rich-hammond Stories - Jewels From The Crown
Who thought Moulson could do that?
There's a post from Rich Hammond today about the friendship of Jonathan Quick and Matt Moulson, which has granted me an opportunity for self-aggrandizing navel-gazing. Rich says, "It wasn't easy to see this type of scoring burst [leading the Islanders in scoring] coming from Moulson." But it wasn't...
Those Numbers aren't Magic (but mine are)
Helene Elliott confused the masses with this, in today's LA Times: For a change, Kings have magic number for clinching playoff spot - latimes.com Any combination of 19 points earned by the Kings or NOT earned by the ninth-place Calgary Flames will assure the Kings their first playoff berth since...
[Last chance Kings fans, polls close Monday] Who Do You Know?
[this is not a test; nobody knows all these people; it's really a survey of -- oh, I don't know -- the collective experience of the Kings fan hive mind. Something like that.] <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2911922/"...
Gladys Kravitz Shows Why She's in the Hockey Hall of Fame
L.A. Times reporter and Hockey Hall of Fame member Gladys Kravitz got Jack Johnson worked up in a froth yesterday. Having read the Lombardi interview she references in her article, I can only assume one of three things is going on: (1) Jack Johnson read the original interview himself, but Jack...
Stop Fucking With Me
Sharks coach said this to Rich Hammond: If your mindset isn’t prepared to play against an elite team in the National Hockey League... And in case you assume (as any sane person would) the elite team he's talking about is the Sharks: no, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE KINGS. As much as I would like to take...
Help Please
So I decided to take a slowdown type of break this summer from the blog and not do the insane Year-In-Reviews I did a year ago. I've enjoyed my time relaxing, but I definitely have a need to write something right now. Here is where you come in.To my faithful readers: what would you like to read...
Roster Questions Have Been Unexcitedly Answered
I have returned from Frozen Fury!! The game was... so-so, but they won 5-3 so it was a good ending for Kings fans. I will have a full recap in a day or two, so stay tuned!*~*~*~*~*On the news front, according to TSN, all roster questions have been answered regarding who will make the lineup for the...
Beatwriter goes in-house: Hammond's L.A. Kings coverage in the new world
Back when there was the hub-bub with Chris Botta's Islanders Point Blank losing its sponsorship (or at least not getting career-adequate sponsorship to continue the arrangement), I remarked how I always assumed many of these undercovered NHL teams like the Isles will need to have some sort of...
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