End of second period
Kings 2, Ducks 0
That period ended at a good time for the Kings, because the Kings' legs started to look a little heavy and the Ducks spent quite a bit of time in the Kings' zone over the last five or six minutes.
Bernier...again, what can you say? He has made 17 saves through two periods.
Jack Johnson had a much better period, particularly with the defensive aspects of his game. He threw his body around against George Parros a couple times and got in the middle of the scrum that led to the 4-on-4.
Kyle Calder did some good dirty work in front of the net early in the period.
Raitis Ivanans, as previously mentioned, doesn't look ready to play.
Rumor is, Alexander Frolov is playing tonight.
Visnovsky is the hardest skater on the ice and appears to be in tremendous physical condition to start the season.
The Ducks are outshooting the Kings 17-14 and the Kings have won 21 of 36 faceoffs. Kopitar and Preissing each have three shots on goal for the Kings.
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Awesome job, Rich!! I'm following the game on KTLK radio, and your updates and insights are really appreciated. GO KINGS GO!!!!
Frolov does have an assist. Just sayin'.
Thanks a million Rich! I'm at work today and I love getting your insight while watching the numbers of the game.( We have crappy radio reception at work)Keep up the good work.
Rich:
Do you have any information as to whether Crawford intends to start Labarbera in goal on Sunday? or is Bernier the starter unless he does not perform?
Nobody has any idea about tomorrow's goalie except Crawford, and maybe Mike Johnston, Dave Lewis and Jamie Kompon. Maybe.
I can't imagine he'd start Bernier on back-to-back games like that, no matter how hot he is. It's too bad, too, cuz Bernier is looking GREAT!
Who in here thinks Frolov is a waste? I agree with Rich, there was little to Frolov's play today and he is slowly being demoted. He was playing first line last year, second this year, and I saw him play with some third liners today. Fact is: other guys are playing and contributing more than Frolov. We need him to actually play or we need to trade him for someone who is willing to put a 100 percent into improving this team.
Overall, though, I thought the Kings looked great! Bernier brought confidence to the Kings and in return they did a fine job of stopping pucks before getting to Bernier.
I was really impressed with Nagy's play and, surprisingly, Modry's. He leveled a few guys and played a solid defensive game while Johnson was running around clueless sometimes.
Great effort! I had a good time watching them for once, and I look forward to watching them tomorrow morning as well!
Thanks Rich and Matt!