Head Coach Todd Richards, on Friday’s game: “We didn’t win a lot of battles tonight. There was more urgency in their game than there was in ours. As far as winning those 1-on-1 battles in the offensive zones, we were spending more time in our defensive zone, using up our energy.”
Archive of posts tagged Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson: “It’s just another game now”
Chatting with Jack Johnson for the second time in two weeks, it’s fairly apparent that his days as a Los Angeles King are well in his past. The lockout may have shrouded the length of time due to half a season being missed, but he has been a Columbus Blue Jacket for nearly a full [...]
Jack Johnson, the “horse” in Columbus
Jack Johnson recorded 34:59 of ice time in Columbus’ 4-2 win over Detroit on Saturday night. This I learned, thanks to a tweet by Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch, was the most minutes logged in a regular season NHL game since Dan Boyle of Tampa Bay took the ice for 37:03 in a game [...]
School ties for Greene, Johnson
It doesn’t seem as though the “Frozen Four” will lead to a Cold War in the Kings’ locker room. Among the four teams remaining in the NCAA hockey tournament are North Dakota (Matt Greene’s school) and the University of Michigan (Jack Johnson’s school) and they will meet in next Thursday’s national semifinals. Greene and Johnson [...]
Johnson postgame quotes
Jack Johnson’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) JOHNSON: “I thought our power play was doing well. I thought our penalty kill was great. I think just, in general, we were moving well. I think they made some adjustments, and we had to make adjustments in the third too. I think once they realized we were playing [...]
Johnson postgame quotes
Jack Johnson’s postgame thoughts… (on the two power-play goals…) JOHNSON: “I thought we had good movement. Guys were shooting when they could, and I thought that was the biggest thing. I thought we moved well, and moved the puck well. Everyone was in sync.” (on his power-play partnership with Drew Doughty…) JOHNSON: “He and I [...]
Johnson postgame quotes
Jack Johnson’s postgame thoughts… (on the shootout…) JOHNSON: “It makes it a lot harder, no question. I think the whole point of getting a point in overtime is to make it a little more wide open and take chances. I think that was the whole point of why it was put in place, to go for [...]
Undisputed: Jack Johnson
You might remember, a couple weeks back, the trailer video for the “Undisputed” video series that the Kings’ video staff has been working on this season. Well, the first episode has now been released, and it centers around Jack Johnson. It’s the first of an eight-part series, and each video will highlight a different player. [...]
Johnson’s play has been on point(s)
As noted in yesterday’s discussions, a case could be made for Jack Johnson’s inclusion on the NHL All-Star team. The selection for defensemen isn’t all about scoring, of course, but Johnson does rank in the top six among NHL defensemen this season in points (31, tied for sixth) and assists (27, tied for fifth). Johnson [...]
The times, they have a-changed
There have been plenty of good-natured jokes about Jack Johnson buying meals and gifts for teammates after Johnson agreed to a seven-year contract extension on Saturday, but really, all sides have remained focused on the business at hand. Terry Murray wanted to make sure of that in a recent chat with Johnson… MURRAY: “I had [...]
