good 3rd period.
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Has the sky officially fallen yet?
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pr0cess Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
@xeropoint, I take it your ok will this?
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xeropoint Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
@pr0cess, Absolutely not ok with this, but not ready to hang myself, either.
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Dominick Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
@xeropoint, Only if we don’t come back. Even then the sky will be sinking slowly.
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Mike C Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
@xeropoint,
No, not at all. A chance to finish 10 games above .500 to end 2010 is called a great start. Could be worse, NJ lost their 25th game today. Go team Kovi!!!!
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Buster Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
@xeropoint,
Nope. I think I saw a couple of snow flakes in the last few minutes though.
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MR King Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
@xeropoint, Wish I could tell you but I’m currently blinded by the steaming pile of crap on my TV screen.
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Why play the 3rd? Why don’t they just get an earlier flight back to LA since they obviously don’t want to play tonight?
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RYC Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
@Mike C, At least they will be well rested for tomorrow night after not playing tonight.
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Mike C Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
@RYC,
LOL, see, that’s a great reply. Always a bright side.
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We never show up to play in the desert. That’s just the Kings!
At least Westie was able to land 3 nice uppercuts to Biz not so nasty’s face! Can’t stand Biz!
That a boy Westie!
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Boy, this is not good that it’s happening on KCOP 13.
1) Channel 13 won’t like the dip in ratings as the game went down the drain.
2) People who may more casually tune in to this more “regular” and available channel will not show interest with the team losing so badly. I was hoping for some good exposure. I think we did well though the last time on ch. 13.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
@King John,
Channel 13 telecasts are add-ons, not nearly as important as the Fox telecasts.
The Kings are selling out. No need to worry about the ratings of a young, rising team, at this point.
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Vegaskingsfan Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
@King John, Living in Vegas means I don’t get to watch the telecasts on KCOP…kinda glad right now that this is one of the games I can’t see.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
@King John, Agree…there are a lot of people in LA who wouldn’t normally watch seeing this.
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Funny, the Sharks fans were in a similar mood the other night.
Hate it when the team decides to play like crap. Hope they can at least play one period tonight.
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I blame the Ducks…who gave the Yotes a sense of purpose.
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Dominick Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
@Voice Of Reason, LOL! I was thinking that the yotes are doing that to us tonight. Be afraid Philly. Be very afraid.
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Let’s hope they don’t follow this up with another 1-6 slide.
BTW I’m still watching for the solid third period comeback.
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man, don’t you guy’s remember the 73 point season, things are so much better
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Why is everyone acting like we lost. There is afull 20 left.
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Mike C Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
@kingsfaninsano,
The Kings do have this habit of coming back late against teams coached by Dave Tippet.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
@kingsfaninsano, IMO, they’ve sucked A LOT, and that’s what I’m pissed about. I’m not ready to call it a loss.
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I loved the fight.
Westgarth got pummeled early on, with multiple short lefts from the hand-hold. But then he rocked Bissonette late with huge upper cuts and put him down.
Could the game go the same way?
We shall see…
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kylecliffordfan Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, I agree… Westie came back and put on a solid showing in that fight to get the win. Biz was lucky the refs stepped in… Westie would of destroyed him with more uppercuts..
If we can’t win the game, how about Clifford and Simmonds go on a little tear and pick a player to destroy??
I would like to see Cliff destroy that dirty playing Jovo!
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TM needs to go Bruce Budreaux on them in the dressing room.
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I will definitely watch the rest of the game, but I probably can’t take the hyperbolic comments here, and may bail at any time.
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Nitrohockey Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, I feel your pain. But if the Kings come back and win, it’ll be fun pulling up a truckload of crow for people to eat tonight!
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Dominick Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, I’ll still watch also. Can’t just jump on the bandwagon when things are good, and jump off when things are bad.
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vplaza Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Just curious, but do you have to announce if you’re going to leave? Why not just stop reading and posting when the discussions don’t meet your tastes? What’s the point in giving notice? I don’t get it.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Do you have to attack me for my post?
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vplaza Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
No sir, not an attack but just a question asked out of curiosity. Wasn’t calling you any names or insinuating anything. A simple, ‘why?’ That’s all.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@vplaza, I’ll give you a straight answer, though. I think it’s fair to make a general comment about the hyperbole. I feel most of us here are friendly, and if I decide to get P.O.’d and just close the browser window, those of a friendly nature should consider my notice as having said “goodbye.” Of course, those who are not of a friendly nature might choose to attack me.
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vplaza Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Fair enough. Just to reiterate, my question wasn’t an attack. I simply was curious as to the why, the need to say ‘I can’t stand it in here because it’s getting too negative, so peace out!’ when simply stepping away from the browser pretty much does the job.
But hey, it’s a free country, so no worries. Far be it for me or anyone to tell someone else what to post and what not to.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Peace.
neil Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, cant we all get along!!!!!
Dallas is losing to the Wings, a couple of points gained on them would’ve been (or would be) nice. Curiously, the Stars pulled the goalie, down by 3, with about 3 minutes to go . . . it’s now 7-3 there.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
@KDinUT, figures, doesn’t it. They finally lose, and it’s not looking great here.
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The game isn’t over, it is 1 out of 82, and both Dallas and SJ lost already tonight. Oh, and we are on the road. Hang in their Kingdom, we still have a great team that hit a bump in the road.
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lvkingaholic Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
@DesertKing, couldn’t agree more………..
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4 games in 5 nites has to take its toll
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
@lvkingaholic, Yup. In all fairness, the last three games were great efforts.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
@lvkingaholic,
Absolutely.
Scheduling is necessary, but insane.
Simmonds shoulda scored there…
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lvkingaholic Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, what scares me is the month of feb, 10 straight games on the road? who makes this up?
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Buster Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
@lvkingaholic,
Must be an Ucks fan.
vplaza Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
@lvkingaholic,
True, but every team has its stretches like that in the schedule. The Kings just didn’t come to play, which is what bugs everyone here.
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interesting, the announcers mentioned DD and JJ not having a good game. I think the Yotes have done a pretty good job on those 2. Maybe a little scouting to shut them down?
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The Kings should fire the coach, get rid of DL, get rid of DD and JJ, oh yeah and make some drastic trades and changes…..Here it comes I can hear it already
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Dominick Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
@Lvhatrick, The Key is if we could still get Kovalchuck.
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lvkingaholic Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
@Lvhatrick, hell ya bring on the hanson brothers….. old tyme hockey
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xeropoint Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
@Lvhatrick, I think we should take it a step further and demand they all commit ritual suicide for dishonoring the fans. And THEN see if Kovulchuk is available.
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Dominick Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@xeropoint, Hari Kari for anyone who makes over 2 mill, so we can afford to pay him what he’s worth.
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xeropoint Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
@Dominick, Dammit, Dom… you should be running this franchise!
Dominick Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
@xeropoint, LOL! I’d probably try to run it like DL and get fired.
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Kings are just tired even with a day off. Hope they’ll be okay for tomorrow’s game.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
@Justin, From my physical training experience, I’d say that can be true. I’m definitely more sore after a day off than I am the day after.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
That should be “than I am ON the day after.”
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Why is it “jobing.com” and not “jobbing.com” anyway?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Noun, not a verb?
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 30th, 2010 at 7:42 am
@Kingsfanone, I was taught when you add “ing” to a word ending in a consonant, you double the consonant. Then again, in retrospect, I can think of many that don’t work that way (boating, fighting, typing, faking.) Might have to do with a “long” vowel and a “short” vowel (tripping, trapping, potting, patting), in which case it should be “jobbing.” Who knows?
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I cannot say this more strongly:
First hat trick for Doan of his career?
–Over my dead and bleeding body!
Not tonight…
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xeropoint Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, That’s almost as good as a win, at this point. Shut him down!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
@xeropoint,
THAT was close!
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On the bright side, Bernier appears to be putting in a solid effort.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Agree.
Those who wanted an early goalie pull may have been right…
But, Bernier still should start tomorrow, against the Pliers.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, It’ll be interesting to hear Murray address both questions.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, LOL at Pliers, BTW.
Out!
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lvkingaholic Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, yep, tm should have pulled quick after 4, bonehead move on his part
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
@lvkingaholic,
Good arguments both ways, a judgement call.
Give TM a mulligan, IMHO…
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, In general, he’s earned the right to a screw-up, if that’s what it is.
Honestly the only good thing bout tonight is the fact that both San Jose and Dallas lost, but we have to play better than this. GREAT teams play with consistency and it seems like that is something we lack. Getting better but still lack. Our D and goaltending has to be better especially against a Phoenix team that does not score many goals and is playing a back to back. Where is the intensity from the San Jose game? Very disappointing.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
@OCKingsFan,
Guilty of looking ahead to a quality opponent.
Happens all the time.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
@OCKingsFan, It’s not an excuse but a reality: this is the third game in four nights, and they’ve played with a lot of energy–and they’ve no doubt anticipated tomorrow’s game, as Bako points out.
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OCKingsFan Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Ya you guys are right. We have not seen many defensive breakdowns like that especially from our forwards in our own zone, we were running around and it bit us. But ya I think they will be ready for tomorrow night’s game. I am glad we have a homestand now, hopefully all W’s!
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even rich hasn’t updated lately
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
@lvkingaholic, well, there hasn’t been any scoring and it’s not the end of a period. I’m guessing he’s started on the game story (remember, he’s probably gonna get on the plane pretty quickly tonight.)
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We are spoiled by our teams play when it is good. But are left with the reality check when they do not. Point being need another two 20+ goal scorers not injured and a vet d. All to make a serious run and survive injuries with depth without missing a beat.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
@Kings x,
And, if the Kings roll the Flyers tomorrow, what say then?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
You know the answer to that one!
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AZ King Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
@Kings x,
Oh, two 20-goal scorers. That should be easy enought to get. And who are you going to give up to get these two 20-goal scorers?
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Ok, can Doan get his hat trick already.
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being a fan for 35 years you expect games like this, they happen every year. thick or thin we are all die hards
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
@lvkingaholic, It’s certainly been much worse, hasn’t it? As I was pointing out before, last season we probably watched more stinkers earlier, and the year before it was worse, etc., etc. So…thinks are looking up!
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vplaza Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
@lvkingaholic,
Do you have to remind us of how dark times were in the Kingdom?
Seriously, I’m just as disappointed as everyone is with the letdown tonight. But the team should be good enough to bounce back. Not sure if it will be tomorrow, so let’s not be too surprised if they lose two in a row. But they should get back on track.
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I’m out, folks…
Kings rolled, Bakersfield Condors flattened by Utah in ECHL play…
But my Yale Bulldogs defend their #1 NCAA Men’s Hockey ranking by taking out the Russian Touring Red Army team, 6-3 at Ingalls Rink in New Haven… Three late goals salted that game away…
Schenn gets hot at the Juniors…
USA wins…
All in all, not a bad night!
–Bulldogs, Bulldogs, Bow Wow Wow…
–Eli Yale!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Later Bako. Keep the faith!
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lvkingaholic Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, tommorow is another day, good nite my fellow diehards
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Nitrohockey Reply:
December 29th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, We’ll get ‘em tomorrow!!! Good night!
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I think the current programming guide for channel 13 is ‘Whacked Out Sports’. Quite apropos.
Ugh! =/ gKg!
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There was no heart tonight, and our defense was just disgusting.
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The kings thought that they were the best team in the leauge Just because they beat Sharks who had off night. The kids need some leadership role model who can tell them nothing is given to anyone who you have to earn it this level. You have to win the cups and make playoffs every year and have good runs in the playoffs to be consider a good team. Kings had more trunover this game than passes. Good teams dont play like this. This the first time I saw kings play out of the system and they fail big. When the second started awsome shift. It was only 4-3 I thought they would come back for sure. Please stay in the system. This is team game if you dont think so just look at the devils who cant win a game. 100 million doesnt buy a win. Team system and players buying into it does. Dean please sign a sinper and stay in the system we will win the cup this year or next year. Dont get late because it takes time to fit in for everybody.
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