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Kontos on Kontos
During the 1988-89 NHL season, a player came to the Los Angeles Kings that would set the town on fire during the playoffs. No, I’m...
Longest Road Trip Ever
The Los Angeles Kings had some impressive road trips this NHL season… but none more impressive than the one my playoff tickets took to get...
Pundays: Un-Four-Gettable
For hockey fans across North America and the World… yesterday was as good as it gets. Teams were battling to get in the playoffs… the...
Route 101
For Angelenos, the 101 Freeway can mean different things. It can mean a quick trip across the valley or it can mean horrible, horrible blinding...
The Fail on Fan Day
Do not make comparisons to the Miracle on Manchester, the Frenzy on Figueroa or even the Royal Rebound. No, the Los Angeles Kings rally to...
See What Developed
What’s the easiest way to track how a team has changed from the start of the season till the end? Why by advertisements, of course!...
The Best Offense is the Defense
Oh, I see how it goes Fox Sports. The Los Angeles Kings don’t make the playoffs for 8 years and you could care less about...
The 1st Annual Screengrab Caption Contest!
Presenting the 1st Annual Royal Half Screengrab Caption Contest! That’s right, after years of being entertained by the captions that are put up for...
Pundays: Hal-ak 9000
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak had a fantastic week that included back to back shutouts. And as the Canadiens wrap up their regular season it seems that...
Playoff Bound
It was Saturday, April 27th, 2002. I bought the tickets off ebay and headed downtown with my college roommate (and hockey teammate!) who was in...
Miss Pelt
As Half Season Ticket Holder Buddy does a good job of reminding me… a point is a point. The Los Angeles Kings had no business only...
Pundays: Special Edition
Now Pundays is the new feature here at The Royal Half that is sweeping the nation. And normally we’d just keep it for Mondays… but...
Red Light District
The Royal Half Los Angeles Kings Playoff Clinching Countdown… AKA… did Calgary Lose Tonight?… did Jon Bernier Get a Shutout Tonight? NO. BUT HE DID...
Inner Arrogance
Oh, I get it. It makes sense now. Over these last few games of the season The Los Angeles Kings can only get motivated to...
History Will Be Made
If you haven’t noticed, the NHL has an awesome campaign going on right now that wonders what would happen if great Stanley Cup moments never...
Sounding Off
The Royal Half Los Angeles Kings Playoff Clinching Countdown… AKA… did Calgary Lose Tonight? NO. CALGARY DIDN’T PLAY. SO INSTEAD, THE STUPID FUCKING KINGS LOST. Los...
Pundays
“No circumstances, however dismal, will ever be considered a sufficient excuse for the admission of that last and saddest evidence of intellectual poverty, the Pun.”-...