Dean Lombardi, through the Kings, put out the following statement this afternoon after he was fined $50,000 by the NHL for his public criticism of league VP Mike Murphy on LAKings.com last night… LOMBARDI: “I spoke to the commissioner today and he made it very clear to me that my actions last night were inappropriate [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2011
Power-play improvement? A familiar theme
In non-high-stick news, the power-play slump marches on for the Kings. They’re now 0-for-19 with the man advantage in their last six games, and while their first couple power plays in Thursday night’s game looked solid, things seemed to break down as the game went on. Today, Terry Murray talked about the biggest area of [...]
Murray elaborates on officials, goal call
One part of last night’s goal/non-goal controversy that escaped notice fairly quickly was when, after the game, Terry Murray was asked if he received any explanation from the on-ice officials as to why Martin Hanzal’s goal was upheld. Those who saw the video of the postgame interview saw Murray wrinkle up his face for a [...]
Friday practice update
No lineup changes in practice today, and Jonathan Quick is scheduled to start in goal tomorrow for the Kings-Coyotes rematch. Lots of talk about net presence after today’s practice, and Terry Murray didn’t back down from his strong statements last night about the Hanzal high-stick goal. There’s still no word on a possible fine for [...]
Postgame notes (Jan. 20)
Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings lost for the 10th time in their last 12 games, as they fell to the Phoenix Coyotes 2-0 on Thursday night at Staples Center. – The Kings were shut out for the third time this season, following a 2-0 loss at Anaheim on Nov. 29 and [...]
The view from Phoenix
There were no Phoenix-based reporters in attendance at last night’s game, so there isn’t really a view from Phoenix, but here are some additional postgame quotes from the Coyotes’ locker room last night… COACH DAVE TIPPETT (on the game…) “When you can come in and steal one like that, that’s a good two points for [...]
Tonight’s game story (Jan. 21)
Here’s my LAKings.com game story for tonight, with stats and video included. Thanks for reading… Kings lose to Coyotes 2-0 The Kings are scheduled to practice at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, before their flight to Phoenix.
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the power play…) KOPITAR: “Well obviously they [the Coyotes] play good PK. For us, I thought we did some good things, some good shots on net and some good looks around the net. We just couldn’t connect them. He [Ilya Bryzgalov] made a few saves not knowing where the puck hit him, [...]
Greene postgame quotes
Matt Greene’s postgame thoughts… (on being shut out…) GREENE: “I think the offensive guys did a good job. Their goalie had a great game tonight and they did a good job at clearing pucks. I think we had our chances and we had the pressure on us a lot of the night, and it’s unfortunate to give [...]
Williams postgame quotes
Justin Williams’ postgame thoughts… (on the game…) WILLIAMS: “Usually, when a goalie has a shutout, you say, `Well, he saw a lot of shots.’ And he did, but we’ve got to establish body position a little bit earlier, because every time we seemed to have a rebound, they seemed to swipe it out of the [...]
Smyth postgame quotes
Ryan Smyth’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) SMYTH: “We worked hard tonight, but little mental things happen. We’ve got to get more traffic, especially against a goal that is on top of his game like Bryzgalov tonight. The power play is awful. We’ve got to be way better, and take more responsibility as a group [...]
Murray postgame quotes
Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts… (on whether the video review call impacted the Kings…) MURRAY: “I think it disrupted the flow of the game. I thought there was pretty good flow going at the beginning there, with both teams skating well. When you take a long break like that, there’s no question that it throws a [...]
FINAL: Coyotes 2, Kings 0
The Kings outshot the Coyotes 36-15, but went 0-for-6 on the power play, were shut out for the third time this season and fell to 2-10-0 in their last 12 games. More from the locker room to come…
End of second: Coyotes 2-0
The Coyotes recorded only four shots on goal in the second period, but got two goals. Shots are 23-10 in favor of the Kings through two periods, but the Kings went 0-for-4 on the power play in the second period. The Coyotes have an 18-0-2 record this season when leading after the second period.
Coyotes 2, Kings 0
The Coyotes broke a scoreless tie with a power-play goal 8:48 into the second period with a disputed goal. Ray Whitney took the puck to the net, off a faceoff win, and after the puck popped up, Martin Hanzal raised his stick and knocked it into the net with his blade. The Kings argued that [...]
