Avalanche 2, Kings 1

By Rich Hammond on March 1, 2008 6:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

The goals are coming fast and furious. Ryan Smyth threw a harmless puck toward the front of the net, but it went off the side of Rob Blake's skate and into the net, 6:46 into the second period.

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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