After a tough loss at the Honda Center in Anaheim Tuesday, the Kings returned home to Staples Center tonight for a rematch with the dreaded Ducks. This time, I'm happy to report we came out on top, in spite of almost giving the game away towards the end of the second period. We also gave a natural hat trick (that's 3 goals in a row) to Ducks rookie Bobby Ryan, but personally I have to respect any player that gets one in their career...not easy to do even under the best circumstances. But we kept our heads screwed on and maintained composure, so I'm proud of our boys. Personally, I think the refs were biased against the Kings, failing to call high stick penalties after not one but two of our players got their helmets knocked off! And those were just the obvious penalties that never got called in our favor! But as I overheard someone say in the stands a few games ago, great teams overcome stupid officials, so we'll chalk tonight up to growing pains on the road to becoming a great team.
Drew Doughty gets the video of the night thanks to some great penalty kill work in the second period. For you hockey amateurs, a penalty kill is when a team is down one man, either because one of their own players did something stupid, or because the refs need glasses. I don't remember which situation caused the need for this penalty kill, so I'm gonna blame it on the refs. Anyway, here we have our favorite rookie and 3 other Kings playing against 5 Ducks. But we all know Kings are better than Ducks anyway...
And with the win tonight, Drew also takes the lead in the Lucky Jersey Contest 3-2 over Sully.
Next up...the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. GO KINGS!!
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