So, Mr. Elias has admitted to the obvious, that he picked up the Stanley Cup winning puck at the end of game 6. He has also claimed to suffer from amnesia, pleading a case of the "I dunnos". Maybe he left it on the bench, maybe it's in his locker, maybe the natural sewage infused into his skin from years of playing in Newark disintegrated the puck when he touched it. This asshole stole our puck … [Read more...]
From Dream To Reality – Your Los Angeles Kings, Stanley Cup Champions
June 15, 2012 By
Throughout my life desires, fears and dreams have changed. When I was six I wanted to be Wayne Gretzky. When I was fourteen, and again at twenty-two, I wanted to be Tiger Woods. At eighteen I wanted to design characters for video games. At sixteen I just wanted to write and at twenty-five I wanted to be Danny Boyle (the director, not the sour-faced neanderthal defenseman). There have been … [Read more...]
Photos, Photos, Photos
June 13, 2012 By
I promise I'll regain consciousness long enough to write a real article soon. I'm in a sort of deranged stasis until the parade. Or at least, that's what I've been telling myself to excuse the fact that it's 3am, 30+ hours after the Kings won the Cup and I haven't stopped watching highlights and videos and reliving the night in my head. So much great stuff to take in, so many great moments to … [Read more...]
KINGS WIN THE STANLEY CUP!!!!!
June 11, 2012 By
And now we die. What else is there? Another Cup. Maybe if I have children this day would be superseded as the happiest of my life. But probably not. WE WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!! TIME TO CELEBRATE! … [Read more...]
New Jersey Devils @ LA Kings Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 – I’m Glad You’re Worried
June 11, 2012 By
Tonight is game 6. Tonight one of two things will happen. Either the Devils will cross over the threshold to challenge the Titan of fate and history, or the Kings will reach up with arms outstretched to shake the Titan's hand. The prospects of the great unknown stand before us, you are worried and I am glad. I am glad you're worried about this game... Because it will force you to remember that … [Read more...]
LA Kings @ New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Finals Game 5 Open Forum – No Big Deal
June 9, 2012 By
Pressure? Never heard of it. The Kings could win the Stanley Cup tonight. They could not. A lesson learned is not a lesson forgotten and expectations necessitate meting of strategy. That strategy is simple. Play together, but loose. Not to force the offense, but to allow it to come. To contain in defense, instead of stretching in retreat. Nothing new. Nothing tired. Something true. The … [Read more...]
Have We Been Spoiled By This Playoff Run?
June 8, 2012 By
Wednesday night Darryl Sutter laughed at the notion that the Kings are somehow flawed for having not been able to close out the Devils in four games, as they have had similar trouble in two other potential close out game fours. It is laughable. This game is hard and that doesn't change just because for large portions of the playoffs the Kings have made it look easy. Dustin Penner suggested that … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Kings Fans, Show Your Faces!
June 7, 2012 By
Chaz Curry, a fellow rabid Kings fanatic who moonlights as a talented photographer when he is not fulfilling his duties as a crazed Los Angeles hockey fan, is undertaking a special project. A project that involves each and every one of you. He is taking photos of as many Kings fans as possible to establish a compendium of this moment in time as a Kings fan. A special time for Kings fans … [Read more...]
New Jersey Devils @ LA Kings Stanley Cup Finals Game 4 – Climax
June 6, 2012 By
Let our forecheck be fierce. Our defense sound, our goalie swift. May our hits bruise bodies, our passes touch tape and our shots tickle twine. Let our cheers be echoed through the ages. Prayers heard and answered. Let the dynasty begin. Tonight we win the Stanley Cup. In the name of the Captain, the Son of Philly and the Holy Goalie. Amen. Glory be to the Captain, And to the Son of … [Read more...]
New Jersey Devils @ LA Kings Stanley Cup Finals Game 3 Open Forum – One For The Money
June 4, 2012 By
The Kings and I are back in Los Angeles. We have brought with us two more road wins for you. I also bring warnings from Hell / Newark. There will be much fanfare by the NHL before the game and with it, the hockey gods will perform temptations. Enjoy what you may, but be wary, there will be people with TVs strapped to their backs. You will be drawn to them, but stay away my friends, stay far … [Read more...]
LA Kings @ New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 Open Forum – The More Things Change
June 2, 2012 By
Oh, game two of the Stanley Cup Finals, is that it? The Kings are up 1-0 on the road you say? Tonight they could go home to Los Angeles up 2-0... For the fourth time in a row? Fascinating. A guy could get used to this. So much has been written (finally) about the Kings. Both teams had jitters this, the ice was crappy that. Kovalchuk WILL be better. OK, so will Doughty. The Devils will make … [Read more...]
A Surly Time Three Thousand Miles From Home
May 31, 2012 By
I can't say I woke up early today, or pleasantly. This was the nice bruised lump I found below my left knee in the morning. That would be where my knee slammed into the arm rest when I flew out of my seat as Kopi put the puck past Brodeur. I didn't feel it last night because of the excitement...and the beer. The wavering nausea that only went away at about 3pm was a small price for a fantastic … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Kings @ New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Finals Game 1 Open Forum – Bow Thee Heads, Relish Thy Day
May 30, 2012 By
Hello folks. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Kings fans. We are gathered here today because we share a mind, a common coalescence of swelling pride, immutable thrill and overwhelming anticipation. For we, my friends, my bothers and sisters, my amassed lovers of puck, we watch tonight as our very own Los Angeles Kings take the ice in game one of the Stanley Cup Finals. Let's savor that, The … [Read more...]
The Final Battle – Los Angeles Kings vs New Jersey Devils for Lord Stanley’s Cup
May 27, 2012 By
This is an article I am proud to write. A preview of the Stanley Cup Finals. An observation, speculation and evaluation of the two teams to have toppled their Conference. Two teams that have proven better than the rest. Two teams who will bare their hockey hearts and souls to each other, leave blood oxidized, sweat glistening and tears either joyous or sorrowful, embedded within Staples' ice … [Read more...]
We’re Going To The Cup Finals – Reflection on The Game, The Airport And Video
May 23, 2012 By
Has it sunk in for you yet? I'm still in a daze, but a daze with the broadest of smiles worked into the fabric of my face. We're going to the Cup finals. My whole life I've wanted to go meet this team at the airport but I never knew where or when to go and never really had a great reason to since I've had a drivers license. Last night was perfect. The fervor. Watching that overtime with … [Read more...]
LA Kings @ Phoenix Coyotes Round 3 Game 5 Open Forum – One More Cup Of Coffee
May 22, 2012 By
Here we go again, into that dark cold... Um... Unreasonably hot night. The Phoenix Coyotes have, for the second time, their hind legs hanging off a cliff. Shane Doan's furry paws scratch and claw at the sand to keep the pack of pups clinging to his teets safe from falling to their doom. The Los Angeles Kings loom overhead, boots primed for grinding claws to dust. The first two games of this … [Read more...]
Phoenix Coyotes @ LA Kings Round 3 Game 4 Open Forum – Clarence Is In The House
May 20, 2012 By
Because Vancouver is golfing. Because St. Louis doesn't know what hit them. Because Phoenix only has one dive left to take. Because our rookies don't play like rookies. Because our leaders get the job done. Because if you don't wear the Crown, you ain't going nowhere. And if you do, there's only one place to go. You don't get nothing for three. For win four, for round four, … [Read more...]
Phoenix Coyotes @ LA Kings Round 3 Game 3 Open Forum – Out Of The Frying Pan
May 17, 2012 By
The Los Angeles Kings have left the scorched earth of Arizona, hopefully for the last time. Now in LA, the Phoenix Coyotes enter the fire. Once again we walk into Staples Center, home ice torn from those who feigned to be better than us during the regular season. 2-0 in the Conference Finals. A guy could get used to this. What he can't get used to but apparently must, is the other team taking … [Read more...]
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