St. Valentine's Day Massacre

I don't know whether it was the holiday, the 1 PM start time, or something else, but this afternoon's game agains the Edmonton Oilers was complete madness there for a while. The Kings got off to a lousy start in the first period, and things quickly got physical. Before the end of the first period, there were 3 major fights, an assortment of minor roughing penalties and 3 airborne pucks (all of which flew into our section). Jack Johnson absolutely leveled Edmonton's Sam Gagner before being sent to the dressing room. But the best fight by far was our own Raitas Ivanans vs. Zack Stortini. Clothes came off in this one...check out the video!



During the second, we got it back into gear. Drew in particular had a great night!! Aside from a B.S. penalty for roughing (Shawn Horcoff punched him in the face and Drew defended himself), his goal in the 2nd period started the Kings on a comeback towards an eventual tie in regulation. As a result, he was named the Number 3 "Star of the Night" by the sports media. I even got video of the goal, so I had to share! Way to go, Drew!!!



Unfortunately, we failed to score in overtime, and lost the shoot-out as well. Final score: Oilers 3, Kings 2. But all was not lost...at least we picked up a point in the standings, so we're still in the hunt for a playoff spot.

And instead of checking out the Oiler hotties tonight, I thought some photos of our own boys would be more fun. Here are some of my favorites, taken during the pre-game warm up skate.


Kyle Quincey (27), Anze Kopitar (11) Derek Armstrong (7) and Alexander Frolov (24)

Brad Richardson (15) and Patrick O'Sullivan (12)

Drew Doughty (8) and Raitas Ivanans (41)

Jack Johnson (3), Raitas Ivanans and Anze Kopitar

With no win tonight, Drew retains his lead in the Lucky Jersey Contest, 4-2.

Next up...the Atlanta Thrashers on Monday, 2/16.