In various accounts, this is being referred to as a 10-game road trip for the Kings, but that’s not really accurate. The Kings will play three games in five days, then return home for four days of rest and practice before heading out for another road trip, one that will include six games in 10 [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2011
Getting the legs moving again
NHL teams could not resume practice until 2 p.m. local time, so the Kings flew to Minnesota this morning and went through a 45-minute practice. Kings players had permission to join the team in St. Paul from wherever they happened to be during the break — several players took family time, for instance — but [...]
Bernier gets the call coming out of break
As noted a few days before the break, Jonathan Bernier will get the start in goal for the Kings tomorrow against Minnesota, with Jonathan Quick scheduled to get the call Wednesday in Edmonton. Terry Murray made that call well before the break, and let both goalies know, giving them time to prepare in their own [...]
Sturm ready for practice, but not games yet
Marco Sturm will miss his fifth consecutive game with knee tendinitis, and will remain on injured reserve when the Kings play Minnesota tomorrow night, but Sturm was back on the ice for practice today. Before the All-Star break, the Kings considered whether to bring Sturm on the road trip or have him do rehab work [...]
All hands on deck in St. Paul
All of the Kings players made it to snowy St. Paul today and are at the arena for practice. That includes Marco Sturm, who is practicing for the first time since going on injured reserve with knee tendinitis. Sturm is eligible to return at any time, so hopefully there will be an update on his [...]
Back to (NHL) action
The Kings’ season resumes tomorrow in Minnesota, but they will be back on the ice today. Because NHL rules don’t allow teams to practice until later, the Kings will fly this morning and then practice in St. Paul. Anze Kopitar will fly in from Raleigh and join the team there. More updates to come…
Kopitar postgame video; the other All-Stars
Here’s a video with Anze Kopitar’s postgame reaction from Raleigh. Also, a couple Kings prospects made a solid impact today in the AHL All-Star Skills Competition in Hershey, Penn. Manchester Monarchs defenseman Viatcheslav Voynov won the fastest skater competition by completing a lap in 14.197 seconds. Monarchs goalie Martin Jones helped the East team win [...]
Kopitar scores twice in All-Star win
Anze Kopitar scored two goals to help his “Team Lidstrom” to an 11-10 victory over “Team Staal” in today’s NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C. Kopitar scored his team’s first goal, with 9:10 remaining in the first period, after it had fallen into a 4-0 deficit. Then, Kopitar’s second goal, with 9:52 remaining in the [...]
Kopitar kicks it around in Raleigh
As the All-Star Game is just about ready to get underway in Raleigh, here’s a look at the pregame scene, with Anze Kopitar warming up with teammates in the traditional soccer kick-around…
Kopitar in SuperSkills competition
The NHL SuperSkills competition is over. Anze Kopitar participated in the “breakaway challenge,” which was essentially a trick-shot competition. The winner was determined by fan text-messaging voting, and Kopitar finished fourth of six, with 12.5 percent of the vote. Kopitar also participated in the hardest-shot competition, and topped out at 94.5 miles per hour, which [...]
More congrats to Miller, Fox
The California Sports Hall of Fame announced today that Bob Miller has been selected as a media inductee. The organization, started in 2007 by former NFL running back Christian Okoye to help raise money for education, will also induct football coach Dick Vermeil, Football Hall of Fame player Mike Haynes, former heavyweight boxing champion Ken [...]
More from Kopitar in Raleigh
Anze Kopitar checked in, via video diary, both before and after yesterday’s All-Star “fantasy draft.” Today is the skills competition — 4 p.m. Pacific time, on Versus — with the All-Stars and rookies participating in the following contests: fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, skills challenge relay, hardest shot and elimination shoot out…
Kopitar to play for `Team Lidstrom’
Anze Kopitar will play for “Team Lidstrom” in Sunday’s All-Star Game. Kopitar was selected in the 15th round of the “fantasy draft” tonight, and was the 14th forward selected out of the 20 who were drafted. All goalies had to be selected by the end of the 10th round, and all defensemen had to be [...]
Forum answers VII
As we get ready to find out where Anze Kopitar will be “drafted,” here’s the seventh set of questions and answers… —– Marc Nathan asked: Why have the fans forgotten Jake Muzzin? (a cursory search of the word “Muzzin” revealed no previous mentions. This kid will be a bonafide NHL defenseman… Hickey? Teubert? Voynov? — [...]
Forum answers VI
Still plenty of questions and answers to go. Here’s the sixth set…
Forum answers V
Here comes the fifth set of Open Forum questions and answers…
Forum answers IV
The fourth set of the Open Forum questions and answers is on the horizon… —– neil asked: one more..(thanks) there is alot of comments about the Kings being too young this year….wont they even be younger next year if Schenn,Lotki, etc etc…play and we lose Zeus,Williams etc….If we are younger next year ……what can we [...]
Forum answers III
Moving right along, here’s the third set of Open Forum questions and answers…
Anze’s All-Star Access
Just to break up the Open Forum a little bit… Anze Kopitar has made it to Raleigh, N.C., in advance of Sunday’s All-Star Game. Kings Vision is along for the ride with Kopitar, and in the first two segments of its video journal — Anze’s All-Star Access — takes a look at the longer-than-expected trip [...]
Forum answers II
Here’s the second set of today’s Open Forum questions and answers… —– jjallday asked: Rich, do you think that the kings will or still need to make a move to get a bit more consistent scoring? Answer: Yes, in my mind the need is still clearly there for a top-six left winger. It was there [...]
