Los Angeles Kings Rumors & News

NHL.com "From opening day to the end of April, the Los Angeles Kings' dressing room was quieter. They are not a chatty bunch to begin with, and when defenseman Matt Greene was gone, his deep tone was noticeably absent. "He's a big voice in the locker room, and when he was missing this year, you could..." May 25

San Francisco Chronicle "As the Sharks look for that one win in Los Angeles that escaped them in Games 1 and 2, they go into Thursday's matchup knowing their defense has been stifling and the Kings are no longer standing pat. Los Angeles showed new line combinations during practice Wednesday in preparation for a Game 5..." May 25

NHL.com "The 2013 NHL Awards winners will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final. At 7 p.m. on the day of Game 2 of the Final, the winners of the Hart, Calder, Norris and Vezina trophies, along with the Ted Lindsay Award, will be announced as part of an hour-long show..." May 24

Fox Sports West "Who said 13 is an unlucky number? The Kings won for the 13th consecutive time at Staples Center, blanking the San Jose Sharks 3-0 behind 24 saves by goalie Jonathan Quick on Thursday night. Los Angeles took a 3-2 series lead with the win and are now on the brink of advancing to the Western..." May 24

L.A. Daily News "The Kings had a bad day. A really bad day. On the ice, off the ice. The kind of bad day they might not recover from this postseason. For starters, they played a first period so poorly in San Jose that the Kings were outshot 15-3 by the Sharks. They eventually lost the game 2-1 and now..." May 23

CSN Bay Area "When a team has lost a couple playoff games in a row, change is virtually imminent. Indications are that the Los Angeles Kings are making a few, as they get set to host the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 on Thursday night (7:30 p.m., NBCSN). According to several reports, the Kings are rearranging..." May 23

San Jose Mercury News "Sharks forward TJ Galiardi said Wednesday that Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is guilty of "a little embellishment every now and then" in this Western Conference semifinal series as he tries to draw penalties on San Jose forwards. "What kind of bugs me about him, I don't know if I..." May 23

Los Angeles Times "Kings defenseman Drew Doughty scoffed at the notion, put forth by Sharks forward TJ Galiardi, that goalie Jonathan Quick engages in “a little embellishment.” Doughty stood up for his goalie Quick, a spirited defense, and then said the San Jose player is a noted diver. He took issue with the..." May 23

Los Angeles Times "The Kings' official Twitter account received a game misconduct penalty Tuesday … from the Kings' front office. Kevin Ryder, of KROQ's "Kevin & Bean" morning show, handled the Twitter posts for the Kings' Stanley Cup playoff game against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. He took over after the..." May 22

San Jose Mercury News "Turns out the Sharks were not blowing smoke, and now their series with the Los Angeles Kings has become a simple best-of-three. Dominating early and with Joe Thornton playing an inspired -- and inspiring -- game, San Jose held on Tuesday night to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 at HP Pavilion,..." May 22

CSN Bay Area "First, a sigh of relief. Logan Couture, who did not skate with the Sharks at practice on Monday, was back on the ice on Tuesday morning and there are no doubts about his status for Game 4 against the Kings at HP Pavilion. “All good,” Couture said, when asked how he is. Todd McLellan said:..." May 21

L.A. Daily News "The script has flipped on the Kings. It's the Kings turn to complain about a late-game penalty that led to an overtime goal for the San Jose Sharks in their 2-1 victory Saturday at HP Pavilion. Sound a lot like the Sharks' reaction after Game 2? You bet. The Kings trail the Western..." May 20

ESPN Los Angeles "Los Angeles Kings left wing Kyle Clifford practiced for the second day in a row Monday and will be back in the lineup for Tuesday's Game 4 against the San Jose Sharks. Clifford, who suffered an undisclosed injury against the St. Louis Blues in the first round, has missed the past four playoff..." May 20

SportingNews.com "Jonathan Quick will not face NHL supplemental discipline for his verbal abuse of officials, according to Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times. Quick received a game misconduct after Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks in Game 4 of their Stanley Cup playoffs series...." May 20

San Jose Mercury News "The Sharks might have been missing their biggest agitator Saturday, but that didn't stop them from playing what might have been their most physical game of this year's postseason. Faced with the prospect of trailing three games to none to the Los Angeles Kings in this Western Conference semifinal..." May 19

L.A. Daily News "Dustin Brown pounced on a loose puck and swatted it into the back of the net with 1minute, 43 seconds remaining in the third period of Game 2 of the Kings' second-round playoff series against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night at Staples Center. Bedlam. Trevor Lewis guided a long rebound..." May 17

TSN.ca "San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres will have an in-person disciplinary hearing in New York at Noon et on Thursday for his hit on Jarret Stoll of the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 on Tuesday. The in-person hearing means Torres could be suspended for five or more games. Stoll did not return to..." May 16

Los Angeles Times "Brent Burns practically set up base camp next to Jonathan Quick in the third period, the San Jose forward getting clean looks and helping generate chance after chance against Quick. The Kings' goalie had to be at his very best under a prolonged third-period siege by Burns and his teammates,..." May 15

L.A. Daily News "The Kings took to the ice for an optional skate Sunday morning and had their plans set for the evening - watching the Ducks and Detroit Red Wings play Game 7 in Anaheim. They will play either the Ducks in an epic Southern California showdown or the San Jose Sharks in a statewide battle in the..." May 13

L.A. Daily News "There was no room to roam on the ice. No margin for error, either. The Kings scored what proved to be the winning goal with only 0.2 seconds remaining in the second period, which says all you really need to know about the closeness of their 2-1 victory Friday over the St. Louis Blues in Game..." May 11

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Detroit News "The overtime magic the Red Wings had in this series against Anaheim finally came to an end. And because of that, the Red Wings are on the brink of elimination. Anaheim forward Nick Bonino scored at 1:54 of overtime, converting a nice pass from Ben Lovejoy coming out of the corner, giving the..." May 09

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Blues are headed back to Los Angeles on a downbound train, seemingly en route to the same, inescapable fate that has cursed every team draped in The Note since this star-crossed franchise came into existence in 1967-1968. Generations of Blues fans know that the Stanley Cup postseason is an..." May 09

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Somewhere during the Staples Center celebration of Anze Kopitar’s game-tying goal in Monday’s third period, the thought occurred that the next score could decide the Blues’ conference quarterfinal series against the Los Angeles Kings. The thought was fleeting because in the blink that it took..." May 08

L.A. Daily News "Justin Williams couldn't stop smiling after the final horn sounded on the Kings' come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of their increasingly compelling first-round playoff series on Monday night at Staples Center. It might have had something to do with the crisp white..." May 07

L.A. Daily News "Not long after the Kings' grinding 1-0 victory Saturday over the St. Louis Blues in Game 3, Darryl Sutter invited everyone within earshot to look at the tight-checking, low-scoring, first-round playoff series in another way and with a different perspective. "There are a lot of little battles..." May 06

NHL.com "Hockey fans in southern California will have an opportunity to watch some of their favorite NHL stars next year in possible 80-plus degree temperatures from the great outdoors when the Los Angeles Kings play host to the Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25, 2014. The event is part of the..." May 06

San Jose Mercury News "Jonathan Quick made 30 saves in his fifth career playoff shutout, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 victory over St. Louis on Saturday night and trimming the Blues' series lead to 2-1. Slava Voynov scored in the second period for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who got a brilliant..." May 05

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Blues entered the offensive zone and Chris Stewart, who had the puck, heard teammates Andy McDonald, with 18 playoff goals in his career, and Barret Jackman, with no playoff goals, calling for it. So as Game 2 of the Western Conference series between the Blues and Kings sat tied and slipped..." May 03

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Little breathing room exists in the NHL playoffs, and in Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs at Scottrade Center Tuesday night there was even less. The Blues dominated the LA Kings for the duration, but somehow the crowd of 17,612 at Scottrade Center could feel that the team’s near misses..." May 01

NHL.com "The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs will open Tuesday in Chicago with a matchup between the Presidents' Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild, who were the last team to clinch a playoff berth. The NHL released the playoff schedule Sunday night and it includes three Game 1s on..." April 29

Los Angeles Times "The Kings swept the Blues in the second round of the playoffs last spring. Kings are on a hot streak against Blues The Kings have an eight-game winning streak against the St. Louis Blues, including a sweep of the teams' second-round playoff series last spring. In three games this season —..." April 28

Los Angeles Times "Introspection and navel-gazing are not Darryl Sutter's favorite activities. The Kings' coach is blunt, more likely to look ahead than to over-analyze the past in search of great cosmic meaning. So, when asked about the peaks and valleys his team experienced during this lockout-shortened season,..." April 28

Los Angeles Times "With one regular-season game left, the Kings' playoff possibilities outnumber even Coach Darryl Sutter's new line combinations. This much is sure: The Kings can finish fourth in the West and have home-ice advantage in the first round if the St. Louis Blues lose in any fashion to the Chicago..." April 28

TSN.ca "Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown has been suspended two games for an elbow to the head of Wild forward Jason Pominville during Tuesday's game in Minnesota. Midway through the second period of the Kings' 2-1 loss to the Wild, Brown caught Pominville in the head, knocking the Wild forward..." April 25

Detroit Free Press "The Red Wings demonstrated their “driver’s seat” mentality again and steered themselves right back into the playoff picture. Winning for the second time in three nights, they dispatched the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings, 3-1, tonight at Joe Louis Arena. The Nashville..." April 25

NHL.com "The team holding the top pick in the 2013 NHL Draft will need to consider one important question prior to stepping to the podium to announce its selection on June 30 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. What do we need right now? Is it a poised and polished minute-munching, two-way..." April 24

NHL.com "Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown faces a disciplinary hearing Wednesday with the NHL Department of Player Safety for an incident that occurred during a game Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center. The following grounds for the proposed supplemental discipline are being..." April 24

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Minnesota scored two first-period goals 16 seconds apart and hung on for a much-needed win over the defending Stanley Cup champions Tuesday night, April 23, at the Xcel Energy Center. Charlie Coyle one-timed a shot from in front of the net for the first goal. Sixteen seconds later, Cal..." April 24

Los Angeles Times "Good teammate that he is, center Anze Kopitar was happy about winger Dustin Brown's two-goal performance Sunday in the Kings' 4-3 overtime victory over the Dallas Stars. "We need everybody going. It was nice to see him get a couple," Kopitar said. "Hopefully, I will get a couple soon..." April 23

NHL.com "In celebration of Earth Day, NHL Green has teamed up with Sterling Planet, the United States' leading retail provider of environmental assets for corporate, utility and government clients, to attempt to mitigate the environmental impact of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the second..." April 22

L.A. Daily News "Jeff Carter's winning goal 4 minutes, 8 seconds into overtime seemed fitting. In a back-and-forth game with plenty of unusual bounces and head-scratching decisions, he was simply the right man in the right spot at the right time for the Kings. Mike Richards' shot from a sharp angle on left wing..." April 22

Fox Sports Southwest "After a tough 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday night at Scottrade Center, the Dallas Stars head into Sunday night's Pacific Division tilt with the reigning NHL Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings in need of a nice bounce back performance at Staples Center. And if Dallas' history..." April 21

ESPN.com "The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season with six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadiums across North America, sources familiar with the plan confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The series will start..." April 17

San Jose Mercury News "At the end, it came down to Sharks forward Raffi Torres -- a player known more for his hard hits than his soft hands -- sliding the puck through the legs of Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick. With that shootout goal, the Sharks moved into a virtual tie with the Los Angeles Kings for..." April 17

Pro Hockey Talk "The Los Angeles Kings had a welcome participant at practice on Monday in the form of Matt Greene. The defenseman, who has missed 41 of LA’s 42 games this year due to a back injury, was cleared for contact and participated in his first full practice today. Greene also traveled with the Kings..." April 15

NHL.com "The National Hockey League Players' Association and the National Hockey League today announced a historic partnership with the You Can Play Project that formalizes and advances their long-standing commitment to make the NHL the most inclusive professional sports league in the world. "The NHL..." April 12

TSN.ca "The National Hockey League's meeting with officials from the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation wrapped up in New York City Friday with more work needed to be done. "We had a good working session and were able to discuss all of the issues involved in the..." April 12