2010 - LA Kings Insider

Not-so-classic weather in Pittsburgh

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201032 Comments

Everyone please have a safe New Year's Eve… Because of tomorrow's 6 p.m. start time, the Kings won't have a morning skate. To catch up on today's news and notes, please check out my LAKings.com notebook, and to get a jump-start on the San Jose Sharks, you can check out the San Jose Mercury News' gam... Full Story

Another multi-point game for Schenn

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201014 Comments

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Brayden Schenn was at it again today. The Kings prospect had one goal and one assist in Canada's 6-5 shootout loss to Sweden in pool-play action in the World Junior Championships. In four pool-play games, Schenn totaled seven goals and seven assists. Here is Schenn's game-by-game breakdown so far… ... Full Story

Can the Kings avoid another slide?

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201034 Comments

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The last time the Kings' play dipped, things snowballed quickly. The Kings' 6-3 loss at San Jose on Nov. 15 was a proverbial punch in the nose, and it essentially took the Kings two weeks to recover, as that loss started a 1-7-0 skid. In some ways, Wednesday's 6-3 loss at Phoenix had much the same f... Full Story

Rough week for Kings’ goalies

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201014 Comments

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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 s... Full Story

Business as usual for Murray

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201041 Comments

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The Kings had a fast-paced, 45-minute practice today, no different than most other between-games practices. There was no ``bag skate,'' no on-ice screaming by the coaching staff. The only nod to any type of recent struggle was a longer-than-usual post-practice huddle with Terry Murray and the player... Full Story

Quick tomorrow; injury updates

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201019 Comments

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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 Mi... Full Story

Friday practice update

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201013 Comments

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The Kings are roughly a half hour into practice, without Alexei Ponikarovsky or Willie Mitchell on the ice. Otherwise, it's the same lines and pairs as in the past few games. More updates from practice to come...... Full Story

Postgame notes (Dec. 30)

Rich HammondDecember 31, 201019 Comments

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Some notes from last night's game… -- The Kings were on the wrong end of a back-to-back sweep, as they fell to the Philadelphia Flyers 7-4 on Thursday night at Staples Center, one night after a loss at Phoenix. -- The Kings allowed a season-worst seven goals. They had allowed six goals three t... Full Story

The view from Philadelphia

Rich HammondDecember 31, 20105 Comments

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Here's how Philly.com -- the online arm of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News newspapers -- presented last night's Kings-Flyers game, along with a nice piece of Kings assistant coach John Stevens facing his former team for the first time, plus some additional postgame quotes from ... Full Story

Tonight’s game story (Dec. 30)

Rich HammondDecember 30, 201033 Comments

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Here's my LAKings.com game story for tonight, with stats and video included. Thanks for reading... Kings lose to Flyers 7-4 The Kings are scheduled to practice tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.... Full Story

Murray postgame quotes

Rich HammondDecember 30, 201048 Comments

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Terry Murray's postgame thoughts… (on his postgame message to the team…) MURRAY: ``There was no message.'' (on whether Bernier lost composure with the play around his net…) MURRAY: ``That's the way the league is. There's lots of heavy play around the net. He's a young guy. He's going to have... Full Story

Greene postgame quotes

Rich HammondDecember 30, 20106 Comments

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Matt Greene's postgame thoughts… (on the game breakdowns…) GREENE: ``It’s mental and execution. It goes hand in hand. We’ve got to play the game, think the game and right now we’re not doing either one on defense. … This game got away from us. That’s it. We’ve got to be more disciplined against ... Full Story

Scuderi postgame quotes

Rich HammondDecember 30, 20104 Comments

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Rob Scuderi's postgame thoughts… (on the last two losses…) SCUDERI: ``They were certainly two of our ugliest of the year. We're not making excuses for ourselves, but it does happen. We have to scrape it under the rug and move on.'' (on how much of a factor fatigue plays in a season…) SCUDERI... Full Story