KINGS RALLY TO DEFEAT COLORADO IN SHOOTOUT KINGS 6, COLORADO 5 (SO).Byline: RICH HAMMOND Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer There should be bright days ahead for both the Kings and Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1996 and 2001. , but the present is dim. The Kings, with Anze Kopitar, and the Avalanche, with Paul Stastny Paul Stastny (born December 27, 1985 in Quebec City) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey player of Slovak descent, who currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. Stastny was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. , have talented young scorers who give them solid reason for optimism, but this has been a season of frustration for both franchises. Both teams entered Saturday outside the Western Conference playoff picture, Colorado in 10th place, the Kings in last place. The Avalanche, trying to keep its playoff hopes alive, led the Kings 5-4 in the third period in front of an announced 18,118 at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. , but Kopitar provided the highlight moment. Kopitar scored the first goal, but Colorado rallied from a 2-0 deficit and took the lead 61 seconds into the third period when John-Michael Liles John-Michael Liles (born November 25, 1980, in Zionsville, Indiana) is a professional hockey defencemen for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. Playing career High School career Liles attended Culver Military Academy and lettered in hockey and golf. scored on the power play. Marek Svatos scored three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. later for a 4-2 lead and Alexander Frolov answered at the nine-minute mark. Colorado regained its two-goal lead with Milan Hejduk's power- play goal, but Lubomir Visnovsky got the Kings within 5-4 with his own power-play tally. In terms of style, none of those goals could top the first one. Nine minutes into the first period, Kopitar came down the right side and cut to the net, around defenseman Karlis Skrastins, who tried to trip up Kopitar. It didn't work, and Kopitar waited until goalie Peter Budaj went to his knees before firing a shot at a tough angle to give the Kings a 1-0 lead. The second assist on the goal went to 40-year-old goalie Sean Burke, who played his first NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there game March 2, 1988, five-plus months after Kopitar's birth. It was Burke's 28th assist in 808 NHL games. The Kings' future is with its youth, and before Saturday's game they dumped a struggling veteran. Oleg Tverdovsky, who had been a healthy scratch in the past nine games, cleared waivers and was assigned to the Kings' American Hockey League
Tverdovsky, due $2.5 million this next and next season, came over from Carolina in the trade that also brought highly touted prospect Jack Johnson to the Kings. Also: Scott Thornton, out since Dec. 28 with a broken wrist, returned to the lineup. ... Aaron Miller and Brent Sopel are believed to be the two Kings drawing the most attention on the market as Tuesday's trade deadline approaches. rich.hammond@dailynews.com (818) 713-3611 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Kings' Aaron Miller, right, checks the Colorado's Brad May into the boards Saturday. Francis Specker/Associated Press |
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