Some notes from last night’s game…
– The Kings opened the playoffs with a 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night at HP Pavilion.
– The Kings have now lost six consecutive playoff openers, all on the road. They lost to St. Louis in 1998, to Detroit in 2000 and 2001, to Colorado in 2002 and to Vancouver in 2010. The Kings won one of those five series. Overall, the Kings’ franchise win-loss record is 9-16 in playoff openers.
– All-time, when losing the first game of a series, the Kings have gone on to win the series five out of 23 times.
– The Sharks outshot the Kings 45-35, including 14-3 in the first period. Overtime shots were 14-9 in favor of the Sharks.
– The Kings went 1-for-3 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty. In six regular-season games against San Jose, the Kings scored two power-play goals in 16 chances (both on March 24) and went 11-for-14 on the penalty kill.
– Jonathan Quick stopped 42 of 45 shots in goal. Quick has now played in seven NHL playoff games, and three of them have gone to overtime.
– Justin Williams had one goal and one assist, in his return after missing the final nine regular-season games with a dislocated shoulder. Williams now has nine goals and 18 assists in 46 career playoff games.
– Dustin Brown scored a goal, and now has two goals and four assists in seven career playoff games.
– Ryan Smyth had one assist, and now has 26 goals and 29 assists in 88 career playoff games.
– Justin Williams recorded a team-high six shots on goal. Every Kings skater recorded at least one shot on goal. Dustin Brown recorded a team-high seven hits and Matt Greene was credited with a team-high four blocked shots.
– Drew Doughty played a team-high 30 minutes, 28 seconds. Dustin Brown led all Kings forwards in ice time at 22:56.
– The Kings won 36 of 72 faceoffs (50 percent). Jarret Stoll won 13 of 20 draws (65 percent).
I’ve never been so satisfied with a playoff loss before. They really put in a strong effort last night. I wonder if San Jose is going to have an issue in matching the intensity of the Kings’ play assuming they continue that way.
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Luuuuuuuuuuc! Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:05 am
@CUP4LA,
Aside from the first 28 seconds, I would agree completely.
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MK Ultra Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:11 am
@Luuuuuuuuuuc!,
Concur. We play like that every game and we have a chance.
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Anjin Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:12 am
@CUP4LA, I couldn’t agree more. I think everyone outside of the Kings locker room thought this was going to be a walk for San Jose. I can’t wait for Sat night when we tie the series heading back to L.A.
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hockey junkie Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:24 am
@Anjin,
DITTO all above!!
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Brownkingsfan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
@hockey junkie, I agree! I’ve never been more proud of our team! They really put it out there last night. I take back the negative things I said about Murray and Westgarth! We live and die as a team!!! GKG!!!!
Minnesota Kings Fan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
@CUP4LA,
I have to agree. I was very frustrated they lost, in large part because they were playing so well by the end of the game that I was convinced it was only a matter of time before they won it. If thye bring this effort in every game, it’s going to be great to watch. Just think where they’ll be next year with a healthy Kopitar!
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rTana Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
@Minnesota Kings Fan, coulnt agree more. the kings had so many close calls. All the players knew what they had to do and did it for their team. And quick had some amazing saves, especially on the last pk.
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You have to love the info provided by Rich. We have this series in the bag! OK, well maybe we still need to play the games, score some goals and make some saves, but we are still holding the bag, we just need to put the Guppies in it. GKG!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:03 am
@DesertKing,
…And, win some games.
–Jest Sayin’!
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Is it Saturday yet? Go Kings Go! I’m going to game 2 and looking forward to hearing nor cal’s only chant “Beat LA” Lame!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:05 am
@TD,
Every time I hear “Beat L.A.!”, I feel “We L.A.!”
Makes my chest swell with pride…
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IwantTheCup Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:11 am
@TD, I know! Totally LAME! I think if I remember correctly the lame Ducks fans were chanting that at the last game at Ponda center!
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Ric Sino Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:31 am
@TD, (notgonna!) BEAT L.A. (notgonna!) BEAT L.A.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
@TD, I never understood the “Beat LA” chant. What it says is that LA is someone formidable to beat. They’re the focus of attention, and apparently for good reason.
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Regardless of last nights loss, I am real proud of the way the team…except penner…played. This goes to show you that there is fight left in this team and they will fight to win!! GO KINGS!!
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KFII Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 10:59 am
@Kings Fan Vancouver, WA, I am real proud of EVERY player on this team. Love the stat “Every Kings skater had at least one shot on goal” So that goes for Westy and Pens too. Go TEAM! GKG!
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Our guys are still playoff babies…
I can’t wait until they have 12-16 games played IN ONE PLAYOFF YEAR!!! I can’t wait for us to win our first series!!!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:06 am
@Stuart,
No worries.
–Our time is coming, and soon…
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“The Kings have now lost six consecutive playoff openers, all on the road. They lost to St. Louis in 1998, to Detroit in 2000 and 2001, to Colorado in 2002 and to Vancouver in 2010. The Kings won one of those five series. Overall, the Kings’ franchise win-loss record is 9-16 in playoff openers.”
You might add that they beat the Avalanche 4-3 in Overtime to win Game One of the 2001 Western Conference Semis. The way you phrased that makes it sound like the Kings have lost 6 straight playoff series openers
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Capt Jam Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:12 am
@Garrett,
No, Rich is correct. His stat relates to playoff openers rather series openers.
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Garrett Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
@Capt Jam, I didn’t say he was wrong. I said the way he worded made it sound like they had lost 6 straight series openers which is not true.
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Garrett Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
@Garrett, it’s only the 3rd straight series they have opened with a loss. It’s just very pathetic that that 3-series run stretches back 9 years to the 2002 Western Conference Quarterfinals against Colorado.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
@Garrett, I don’t think the assertion was that he was incorrect.
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Not me Im not gunna take this marleau hes a dead man thorton DEAD, CLOWE…
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mash-ola Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
@LA, DEAD!!!!
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How about Westy almost netting an OT game winner, how ridiculous would that’ve been!? Love my Kings, but there should be a stat on effort as well. It’s like in Old School, the team got a 90% or so, but the overall average was brought down because one member scored a 0% in every category, a, let’s see here, Dustin, uh, Penner!! I think he died somewhere on the ice. At least Doughty gave effort even though he made some big mistakes.
And sorry if this is a tangent but I need somewhere to post this. The Kings game is on Versus, but was blacked out in my viewing area which is LA, how ridiculous is that?? Not that I’d watch it on VS anyways ‘cuz I have “Iron” Jim Fox and Bob “BOOM BOOM” Miller with me on every game on FW West, but does anyone else think it’s weird that you can watch all the other games on versus, but the one with LA is blacked out. IDK, just ticked me off a little, but whatevers.
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IwantTheCup Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:14 am
@nking11, I’m assuming it was blacked out for us because it was on Fox Sports West.
and I agree..Westy looked GREAT out there last night!
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Stuart Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:16 am
@nking11, versus has been quite the let down since that contract started…
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Capt Jam Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:16 am
@nking11,
Your definition of “almost” in your first line is on the other side of liberal to say the least. That dying duck barely had the strength to get to the goalie. Couldn’t believe Westy saw any action in the third or OT.
Not sure how FSW got blacked out if you live in L.A. Sounds like someone at the cable company flipped the wrong switch.
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Capt Jam Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:21 am
@nking 11,
Oh, I get what you’re saying about Versus now. My bad. Yeah, that’s the way it’s supposed to be. Local networks take precedence in the first round. I believe Versus will have precedence over the local networks starting with the second round.
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nking11 Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:17 am
@nking11,
wow I just realized I compared Penner to BLUE. I feel shame for such disrespect. No one compares to Blue!! I apologize to all I offended, but you get my point
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nking11 Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:19 am
@nking11,
And I was saying VS was blacked out, FS West was good, no point to my complaint really cuz Miller and Fox are Kings of commentary but was just saying it’s weird the LA game is blacked out but I can watch all the other series’ just fine
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nykingfan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:27 am
@nking11,
This blog would have gone silent had Westy scored in OT..either posters would have been too embarrassed to ever post again, or they would have croaked from the shock!
Consider yourself lucky you don’t have to watch it on Versus….
The feed was the Sharks regular feed including their announcers..except in between periods.
I will say they were pretty fair most of the night in their coverage.
If the game preceding the Kings on Versus goes into OT, we will miss parts of the Kings game..which is pretty much automatic these days…
be happy you get the regular Kings broadcast and have pity on us out of towners!
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Luuuuuuuuuuc! Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:32 am
@nykingfan,
I’m in NY too so am stuck with vs. However having lived in the bay area for several years, I was cursed with coverage by Randy and Drew for many, many games. And you, my friend, are being FAR too forgiving.
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nking11 Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:37 am
@Luuuuuuuuuuc!,
NY fans good to see. I actually like the Rangers as my east conf team. Anyways yea bummer about the SJ commentators, just hope we don’t play Anaheim so you don’t have to hear the Ducks god awful biased announcers man they are just terrible. Classy anouncers like Miller and Scully for the Dodgers reserve their opinions, but those Ducks guys are just pathetic how they call games.
TradedForAPick Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
@nykingfan,
Randy Hahn may be the most biased play-by-play man I have heard, well outside of Jack Edwards in Boston but at least he’s great at what he does. Think how bad a Hahn and Hayward combo would be. Would never happen but that may result in me not watching the Kings play if that was who was calling it.
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Stoll has a hearing with Colin Campbell. Keep your fingers crossed it’s just a fine.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=362359
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Barry Melrose was just going over the playoffs on sport center (ESPN) he just said “wait till you see the highlights from the King/Sharks game” as if it where the best highlights of the week, I’m waiting to see now
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Stuart Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:28 am
@Ravens, I think that’s the first all week that BM has even mentioned the Kings name… I thought he thought we were at home already…
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DesertKing Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:48 am
@Ravens,
Barry who?
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
@DesertKing, Isn’t that some hockey motivational geek?
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Central Coast King Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Yeah he’s a geek, but he did coach us to the finals.LOL
GKG
Pyrrhic victory.
GKG
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nking11 Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:25 am
@anonandonanon,
hey now were hockey fans, no difficult vocabulary please
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Stuart Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:29 am
@nking11, Punic Wars I term. I LOVE IT, being a historian myself!
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Luuuuuuuuuuc! Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:25 am
@anonandonanon,
Absolutely. Even if we’re out in the first round, let’s just make sure Sharks are too worn down to go any further.
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David R Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:31 am
@Luuuuuuuuuuc!, it will be hard to ware them down, even if we go 7 games because of the traveling, this is the easiest travel in the western conference out of all first rounds. whoever wins this series (Kings) will go to the cup finals because fatigue wont set in as fast like it will for teams that have to travel further and deal with time change.
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Luuuuuuuuuuc! Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:35 am
@David R,
True, but a war of attrition involves more than just travel. If Brown and Greene can keep driving any and everybody through the boards, I’ll be happy.
KC23 Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
@David R, Washington / NY easier. Buffalo Philly easier. West easiest.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
@anonandonanon, They won the battle, but even the Sharks probably aren’t sure any more that they can win the war. You can read it into their comments.
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No word on Stoll yet after 22 minutes…boy, they must be reading him the riot act because he’s a King.
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Ravens Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:26 am
@Capt Jam, If it wheren’t bad, it wouldn’t be the Kings GKG
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Ravens Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:26 am
@Ravens, pardon the spelling
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DesertKing Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:50 am
@Capt Jam,
Sheesh, its not like he knocked in a goal with a high stick… oh, wait, we already went through that….
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Rich, If the Kings are 9-16 in first games that makes 25 playoff series. But then you said they went on to win 5 of 23 playoff series. Where is the typo?
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Rich Hammond Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:31 am
There is no typo. The 9-16 record is a reference to Game 1 of a first-round series. The 5 of 23 is a reference to all playoff series, not just first-round series.
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NOW IMPRESSED Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
@Rich Hammond, Rich, all the playoff series needs to be at least as many as first round series, right? 9-16 does that mean 9 wins and 16 loses or 9 wins out of 16 total?
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Capt Jam Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:33 am
@NOW IMPRESSED,
You’re interpreting “playoff opener” and “series opener” as having the same meaning. They do not. Playoff opener is the first game of the playoffs and is limited to the first round. Series opener is the first game of a series in any round.
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NOW IMPRESSED Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
@Capt Jam, Right, and 25 is a bigger number than 23, so how can there be 25 first round series and only 23 total series?
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Good morning Mr. Insider….thank you so much for the stats on last night game! It was intense the Kings are a great team!
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1. J-Dub is a beast! The guy couldnt make a mistake last night if his injured shoulder depended on it!
2. Quickie is the Man! no way i blame him for the winning goal last night, thats a shot that no goalie makes IMO
3. Keving Westgarth suprised the hell out of me! he had a blunder or two but that is the first time i have seen him be a legitament threat in the O zone all year. almost scored, used his body to create a loose puck before it left the zone and got it deep all in the same shift. Im still not a KW fan but he has shown some serious improvment, Kudos buddy!
4. The Stoll debacle sucks IMO. 999 times out of 1000 that play does not result in an injury and play goes on with not even a sliver of an after thought about it. He did elbow him though i will admit that.
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I’ve been saying it all season. If Stoll gets the boot…. We call up Jim “Fire” Fox he’s already got the beard going, lace’em up buddy!!!!! Who’s with me??
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Sorry, off topic. But can anyone update me on what is happening with Parse?
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
@Luuuuuuuuuuc!,
Parse = hip hurts…
No Goalov for Parse this season.
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nking11 Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy,
Getting better but he had a long term injury so it’s not like JW where he can play any day now. Yeah it’s the hip and he may, may, be able to play in let’s say the conference finals or stanley cup but that’s kind of a stretch. That’s what the analysts are talking about with him I think.
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I’m not a believer in moal victories..especially in the playoffs, but it’s really hard not to be impressed with the Kings last night. They were down early and showed very little in the 1st period, but they canme out in the 2nd and took it to the Sharks and silenced the crowd. They showed a lot of heart and character and if that’s considered a moral victory..good for the Kings.
Everyone with the exception of the “hairy Frolov” played 100X better than they had at the end of the season. Poni was flying all night. Willie Mitchell just impresses the hell out of me. He’s so solid with and without the puck. To me, he’s one of the mot underrated D/men in the league.
I loved the hustle by Simmer. Mistakes were made as with Doughty, but they were errors made trying to be aggressive. You can’t argue with that. I’d rather have it that way, than being passive (see hairy frolov).
I’m looking forward to game 2. I think this series is there for the taking.
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Capt Jam Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:48 am
@nykingfan,
Doughty is killing us out there at times. Bad penalties. Ill-conceived rushes when he’s outnumbered. Missed checks that lead to scoring chances. He needs to play defense first and foremost and play within himself. Love this kid, but he’s hurting us by trying to play all of the skating positions at once.
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nykingfan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
@Capt Jam,
He’s a kid. We shouldn’t be surprised that he’s making mistakes, but you can’t take away his aggressivness. Even though it is hurting us. In the long run, it will benefit way more than it’s hurting us now.
He feels with Kopi out, he’s our next best offensive option..other than JW, is he really wrong?
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Minnesota Kings Fan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
@Capt Jam,
Tht one “tripping” penalty was a complete joke. If ou watch the reply carefully, the Shark player just fell and there was never a trip. I just about blew a gasket out her and woke up the family!
By the way, no more OT! I need some sleep out here. Games in LA start @ 9:30 pm for me. Just glad I’m not on Eastern time like some of you.
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nykingfan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
@Minnesota Kings Fan,
yeah..not easy getting up at 6:00am especially after an OT loss!
Also, I agree 100% no way that was a trip!
Something that I saw a lot of and noone’s mentioned (or that I’ve read anyway) was all the physical abuse that Murray TOOK last night. It seemed everytime he went back or had the puck along the boards he was getting finished and hard, too. That will start to wear on him if it continues!!! I am almost certain that he is more sore today than he’s been in a long time.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:58 am
@Stuart, I noticed that as well! It made me happy every time he got run through
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
@Stuart, He started out early taking a run at Williams, seemingly trying to hurt his shoulder. I was a little surprised Westgarth didn’t get sent out for him.
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Slim Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
yeah and they were chatting at each other most of the night..
watch out next game, he will def go after the shoulder
Especially with the injury to White.. We will see if he comes back..
Westie is needed…
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If there’s one thing the OT stats show me, it’s that the Kings gave the Sharks too much leeway in the extra fame and allowed the Sharks too much north-south room. It’s atypical of this Kings team to press so hard offensively when the score is tied. Instead, they played with the offensive intensity that is usually only seen from them with the clock winding down, they’re trailing by a goal, and the Kings net is empty…and they got caught badly. I’m all for winning, but they have to take care of their own end, first and foremost….I was just very surprised to not see the Kings try to lull the Sharks into a dump and cycle nap.
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Stuart Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:52 am
@Capt Jam, yeah, I thought it was too wide open for our game style too. But then again at the time I remember thinking to myself (through the haze) they’re really going for it,and I thought they were going to get it too…
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Capt Jam Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 11:56 am
@Stuart,
No doubt. And they had their chances. My wife would tell you that I called the Pavelski goal when SJ hit the red line on that rush. I started looking for the remote because I knew the end was at hand. Sad way to end what was a tremendous effort.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
@Stuart,
There is a caveat to this game…
The back-and-forth style of the game hurts us only in that the Kings are such poor finishers. One day that will change, and during the playoffs any player can become a star…
Anyone notice Brown’s playoff scoring streak?
One day, these players will know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em–know the right time to join the rush, take a chance, pinch the puck or join the rush OR, just hold back and stay within the system, play defensively and keep the other team off the board.
When that happens, and it WILL HAPPEN SOMEDAY, SOON, teams like the Sharks will tremble at the time they must play us, and their uncertainty will cause their hesitation, not ours.
I can’t tell you how often I found myself shouting at the T.V., take him, TAKE HIM! That third player in front of the net is missing so often, but more and more I see DD and JJ ready to take the shot or force the play down deep keeping a possession alive. This is a learning curve, and the learning is getting there, folks!
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Scuderi played really great last night in our D-zone.
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this is kind of repost since the first time i dont think i explained it well enough.
Quick really figured out SJ attacking scheme on the counter attacks. The overtime goal really was a mirror image of what the sharks were doing all night (watch the game again and you will see what i mean, it was like clockwork). they got two guys driving the net, one with the puck on the outside and one driving through the middle, and they wait for a third guy to follow then pass all the way across the crease to the trailing third man for the shot. the second guy in the middle is almost always a bait guy or attention getter trying to get you to think if there is a pass its going to him but again they go to the 3rd trailer. It seriously happened 5-10 times last night both on the right and left side and Quickie sniffed it out early and had it nailed all night but the last one Pavelski just snapped a perfect shot. not much you can do, cant stop them all. Quicky was Awesome!
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FdoFmFull Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, Spot on!
Only problem I see is that the Kings enabled the Sharks to have these counter attacks that many times (5-10 times)! Think about that, do you really think that the Kings can continue allowing this team, with their speed and skill, that many fast breaks, many with more numbers than us?
I have to believe that this pattern you point out is being tweaked as we speak by the SJ coaching staff today and will have a couple of more wrinkles tomorrow night.
Just sayin’, these guys aren’t going to be so “forgiving” next time.
Better stop making the dumb “passes” in all zones or we’re going golfing soon. I quote the word passes because so many of them were just no-look tosses to no one in particular, several right from our own Dzone. Not to mention neutral zone and ozone beauties that resulted in Guppy rushes.
If this doesn’t get corrected, all the heart and passion in the world will be just that.
gKg.
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Slim Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
@BrokeKingsFan,
not to mention that Martinez was off by a split second on catching Pavelski..
It was Soooooo close..Oh well
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KingsFanintheD Reply:
April 16th, 2011 at 10:44 am
@BrokeKingsFan, the 3rd man into the offensive zone trailing the play is just basic squirt hockey. puck carrier goes wide takes a d with him, second man drives hard to the net taking the second d with him. third man trails and is frequently open
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Nothing on Stoll after 57 minutes….God, they hate the Kings in Toronto and New York.
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Any news on the Stoll issue yet?
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Damn, how long is this hearing going to be? I want to know what happened already!
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So what’s the update on White’s status?
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KH Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
@goldielocks, White wasn’t on ice for morning skate. Stoll had an 11 am discipline call but nothing has been announced on that situation
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Off the subject a bit but when the playoff schedule was announced there was a discussion thread about watching in San Diego (no Prime Ticket coverage). Bubs in PB was mentioned, are there plans to meet up there? What about Stout in downtown by the House of Blues on 6th? It’s a hockey bar owned by a guy from Vancouver but I am usually the only Kings fan in the room. Still, it’s a fun hockey oriented crowd. I’d love to watch with a few other Kings fans so I’d appreciate a heads up. I’m going to the game on the 21st but would love to meet up for the other games.
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NealyBoy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
@370455VinSD, Saturday?
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370455VinSD Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
@NealyBoy, Tentatively having a few hockey, if not actual Kings, fan friends over for a BBQ but I’m sure my wife would love it if we went to a bar instead. I was really concerned with the games not televised in San Diego. It looks like games 4, 6 and 7 won’t be on in SD. I’m hoping to catch them at Stout but I’m willing to go to PB if that is where other Kings fans will be.
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After seeing last night’s performance, if Parse can come back, I hope TM benches Penner. Penner is a liability to the Kings, more than even Westgarth.
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Sebastian Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
@SimiKingsFan, Penner is a lot like Frolov. You dont want to bench him, because he has the ability to be a dominant player, but often chooses not to be. You just dont know what youre going to get out of the guy…extremely INCONSISTENT! Im glad Murray finally had enough and dropped him to the 4th line. Hope the starts off that way tomorrow too.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
@Sebastian, Frankly, I’ll take Frolov’s defense and puck possession over anything Penner is offering, which presumably is to take a shot if a miracle happens and someone finds him in front of the net.
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
@SimiKingsFan,
Westgarth nearly won the game in OT last night…
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The Kings played some hard nosed hockey last night and I loved every second of it.
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Still pending Stoll decision:
–Twitter–
@helenenothelen
Helene Elliott
–Nothing yet on Stoll. Would guess league will rule bfore Kings skate, at 1:45, so they can go to Plan B if needed–
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
—One game for Jarred Stoll—
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Brayden schenn not in the monarchs lineup tonight and it was reported that he wasn’t even in new hampshire. Is this any indication that stoll might be out and Brayden is coming up?
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KH Reply:
April 15th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
@KH, It’s official stoll suspended for one game
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@Sebastian, per twitter form Nick Kypreos. POOP. now what? where we gonna get a center from?
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@Minnesota Kings Fan, So proud to be a Kings fan! I have always loved this team and no matter what happens, they played with heart last night and JW man, what can you say….LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!
GKG!
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