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Jonathan Quick and the King’s Goalie Situation

Jonathan Quick and the King’s Goalie Situation

Another terrific Guest Post by Brian Kennedy

It’s not exactly a controversy, but the goaltending situation in LA has taken a tiny bit of an interesting turn in the past few days.
Jonathan Quick has been the workhorse this year, putting up Brodeur-like minutes played and having started all but a few of the team’s games.  To [...]

CA Condors raise money for International tournament

CA Condors raise money for International tournament

On Sunday March 7th I attended a skate-a-thon benefiting the California Condors a special needs hockey team.  Their mission was to try and raise $10,000 to help pay for some of the costs for the team to attend the Special Hockey International Jim Gregory Friendship Tournament held in Ontario, Canada.

My friend Nadine volunteers for the [...]

After an eight year drought the Los Angeles Kings are back in the playoff picture.

After an eight year drought the Los Angeles Kings are back in the playoff picture.

The Los Angeles Kings are eyeing a seed in what would be their first placement in a Stanley Cup Playoff series in eight years. With the likes of some quality home grown talent, and proper developement the future is looking brighter for the team from Tinseltown.

Are the LA Kings a better club with the additions of Modin and Halpern?

Are the LA Kings a better club with the additions of Modin and Halpern?

A Guest Post by Brian Kennedy
Are the Kings better with their two additions than they would have been had they not added Fredrik Modin and Jeff Halpern at the trade deadline?
One factor to think about is that the team internally and the GM as well expressed interest in leaving the core, and the chemistry it [...]

Kings Need to Win…and Do!!

Kings Need to Win…and Do!!

As the Kings prepare for a huge contest at Detroit, where the Red Wings trail the Kings by just one point in the Western Conference standings, controversy swirls among the LA ranks. For those of you who may not have heard; Kings GM Dean Lombardi made some disparaging remarks about the University of Michigan hockey [...]

“We want 10! We want 10!”…Sharks blank the Flames

“We want 10! We want 10!”…Sharks blank the Flames

This was the chant the crowd erupted into after the 9th goal of the evening where ten goals very well could have happened as San Jose was on a power play for the remainder of the third. 9-1 was the final in and exciting game that had the Sharks with eight different goal scorers and [...]

Monday Night Match-up: Sharks @ Kings

Monday Night Match-up: Sharks @ Kings

Staples Center will host what looks to be a marquee match up between two Pacific giants the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings.  This will be their second to last meeting in the regular season and judging how the Kings have played against the Sharks so far this is going to be a [...]

Kings Reach Critical Point in Season

Kings Reach Critical Point in Season

The Kings, after a great start, have reached a very critical point in their season. As recently as December 15th, the Kings were atop the Western Conference standings. Now, after losing 4 in a row between December 17th and December 30th, and 5 of their last 8 overall, the Kings sit in 8th place with [...]

Hockey fans in California?

Hockey fans in California?

When you hear California you don’t think hockey, you visualize beaches, nice weather, movie stars, etc. It’s understandable since hockey continues to fight for ratings and respect among other sports not only in California but the entire United States.

World Juniors Championships Players To Watch

World Juniors Championships Players To Watch

Christopher Ralph – THW’s Flames, Draft and Prospect Correspondent
The WJC U20s are well underway in Saskatchewan, Canada. Sweden have already hammered the Czech -Republic 10-1 in a surprisingly lop-sided fashion. Canada are not so surprisingly in the process of ripping apart the squad from Latvia (16-zip was the final).
In my review of the pre-tourney tilt [...]


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