Jarrett Stoll is out for the season with a groin injury, and Brian Boyle was called up from Manchester. Stoll had played in 126 consecutive games.
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Final: Kings 1, Stars 0, shootout
Still talking about Ovie’s celebration
Washington Caps coach Bruce Boudreau – the former Manchester coach – got uncharacteristically heated with reporters Thursday when discussing the celebration by Alex Ovechkin after his 50th goal. Boudreau was asked if he figured Tampa would seek retribution, and that’s when he lost it. Click here for more.
By popular demand
Penalty box
From hockey to figure skating? The World Figure Skating Championships are at Staples Center this week, and American Brandon Mroz is a pretty good story. As a kid, he was the ultimate hockey player. He loved to skate but didn’t get to do it much because he also loved to get in fights and was always in the penalty box. So, Mroz’s parents moved him to figure skating. Now, the former goon is doing quadruple toe loops. I’ll have a column on Mroz in tomorrow’s paper. The Kings aren’t going to make the playoffs, so we can have a little fun on the blog.