Posts About "Jonathan Quick"
Quick Injury Masks Kings' Bigger Issue
October 13th, 2018 A collective sense of despair fell harshly upon Southern California on Saturday afternoon, as superstar goalie Jonathan Quick sustained a lower body injury in practice. Quick will be sidelined indefinitely, with no set timetable for his return. The 12-year veteran is coming off a stellar 2017-18 season in which he posted a...
A Royal Celebration: All-Time LA Kings by Country
October 6th, 2018 I will focus my attention on both traditional hockey power countries as well as a few lesser established, yet equally compelling ones, as well. The criteria is that the player must have played for the Kings for either one full season or multiple, partial seasons at the very least. The Celebrated Kings United Kingdom The...
From NCAA to the Los Angeles Kings
October 4th, 2018 More than 300 former collegiate hockey players played in an NHL regular-season game this past season. Former NCAA student-athletes now account for more than 30 percent of players on NHL rosters. The Kings have been active through the years signing college free agents and drafting college hockey alumni. This past March in particular,...
L.A. Kings' Ben Bishop Trades Revisited
August 3rd, 2018 It's been more than a year since the Los Angeles Kings made a pair of perplexing transactions involving goaltender Ben Bishop — first acquiring him from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Peter Budaj, Erik Cernak, and a couple of picks, then dealing him to the Dallas Stars for a fourth-round pick — all within 72 days. They're a pair of...
LA Kings Defense Second to None
June 14th, 2018 Defense wins championships, or so the saying goes. For the Los Angeles Kings, defense was certainly the backbone of the team this past season. They allowed the fewest goals in the league while also having the league’s top penalty kill. While it may not have led them to a championship, it did help them take a step forward after missing...
Quick vs Fleury: As Good As Advertised
April 20th, 2018 The playoff series between the Los Angeles Kings and the Vegas Golden Knights came to end Tuesday night as Vegas' Marc-Andre Fleury once again bested the Kings Jonathan Quick for his second 1-0 shutout of the series, giving the Golden Knights the sweep over their Pacific Division rivals. The battle between Quick and Fleury was one of...
