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After only eight career starts Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is quickly making a name for himself around the National Hockey League.
Selected third round of the 2005 draft, Quick was stellar last Saturday night as he shutout the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 in earning his second shutout in three games.
“I just stop the puck,” said the modest rookie who turned aside 30 shots. “It’s all I really have to do.”
Playing in Phoenix, Quick who was coming off a 3-0-shutout performance on Tuesday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, got all the support he would need late in the first period when the Kings tallied for three goals in the final 5:54 before intermission.
“Tonight we were flat and there really is no excuse for it,” Phoenix captain Shane Doan said about his club who have now lost three of their past four games.
“You need to be ready to go every night and tonight we didn’t have the jump that we needed.”
Leading the way for the Kings was their young superstar Alexander Frolov who scored twice to give him 11 in his past 18 games with singles going to Jarret Stoll and Raitis Ivanas.
“You always want to get the first goal in this game,” said Kings’ coach Terry Murray whose team has won twice in the past three games.
“We tried to come out hard, we got pucks on the net and at least gave ourselves the opportunity for the first goal.”
You can bet that Quick who has only started six of his eight NHL appearances will get plenty of opportunity in the future to grab that number one goaltending position in Los Angeles.
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