Mike Smith
GLENDALE, AZ - MAY 22: Anze Kopitar #11 of the Los Angeles Kings and goaltender Mike Smith #41 of the Phoenix Coyotes shake hands after the Kings 4-3 overtime victory in Game Five of the Western Conference Final during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Jobing.com Arena on May 22, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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he went up against arguably the top goalie duo in the league the last two years in Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider, and then he went up against [statistically] the best goalie in the league this year in Brian Elliott, and then he went up against a guy a lot of people thought should be MVP of the league in Mike Smith, for what he did in Phoenix.
A one-goal game again ... We've had a lot of those this year so I think we're comfortable doing it. But saying that, there's still one more win to go and it's the hardest one to get.
We pressured them to make bad shots. They got position to get shooting opportunities but we did a good job to deny those ... We had stick on puck, we had guys dropping down to block shots. My ‘D' were tremendous tonight. They've been good all season long, all playoff long, but this is one of the better games they've played in front of me.More quotes »
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Kings edge Coyotes 4-3 in overtime to win West
his way. A scrum of players thrashing in front of him, he fired a shot through the crowd and between Phoenix goalie Mike Smith 's pads.Fortunate? Maybe a little, but it was all the Los Angeles Kings needed to get where they haven't been since Wayne Gretzky Read more »
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