THE WEEK AHEAD

By Mike Bresnahan

March 23, 2004 12 AM PT

Wednesday, at Vancouver, 7 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2 -- Cause and effect: Todd Bertuzzi sucker-punches Steve Moore, Canucks fall to fifth in West.

Friday, at Edmonton, 5 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2 -- Kings executed great escape last time in Edmonton: Two goals in the final 1:10 in 4-3 victory Jan. 31.

Saturday, at Calgary, 3 p.m., Channel 7 -- NHL’s top three penalty-minute men (Sean Avery of the Kings, Krzysztof Oliwa and Chris Simon of the Flames) get together for late-afternoon fun.

Monday, at Colorado, 6 p.m., Fox Sports Net -- What offense? Avalanche is outscored, 11-4, in road losses to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.

-- Mike Bresnahan

Hockey

Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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