L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.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. In the 12 games since Sean Burke This article is about ice hockey goaltender. For an author, linguist and programmer, see Sean M. Burke. Sean Burke (born January 29, 1967 in Windsor, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. arrived, the Kings have a goals-against average of just more than 2.30 in regulation. That's all games, not just games that Burke has started and/or completed. Now look at November, when the Kings lost eight of 13 games and really started to see things slip away. They lost games by scores of 4-3 (in overtime), 6-4, 7-3, 3-2 (shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. ), 4-3, 6-3, 5-3 and 7-4. All of those games were winnable with good goaltending goal·tend·ing n. 1. Sports The act of protecting a goal, as in hockey and other such sports. 2. Basketball . Of course, that's just one month. In October, when the Kings lost 10 of 14, they scored a total of 13 goals in their 10 losses. So it would have been a bad start, regardless of the goalie, but decent play in net could have at least kept the Kings from sinking to the bottom of the Western Conference. |
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