GDT: Game #1: SC Champ KINGS vs. BLACKHAWKS - Saturday, 1/19/’13 @ 12:00 pm PST {NBC}

[Puck U]

GAME #1 : Los Angeles KINGS vs. Chicago BLACKHAWKS   MATCHUP   vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (0 gp : 0-0-0 = 0 pts) (0 gp : 0-0-0 = 0 pts) X Pacific / X West / X NHL X Central / X West / X NHL Won CUP STREAK Lost 1 X % WINNING POINTS %. X % 0-0-0 @ Home HOME / AWAY 0-0-0 @ Away 0-0-0 LAST 10 0-0-0 X.xxg = Xth GOALS PER GAME X.xxg = Xth X.xxg = Xrd GOALS AGAINST X.xxg = Xrd +X GOAL DIFFERENTIAL +X X.x% = Xth POWER PLAY PCT. X.x% = Xth X.x% = Xth PENALTY KILL PCT. X.x% = Xth X.x% FACE-OFF WIN PCT. X.x% Game Time: Saturday Jan./19th/2013 12:00 PM PST Location: Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA. USA TV Broadcast: NBC (HD) : NHL CenterIce * (check your local area listings, black-out restrictions may apply) Radio Broadcast : LA Kings.com Radio Player /or KTLK 1150 AM On-Line Link Note : * (FOX Sports West will broadcast their LIVE Pre-Game show from 11:30 a.m. – Noon ... The on-ice ceremony – hosted by Bob Miller -- will be broadcast live in its entirety on NBC beginning at Noon ... Kings Radio Pre-Game w/ Nick Nickson & Daryl Evans on 30 min before game time, and Kings Talk on after every Home Game.) FREE Online Video Streams : FirstRowSports.eu : myp2p.eu : SportLEMON.tv : ************* : AtdheNet.TV : atdhe.tv : LiveStreamHunter.tv : hockeywebcasts.com : Yahoo Online Stream : HockeyStreams.com {Pay-Site} * (links to online feeds provided but not guaranteed to always be active or working.) INFO - http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?i...id=DL|LAK|home FOX Sports West will broadcast their LIVE Pre-Game show from 11:30 a.m. – Noon The on-ice ceremony – hosted by Bob Miller - will be broadcast live in its entirety on NBC beginning at Noon The Stanley Cup will be marched from the ice rink at LA LIVE into STAPLES Center beginning at approximately 10:30 a.m. For all details visit LAKings.com/openingday. = - = Game Not Started = - = Scoreboards : NHL : CBS : Yahoo : TSN.ca : ESPN

KINGS will raise CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER, face BLACKHAWKS in Opener.

POSSIBLE ROSTER MATCH UPS LOS ANGELES KINGS CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Forwards Forwards #12 Simon Gagne - #10 Mike Richards - #23 Dustin Brown ‘C’ #13 Daniel Carcillo - #19 Jonathan Toews ‘C’ - #81 Marian Hossa #25 Dustin Penner - #77 Jeff Carter - #14 Justin Williams #10 Patrick Sharp ‘A’ - #36 Dave Bolland - #88 Patrick Kane #74 Dwight King - #28 Jarret Stoll - #22 Trevor Lewis #29 Bryan Bickell - #65 Andrew Shaw - #25 Viktor Stalberg #13 Kyle Clifford - #24 Colin Fraser - #71 Jordan Nolan #22 Jamal Mayers - #16 Marcus Kruger - #67 Michael Frolik {scratched} #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’, #15 Brad Richardson, #21 Anthony Stewart {scratched} - #52 Brandon Bollig, #20 Brandon Saad Defense Defense #7 Rob Scuderi - #8 Drew Doughty #2 Duncan Keith ‘A’ - #7 Brent Seabrook #27 Alec Martinez - #26 Slava Voynov #27 Johnny Oduya - #4 Niklas Hjalmarsson #44 Davis Drewiske - #2 Matt Greene‘A’ #8 Nick Leddy - #17 Sheldon Brookbank {scratched} #33 Willie Mitchell, #6 Jake Muzzin {scratched} #32 Michal Rozsival, #5 Steve Montador Goaltending Goaltending #32 Jonathan Quick {expected starter} #50 Corey Crawford {expected starter} #45 Jonathan Bernier #30 Ray Emery

GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . .

KINGS ROYAL REPORT: Injury Updates, Stats, News & Notes LOS ANGELES KINGS : - #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’ (C), On IR w/ Lower-body injury (Knee/MCL), skating with the team and could be cleared for contact as soon as Thursday after getting through some drills in Wednesday's practice but still seems unlikely to be ready for the start of the season and will miss game against the Blackhawks. - #33 Willie Mitchell (D), On IR w/ Lower-body injury (Knee Surgery), will miss game against the Blackhawks.. Current man games lost: 0 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS : - #5 Steve Montador (D), On IR w/ Upper-Body Injury (concussion), out indefinitely, will miss game against the Los Angeles Kings. Current man games lost due to injury: 0 NHL.com Standings :DIVISION : CONFERENCE : LEAGUE NHL.com Team Stats: LOS ANGELES KINGS : CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS ESPN Team Stats :LOS ANGELES KINGS : CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS FOX Spots - GAME TRAX : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/gameTrax?gameId=2013011908 FOX Spots - Head to Head Team Results : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/headToH...d= 2013011908& TSN.ca ( Game Day ) : http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/gameday/?hubname=nhl-kings The Hockey News, FORECASTER - Tale Of The Tape : http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/...ey/tott.cgi?LA LAKings.com e-Media Guide 2012-13 : http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/publicat...edia_Guide.pdf L.A. Kings Home Page's : LA Times : Daily News : CBS Spotsline : TSN : Yahoo : ESPN Clubhouse : The Fourth Period : The Hockey News Magazine LAKings.com News (Toffoli Named AHL Eastern Conference All-Star.) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650922 LAKings.com News (Kings Acquire Anthony Stewart + Draft Picks From Carolina For Kevin Westgarth) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650140 LAKings.com News (My Stanley Cup Story - Matt Greene) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650770 LAKings.com News (Kings Announce Broadcast Schedule) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650595 LAKings.com News (Kings Announce 2012-13 Regular Season Schedule) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650055 LAKings.com News (By The Numbers...A Look Back At 2011-12) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=650270 LAKings.com News (LA Kings Ice Crew Calendar Release 2012-13) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?i...DL|LAK|IceCrew LA Kings: In The Media (The Hub for ALL the Latest News & Media about Our LA KINGS) : http://lakings.tumblr.com/ NHL.com News (Continuity could help Kings defend Stanley Cup title) : http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=650690 NHL.com News (Pacific: What key questions face Pacific Division teams?) : http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649738 NHL.com News (Super 16: Power Rankings Week 1 - Kings = #5 / NR Last Week) : http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=650827 FOXSpots.com: (Power Rankings : Preseason Week 0, Kings #3 (NR last week)) : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/powerRankings TSN.ca (NHL Previews : KINGS) : http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=79392 TSN.ca (Power Rankings Pre-Season/Week 1 - Jan 11, Kings #10 (NR last week)) : http://tsn.ca/fantasy_news/rankings/nhl/ ESPN.com (Power Rankings Week 1 - Jan 17, Kings #1 (NR last week)) : http://espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings ESPN.com (NHL Preview 2012-13: Pacific Division, L.A. Kings)) : http://espn.go.com/nhl/preview2012/team/_/name/los ESPN.com (Video – Are Kings in Position to REPEAT ?) : http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8855109 LATimes.com (Kings see some positives in lockout as they set out to defend Cup) : http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...,1910822.story LATimes.com (Kings center Anze Kopitar's recovery from knee sprain progresses) : http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...,1364527.story Yahoo!sports.com (Kings' banner day part of NHL opening day) : http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jan/... - vcstar.com LAKings.com RECAP of Last Game, @ NEW JERSEY DEVILS : http://kings.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011030416 LAKings.com Post-Game BoxScore : DEVILS = 1 : KINGS = 6 http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreport...2/GS030416.HTM [B]LAKings.com Post-Game Notes : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=608374 Kings Talk Radio Replay (Jun. 6 vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=59 LAKings.com Game Notes @ CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS, File : http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/news/gam...28-11atCHI.pdf *(PDF file, printable & packed full of Info!) LAKings.com Game Preview Link : http://kings.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2012020003 LAKings.com Notebook (Feb 17) : http://lakingsinsider.com/2013/01/16...report-jan-17/ LAKings.com Notebook (Feb 17) : http://lakingsinsider.com/2013/01/16...report-jan-17/ LAKings.com Notebook (Feb 16) : http://lakingsinsider.com/2013/01/16...report-jan-16/ LAKings.com Notebook (Feb 15) : http://lakingsinsider.com/2013/01/15...%80%93-jan-15/ LAKings.com Notebook (Jan 14) : http://lakingsinsider.com/2013/01/14...%80%93-jan-14/ LAKings.com Notebook (Jan 13) : http://lakingsinsider.com/2013/01/13...report-jan-13/ L.A. Kings (Twitter) : https://twitter.com/LAKings L.A. Kings (FACEBOOK) : http://www.facebook.com/LAKings TSN.ca ( ICECHIPS ) : http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/icechips/ CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS: Official NHL Website : HF BlackHawks Board GDT Chicago Blackhawks(Twitter) : http://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks Chicago Blackhawks(FaceBook) : http://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks CSN Chicago TV, HawkTalk : CSN Chicago TV, Blackhawks Insider w/ Tracey Meyers & Chris Boden Chicago Tribune Newspaper, Blackhawks Page : Chicago Tribune BreakingSports Blackhawks Blog Chicago Sun Times Newspaper, Blackhawks Page : Chicago Sun Times Inside the Blackhawks Blog

KINGS begin Defense of Championship Title against the BLACKHAWKS.

COACH & PLAYER QUOTES Originally Posted by Forward & Alternate Captain ANZE KOPITAR, on Defending the Title : "We're the defending champs, Everyone is going to try to beat us. I don't think that changes anything in here. It's going out there and leaving the past behind you .…You've got to turn the page now and write a new script for it. It's going to be a short season and you can't afford to make any mistakes." Originally Posted by Defenseman ROB SCUDERI, on Defending the Title : "I think it’s just the parity of the league, It’s been pretty evident since the ’04-05 lockout that there is a lot of parity in the league and there are a lot more teams that have a chance to win each year. As compared to before, when you said there were eight-to-ten teams that had a realistic chance. Now, I think that number is much higher. I think we would have been fine (had the season started on time), We would have been ready to go. At the same time, it’s always good to get a little bit of extra rest. But this stretched longer than any of us wanted it to go. As much as you would have liked a little more rest to let your body recoup, nobody wanted to miss any hockey. I know the two times I went to the Finals with Pittsburgh, (when you start the next season) you kind of feel like you never left. For us, with the extra rest and the fact that we bring back the same team, the same coaching staff and the same philosophies, hopefully that will be an advantage for us." Originally Posted by Forward & Team Captain DUSTIN BROWN, on Start of Season : "I think it’s different for everyone, But for me, it just feels like we had a five-or-six day break between games because I have been playing for two months in Switzerland. For some players who haven’t been playing any games this year, it might feel a little different because it’s their first real practice. We only have three or four practices to get ready for Saturday, so it’s important to stay focused on the practice and get what we need to get done!" Originally Posted by New Head coach DARRYL SUTTER, on Start of Season : "Well that's what it's abooot isn't it, yeah so, there ya go, and now ... yeah see, there, and of course they will, you can bet on it, but in the end, so there ya' have it." * ( see for more details and other game day news, notes & quotes.)

LET'S GO KINGS !!!

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[Shellz]

Awesome job like always PUCK. I have missed these. GOOOO KINGS GOO!! Time to defend that cup!

[Puck U]

1st one up ... I know it's a little early, but it's about 24 hrs away, so not too bad, and I wanted to get it up and work on it and get the bugs out should anyone find any.

Let's do this ! DEFEND THE CUP ! THIS IS OUR HOUSE ! GO KINGS !

[Rafa Nadal]

[LA Kings Drummer]

"Can you start to taste it!?" - Nick Nickson

[Telos]

We got this. GO KINGS! Stanley Cup Champions!

[LAKingsBR]

OMG, cant wait

[Rorschach]

I'll be there, crying like I just got punched in the nose by a raw onion.

[Buddy The Elf]

Tomorrow is a MUST win! If the Kings win tomorrow, they'll stay in first place in the West.

[Brodie562]

Originally Posted by Grillinnap

what side of staples is that?

[VADEN]

Oh hell yes! bout fricking time!!!!

[Whiskeypete]

Originally Posted by Brodie562

what side of staples is that?

both sides of the US and Canadian flags. opposite end from all the Lakers banners if memory serves



one side will have the retired numbers. the other side will have the SC banner, 2012 WC champion, and i believe the '93 Smythe and CC banners

[drugold]

Matt Muzzin is scratched :'''')
Go go go go Kings Goooo Defending champs!

[KingKopitar11]

Stay frosty

[KingKopitar11]

Btw, it's official? No Kopitar tomorrow?

[Holden Caulfield]

Really too bad Kopi won't be in the lineup for the Banner game, but oh well.

So excited! I will for sure be watching the banner ceremony rather than the Jets season opener

Just checked, I get this game on NBC here in Winnipeg!

Go Kings!

[Buddy The Elf]

Originally Posted by Whiskeypete

one side will have the retired numbers. the other side will have the SC banner, 2012 WC champion, and i believe the '93 Smythe and CC banners

From the looks of it on the practice they showed the other night, I think it is only gonna be a SCF banner. There were 3 banners from what I recall which would mean only one additional. i guess we'll know in 24 hours.

BTW.. I love that the Kings ditch the uniforms that were representative of the worst era in Kings hockey and promptly win a Cup. People need to learn to love those uniforms if you don't already. I think the white jerseys are awesome. Makes me feel like I'm watching some early 90's Kings hockey.

[KingsCourt]

Just Win Baby!!

Can't wait to see the banner raised...I'm getting emotional again.

[deeshamrock]

I can't wait. I think they come up fully loaded and gunning. Looking for a good start and a solid 2 point win. I'm on the wrong coast, so I can't see the game but I'll play the radio feed and wait for what I hope will be many goal scoring highlights.


From Practice today, Justin Williams missed (sick) hopefully it was a 24 hour stomach bug and not the real flu. Hope he doesn't miss the game.


LAKings Justin Williams missed practice today with the flu. No further update.


Mike RIchards spent some time with Willie Mitchell in BC doing outdoors stuff, snowmobling, etc.

]The Mayor John Hoven‏@mayorNHL

#LAKings @Willie_Mitch33 on his bond w/ @MRichie_10 -'We both like the outdoors. But, he likes to hunt more. He slays bears, I save them.'

Somehow I can see Richie slaying wild beasts...not unlike what he does in the playoffs.

Go Kings

[KingsKnight]

Oh yes a real GDT. Can't wait to get this season started.

[KingsKnight]

Originally Posted by deeshamrock

I can't wait. I think they come up fully loaded and gunning. Looking for a good start and a solid 2 point win. I'm on the wrong coast, so I can't see the game but I'll play the radio feed and wait for what I hope will be many goal scoring highlights.


From Practice today, Justin Williams missed (sick) hopefully it was a 24 hour stomach bug and not the real flu. Hope he doesn't miss the game.


LAKings Justin Williams missed practice today with the flu. No further update.


Mike RIchards spent some time with Willie Mitchell in BC doing outdoors stuff, snowmobling, etc.

]The Mayor John Hoven‏@mayorNHL

#LAKings @Willie_Mitch33 on his bond w/ @MRichie_10 -'We both like the outdoors. But, he likes to hunt more. He slays bears, I save them.'

Somehow I can see Richie slaying wild beasts...not unlike what he does in the playoffs.

Go Kings

From the other thread, not sure if that means you'll get to choose or not, but maybe check it out:

Originally Posted by TonySCV

Both games will be available for live online viewing free on NBCSports.com.

[onlyalad]

Hoping for a 64 game winning streak

[deeshamrock]

Originally Posted by TonySCV
Both games will be available for live online viewing free on NBCSports.com.

Thanks KingsKnight, I didn't know that!!!!!!

[kingsholygrail]

I will be there!

[KingsFan17]

Finally! I'll be there at 9:30am to take in every minute of it. I probably won't sleep tonight I'm so excited.