Canada's World Cup Roster: No Subban?

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Canada has an overabundance of right-shooting defensemen available for the World Cup. Guess who draws the short straw? The World Cup of Hockey will be held in Toronto starting September 17, featuring eight teams, including Canada, U.S.A., Russia, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Team Europe and Team North America. Team Canada’s coaching staff will be led […] READ MORE


Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks First Round Series Preview

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After just missing the postseason last year, the Los Angeles Kings come into this year’s playoffs as the #2 seed in the Pacific. The team has be slightly disappointed it didn’t win the division when they let a 3-0 lead against the Winnipeg Jets slip away in their final regular season game. That game would […] READ MORE



NHL Mid-Season Awards: LWOS Staff Picks

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With the first half of the 2015-16 NHL season in the books, it’s time to start handing out the hardware. The LWOS hockey department has come together to give you our picks for the major NHL awards. After the Hart and the Calder, here are the rest of the staff picks for the NHL’s awards […] READ MORE


MUST SEE: Doughty, Carter Combine to Beat Preds

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The NHL’s 3-on-3 overtime has already in this young season produced some incredibly exciting plays, but last night’s sequence on the Los Angeles Kings game-winning goal against the Nashville Predators might be the best yet. MUST SEE: Doughty, Carter Combine to Beat Preds The play starts with a 3-on-1 crossing the Kings blueline with Drew […] READ MORE


Puck Drop Preview: 2015-16 Los Angeles Kings

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Welcome to Puck Drop Preview 2015-16, where our hockey department gives you a detailed look at each team from around the NHL leading to the start of this hockey season and offers our insight and analysis. Makes sure to stick around until the end of the series, where we’ll offer our full predictions for the […] READ MORE


Call to the Hall: Los Angeles Kings

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Welcome to LWOS Hockey’s summer series, Call to the Hall, where we take a look at the next great player from each NHL franchise to get called to the Hockey Hall of Fame. There are a few caveats, the player must be active, and must have played 300 games (or 150 for goaltenders) with the […] READ MORE


NHL’s 30 in 30: Los Angeles Kings

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For the month of June, Last Word On Sports will be covering each team in our 30 in 30 series. Once a day, we take a look at an NHL team’s past season, what their off-season looks like, and what they could hope to achieve before the start of their 2015-16 season. Everybody wants to […] READ MORE


Last Word On NHL Awards: James Norris Memorial Trophy

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Last Word On Sports is doing our annual awards nominations and predictions. We’ll be giving you our nominations and predictions for the Selke Trophy, Vezina Trophy, Calder Trophy, Norris Trophy, Jack Adams Trophy, and the Hart Trophy. Introduced in 1954, the James Norris Memorial Trophy was awarded to the league’s top defenseman. Red Kelly of […] READ MORE