Well how do you like that? The Kings are going to the second round! This isn't a post game. We aren't going to analyze the 60 minutes of hockey played, how Drew Doughty scored the most Drew Doughty goal ever, vaguely reminiscent of his first NHL goal against the Colorado Avalanche. We don't need to remunerate Dustin Penner's buzzer beater or how the Kings, once again, came out victorious … [Read more...]
Blues @ Kings – Round 1 Game 6 – 4 + 4 + 4 = 4
May 10, 2013 By 33 Comments
My superstitions are real, damn it. On Monday, I ran two miles and then ate two pieces of chicken at El Pollo Loco. The Kings went on to win their second game of the series. On Wednesday, I was about to stop running when I hit two miles, but thought "fuck it, a third mile for our third win". I then ate three pieces of chicken at El Pollo Loco. Unsurprisingly, the Kings then won their third … [Read more...]
Kings @ Blues – Round 1 Game 5 – Three’s Company
May 8, 2013 By 23 Comments
So now that I've finally calmed down from game 4 (that's a lie, I haven't calmed down. At all) I am ready for the game tonight and boy is my wallet thanking me for watching this one at home, where the food is better and the beer is cheaper. Other than those two things, I would like very much for my experience watching game 5 in a living room to mirror watching the last two in section 315. Yes, … [Read more...]
Blues @ Kings – Round 1 Game 4 – Making A Series Of It
May 6, 2013 By 36 Comments
One thing I love about the playoffs is that the intensity takes its toll on us all. Win or lose, playoff games are taxing on our endorphins, stress levels and livers. Just as I start to calm down from the previous game, boom! Here comes another one, and not a moment too soon. What will Darryl Sutter do to boost the offense? Maybe nothing. He has always championed the idea that you keep … [Read more...]
The Reports of Our Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated – L.A. Kings Win Game 3
May 4, 2013 By 17 Comments
It was a rough day. Coughing, hacking, trying to stay vertical and shake a fever. Taking my normally healthy diet into overdrive and self-medicating, I knew around 4:30 there was no way I was going to make this game, tempted as I was to attend, somehow jump over the glass and into the St. Louis Blues bench and cough and release contagion on anything that wears a musical note on their … [Read more...]
Blues @ Kings – Round 1 Game 3 – Not A Must Win, A Will Win
May 4, 2013 By 12 Comments
So that whole spiel I gave you a few days back about the quality of my day not being determined by the previous game's outcome? Yeah, that all went out the window yesterday. Took me until about 8pm to stop feeling like crap about Thursday's game two loss. But now? Now I feel FAN-fucking-tastic. I get to see live playoff hockey tonight. Kings playoff hockey, no less! The energy is already in … [Read more...]
Blues Takes Game One In OT – Deep Breaths All Around
April 30, 2013 By 22 Comments
The hockey gods are not like your average Judeo-Christian god. They do not work in mysterious ways, they play their cards right in your face, often imbued with a Gambit-like charge. Tonight the hockey gods balanced the books. First off, Quick misplaying the puck behind the net and giving away the game winning overtime goal, that was epic. I mean, the fucking worst thing I've ever seen, but in … [Read more...]
Kings @ Blues – Round 1 Game 1: A Familiar Scent
April 30, 2013 By 30 Comments
I've always wondered about those Colorado teams from the early 2000s, the ones that kicked our asses throughout the regular seasons and twice ended our playoff dreams. Did their fans hate the Kings as much as I vehemently hated their team? I don't have to wonder anymore. No, they didn't. Because they walked away with the series wins. Hello, St. Louis Blues, meet your 2000-2002 Colorado … [Read more...]
San Jose @ Kings – A Tale of Two Games
April 27, 2013 By 19 Comments
Two games matter today, and perhaps the most important one will not be played by the Kings. How St. Louis fares against Chicago will determine whether or not home ice is even a possibility for our Kings, and we should know this by the time the puck drops for the Kings game against San Jose. This will tickle you in places better left unseen, tonight Chicago is sitting... Well, almost everyone. … [Read more...]
St. Louis @ Kings – Back To Business
March 5, 2013 By
I mean that in two ways. The Kings hopped right back to the business of winning after losing to Vancouver and I had to go back to business, where I will remain, instead of getting to watch the game tonight. I also forgot to set my DVR, the fiancé is out of the country, so I'm totally screwed here unless I can get home in time to record the replay on FSN, which is far from a guarantee. Anyhoo, … [Read more...]
Kings @ Blues – It’s Not About St. Louis
February 11, 2013 By
Hockey gods, hear this prayer. But not before I insult you, Yesterday earned it, mon fraire What's this shit you've done? Losing games hard fought Games we should have won. Stop tickling Quick In all the wrong places You're giving me a tick Making me make stupid faces Ones that say 'OH!' And some that say 'aww' What are you, a fucking dentist? Guffaw guffaw I can't even rhyme right, You're … [Read more...]
Up Yours Superbowl – Let’s Talk About L.A. Kings and Western Conference Hockey
February 3, 2013 By
Do you know what I hate about football? Everything. Every fucking thing about this sport. It's not just because I am a hockey fanatic. It's because football is a fraud. You see, baseball at least calls itself America's pastime. Baseball therefore has the integrity to admit it is designed for lazy fucks who sit around and get fatter on hotdogs and beer while watching grown men throw a ball … [Read more...]
L.A. Kings Hire Former St. Louis Blues Head Coach, Davis Payne as Assistant?
July 26, 2012 By
That is according to Jeremy Rutherford. Davis Payne was the Blues coach from 2010 until he was fired and replaced by Ken Hitchcock, the latter of whom has dingle-berries with which Surly is obsessed. Davis Payne took over the Blues' head coaching job from former L.A. Kings head coach, Andy Murray. Davis Payne will replace former L.A. Kings assistant coach, Jamie Kompon, who is now an assistant … [Read more...]
St. Louis Blues @ LA Kings Round 2 Game 4 Open Forum – Because
May 6, 2012 By
Because Jonathan Quick is an All-Star. Because Anze Kopitar is a beast. Because Dustin Brown is our Captain. Because everyone contributes. Because the players have earned it. Because the fans deserve it. Because winning is the only option. Just because. One step at a time. The Blues are underfoot. We pray for that next step. In the name of the Captain, the Son of … [Read more...]
The Expected & The Unexpected Of Round Two
May 4, 2012 By
Now that my head swims less in liquor and more in reason, albeit slightly nauseous reason, I want to reflect a bit on what we've seen so far, not just in this Kings/Blues series, but around the NHL in round two of the 2012 playoffs. Starting back East, lines of superiority are being blurred, as they often are so wonderfully in the post season. Washington goes toe to toe with New York and New … [Read more...]
Post Game Woooo Yeah Boobs Balls Huzzah
May 4, 2012 By
I thought Bobby was going to write a post game. He didn't. I'm not quite sober enough to write coherent. So I won't. What I do know is that the Kings own the Blues. Why did I want this matchup before the season ended? You got your answer tonight. Frustrated. Incapacitated. Lacerated. This is with an off game by Quick. Neither goal he gave were of the quality variety. Quick didn't need to … [Read more...]
St. Louis Blues @ LA Kings Round 2 Game 3 Open Forum – Aggressor Defined
May 3, 2012 By
Coming home with a 2-0 series lead? Been there. Leaving Staples up 3-0? Done that. No reason we won't do it again. Though the St. Louis Blues will have something to say about it, people in St. Louis speak not with words but with... with... um... oh hell I don't care enough about the city to make a culturally relevant remark. They like curving, functionally meaningless architecture, … [Read more...]
LA Kings @ St. Louis Blues Round 2 Game 2 Open Forum – No Road Less Traveled
April 30, 2012 By
This is quickly becoming a familiar situation. A top team in the league goes into game 2 with the home ice advantage they worked so tirelessly throughout the season to gain nullified, behind the 8-ball, in desperate need of a win lest they go on the road without a win to their name. Meanwhile, the Kings enter tonight once again having won the rounds' first game, but riding not high on a kite … [Read more...]
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