Category: 2014 Sochi Olympics

Olympics Recap: Canada Triumphs 1-0 Despite Quick's Best Efforts

By Eric Kveton | Feb 22nd 2014 | 5 min read |

Well, at least the better team won, and without controversy. Canada took down the United States on Friday to advance to Sunday’s gold medal game...

Olympic Hockey Preview (and Gamethread): Canada-USA

By Eric Kveton | Feb 22nd 2014 | 8 min read |

It was bound to happen. Four years after meeting in a legendary gold medal game in Vancouver, Team USA and Team Canada are back at it in Sochi. This t...

Kings Clips: Canada and USA Kings Advance; Voynov Goes Home

By Eric Kveton | Feb 21st 2014 | 5 min read |

A little bit of Kings news and a lot of Olympics hype to share today. Today’s links are presented by the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. ...

Olympics Recap: Sweden Pulls Away in Third, Eliminates Slovenia With 5-0 Win

By Eric Kveton | Feb 20th 2014 | 3 min read |

Lots of hockey still to come today, but the saddest part is out of the way. For 40 minutes, Slovenia kept it close against the heavily favored Swedes,...

Quarterfinals Open Thread: Six Kings in Action

By Eric Kveton | Feb 19th 2014 | 5 min read |

We’ve looked at each of the Los Angeles Kings Olympians and their teams quite a bit, so we’ll keep this pretty short. Each of today’...

Olympics Recap: Kopitar and Slovenia Roll On, 4-0

By Eric Kveton | Feb 19th 2014 | 3 min read |

The boys from Slovenia have written quite a story so far at the 2014 Winter Olympics. On Tuesday, they made it clear that they weren’t done writ...

Player Power Rankings: Olympic Edition

By Eric Kveton | Feb 19th 2014 | 6 min read |

You can’t truly judge any player’s Olympic campaign until it’s over, but we can tell you how all six Kings are faring in Sochi. Of c...

Olympic Hockey Preview (and Gamethread): Slovenia-Austria

By Eric Kveton | Feb 18th 2014 | 3 min read |

Slovenia v Austria (Bolshoy Ice Dome) Time:12:00 AM Pacific TV: NBCSN You would have been hard pressed to find anyone who thought Slovenia would finis...

Olympic Recaps: America Dominates Slovenia, Doughty Conquers Finland

By Eric Kveton | Feb 16th 2014 | 5 min read |

United States 5, Slovenia 1 The matchup Kings fans were salivating over turned out to be a bit of a dud. Not helping: we didn’t see Jonathan Qui...

Team USA Roundup: Quick Triumphs, Voynov is Unhappy

By Eric Kveton | Feb 15th 2014 | 6 min read |

If you’ve logged on to a computer or turned on a television before this moment, you know what happened when the United States of America took on...