The Los Angeles Kings firmly asserted control of the Western Conference Final Saturday night, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 at the Staples Center to grab a 2-1 series lead.
After losing Game 1 3-1 in Chicago, the Kings have been a completely different team. They hammered the Blackhawks 6-2 in Game 2 and followed that up with a strong performance three days later.
Abbey Mastracco of Fox Sports West wrote about Los Angeles head coach Darryl Sutter's understated approach to motivating his team. Rather than screaming at his players, he opts for a more calm, to-the-point team talk.
"Quite honestly, you hear about all these big speeches that coaches make and all that. You know what, the players are getting the hell beat out of them, they're sweating and bleeding. They don't need, quite honestly, all that," Sutter said. "They don't need some coach coming in there yelling and hollering... If there's something to be said, it's honest, get it out. It's not some great words or some great rallying cry between periods."
If Sutter's was yelling in the locker room Saturday night, then it was at least in celebration.
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