Intro:

Post game reaction after the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 2-1 on Thursday (May 17th) to move within one win of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years. Los Angeles, who lost to Montreal in 1993, leads the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals series 3-0, with Game 4 to be played on Sunday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Dave Tippett, Phoenix Coyotes Head Coach, (on the officiating):

"If I told you what I really thought, I think it would cost me a lot of money. Personally, I've talked about this in a lot of meetings with Don (Maloney), our general manager, that the game is turning a little dishonest and it's embellishment by players. When it's done well, it's very hard for the referees, very hard, because if you fall down near the boards or you drop your stick or you throw your head back, you're putting the referee in a very tough situation. You know, not just our game tonight, you see it all through. The referees have a hard job. What it does, it makes the game dishonest. In actual fact, to make it work to your favour, you got to do it more. You got to do it. If everybody else is doing it, you better do it, too."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Darryl Sutter, Los Angeles Kings Head Coach:

"I've been in lots of Conference Finals, and only won one. We have a long way to go here. As I said, doesn't matter. The farther you go, the tougher it is to win games. Two is tougher than one. Three is tougher than two. Not hard to figure it out."