Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on the win…) QUICK: “Whenever you come into this rink, it’s always a good game here. They have a good team over there. The atmosphere is fun to play in and it’s really exciting, so these are two big points. We played a great game yesterday and came back and finished [...]
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Quick to start Sunday
After the game, Terry Murray said Jonathan Quick would get the start in goal Sunday afternoon at Philadelphia, with the Kings facing the second leg of a back-to-back weekend afternoon set. When the Kings hosted Philadelphia at Staples Center on Dec. 30, Jonathan Bernier started and allowed six goals on 22 shots, then Quick allowed [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on rallying in the shootout after giving up two goals…) QUICK: “Not at all, but it’s always a good feeling when you let in a couple early and the team gives you support. We got a couple big goals early, and then Willy buried it at the end there for us.” [...]
Quick stays on pace, playing well
Going back to the summer, Terry Murray talked about his desire to reduce Jonathan Quick’s workload this season, and keep his start total in the high 50s. At one point, Murray specifically mentioned the number 57. Tonight’s start will be Quick’s 39th of the season, in the Kings 53rd game. Last season, Quick started 48 [...]
Quick looked sharp from the start
Jonathan Quick turned in another sharp game last night in Edmonton, as he stopped 32 of 33 shots and was beat only on a backdoor pass that he had zero chance of stopping. Quick is scheduled to get the start Saturday against Calgary. Quick has now won four consecutive decisions and has allowed two or [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on the confidence gained, going into the break…) QUICK: “It’s huge, absolutely. We need wins. We need two points. We dug a little hole for ourselves, and I think we’ve done a good job of starting to climb back out, but we still have a lot of work to do. So [...]
One more game for Quick before break
Jonathan Quick will get to rest up during All-Star weekend, even though his goals-against average (2.16) is fourth in the NHL and ranks him ahead of five of the six All-Star goalies. Quick’s save percentage (.920) puts him 15th in the league, and is tied with All-Star Cam Ward. Quick seems to be back on [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) QUICK: “They’re a team that is known for getting a lot of pucks to the net, from all kinds of angles. They’ll throw it from the wall, just trying to get some junk in front of the net. I think the D handled it well. There were a [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on being able to enjoy a win…) QUICK: “I feel like we’ve had a few games here, over the past four or five, where we were right there and we deserved to win games, and it just kind of didn’t work out for whatever reason. Tonight, we battled hard. We came [...]
Quick redemption for the goalie?
Jonathan Quick will get a chance to redeem himself in a hurry. Quick, who had the game-winning goal trickle past him late in Tuesday’s loss to St. Louis, will be in goal Thursday when the Kings face Phoenix. Until the late gaffe, Quick was having one of his strongest games of the last month or [...]
Brown, Quick postgame quotes
Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) BROWN: “We’ve got to start getting results here, regardless of how good we play. I thought we did play a good game tonight, but we’ve got to find a way to win. That’s going to take everyone here. It’s not going to be one (expletive) guy. We win [...]
Kings turn back to Quick
As noted earlier, Jonathan Quick will be back in goal tonight for the Kings, after Jonathan Bernier started the two previous games, went 1-1-0 and allowed four goals in six periods. Asked for his assessment of Bernier’s play, Terry Murray said, “I thought he was good. In the first period, he had some big stops, [...]
Murray’s new goalie message: win, and you’re in
Jonathan Bernier, who stopped 24 of 26 shots in Saturday’s win over Edmonton, will start in goal again Monday when the Kings play at Dallas. The reason? `He won,” Terry Murray said. “He won. He’s playing. He won. Period.” Of course, the Kings face back-to-back games, with a game Tuesday at St. Louis. What happens, [...]
Puck-handling still an issue for Quick
For all of his strengths and successes during his time with the KIngs, goalie Jonathan Quick has always had one glaring weakness: handling the puck. Goalie gaffes are not entirely surprising — after all, there’s a reason why they’re goalies, and not forwards, right? — and, for the most part, Quick’s mistakes haven’t hurt him [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postage thoughts… (on the game-winning goal…) QUICK: “It hit me in the shoulder. To be completely honest, I thought it might have been in off my shoulder, so I tried to lean in a little bit, so it didn’t go in. It ended up falling right in the crease there. I believe it [...]
Sunday practice update; Quick tomorrow
Jonathan Quick will start in goal for the Kings tomorrow, not surprising given that Terry Murray has kept the goalie play balance of late and that the Kings have two days between games after tomorrow. Willie Mitchell skated again after practice but his return is still not imminent. Alexei Ponikarovsky did not skate, and Murray [...]
Rough week for Kings’ goalies
The Kings made it through 39 regular-season games, dating to last season, without pulling their starting goaltender from the game. It has now happened twice in the last two games. First, Jonathan Quick was pulled in the second period of Wednesday’s loss to Phoenix, after he allowed six goals on 24 shots. Then, Jonathan Bernier [...]
Quick tomorrow; injury updates
Jonathan Quick will get the start in goal tomorrow night against San Jose. Willie Mitchell and Alexei Ponikarovsky went on the ice after practice for skating and a few drills, but there’s no return date set for either player. Terry Murray indicated that Ponikarovsky remains day-to-day and that Michell could be out another week or [...]
Bernier empathizes with Quick’s tough night
After last night’s game, Terry Murray said he wouldn’t alter his goalie plan and would stay with Jonathan Bernier as tonight’s starting goalie against Philadelphia. Jonathan Quick allowed six goals on 18 shots last night, and was pulled midway through the second period in favor of Bernier, who stopped all 13 shots he faced. Of [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) QUICK: “I can’t really say enough about the way the team played. San Jose is one of the top teams in the league, and really we brought our `A’ game. We played well, and we didn’t give them much defensively and we scored some big goals. Niemi played [...]
