frozenroyalty.net - 12/11/2008
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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...
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...
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
Los Angeles Kings Recall Teddy Purcell
frozenroyalty.net 12/11/2008 — On December 10, the Los Angeles Kings recalled right wing Teddy Purcell from the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League , their primary minor league affiliate.
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.
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 ...
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’ 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.
I'll Never Understand
battleofcali.com 2/10/2009 — There are 3 things in this world I will never understand: Jews for Jesus, having more than 4 pillows on a bed*, and being a fan. Now, I haven't been able to catch a full Kings game since before the All-Star break. I recently moved so I ...
Avalanche 6, Kings 1 —
NYT > Hockey 12/10/2008
Cody McLeod scored twice, Chris Stewart added his first NHL goal and Colorado routed the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 on Tuesday night, the Avalanche's fourth straight win at home. >
Kings Hit By Avalanche of Goals in Colorado —
Bleacher Report - NHL 12/10/2008
The Los Angeles Kings arguably had one of their most disappointing games of the season so far with a 6-1 defeat in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday. The Avs extended their run over LA to 3-0-0 this season with the victory.
It was a ...