Postgame Quotes Archives - LA Kings Insider

FINAL – Ontario 3, Bakersfield 0

Zach DooleyJanuary 20, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignPostgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame video3 min read

It was Monday Funday for the Ontario Reign, who skated to a 3-0 victory over the Bakersfield Condors in a massive divisional win. Ontario widened its gap over both Bakersfield and idle San Diego for the final postseason berth in the Pacific Division. Cal Petersen led the way, as he stopped all 33 sh... Full Story

FINAL – Tucson 2, Ontario 1 (OT)

Zach DooleyJanuary 18, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignPostgame notesPostgame video4 min read

The Ontario Reign forced overtime and earned a point, but fell 2-1 against the Pacific Division’s top team, the Tucson Roadrunners, on Saturday evening at Toyota Arena. Ontario got a first-period tally from forward Martin Frk and 24 saves from Matthew Villalta, as the Reign collected a hard-fought ... Full Story

January 18 postgame quotes: Todd McLellan

Jon RosenJanuary 18, 20200 Comments

Postgame quotes1 min read

Todd McLellan, on the challenges in the loss: A few too many mistakes, obviously. I look at the two even strength goals. They’re very preventable and you can’t give up freebies like that when we’re not scoring. That’s simple, anybody can notice that. Special teams, wasted power play to begin with, ... Full Story

FINAL – Ontario 5, Stockton 1

Zach DooleyJanuary 17, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignPostgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame video5 min read

The Ontario Reign kicked off a three games in four days span with a convincing 5-1 victory over the Stockton Heat on Friday evening at Toyota Arena. The Reign got a dazzling effort in net from Cal Petersen, who turned aside 50-of-51 shots faced, while forward Martin Frk scored twice in the victor... Full Story

January 16 postgame quotes: Todd McLellan

Jon RosenJanuary 16, 20200 Comments

Postgame quotes2 min read

Todd McLellan, on whether his evaluation of the game evolved at all with the late comeback: No. Not one bit. The comeback part is in our DNA, it’s been there for the whole year. It shouldn’t go anywhere, it should always be there. That part, I tip my hat to the guys, but everything else that went i... Full Story

January 14 postgame quotes: Todd McLellan

Jon RosenJanuary 14, 20200 Comments

Postgame quotes1 min read

Todd McLellan, on the shootout loss: They’re a very creative, quick attacking team. I think they got the best of us in some situations, but we fought back and worked our way into a lead. A big power play goal. I’m disappointed at the end that we couldn’t close it off. But a fairly good effort. I th... Full Story

FINAL – San Diego 6, Ontario 1

Zach DooleyJanuary 11, 20200 Comments

Ontario ReignPostgame notesPostgame quotes4 min read

The Ontario Reign fell for the third time in three games, as they dropped a 6-1 decision in San Diego to cap off a three-game week. The Reign got an early goal, which came from forward Martin Frk on a penalty shot, but were unable to beat Kevin Boyle during the run of play, despite throwing 43 s... Full Story

January 11 postgame quotes: Todd McLellan

Jon RosenJanuary 11, 20200 Comments

Postgame notes3 min read

Todd McLellan, on what he liked about the loss, and whether that sounds odd: It doesn’t sound odd at all. A lot of years in the league right now. It’s probably one of the better-played losses that I’ve experienced. The team really played well. We played against a team that doesn’t give up much. Pl... Full Story

FINAL – Bakersfield 5, Ontario 3

Zach DooleyJanuary 10, 20200 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame video6 min read

The Ontario Reign came close. It was close but no cigar, but boy was it close. You could point to any number of moments as the difference, but no matter how you shook it out, it was just one conversion short. Ontario was outplayed on special teams, with the Reign conceding three times on the pen... Full Story

January 9 post-game quotes: McLellan, Gallant

Jon RosenJanuary 9, 20200 Comments

Postgame quotes4 min read

Todd McLellan, on the message for the defensemen to shoot the puck: That was the first period message obviously. We didn’t get much of it in the second or the third. Yeah, we want to get pucks to the net. The shots that got there, Marty’s was a bit of a surprise. I think he slung it and got it in t... Full Story

Lizotte (lower-body) to be evaluated Thursday; McLellan quotes

Jon RosenJanuary 8, 20200 Comments

InjuriesPostgame quotes5 min read

Juan Ocampo/NHLITodd McLellan, on Blake Lizotte's status: He obviously didn’t finish the game. One shift. It’s a lower-body injury. He’ll stay back from the Vegas portion of this trip just to get evaluated tomorrow. We’ll know more then. Yeah. He made it back to the bench. It’s obviously not a b... Full Story

January 6 Rapid Reaction: Blue Jackets 4, Kings 2

Zach DooleyJanuary 6, 20200 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoRapid Reaction7 min read

Todd McLellan on if he feels the Kings could have led by more through 20 minutes It’s a pretty good observation, yes. We had a tenacity to our forecheck that we haven’t had for a little while, and it would have been nice to have been rewarded. It’s that theory about, again, are we stressing getting... Full Story

January 4 Rapid Reaction: Predators 4, Kings 1

Zach DooleyJanuary 4, 20200 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoRapid Reaction8 min read

Todd McLellan on his evaluation of tonight’s game Disappointed. Quite disappointed in the group, haven’t said that very often with our team, but I just thought one team was so much more intense and hard and committed to doing it over and over again and another team was going to try and win it the e... Full Story