frozenroyalty.net - 12/4/2008
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On Monday night at Staples Center, the 8-9-6 Toronto Maple Leafs were in town to visit the 10-9-3 Los Angeles Kings—two teams separated by one point in the standings, but the up-and-coming Kings were expected to get past the Leafs, who have struggled almost as much as the Kings have recently.
Staples Center: Who, What And Where, Past, Present And Future
frozenroyalty.net 1/15/2009 — Originally published in October, 1999, this is an op-ed/analysis piece posted as a response to what looked like a paid infomercial advertising LA Live, the huge entertainment/retail complex directly across from Staples Center. and ahh-ing abo
New on HockeyTalk: LA Surprise
frozenroyalty.net 11/30/2008 — Eighteen games into the 2008-09 National Hockey League season, the Los Angeles Kings are a surprising 8-8-2, good for eighteen points in the standings. As of this writing, the Kings are third in the Pacific Division, eleventh in the Western Conference and twentieth in the league standings...
Lombardi’s Rebuilding Plan Making Unexpected Progress
frozenroyalty.net 1/6/2009 — Frozen Royalty is back with Part 3 from an exclusive interview with Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi. In this, the third and final installment, Lombardi discusses the Kings’ player development and evaluation infrastructure and the progress made in his rebuilding plan.
Press Box Perspective
pressboxperspective.com 11/15/2008 — For the first time since Jason LaBarbera won four games more than a year ago (October 19 – 27, 2007), Erik Ersberg has led the Kings to a 4 game winning streak and hasn’t lost a game in regulation out of the 5 games he started. (Ersberg is 4-0-1 in ...
New on HockeyTalk: Kings’ Improvements May Not Be Easy To See
frozenroyalty.net 11/5/2008 — One month of the 2008-09 National Hockey League season is in the books and the Los Angeles Kings have been pretty much what was expected in terms of wins and losses. But if you think the Kings have not improved over last season, guess again.
Lombardi Talks About Goaltending, Top Defenseman Prospects
frozenroyalty.net 1/2/2009 — After taking New Year’s Day off, Frozen Royalty is back with more from an exclusive interview with Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi. In this installment, Lombardi focuses on his team’s future in goal and two of his top defenseman prospects.
Frozen Royalty Audio: Canucks Have Easy Time With Kings
frozenroyalty.net 10/31/2008 — LOS ANGELES — Despite moving left wing Patrick O’Sullivan onto the first line with center Anze Kopitar and right wing Dustin Brown, the Los Angeles Kings were a step slow all night, making things quite easy for goaltender Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks, who coasted to a 4-0 blowout victory
Indulge Me For A Few Moments
frozenroyalty.net 2/14/2009 — LOS ANGELES — I hope you will indulge me for a few minutes as I get a bit personal here.
Way back in the late 1980’s, well before the Internet was known as the Internet, I wrote my first game recap of a Los Angeles Kings game.
That was a little over twenty years ago and it was ...
New on HockeyTalk: Kings: December Swoon Is More Myth Than Fact
frozenroyalty.net 12/11/2008 — For many, December is time when their thoughts turn to family and friends and celebrating the holiday season with them. But for long-time fans of the Los Angeles Kings, December often means dread, doom and gloom as their team goes into their traditional, inevitable December Swoon...