Some notes from last night’s game…
– The Kings avoided a series sweep and tied a season high in goals as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday night at Staples Center.
– The Kings had been 0-3-0 this season against Detroit, and had been outscored by a combined margin of 16-6.
– The Kings have scored a total of 24 goals in their last seven games. Before that, they had scored a total of 23 goals in their previous 13 games.
– The Kings reached the five-goal mark for the seventh time this season. They have a 7-0-0 record when they score five goals, a 16-0-2 record when they score at least four goals and a 21-1-2 record when they score at least three goals.
– The Kings have a 10-4-3 home record under Darryl Sutter. They had a 7-8-1 home record under Terry Murray.
– The Kings outshot the Red Wings 27-24, including 10-6 in the first period.
– The Kings went 1-for-2 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill, and scored a shorthanded goal, their seventh shorthanded goal of the season. The Kings are 6-for-20 on the power play in the nine games since they acquired Jeff Carter. The Kings have not allowed a power-play goal in 10 consecutive games and have killed 32 consecutive penalties.
– The Kings improved to 17-12-4 at Staples Center, 26-5-6 when scoring the first goal, 16-2-2 when leading after the first period and 24-0-3 when leading after the second period.
– Jonathan Quick stopped 22 of 24 shots. Quick had previously allowed 11 goals in 6 1/2 periods against Detroit this season. Quick has allowed two or fewer goals in 39 of his 59 starts, and has a 25-7-7 record in those games.
– Justin Williams had one goal and one assist, to push his season totals to 17 goals and 32 assists. Williams recorded his 13th multi-point game of the season. Williams has five goals and four assists in his last eight games. Williams had two goals and three assists in four games against Detroit this season.
– Anze Kopitar had one goal — a shorthanded goal — and one assist, to push his team-high totals to 21 goals and 39 assists. Kopitar recorded his team-best 14th multi-point game of the season. It was Kopitar’s second shorthanded goal of the season. Kopitar has four goals and five assists in his last eight games.
– Drew Doughty had one goal and one assist, to push his season totals to nine goals and 21 assists. Doughty recorded his sixth multi-point game of the season.
– Jeff Carter had one goal and one assist, to push his season totals to 20 goals and 12 assists. Carter recorded his third multi-point game with the Kings. Carter has five goals and two assists in nine games with the Kings. Carter had two goals and two assists in two games against Detroit this season while with the Kings.
– Slava Voynov had one goal, his sixth goal and 16th point of the season. Voynov has two goals and three assists in his last seven games.
– Dustin Brown had two assists, to push his season totals to 26 assists and 45 points. Brown has now recorded at least one point in nine consecutive games, which ties a career-best that he set in the 2007-08 season. Brown has five goals and 14 assists in his last nine games, and has also recorded at least one assist in five consecutive games, with a total of six assists in that span.
– Dwight King had one assist, his sixth assist and ninth point of the season. King has two goals and four assists in his last seven games.
– Jarret Stoll had one assist, his 14th assist and 19th point of the season.
– Jeff Carter, Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams each recorded a game-high four shots on goal. Dustin Brown was credited with a game-high 10 hits. Willie Mitchell was credited with a game-high three blocked shots.
— Willie Mitchell led the Kings in ice time, with a game-high 24 minutes, 40 seconds, followed by Drew Doughty, at 22:28. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 19:15, followed by Dustin Brown, at 18:56.
– The Kings won 25 of 51 faceoffs (49 percent). Anze Kopitar won 9 of 13 draws (69 percent). Jarret Stoll won 6 of 13 draws (46 percent). Mike Richards won 5 of 13 draws (38 percent).
Another stat:
- The Kings are 2/2 when Tom Hanks is in the building.
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ten for instigating Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:54 am
@Harry, and 1/1 with Wil Wheaton.
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:56 am
@ten for instigating,
Do you mean Whil Whhheaton?
http://youtu.be/CxQ2wq_kir0
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
@wavesinair, I sure they wish they could add Stewie doing the Go Kings Go chant!!!
colo king fan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
@40YearKingsFan,
Meh, South Park is a far better show than Family Guy… and NO I’m not just saying that cause I’m from the same place as Matt and Trey! ; )
kingdomcome Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
@Harry, i hope his kid is wearing a Mitchell 33 jersey, rather than a 3 Jack No Longer With us Johnson….
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Hey Rich, question: I’ve noticed lately that out of town scores have not been shown on the jumbotron. Is that on purpose, or is just because of time constraints with all of the sponsors getting their paid time in, etc?
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Rich Hammond Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Sorry I can’t help, but I don’t have the slightest idea…
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YuriM Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:08 am
@alma, their been showing them on the railing boards just below the 300 level, show them through out the game. They showed the out of town scores once in the 2nd intermission I think.
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Darrell Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
@YuriM, What annoys me is they never show whether the win was in regulation or in OT/SO. So I have to wonder on all the one-goal games until I get home (or listen to the post-game show). Lately, all of them have been 3 point games.
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:16 am
@alma, If we’re definitely in or out of the playoffs we’ll see if it changes.
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:34 am
@LA_1968, They show them during the first or 2nd intermission.
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What was the last good movie that Tom Hanks made (that wasn’t animated)? I’m surprised that he still shows his face in public after releasing the “Larry Crowne” bomb on us. What a crappy movie that was. Then again, it was better than “The Terminal.” I wonder if he ever made it back to Krackosia or whatever fake country it was.
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Itsari Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:06 am
@Tyler,
You’re right. It never got better than Joe versus the Volcano
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Anjin Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:09 am
@Tyler, wow, really? Nagging on Tom Hanks?
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
@Anjin,
Gotta complain about something..even after a win
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:17 am
@Tyler, After Forest Gump and Saving Private Ryan I don’t think it matters.
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BigMikeonD Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:20 am
@Tyler, Always good to rip on the celebrities that are fans of the same team we are. Especially the ones with street cred. He made Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, and Castaway to name a few. He can make whatever movies he wants from now on that get him paid. His hall of fame is secure. Back the heck off of Tom.
Besides, the Kings seem to win when he’s in the building.
It’s not like he’s Nicholas Cage who made Leaving Las Vegas and then checked out of quality. Oh wait, there was Ghost Rider and Gone in 60 Seconds.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:39 am
@BigMikeonD,
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN! Jimmy Dugan? No crying in baseball?
If the guy never made another movie after that, he’d still be just fine in my book!
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Sebastian Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:24 am
@Tyler, Catch me if you can is one of my favorites. As far as executive producer, you cant beat shows like Band of Brothers and the Pacific. not to mention all the work the does for US Veterans, i cant see why he would not show his face in public.
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Tyler Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:39 am
@Sebastian, As an actor, the last good movie he made was Catch Me If You Can. That was 2002. He’s been mailing it in ever since. He’s like the Jeremy Roenick of actors.
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BigMikeonD Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:41 am
@Tyler, Accept that Jeremy Roenick never won a cup and Tom got two, almost three Oscars. Did you see the Pacific? I heard Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was good, didn’t see it.
40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:43 am
@Tyler, That is the meanest thing I’ve ever heard anyone on this blog say!
Sebastian Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:58 am
@Tyler, the guy is 55 and a multi-millionaire. his best work is probably behind him, big woop. i like seeing him attend the games, i like seeing wayne attend the games and i like seeing the team earn 2 points.
LVKINGS88 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
@Sebastian, I’ve said this before, I may not agree with his politics but I have great respect for this man when it comes to the Band of Brothers and Pacific series. Him and Spielberg have done an outstanding job at paying homage to our Veterans of the Greatest Generation.
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Chris Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:44 am
@Tyler,
Tom Hanks has been a Kings fan since back in the Fabulous Forum days and he had season tickets and in most cases would be there with John Candy. BTW, he is also one of the best actors of today.
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:50 am
@Tyler,
Generally speaking, most people in the public eye bat around .500. Half the people like you, half don’t or just don’t care.
Tom Hanks is one of the rare exceptions where the vast majority of people like him. Tyler, my friend, you are in the minority in a BIG way.
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PRMan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
@wavesinair, Honestly, I’ve never really liked Tom Hanks. Don’t know why, just not a fan. It’s cool that he’s a Kings fan though.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:51 am
@Tyler,
He had me at Bosom Buddies.
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
@DesertKing, He had me at “BIG” “Bosom Buddies”
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luuc Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:55 am
@Tyler,
I may be the only one, but I LOVED The Terminal. I thought it was funny and heartfelt, and anyone who knows people that have come from Eastern Europe can appreciate the performance he gave. He nailed that impression pretty well. Well, thats my opinion at least. Back to hockey…
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Exospeed Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
@luuc, I’m with you dude, Terminal was a great movie.
I haven’t seen all of his movies but i can honestly say i have never seen a bad movie of his.
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Steve W Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
@Tyler, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and hopefully, The Lost key when it opens.
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Adamic39 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
@Tyler, If DL doesn’t trade Tom Hanks, fire him. We need younger, faster, hotter actresses in our lineup if we hope to make it to the next level. I say sign Natalie Portman or Scarlet Johanson. Lindsey Lohan could bring some poison into the organization, but we need someone with her tenacity to get the attention of the biased east coast pundits. Besides she can hit and score.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@Adamic39, Thank you for grabbing the irony by the horns! Somebody had to do it.
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Adamic39 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
@40YearKingsFan, I just glad that someone appreciated it.
cfc1fan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@Tyler, ….the greatest Tom Hanks movie ever was Volunteers!!
“you mean you’ve just been trying to make it with me? I thought we were becoming friends..” — Beth
“…that’s what I do with my friends” — Lawrence Boone III
Classic!
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Mark Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
@cfc1fan, I cant believe no one has mentioned Bachelor Party! Epic flick!
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RobSD Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
@Tyler,
How can anyone bag on Tom Hanks? Bunch of haters. Guy is a Kings fan… has won multiple Oscars, but most importantly… seems like a really good guy. Rare in this day and age. Some people are pathetic and will jump on anything they can to make their own sad lives feel better. I’ve never met the man but he always does funny bits and skits on the late night shows and seems to be a genuine guy. Not everybody makes great movies EVERY MOVIE. Lay off Tom, he’s the man.
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JackKent Cooke Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
@RobSD,
When I had the Kings, in the early days, about the best we could do celebrity-wise was Hal Linden. To his credit, he was a regular, loved hockey and sat in the middle of Section 5 in about row O or P
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RobSD Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
@JackKent Cooke,
I don’t even know who that is!!!
Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@RobSD, Abe Vigoda’s sidekick.
spidey35 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
@Tyler, C’mon guys, Bachelor party………Classic comedy at it’s best!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
@Tyler, You have given me great ideas for a pseudonym for the blog!
@Terminal would be particularly fitting, but @Larry Crown would be quite punny.
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colo king fan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
@Tyler, He gave us Band of Brothers, From the Earth to the Moon, and The Pacific. He is forgiven for a few stinkers. Besides, the guy is a Kings fan – that’s the most important quality a person can have!
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I think Tom Hanks is a cool dude but lets take it easy… The only stars I want to see are three of them being Kings.
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:14 am
@Drew Doughty’s Mustache,
Why’s that?
Why as LOS ANGELES Kings fans do we not embrace what the city is known for throughout the world?
The more celebrities at the games the better. The more involvement of them by marketing the better.
Let’s be proud of what we are instead of trying to emulate some version of Toronto here in sunny, beautiful Hockeywood… where stars are born.
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Stuart Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:17 am
@wavesinair, might there be a correlation between movie stars (or any people with money) and increased tickets prices, or just ticket shortages, for the Joe-12 packs of the world? Just wondering…
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:22 am
@Stuart,
Prices are still low compared to the rest of the NHL so that dog doesn’t hunt.
CL Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:17 am
@wavesinair, Since they always focus on celebrities in the building (when it happens) it’s been very nice to see Hanks both times very actively watching and cheering, and even participating in the silly Jumbotron kiss cam, dance cam, and whatnot. Usually when they cut to someone famous, that person is sending a text.
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:26 am
@CL,
Exactly. It’s great to see and we need more of it. As an LA native and 3rd generation Californian, I get a bit bent when so many fans pile onto the lame stereotypes about people in LA. As I said, let’s embrace who we are, not run from it. Gretzky made it happen in a huge way, then the Kings went away from it.
Stuart Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:27 am
@CL, I was hoping that he would oblige the da-da-da-runt “WINGS SUCK” chant with a full on scream, but he was just kind of mouthing it… LOL
40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:47 am
@wavesinair, Agreed. And they guy that called Tom Hanks the Jeremy Reomnick of actors? Well that was just nasty and uncalled for. Tom Hanks could become our Jack Nicholson! Nothing wrong with that!
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:52 am
@40YearKingsFan,
For sure. And I hope he brings his friends too! Hey, come to think of it, how about Jack too! Seeing Nicholson banging on the glass after a goal with those dark shades on would be hilarious.
40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
@wavesinair, I’m getting the image of Jack pounding the glass and it’s hysterical! And Jack simply would not tolerate no Stanley Cups!
DesertKing Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
@40YearKingsFan,
If Hanks is showing up, the games must be fun to attend since he can go and do whatever he wants but chooses to hang out with us.
LVKINGS88 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
@40YearKingsFan, Maybe it’s good that Jack is not a Kings fan, I could see him with his axe banging on the glass saying “here’s Johnny”.
RobSD Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
@wavesinair,
Excellent point. Remember the Gretzky forum days? Place was like a trendy Hollywood club at one point. Well, it was like a Lakers playoffs game all year.
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Hello Rich! I have a question for you or anyone of the readers of Insider. It’s about the faceoff percentage: do you maybe have the percentage of our centers for this season while under Murray and now that they’re under Sutter? The fact that Kopitar was 69% on faceoffs got me wondering… Is Stoll still the best faceoff man, given the season percentage? Thanks for the info!
Go Kings Go!
Matt
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wavesinair Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:20 am
@Matt,
I love that Kopi is doing better in faceoffs. Stoll, prior to last night’s game, was still #1 (if you don’t count Richardson). I don’t know about before/after Sutter though. That said, I’d also like to know what the Kings ‘critical’ faceoff percentages are. I tend to think they are still low.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:56 am
@wavesinair, I prefer not to count Richardson…..
That said I thought the faceoffs Kopi won last night was one of the keys to us winning the way we did. Detroit is a momentum team and winning faceoffs steals momentum and Kopi did it over and over last night almost every time it looked like Detroit was coming on.
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prosmar Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@Matt, just look it up on nhl.com
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Matt Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
@prosmar, thanks, I remember that a couple of minutes after I posted my first comment.
Although im still curious about the numbers under Murray and under Sutter…
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Matt Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
@prosmar, remembered
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10 hits???!!! Now that’s what I call laying the body on folks!!!
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paige Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
@Stuart, I know! I can’t believe more people aren’t stoked on the 10 hits. He was a monster out there.
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Brown is on quite a streak. Very impressive. Love watching Carter play, he just has that goal scorer mentality that we lacked.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
@KC23, What is it, points in like 9 straight now? And the first game he doesn’t get any points a lot of people will start tight in with the “rip the C off his chest” stuff.
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Stagger Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
@40YearKingsFan,
I’ll admit to being one of the people calling out Brown. I still feel he deserved it at the time. He was the captain of a sinking ship.
He should get some of the credit when the team is playing well, especially when he is too, like now. However, he should also get some of the blame when the team isn’t playing well, like they have for most of the season.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@Stagger, You’re absolutely right, and I don’t begrudge anyone their opinion. There’s a more intense level of scrutiny that’s accepted when you allow that C to be sewn on to your sweater. He’s performing well now though and I think leading well and I just hope it continues.
“I am also cool because I profess a detached contempt for non-athlete celebrities who enjoy my favorite group of athlete celebrities. Let me go argue with Poorman to prove my point.” LA Insider poster.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
@Choralone, I never really understood “the thing” with celebrities. My sister was a motion picture costumer, though, and I did meet plenty, somewhat casually.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
@Choralone, That wasn’t a question, but it sure was loaded.
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Wow, 19 points since the trade rumors for Brownie. Impressive. Simply impressive.
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Can’t complain, they have been playing extremely well with a few breakdowns (DET and CBJ). Not that Carter was the Saivor, but he has gotten this offense going and that’s all we had hoped for.
VV has filled the void with JMFJ gone. Like I said before, if we can get our guys to play like everyone expects them to play we can make a good run at the cup.
Though with the race and teams involved, we have other aspects that are not in our control and that’s what worries me.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@Lake Forest, If ‘JC’ isn’t the saviour, who is?
(wink)
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Hey Rich, does HEART have anything to do with it?
i might add) to all the red shirts in my section to show us fans have heart as well.
Check me here and I will certainly ratchet it down…
But heart, determination, will to do what it takes and then just a little bit more are a part of it, I think….
I talked it up big time (respectfully
So I guess the question is this…. Is talking about heart taboo? Or maybe just a given?
And here’s another question can the players hear us on the ice? And does it matter?
I gave Howard an earful after the short-hander and I sure got words back from other red shirts that were visiting LA. (by the way we are 4 rows off the glass–so I think they hear us….)
But did Howard (or any player) hear us and does it get in there head a bit? Otherwise why do it?
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Stuart Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
@Finesse Hockey, funny you ask if they hear us… when you’re sitting close enough to the glass, they can definitely hear us. case in point, a few years back, Jay Sharrers left the linesmen business to be an actual referee (I think it lasted a season, maybe two) and I had seats about 5 rows off the glass, lined up perfectly with the face-off dot. And at that time I would drink like a fish at the games and yell without regard for my neighbors… Well, on that particular game, I mustve felt like giving the refs heck, and everytime there would be a face-off right in front of me, I would yell “Sharrer, YOU SUCK”… for no reason in particular, in fact I’d always been a fan of his as a linesman, but for some reason I was just railing on him… well, some time early in the 3rd, there was a FO, everybody was lined up, it was quite, and I just yelled at the top of my lungs what I mentioned above… low and behold, he turned and gave me the stare of DEATH!!! It made me feel bad, even. LOL I stopped yelling at that point.
Other times, I’ve had Matt Johnson glare at me when he was on the Wild. And just the other week I was at a Laker game sitting right under the basket and the ref made a bad call… as the other team was about to shoot a freethrow, I simply dais out loud, “bad call ref” and hey stared me down too… I thought I was going to kicked out over it the way he stared at me…
anywho, to wrap up my meanderings, yes, they can very well hear us!
Howwwww-ward!!!
BTW-did anyone else hear that guy screaming Howwww-ward that must’ve been sitting right under Bob and Jim??? That was hilarious!!!
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
@Stuart, Yes!!! The guy that kept the chant going for about 5 “How – ards” longer than the crowd. I was busting up wondering if he was going to stop at all.
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So Kings and Calgary have identical records, but Calgary has the tie-breaker of more goals scored. Doesn’t it make much more sense to have the tie breaker goal differencial? Calgary has given up 17 more goals then they have scored, but the Kings have scored 5 more goals then they have given up. I can’t stand 3 point games and now I don’t understand disagree on hockey rules for tie breakers.
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tornado12 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
@SSE6, actually CAL has more regulation wins, the first tiebreaker 30 to our 28 if memory serves
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SSE6 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@tornado12, Yes, first tie breaker is wins, however according to today’s standings Kings and Calgary each have 33 wins, 25 losses and 12 regulation losses…so I believe the next tie breaker is goals for, which I don’t like, should be goal differential.
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Niko Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
@SSE6, As tornado12 said, It’s not total Wins. It is Regulation and Overtime wins. We have won 2 more games in the shoot-out than them, so they get the first tie-breaker. Agree about goal differential though, a more telling stat than goals scored…
SSE6 Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
@Niko, Thats what I was missing, regulation wins. Makes sense now. Thanks.
I just want to get a few things off my chest here…
1. For a team that stopped making player cards because they’ve “GONE GREEN,” they are certainly full of 5HIT based on giving away those stupid Lemonhead handouts every game, and NOW these “clackers” with the pictures of all the players on them…
2. Don’t know whether David Courtney is at fault here, but who teaches him the pronunciations of various player names. Filpulla is just one example of many of the players on the visiting teams that he butchers almost every game… I watch enough hockey on TV, I listen to enough radio broadcasts, I know how their names are pronounced. The guy’s been doing this job for a decade or more… wake up Mr. Public Address announcer.
3. Concessions… Wetzel’s stand… can we please get more “Bits” — they are the highest ticket item, and they always run out, and there’s a game clock, so you would think these people would know when the period is about to end and the line will grow… and they have no stock on their product. Dumb, (and, they generally have the least competent worker in the arena behind that stand.) Oh, and LOL… last night I waited in line for 10 minutes for my refillable Coke Zero… and they were “out” of Coke Zero, and the lines at the other stands were so long that I would have missed the start of the period if I went elsewhere. Weird.
4. When the ref stands at center ice and says that the puck went directly into the net, who’s the bozo that gave Richards credit for the goal? LOL.
5. as per my tweet, Dustin Penner, I officially dub thee: Mrs. Butterworthless
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Shakes Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
@Marc Nathan,
and so the 5 decress were said, and it was good.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@Marc Nathan, I know this is going to sound stupid and I’m a bit embarrassed to even ask so have mercy and mock me not, but, what are “Bits”?
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Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
@40YearKingsFan, Forgettable comedy routines?
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Stuart Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
@Duncanz, I thought they came with Tid?
Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
@Marc Nathan, There are many, many hungry and toyless children around the world that are deferentially feeling your pain this afternoon.
Lol
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Marc Nathan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
@Duncanz, I feel we should give these toyless children the foldable posters to clack about with as they forage for gruel…
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Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
@Marc Nathan, They will defer even more deferentially for those.
Hanks!
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Hey Rich,
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but Bill Simmons just posted a pretty funny article about last night’s game and his perspective of the Kings’ season up to this point on Grantland. Decent article…thought i would pass it along.
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Rather see a picture of the great one in the stands
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palmspringskingsfan Reply:
March 14th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
@ose, I agree 100% with that. I am not a big fan of actors who get involved with polotics
Momma says the *pre Cater* kings are like a box of chocolate you never know what your going to get!
I am just kidding Post Carter kings are scoring well! and I will be hoping and praying till the last drop of the puck.
After all doesn’t everybody here want too see the Stanley cup in LA ? and go to the king parade?
I do! So come on KINGS theres a damn parade waiting for you!
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Where did this come from? Kings are scoring?
Whatever the coaches are doing, keep it up.
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