DANNY MOLOSHOK Associated Press The Kings' Matt Greene, top center, checks the Sharks' Dany Heatley (15) to the ice, and San Jose's Jed Ortmeyer (41) also tumbles. LOS ANGELES – Teddy Purcell scored the tiebreaking goal from behind San Jose's goal line with 5:10 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before holding off the Sharks 6-4 Tuesday. After the Kings chased Evgeni Nabokov...
from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal, If the Edmonton Oilers could get a do-over, would they move Matt Greene and Jarret Stoll for Lubomir Visnovsky? Would they have felt the crushing need to get the pro’s pro Visnovsky from Los Angeles last summer if they knew that Denis Grebeshkov would evolve into a fine puck-mover in his own right, giving the Oilers a surplus of offensive guys on the...
Hiroki Kuroda. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast With last night's announcement that Jason Schmidt will be starting tomorrow night against the Cincinnati Reds, the talk of other injured pitchers started flooding. "[Hong-Chih] Kuo pitched well yesterday," manager Joe Torre said of Kuo's minor league outing. "I think we may have a finish line in mind right now." But for today Hiroki...
More photos » by David Zalubowski - ASSOCIATED PRESS Only Scott Hannan remains of this Avs super threesome. Browse more photos » The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that it has acquired defensemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing , along with a fifth round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for forward Ryan Smyth . The trade is conditional...
Newsworthy tidbits from this game: Matt Greene scored his second goal of the season. Jack Johnson scored with a little over one minute to go in the game. The Kings need Jarret Stoll back. In this first game without Stoll they were 36% in the faceoff circle. 36% IN THE FACEOFF CIRCLE!!!!!! Related posts Are We Done?: Predators 4, Kings [...]
From Bill Witz at the LA Times: “As a team, we never lost sight of the playoffs,” said defenseman Matt Greene, a veteran on the NHL’s youngest team. “I don’t think there’s any change in the attitude, but maybe we’re starting to find our groove a little bit more.” Said Quick: “The biggest thing right now is the momentum of the team. Everyone is playing...
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