(on his game…)
QUICK: “The first one, I saw it come off his blade, and somewhere along the way I lost it. That’s a goal I wish I could have back. He made a good shot, but that’s a goal I’d like to have back.’’
(on dealing with the power plays, and the Detroit bodies in front of the net…)
QUICK: “Obviously it doesn’t make it easy, but you’ve got to expect that. That’s how they run the power play, and you know that from the start. You know that’s what you’re going to see, going in. You’ve just got to try to prepare yourself, and try to find the pucks around them.’’

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He previously worked at the Los Angeles Daily News, was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar.
that was a midget aaa goal. should have been a save….