KINGS HEAD COACH TERRY MURRAY:
(Re: getting the shootout point) “I thought it was a good point. In the early part of the game we were not the same as what we were, or wanted to be, as the energy we showed in the Washington game. Then it became a game of specialty teams and that takes a lot of flow out of the game from both sides. They were stronger on the puck, they were controlling the small areas of the game in the first two periods but to come back the way we did in the early part if the third period is a big effort and it’s a good point.”
(Re: Drew Doughty’s play/rumors about Calder Trophy) “He’s played well and he’s improved his game since the start of training camp. He does play a lot of minutes on our team, but I think the Calder trophy is a long way away. He’s playing good, he’s an 18-year-old that’s playing an important part of our hockey club and we have a team now that’s been playing some pretty good hockey.”
KINGS DEFENSEMAN DREW DOUGHTY:
(Re: game recap) “Maybe we had a few let downs, but we’ve just got to work from that. I’m sure we’ll watch video at the next practice and learn from our mistakes and I think we’ll take it from there.”
(Re: early Calder trophy consideration) “I try not to think about that at all. It’s so early in the season; it would obviously be awesome to win that award, but there are so many good rookies in this league and all I’m focused on is the LA Kings and just playing my best every night.”
KINGS FORWARD DUSTIN BROWN:
(Re: game recap) “It’s a good point. You look at that game and we obviously didn’t play as well as we would have liked in the second or the first, but we battled back and that’s the key thing. A shootout loss is a shootout loss. It’s fifty-fifty really. They had better shooters than we did. The bottom line was the shootout and it’s an extra point for them.”
(Re: game recap) “They have a lot of skilled forwards and they all shoot the puck. A lot of their chances were off the scramble of blocked shots. Whether they were getting blocked or Ersberg was making saves, it’s hard for our defensive group to respond to all the shots.”
AVALANCHE HEAD COACH TONY GRANATO:
(Re: Hits during the game): “I don’t know if I’ve noticed more hits from behind. It’s always hard when you are going hard in on the fore-check you can expect that you might get a hit from behind. Sometimes when you’re going full speed and with the fore-check you might not pay attention to that, but it’s certainly a major penalty.”
(Re: Peter Budaj’s performance): “Peter’s been very sharp. He has gained confidence, experience and the knowledge of the shooters. The research that he does on the shooters with Jeff Hackett certainly helps. But he has been very solid the past couple of weeks and when you’re confident in your goalie that makes a difference everywhere in the game.”
(Re: game recap):
AVALANCHE FORWARD IAN LAPERRIERE (the former King)
(Re: Hit by Zeiler on Foote): “I saw Foote on the ground and I kind of knew it wasn’t a clean hit because he was hit from behind. We all jumped in there to back our teammate up. But those hits have to stop before someone gets hurt or even killed. Guys have to be smarter and it has to come from the players, the league can only do so much.”
(Re: On tonight’s win): “It’s a huge win, we’re playing good hockey. We came here for a battle and we came out with two points.”
(Re: Kings Alternate Jersey): “They’re nice, very nice. It’s a mix of the old and new Kings colors and a new logo. It’s refreshing.”
