Dancing Wooooo!

Last night was the first Kings game since the Olympic break. The Kings look a little disarrayed but somehow managed to pull off a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. The Kings keep surprising me by scoring late goals to win or scoring lots of goals to win. Its now 3 in a row after the horrible losing streak before the break. The Wild are one of the teams behind the Kings so it was a good win for the playoff hunt. Now, if the Wild can beat the Ducks tonight, then life will be good.

So, the Olympics are now over, the USA did not invoke the memories of Lake Placid or even Salt Lake City, and the Kings had two injuries, Frolov who might be out for the year, and Demitra, who is out at least a game. Boy, this stinks.

The first game is tomorrow and we have tickets. Woo-hoo! Here’s to a Kings win……

Life is a bit dull without some Kings games to go to see. Only 10 more days until the Kings are playing the Wild. 22 games to go to the playoffs for the Kings. Go Kings Go.

Somehow, after falling behind 5-2 after two periods, the Kings managed to come back and win. Wow! What a game. Now, it is 17 or so days without Kings hockey. I will be watching the Olympics for the next two weeks. Here’s hoping that Team USA does well.

So, the Kings finally won one yesterday against the Blackhawks. This allowed them to put 2 more points (for a total of 4) between themselves and the Mighty Ducks. We are going to the game today and I’m hoping that the Kings will win two in a row. Maybe today we can get a puck for Annette. =)

That’s it. Ta-ta….

Ok, the Kings are now only 2 points up on the Ducks. The Kings better win tomorrow. Go Kings Go! Go Kings Go! Go Kings Go! Go Kings Go! Go Kings Go! Go Kings Go!

7 in a row. The Ducks are closing. The Sharks are closing. My god, what is happening.

Ok, I’ve had accounts at Morgan Stanley for the last 3 or 4 years. When I moved my accounts over to a new broker, I was charged $85 account closing charge for each of my 3 accounts. Ouch. Makes me want to go back to MSDW.

Ugly, Ugly, Ugly. The Kings lost to the Ducks today 6-2 and it wasn’t even that close. And they lost on Thursday to Edmonton in a way that wasn’t as ugly but still was ugly.

There are two interesting stories from the games, one from Thursday’s game and one from today’s game. On Thursday’s game, Annette caught one of the tennis balls that the Kings Crew throws into the crowds. As a result, we won a two item dinner for one from Panda Express. Yes, only one. There was a bigger prize to be won. If the player whose number was on the ball you caught scored next, then you won the grand prize. Our ball had number 20 on it. Luc’s number. So, we were pretty excited. Luc’s been playing well and, as luck would have it, he scored next. We won the grand prize. What could it be? Kings stuff? A jersey? Nope, we won the panda in the picture.

For today’s game, the only redeeming part of the game was that Annette and I showed up early for the game and watched the warmups from next to the glass. We had made up a sign to have Luc sign our tickets from the 1/19 game. No such luck. We had a couple of other signs, one that said Welcome Back Eric, which was for Eric Belanger, who was playing again after missing a number of games. Standing next to us was a kid who was about 4 years old, maybe younger. Annette started talking to the kid and eventually, he was standing in front of her, next to me. Since we were standing in the photographers area, there is a small door, about the size of the puck, in the glass. Eric Belanger gave the kid a puck through the door for the kid. Way to go, Eric! So, we didn’t get out ticket signed by Luc but we did help a kid get a real NHL puck.

Is it just me or is this blog turning into a hockey blog?

One last thing. I’m looking forward to a good game on Monday by the Kings so they’ll beat the Ducks.