RICH HAMMOND

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.
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Kings lose 5-2

No blowing a late lead tonight. It happened much earlier. Notes and quotes from the locker room to come.

17 Comments

Naturallawyer said:

Softest Kings team I've ever seen. Go ahead, stab our goalie; we won't do anything about it.

anthony said:

After what Smyth did to our goalie, I was surpised that nobody stuck a stick in his ugly face.

I was looking for somebody to break stick over over that banana of a nose, and make that face even more disgusting.

anthony said:

And why does he wear his hair so pretty.
He looks like a girl on skates.

tim said:

you said it, not 2 mention the 2 col players camping in front of our net! brutal! the bantom team that played in between periods was more entertaining. knowbody is afraid to play the kings!

Naturallawyer said:

Anthony: It's the Kings that look like girls on skates.

kingle said:

couple games back a ducks fan told me that the kings were no pushover and a force to be reckoned with... never believe a ducks fan, i just figured it out he was being sarcastic

dominic lavoie said:

Todd Fedoruk was on waivers the other day - coulda used him....

Matt George said:


zzzzzzzzzz

another "rebuilding" night

glad I GAVE away my tickets

Dan H. said:

From the weight people put on the Kings back to back loss a couple of games ago, I put this in the win column early.

Guess you can't count on that second game in two nights as a win unless you're playing the Kings ;)

EncinoMan said:

A Sad effort for the last two periods + 1:05 minutes. Chasing the puck the whole time.
Most teams would wear down a team that had played the night before, but then again, this is the Kings.
The reality is, we are still not a playoff team. Other than the few times a year where we may see some signs of hope, (ie. 3-0 in games in SJ, the big comeback against Dallas, etc.), for the most part, what you see is what you get.....

Josh said:

Anything but the bottom of the standings. I dont care about a playoff spot. Just not last place again. Not again, please!!!

Gord said:

Alright I'd much rather them weather the storm and play their good hockey in he second half of each game. obviously they can't keep it together for 60 minutes so we might as well suck when the others guys do too

Zad said:

Hey Rich:

Please do all of us a favor and ask Crawford if he remembers which Avs line was out there for the first 3 of the Avs' 4 goals, and then ask him which Kings line he had out there to defend against them.

I credit this observation to a fellow fan on hfboards but if ever the fans needed a snap shot of Crawford's incompetence, this was it.

Maverick said:

@ Josh
If you are not going to make the playoffs you might as well take last place and have that high percent chance of #1 draft pick.

Eric K said:

man, i was already disappointed about getting owned by USC.

not good news to welcome me back to the dorm.

Tito Jackson said:

You would think after rebuilding for a few years you might start to see a rise up on the standings. I understand that you can't expect the playoffs right away but how many times can you rebuild the basement? They better start offering All You Can Eat for free if they want to keep some fans at Staples.

Hockey Only said:

When does the parade start???


The one welcoming hockey and the Winnipeg Kings.

These "hard chargers" keep playing like this for the next "Rebuilding" seasons and some of you can start for real cheering for Detroit, Phoenix or the ducks, cause Staples will only hear the sound of basketballs hitting the courts.

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