A day later, Dustin Brown’s massive Game 3 hit on Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin continued to be a major topic of discussion. Sedin had to leave the game, and the bench, for a couple minutes of game action in the second period, but returned. Today, Darryl Sutter was asked whether he got a look at the hit, and whether he thought it was a momentum-changer in the game. Sutter said, “I saw it live and in Technicolor. It was good on both.’’ For those who might not have seen the hit, here it is in, uh, Technicolor…
Asked today about the hit, and his respect for Sedin, Brown said he admired Sedin’s toughness…
BROWN: “I got a big hit on him, a hard hit, and he stayed in the game. When you talk about the Sedins, you think about their skill and how good offensively they are. At the end of the day, they’re still hockey players and have that inner drive to want to be a difference-maker. He came back, and it was probably a huge lift for them when he comes back out of the dressing room.’’
Speaking of a huge lift, that’s what Brown has brought to the Kings in this first-round series and, really, since shortly before the trade deadline. Upon his arrival, Sutter repeatedly spoke about Brown needing to go back to his hard, “straight-line” game. In the Kings’ final 21 regular-season games, Brown totaled eight goals and 15 assists, and he totaled four goals and one assist in the first three games of this series.
BROWN: “Hockey is a funny game. It’s ups and downs, confidence. It’s just getting into a rhythm when you’re feeling good. I’ve been just really focusing on keeping my game probably a little more simple than I did early in the season. When you do that, good things start to happen.’’
Question: Hearing your name come up in trade discussions and such, did that motivate you at all to prove people wrong?
BROWN: “You’ve always got to look at yourself in the mirror, as an athlete. Given the type of year we had, as a team and individually, I think a lot of guys started to realize that we needed to be better, both individually and as a team. We’ve had a lot of players step up at big times.”
keep leading by example Dustin… it’s working like a charm!
Captain Crunch!
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QUICKsilver Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
@Stuart, That totally needs to be his nickname!
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Charles Batsford Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@QUICKsilver, you said it first….CAPTAIN CRUNCH it is!!! LIKE
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Charles Batsford Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@Charles Batsford, oops…I mean, Stuart! Nice call.
colo king fan Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
@Charles Batsford,
Man I’ve been saying it for years!!! And now its getting love?! Hell I tried to hasttag it on twitter last night!
luc20rules Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
@QUICKsilver, I like that too, but I also like Captain “Brown Out” as in the power outage opponents lights go out. I hope all the blogger’s that said Brown is best suited a 3rd Liner know how they like crow prepared.
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Stagger Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@Stuart,
Captain Crunch
Love it!
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Iamsheldon Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
@Stagger, Brownies…. GRRREEEEEEAT!
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Kissmyblarneystones Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
@Stagger,
We can put Penner and Brown together and call it the “Breakfast Line.”
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SpencerMaze Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
@Kissmyblarneystones LOL good one
Mike Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
@Kissmyblarneystones, Don’t forget the Doughnuts
joan fondell Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@Stuart, For us old LA Kings fans….Captain Crunch used to be #4, Gilles Marotte! But I’ll take Dustin Brown in 2012!
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vplaza Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
@Stuart,
Nice, I’m down with Captain Crunch. Good one!
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IceGuy Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
@vplaza,
Penner – Richards – Brown
The Breakfast LIne
Pencakes – Mikey will hit anything – and Captain Crunch
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josh Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
@Stuart, I came up with Captain Crunch a very long time ago.
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JGSmall Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
@Stuart, Gils Marotte might complain about that.
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Edward Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:22 am
@JGSmall, Unfortunately Gilles “Captain Crunch” Marotte is no longer with us. He passed some 15 years ago or so. I would think that Marotte would love his nickname passed on so to me, Brownie is known as Captain Crunch!!!! Great hit on Sedin!
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Stuart Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:01 am
@all, to everyone that it offended, I am not taking credit for creating it, I simply stated it…
@subby, @josh, @colo kings fan, @et al have been saying it since they pulled the chupon out of their mugs a long long time ago…
GCCG!!!
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colo king fan Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 10:59 am
@Stuart,
hahahah well played stuart! lets just all worry about getting #CapNCrunch trending on twitter after he destroys the other Sedin/scores the GWG on Weds!
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Glad to see he’s getting his due credit!
If everyone picks up or plays as well as they have this series we are a contender for sure!
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Osaka Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
@Lake Forest, I couldn’t find anything wrong with Brown’s game this series if I wanted to. The intensity level he is playing at is just awesome. Execution has been perfect. PP, PK, 5 on 5…. coming up big in all situations. Brown has as many goals this series as Vancouver.
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i was at the game 3 rows off the glass, this was a momentum changer no doubt and after kopi came back on the ice after serving his 5 for fighting, the bench all stood up and applauded. GO KINGS GO!
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Osaka Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@Elijah, I love to see guys like Kopi and Crosby dropping the gloves. Just wish Kopi could have landed one on Burrows and laid him out.
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Stuart Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
@Osaka, next time… I’m sure that first fight was all a blur!
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joan fondell Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
@Osaka, Kopi just had him in a bear hug…didn’t even try to land a hit to his side. ts not how he plays….and why potentially get injured, to his head, to his hand, arm? Let someone else do the fighting…. Kopi jostled with Burrows…and did the dosi doe.
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Osaka Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
@joan fondell, I think the chances of him being injured are greater driving the net than in a fight, especially one like that. You can’t play the game not to get hurt. If Kopi drops the gloves and fights how could anyone else on the team not drop the gloves, block a shot, take a hit, make a hit, do what it takes to win.
Edward Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:24 am
@Osaka, Burrows wanted Brownie but the Captain was on his knees, like what was seen on the video….so he took the nearest player and goaded him into a fight which was Kopi. Glad to see that Kopi still has all 10 fingers because Burrows is known for biting in the clinch!
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DB is playing out of his mind. That hit was technicolor because that is what Sedin was seeing, lots of bright little flashing lights right before his eyes. There were some pink stars, yellow clovers and little rainbows. Even the Casucks bench could tell that was a legal hit by their reaction.
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Sean Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
@DesertKing,
Don’t forget blue diamonds. I don’t think Sedin ever will, he saw a little one (alright not blue) on Brown’s jersey just before everything went black. Way to go Captain Crunch! GKG!
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DesertKing Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
@Sean,
Thanks, and it should be “yellow moons and green clovers.” You people are always after me Lucky Charms!
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Kingsfanone Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@DesertKing,
I thought you were too tall to be a leprechaun?
and I brought a bowl, can I have some Lucky Charms!
PRMan Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
@DesertKing, Lucky Charms? Wait. I thought we just agreed his nickname was Captain Crunch…
SLIM Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
@DesertKing,
Hopefully we will be eating them
Out of the cup..You Know…
The one from Lord Stanley..
I swear I could see birds circling the head of the sister like in the old time cartoons. He still probably picking threads from the captains sweater from his teeth.
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“Henrik, that’s not the door, no that’s not the door. Here let me help you” LMFAO!! Go Kings!
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Canuck fans didn’t like me too much last night
http://i.imgur.com/u35uw.jpg
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Trip Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
@PaganHagen, I saw you on the post game show. Nice!
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colo king fan Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 11:00 am
@PaganHagen,
NICE. : )
LGMFK!
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Brown destroying Sedin, Richards leveling Burrows, Kessler flopping like a fish, Lappiere being absoultley useless… i can’t get enough of this series!
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DesertKing Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
@bob, LaPierre wasn’t completely useless, he did take an “Unsportsman Like” penalty which put us the PP which,,, oh wait, uh, hmmm, yep, you were right, he was useless.
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Finesse Hockey Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
@DesertKing, I hate to say it…. I actually yelled out at Kessler and called him a pus*y for all those dives on the ice… LOL.
For some odd reason that is the term that just came to mind. I haven’t called someone that part of the female anatomy since high school hell week! I looked around and all the Kings fans around me just couldn’t stop laughing at that high school smack talk! I almost thought a chant was about to break out…..
GKG!!!!!
Kessler, you are a vaaaa heeeeeeeeee naaaaaaaaaaaaa.
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DesertKing Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
@Finesse Hockey,
There were a few simialr comments in our sectionlast night also. Funny, I don’t recall hearing any Vancouver chants last night other than “Moorrrerrr Beeeerrrr pweasease”
Munchrat Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
@bob, Don’t leave Eddie Edler out! He has been a real game changer!
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It looked great live and it looks fantastic in technicolor also!
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With all the concussion talk around the league, one immediately thinks “concussion” when they see this type of hit and Sedin’s reaction, but really, it just looked like he got the wind knocked out of him. This is exactly the type of hit that belongs in the league. I hear a lot of media talking about the league trying to take hitting out of the game, bla bla bla. All the NHL has to do is string together a highlight package of Brownie’s hits to show that you CAN hit hard without targeting the head or causing severe injury.
Huge props to Brown for being the baddest, hardest clean hitter in the game today. Keep it up!! (better yet, make them keep their heads up!)
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I have never had so many of my Canadian friends buying me beer as I do right now… Yup, none from BC…. (Vancouver is by far the most hated team in Canada). And I apologize for offending anyone with this post.
As for the hit, guess the twins are connected, literally… Daniel/Henrik, meet our Captain Brownie’s shoulder…. bam, have a seat.
This is our house — period.
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Canadian King Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@Finesse Hockey, Yep everyone up here is just loving to see the arrogant Canucks and their fans on the brink of elimination. GKG!
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Forget technioclor I saw that hit in 1080 HD with surround sound.
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A solid, clean hit. If the canucks are whining about it I’m not surprised. This is hockey not soccer although I think the Sedin twins are more suited as soccer players with all their diving.
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Did anyone notice that the hit was not as bad as it could have been. I have watched the video a few times and Brown was slowing down because he did not want to hit Sedin from behind. Then as Sedin started to turn around, Brown lines him up all in one motion and, WHAM…you get a layed out Sedin and a highlight reel hit for the NHL Network to show over and over again. Once again, as was stated years ago, “Who can Brown hit for you?”
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DesertKing Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
@Hockey “G”,
You would have thought someone on his bench would have warned him. What great teammates!
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Punishing hit! Does anyone have a link to where you can see Henrik trying to get up – tapping on the boards for help… I cant find it.
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KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair) Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
@KingsGuy,
5 videos down Henrik: “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/post-game-video-kings-vs-canucks-41412-page-2-2/
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Man I love that hit, I could watch it over and over again. This is the definition of PLAYOFF HOCKEY!
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Don’t know if this has been mentioned before but here is some cool info.
I don’t know if you remember a 80′s cartoon called SilverHawks but the leader’s name was Lieutenant Jonathan Quick and went by “Quicksilver”. The show came out the same year Quick was born, 1986. I use to watch it when I was a kid. Quick should take the nickname.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilverHawks
http://silverhawks.wikia.com/wiki/Quicksilver,
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I’ve been saying Captain Crunch for years and it doesn’t catch on until Brown gives a hit that is nhl.com worthy apparently lol
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Kingsfanone Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
@Subby,
It’s all about timing, Subby!
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joan fondell Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
@Subby, Captain Crunch used to be Gilles Marotte…(only an old Kings fan would remember)…but I’ve been following since 1967.
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KC23 Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
@joan fondell, That’s why Captain cruch never worked for me with Brown. Been there done that got the t-shirt. Marotte was an excellent shot blocker.
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trytodethroneus Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
@joan fondell,
He was about 5-10 195 lbs, but he sure could hit.
Jack Kent Cooke liked to give all the players nickname.
This guy fit the name to a T
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Rich, I’d almost forgotten what technicolor looked like “in the olden days!” Thanks for the reminder…….or was it Sutter?
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I saw Dustin & His Amazing Technicolor Dream Hit in real time … and I and my TV screen are STILL shaking from the experience!!!
RIP Ashley & Mary Kate (IR)
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
@Duncanz, How about ‘Panavision’?
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Oh Captain, my Captain! Anyone, I mean anyone that was being critical of Brown earlier in the year needs to apologize.
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joan fondell Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
@BigMikeonD, ok, done
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LAPD Line Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
@BigMikeonD, He wasn’t playing like this earlier in the year.
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Osaka Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
@LAPD Line, This gives more justification to those who were critical, they know what he is capable of bringing and he wasn’t.
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Funny this particular video is posted for the ‘Technicolor’ comment because the quality is like a VHS copy. Terrible.
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Can you say Panic move by Canucks?
http://www2.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=393363
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KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair) Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
@Subby,
Can you say “see previous post?” LOL.
http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/04/16/canucks-daniel-sedin-coming-to-l-a/
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Kings x Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
@KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair), Easy their prince
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trytodethroneus Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
@Subby,
vigneault’s last ditch effort to save his job
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Classy statement by Brownie. He really does lead by example.
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Good post ‘practice’ report from the Daryl and Rich show, but man, what is that odd music track they laid over it? Strange. Good analysis nonetheless.
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/pre-game-video/
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OMG, you think h.sedin knew where he was, after that hit? dude got knocked into early nest week.
haha i love it, OTHER NEWS, it was great to see MORE kings fan in the hosue then nuck fans!!
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Mikey Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
@straightantics, you think he saw himself out of the playoff during his little trip to next week?
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straightantics Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
@Mikey, im sure it felt like a bad dream to him… wtf, just hit me? this cant be happening? ohhh wheres daniel? why am i knocking on a door wit gloves?
much respect for getting back out there h.sedin!
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KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair) Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:20 pm
@straightantics,
It will be interesting to see how many show up on Wednesday. They are like locust when they are winning. Losing, not so much.
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Kingsfanone Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
@KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair),
They would’ve already bought their tix, so yes, they will at least show. Whether they end up sitting on their hands? We can only hope, eh?
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KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair) Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
@Kingsfanone,
Or they’re selling them!
Kingsfanone Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
@skip right to wavesinair,
Hahaha! Exactamundo!
straightantics Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
@KingsNewsDaily (formerly wavesinair), sure there gonna be nuck fan in house, this isnt like yrs past, the locust storm isnt what it used to be. last night was proof. LA fans are coming around now “selling out” games. (thanx mercury hahah)
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Good clean hit Brownie. I nominate you for the Lady Bing.
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I thought I heard Brownie yell “NEEEXXXTT??!!” after that hit just like my barber does….
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Technicolor ia what he saw after the hit..did you read the article
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Of course, up to 3-0 is the best result we could hope for but it was the worst game they played last night. The PP went 0 for 8, missed the opportunity on 3-on-1 and 2-on-1. Until they get better at those areas, the cup is still far, far away to grasp.
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Jeff_R Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
@goldielocks, I agree but the good/great teams are ones that can pull out a win even when they don’t play well. The thing about this series is both teams haven’t played an A grade game, yet the Kings are up 3-0. Helps to have the probable Vezina Trophy winner Quick.
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Brian Hayward (or HeyWorthless) the Mighty Ducks announcer opened his mouth earlier in the season and made the prediction that the Kings will be the MOST DISAPPOINTING TEAM IN THE NHL THIS YEAR. Brown’s demolishing Henrik Sedin just officially put an end to that prediction. Not since 1993,when Marty McSorely’s open ice hit on Doug Gilmour and the fight after with McSoreley with Wendel Clark , has there been a game turning and playoff turning event. If you have Kings Pride, you tube Wendel Clark vs Marty McSorely in case you forgot or are too young to remember. This is Kings Hockey!
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Stuart Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 8:05 am
@Jak, Wendel Clark was my favorite player not to be a king… that man was BAD ASS all over the ice!!
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Jak Reply:
April 17th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
@Stuart, Yep. That was a great Leaf’s team. They were scary to see the Kings play against. Clark was a great player.
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Wow. What crappy video.
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Props to both Mssrs. Brown and H. Sedin…gentleman warriors, each.
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Kingsfanone Reply:
April 16th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
@Ron Reynolds,
Well said!
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smokie said “you got knocked the f@&k out!!!
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H. Sedin didn’t have a concussion. He just needed to go to the locker room to have a good cry. I mean a player of his skill level should not be hit, right? Anyway to his credit he got a dry towel in the locker room after 10 mins and wiped away the tears, and he headed to the bench only missing a couple of shifts.
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