From the start of the season, Kyle Clifford impressed with his energy and willingness to learn and improve. Clifford’s on-ice comfort level has seemed to rise by the week, and it’s showing itself in the statistics as well. Clifford seems to have settled into a third-line role with center Michal Handzus and right winger Wayne [...]
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Clifford postgame quotes
Kyle Clifford’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) CLIFFORD: “We’re pretty disappointed in ourselves here. We need to come out and play more consistent. We need to play as a team better. Our all-around game, there’s no excuses. We just have to be better.” (on the toughness of back-to-back games…) CLIFFORD: “It’s just the way the [...]
Clifford takes advantage of opportunity
Terry Murray rarely hesitates to change line combinations, and after St. Louis scored its fourth goal last night, Murray had seen enough. He moved up Kyle Clifford, who was having a strong game, from the fourth line to the third line, swapping him with Alexei Ponikarovsky, who had drawn the coach’s ire since early in [...]
A young goal, and a big one
When Oscar Moller scored a second-period goal last night, the combined age of the goal was only 61. Moller is 21, and the assists came from 19-year-old Kyle Clifford and 21-year-old Drew Doughty. That brings into focus how young the Kings’ roster really is, and that goal was a product of three players making good [...]
Flying fists, up close and personal
First of all, this is as close as I ever want to get to fighting Kyle Clifford… A Kings videographer was shooting footage at ice level during last night’s game, captured this footage of the fight between Clifford and Calgary’s Tim Jackman, and slowed it down a bit to give a close look. It’s definitely [...]
Postgame notes/video (Dec. 9)
Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings won their third consecutive game by beating Calgary 2-1 on Thursday night at Staples Center. – Under coach Terry Murray, the Kings had been 1-8 against Calgary and had totaled only 12 goals in those nine games. – Anze Kopitar scored the game-winning goal, his third [...]
Clifford postgame quotes
Kyle Clifford’s postgame thoughts… (on his first NHL goal…) CLIFFORD: “Hopefully they don’t have video of it, so I can describe it a little bit better. It was an ugly goal, but it was good to get the first one off my back, and it even makes it better that we won tonight.” (on winning [...]
