Reaction in Dallas - Todd on 11-7 - Colin Miller on Calder Cup teammate Adrian Kempe - “You could tell early on that he was going to be a stud”
# Reaction in Dallas - Todd on 11-7 - Colin Miller on Calder Cup teammate Adrian Kempe - “You could tell early on that he was going to be a stud”
# Contributors
# Summary
Cal Petersen gave the LA Kings a chance to shake off some stiff legs with a stellar first period but wilted under the constant barrage of high grade chances as the Dallas Stars implemented their style of play on a Los Angeles team who until Tuesday night had shown encouraging progress in doing the same
# Players
# Staff
# Notes and Quotes
# Alex Edler
They came out flying. They usually do that here. They were faster than us in the first.
# Todd McLellan
Put it this way: the start wasn’t what we wanted, and if you don’t have your legs, you better have your brains, and we didn’t have either, and that makes it a real tough night. So, that’s going to lead to penalties.
Well, we decided to go 11 and seven. We wanted to play that, and we wanted to get Clarkie into a game.
# Anze Kopitar
There’s no need for the frustration level to be high right now. We played a good game last [Monday], we didn’t get it done [Tuesday]. But obviously there’s another game on Thursday, and 2-1 on the trip will be a pretty good trip, so we’re going to rest tomorrow and get back at it on Thursday.
- Discussion of Colin Miller and remaining NHL players from the Manchester Monarchis 2015 Calder Cup winning team
# Colin Miller
When [Adrian Kempe] came to us in the American League, I think it was his first time coming over and playing in North America, and you could tell early on that he was going to be a stud.