Rock Star Kopitar: Anze Wins It In OT Michael Gwizdala | May 31, 2012 Capitalizing on opportunities ended up being crucial in Game One. Especially when those opportunities come so few and far between. With both clubs feeling each other out in the early…
Musings of a 36-Year Los Angeles Kings Fan Walter McLaughlin | May 27, 2012 Not long after Al Gore invented the internet, I started listening to Los Angeles Kings games on a red transistor radio. The mid-70’s were tumultuous times. Gerald Ford had just…
All the Kings’ Horses: LA Kings Then & Now Walter McLaughlin | May 13, 2012 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Humpty Dumpty may have…
Blues Clueless Walter McLaughlin | May 4, 2012 “Go ahead and play the blues if it’ll make you happy.”— Homer Simpson At least to this point, up 3 games to 0 and poised for a sweep of their…
Hollywood Hitters: Kings Throttle Blues In Game Three Michael Gwizdala | May 4, 2012 Put to bed. Most of the country before the Los Angeles Kings games end. Now on the verge of being put to bed, the St. Louis Blues. If there’s a…
Pietrangelo-less Blues Lost Without Teammate Jeff Ponder | May 2, 2012 It is safe to say that the St. Louis Blues were missing something in Game 2 of their best-of-7 series with the Los Angeles Kings Monday night. The Blues were…
Five Reasons Why the Kings Will Give St. Louis the Blues Walter McLaughlin | April 28, 2012 Will is a powerful word. Replace it with can, and the entire tenor of the conversation shifts. Can Lindsay Lohan stay out jail? It’s theoretically possible. Can the Pillsbury Doughboy…
Kings-Sharks: Horse Hockey! Walter McLaughlin | April 6, 2012 Horse hockey! — Colonel Sherman Potter, M*A*S*H In a wild, rough-and-tumble affair that featured seven power play goals, three fights, a boarding major and three roughing penalties, the San Jose…
Kings Acquire Jeff Carter From Blue Jackets Michael Gwizdala | February 23, 2012 If the Los Angeles Kings were a TV show, they’d be “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” That’s because the “Men In Black” have added another former Philadelphia Flyers forward, via…
Simon Gagne Just What the Doctor Ordered in L.A. Walter McLaughlin | November 13, 2011 Mention the name Ilya Kovalchuk within earshot of a Los Angeles Kings fan and get ready to run for cover. More likely (since it’s L.A., after all), an icy stare…
Legion of Doom Redux? Kings Acquire Richards, Gagne Walter McLaughlin | July 9, 2011 Even NHL General Managers are susceptible to the occasional man-crush. Dean Lombardi, who served as a Philadelphia Flyers scout for four years, continues to build what some have coined “Philadelphia…
Round One: Royal Jelly Walter McLaughlin | April 12, 2011 Before you say anything, there really is such a thing. From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: a highly nutritious secretion of the pharyngeal glands of the honeybee that is fed to the…
