The ratings speak for themselves, even if you don’t let the ratings make the final decision. So far, the Kings are last in the Western Conference with 19 wins, 20 losses and 7 OTs. The season is young, but fans aren’t the only ones wondering about the Kings’ performance.
Players this season include forwards Derek Armstrong, Dustin Brown, Kyle Calder, Marc-Andre Cliché, Alexander Frolov, Michal Handzus, Raitis Ivanans, Anze Kopitar, Oscar Moller, Patrick O’Sullivan, Brad Richardson, Wayne Simmonds, Jaret Stoll and John Zeiler. . Defensive players on the Kings team include Drew Doughty, Denis Gauthier Jr., Matt Greene, Peter Harrold, Jack Johnson, Sean O’Donnell, Tom Preissing, and Kyle Quincey. The team’s goalies include Erik Ersberg and Jonathan Quick.
Perhaps some of the brightest and best are in the system, including forwards Justin Azevedo, Brian Boyle, Constantin Braun, Bryan Cameron, Rich Clune, Robert Czarnik, Vladimir Dravecky, Matt Fillier, Gabe Gauthier, Bud Holloway, Dwight King, Trevor Lewis, Andrei Loktionov, Jan Marek, David Meckler, Igor Melyakov, Matt Moulson, Brady Murray, Scott Parse, Teddy Purcell, Garrett Roe, Andrei Shefer, Valtteri Tenkanen, Joshua Turnbull, Kevin Westgarth, and Geordie Wudrick. Defenders include Niclas Andersen, Drew Bagnall, Andrew Campbell, Davis Drewiske, Johan Fransson, Thomas Hickey, Josh Kidd, Mikhail Lyubushin, Alec Martinez, Josh Meyers, Martin Nolet, Joe Piskula, Colten Teubert, and Viatcheslav Voynov. Goalies are Jonathan Bernier, Martin Jones, Linden Rowat, Daniel Taylor, and Jeff Zatkoff.
Although the games this season have not been as good for the Kings, the good news is that the season still has plenty of games left. Games in January end with the Kings facing the Blackhawks and Canadians both home and away respectively. In February, the Kings will take the ice at home in games against the Flames, Oilers, Thrashers and Coyotes. February road games for the Kings will see them in action against the Senators, Capitals, Devils, Islanders, Ducks, Sharks, Wild, Flyers and Red Wings.
With no time to sit around, March brings some home games for the Kings with opportunities to play the Stars, Wild, Canucks, Predators and Stars. The remainder of the March games will take place on Kings Road with contests against the Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Canucks, Sharks, Bruins, Penguins, Blackhawks, Blues, Stars, and Predators.
The season finale comes in April and the Kings will end the season with road games against the Coyotes, Flames, Oilers and Canucks. The home games will be against the Coyotes and the Sharks; the last of which will take place on Saturday, April 11.
Fans will be watching to see what the players, coaches and support staff do for the rest of this season. Coaches include Head Coach Terry Murray, Assistant Coach Mark Hardy, Assistant Coach Jamie Kompon, Goalkeeping Coach Bill Ranford, Video Coordinator Ryan Colville. Training staff include Head Athletic Trainer Chris Kinglsey, Director of Rehabilitation/Assistant Athletic Trainer Joe Caligiuri, Strength and Conditioning Trainer Chad Smith, Masseur Mario Serban, Senior Equipment Manager Darren Granger, Assistant Manager team manager Corey Osmak and assistant team manager Dana Bryson.