Wayne Simmonds’ postgame thoughts… (on the game…) SIMMONDS: “I think we could have done a better job, ourselves. We kind of let down in the last half of the game. We’ve got to get our focus for tomorrow night and get two points.” (on Teemu Selanne’s game…) SIMMONDS: “Selanne is a great player. He’s been [...]
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Simmonds postgame quotes
Wayne Simmonds’ postgame thoughts… (on the two goals…) SIMMONDS: “We’re obviously without our top two scorers right now, so you’ve got to crash and bang the net to get results. In the playoffs, a lot of the goals, a lot of the deciding goals, are caused by crashing the net. I think that’s the type [...]
The quest for the…crate?
In case anyone thinks there is no fun to be had during a tough hockey season, a very helpful reader named Philip passed this along. A few of the Kings have been participating in an informal 4-on-4 post-practice “tournament,” and it concluded yesterday with the team of Willie Mitchell, Davis Drewiske, Wayne Simmonds and Ryan [...]
Simmonds postgame quotes
Wayne Simmonds’ postgame thoughts… (on the importance of a 4-0 road trip…) SIMMONDS: “Definitely, especially with the playoff race being as tight as it is right now, we need every point we can possibly get. We came out on this road trip and we took all eight points. This is huge.” (on his goal…) SIMMONDS: [...]
Simmonds postgame quotes
Wayne Simmonds’ postgame thoughts… (on breaking out of his scoring drought…) SIMMONDS: “I just haven’t been getting a lot of bounces, I’ve been going to the net hard and tonight I just was getting bounces, trying to get my shots off quick, and as a result of that, I got two goals.” (on scoring goals [...]
Undisputed: Wayne Simmonds
The latest in LAKings.com “Undisputed” video series takes a behind-the-scenes look at winger Wayne Simmonds…
Simmonds able to keep it going
After the Kings’ overtime loss to Pittsburgh, Terry Murray made a point of praising the effort of Wayne Simmonds, with Murray noting that Simmonds’ game “was one of the first times, in a little while, that he’s had his feet going, holding onto the puck, creating some offensive opportunities and bringing the work into the [...]
Lewis line seems on right track
As noted earlier, the Kings stayed with the same lines in practice this morning that they used in last night’s game, meaning that the new-look line of center Trevor Lewis with wingers Kyle Clifford and Wayne Simmonds will get a second game together. That line didn’t generate much offense — it combined for two shots [...]
Smyth, Simmonds, Parse updates
First, the latest news. Scott Parse was on the ice today for the first time since he had hip surgery in November. Parse hit the ice in a practice jersey and sweat pants — and skates, of course — for some post-practice conditioning skating, but he’s still probably looking at an early-March return, at best. [...]
Smyth, Simmonds updates
Ryan Smyth was getting treatment, post-practice, so there was no immediate word on his condition after he got hit by a slap shot. Terry Murray said he thought Smyth might have been hit in the hamstring area, near the back or side of the leg. The afternoon went far better for Wayne Simmonds, and Murray [...]
Short-term outlook good for Simmonds
Just about the only positive news for the Kings in the past couple days was the revelation that Wayne Simmonds apparently won’t be out of the lineup for long. Simmonds was hurt when he got his leg caught in a scrum during Saturday’s game against Edmonton, and Simmonds did not join the Kings on the [...]
Simmonds update
The Kings said that Wayne Simmonds’ MRI revealed no major structural damage and that Simmonds is considered day to day.
Simmonds’ injury means Westgarth’s return
With Wayne Simmonds out of the lineup for the next two games, Terry Murray said the Kings would not look to bring up a forward from the AHL, and would put Kevin Westgarth back into the lineup. The Kings practiced today with the same first line — Ryan Smyth, Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams — [...]
Simmonds won’t go on road trip
After this morning’s practice, Terry Murray said Wayne Simmonds — who suffered a lower-body injury last night — would not accompany the team to Dallas and St. Louis. Last night, Murray said Simmonds nearly returned to the game in the third period, but apparently Simmonds had some swelling this morning. Murray said Simmonds will go [...]
Wayne Simmonds injury update
After the game, Terry Murray didn’t disclose exactly what is/was bothering Wayne Simmonds, and caused him to miss the final 38 minutes of the game with a lower-body injury, but Murray did offer a rosier-than-expected update on Simmonds’ status… MURRAY: “Quite honestly, we’ll know better tomorrow. He wasn’t able to come back, as you saw. [...]
Simmonds not expected to return
The Kings announced that Wayne Simmonds sustained a lower-body injury and is not expected to return to the game. We’ll see if there’s a postgame update to pass along…
Simmonds shows fight; Kings, not as much
It was not surprising. In fact, in many ways it was expected. Nashville scored its third consecutive goal, in a span of less than seven minutes, to take a 3-2 lead with approximately five minutes remaining in the second period and, on the next shift, Wayne Simmonds fought Francis Bouillon. It’s practically a time-honored tradition. [...]
Simmonds postgame quotes
Wayne Simmonds’ postgame thoughts… (on allowing the tying goal early in the second period, then rebounding…) SIMMONDS: “I think that’s been happening a lot to us lately. We have to start clamping down. We have to have better shifts after we score goals. i think that has happened quite a bit, actually, in the last [...]
A more familiar Wayne Simmonds
Wayne Simmonds didn’t go anywhere, and yet he has returned. Starting Oct. 30, and for the next 15 games, SImmonds had only one point (a goal) and didn’t appear to be anywhere close to the top of his game, or the type of game that he showed in the past two seasons as one of [...]
Success for Ponikarovsky (and Simmonds)
By all accounts, last night was a successful return for Alexei Ponikarovsky, who had missed the previous 12 games with a broken finger. Ponikarovsky played 12 minutes, 19 seconds, and had two shots on goal and one hit. In general, he looked aggressive, with and without the puck, and, as Terry Murray points out later, [...]
