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It’s a lot better writing these after a win, isn’t it? The Kings ended their season-opening, four-game homestand on a high note, with a 4-2 win over Colorado last night. If you said, before Opening Night, that the Kings would have four points from the first four games of the season, you probably wouldn’t have been too upset. A point-per-game pace this season might not get you into the playoffs, but it likely keeps you right in the hunt and in a position to get hot down the stretch. There...

The Colorado Avalanche continues its four-game California road trip and looks to earn its third straight win as it visits the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday for the second contest of a two-game set. The Avs collected its first win on the road with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night while staving off a late third-period comeback by the Kings. Brandon Saad started the scoring for the club with his first goal in an Avalanche sweater in the first period, followed by back-to-back power-play notches from D...

First of eight games between Colorado and Los Angeles by Andy Vernier / ColoradoAvalanche.com The Colorado Avalanche begins its first road trip of the 2020-21 season when it visits the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night for the first of a two-game set. Colorado is coming off an 8-0 victory on Friday against the St. Louis Blues, the first win of the season for the club. Eig...

The expectations are clear: Playoffs the goal for the Kings Feature StoriesPhoto by Adam Pantozzi/NHLI via Getty Images “I expect us to compete really hard for a [playoff] spot like that and shame on any team that’s not approaching the season that way, us included.” The expectation is clear. From Todd McLellan, as he said above, to Rob Blake to the Kings players. The team has a very clear goal for this season, and that goal is to make the playoffs. We’re talking about an NHL team, righ...

Sakic credits late Lacroix for assist Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 10% chance of precipitation 17% chance of precipitation GM pays homage by building a Cup contender By Pat Graham AP Sports Writer Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 6:18 PM Colorado Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic, right, said a ceremony is planned before the start of the team’s regular-season opener against St. Louis on Wednesday to honor Pierre Lacroix, the team’s retired president, who die...

Day 3 of Camp is in the books! Same format as Days 1 and 2, rinse and repeat, yada yada. Group A began today’s session with the opening skate, that featured some typical flow drills and instruction from Todd McLellan and the coaching staff. Both teams then took the ice for the scrimmage, won today by Group A by a 5-0 margin. Unlike the last two days, Matthew Villalta and Troy Grosenick started the game, and played much of the controlled portion of the first half, with Grosenick and Jacob In...

The NHL's COVID-19 protocols presents challenges for the Kings and Ducks as both teams look to bounce back from disappointing seasons.

loved Pierre Lacroix and Carl Scheer. Strange, strong word for a cold, callous columnist to type in bold face about a couple of general managers. GMs and sportswriters coalesce and coexist like Burr and Hamilton, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Dr. Peter Venkman and Slimer. General managers believe that sports scribes are incompetent ne’er-do-wells who don’t know if a ball is stuffed or inflated, and they should be banished to Par Naogaon, Bangladesh. Columnists opine that GM stands for “Godawful...

loved Pierre Lacroix and Carl Scheer. Strange, strong word for a cold, callous columnist to type in bold face about a couple of general managers. GMs and sportswriters coalesce and coexist like Burr and Hamilton, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Dr. Peter Venkman and Slimer. General managers believe that sports scribes are incompetent ne’er-do-wells who don’t know if a ball is stuffed or inflated, and they should be banished to Par Naogaon, Bangladesh. Columnists opine that GM stands for “Godawful...

Pierre Lacroix, architect of 2 Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, dies at 72 Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 4% chance of precipitation 8% chance of precipitation 15% chance of precipitation 11% chance of precipitation Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 3:25 PM Pierre Lacroix, who brought Colorado two Stanley Cup titles as team president, died Sunday at the age of 72. David Zalubowski/Associated Press file Pierre Lacroix, architect of 2 Avalanche Stanley Cup titles, d...