Practice 12-7 – Quick Twirl in Toronto + Nice Line, Nice Play, Doughty on Activation, Photos, Mammoth Rink

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• Zach Dooley

The Kings were on the ice for a twirl in Etobicoke, Ontario at Ford Performance Centre. The facility is the practice home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and their AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, and today’s home of the LA Kings.

• Phillip Danault
• Trevor Moore
• Viktor Arvidsson
• Drew Doughty

• Todd McLellan

# Todd McLellan

They were strong, and again it wasn’t at the cost of anything going the other way. I thought they managed their shift length really well tonight. Vintage, I think, is probably a good way of putting it.

# Viktor Arvidsson

Yeah, I think it was and it got better and better. I think we still have some things to come back to, but we took a step in the right direction.

# Trevor Moore

I think we want to be a puck possession line and we’ve talked about it, we haven’t had enough puck possession. I think we’ve been building it these last two games, we’ve been winning more battles, coming up with more pucks and sustaining more o-zone time.

# Drew Doughty

Yeah, I thought so. Copper had to come up with some big saves, but you have to expect that out of your goalies throughout a 60 minute game, that’s just how it goes, but we only gave up two and we were in control of that entire game. That’s how we want to play.

I’m a guy that doesn’t play with a ton of risk. I take what the game gives me is I guess how you would say it. I do make some high-risk plays, don’t get me wrong and I try some things that other guys don’t, but for the most part, I’m not cheating, I’m not looking for offense. Last night, we’re up 4-1 in the first period and I didn’t look for offense the rest of the game. Maybe that’s a default of mine, maybe that’s why I’ve never had been point-a-game, but at the same time, I’m just worried about winning the hockey game, I’m not worried about points or cheating for offense, because I know how fast a team can give up a lead and lose a hockey game. My focus is not on offense when we’re up by that many goals, ever.