...And Now You're Caught Up (2/7/2011)

Green Bay is a football town, so good for them.

For the rest of you, it's back to hockey from here on out.

To help you catch up on all the news you may have missed this weekend during the pigskin hysteria, these are the ten stories you need to know...

* Calling all Anze Kopitar fans - remember those two goals he scored last weekend in the NHL All Star game? Well, you can now buy the first puck he netted to put Team Lidstrom on the board. Simply be the high bidder here.

* Last Wednesday two Kings prospects faced off when Jordan Weal and the Regina Pats took on Brayden Schenn and the Saskatoon Blades. It will happen again this coming weekend when Weal and the Pats host the league's scoring leader (and fellow Kings prospect) Linden Vey. But, back to Schenn for a moment...he had a Gordie Howe hat trick on Super Bowl eve. However, in your quirky fact for the day - he's never had a regular hat trick in his WHL career. Hard to believe.

* Ducks' goaltender Jonas Hiller was scratched from his scheduled start on Saturday due to dizziness. Doctors haven't been able to figure out what's wrong with him, even though he thinks he's just tired and needs a few days off. With Anaheim currently ahead of LA in the standings this is something worth monitoring for the next few days.

Recap of Jim Fox on NHL Live

Kings' TV analyst Jim Fox joined the crew of NHL Live this morning for a brief interview. Here's a quick recap of the conversation, where they talk Marco Sturm, Jarret Stoll, the Blackhhawks, the Ducks, his now famous red jacket and more:

- The Kings have struggled against the Blackhawks this year. It seems like they can't figure out a way to generate enough offense against Chicago. (note: they've scored one goal, one goal and two goals in the three games vs. Chicago)

- The Ducks Jonas Hiller is underrated because of his ability to single handedly win games - something we don't see much in the NHL any more.

- The battle in the Western Conference is so tight. There are going to be some real good hockey teams that don't make the playoffs this year. San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan commented that the only way to guarantee a playoff spot is to win your division. After that it's wide open.

- The two games where the Kings gave up a lot of goals (six vs. Phoenix and seven vs. Philadelphia) were uncharacteristic of this year's team. Coming into the season most people looked at the Kings and wondered if they could get balanced scoring from the offense. The Kings are a team that has to rely so heavily on their system that if get a little bit off, it's going to hurt them. That's what happened the last few games.

- The quote of the interview: In two other recent games, the 5-0 win at Colorado and the 4-0 win over San Jose - "I haven't seen a higher top end of a Kings team in my 20 years as a broadcaster." They played as well as any Kings team I've seen.