Now underway

By Rich Hammond on September 29, 2007 9:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Todd Bertuzzi took a penalty, but Anze Kopitar took one of his own less than a minute later. Jonathan Bernier got tested early, when Getzlaf went around O'Sullivan and put a backhand on net, but Bernier easily pushed it aside.

The ice is three feet shorter in this arena, and they took it out of the neutral zone.

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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