• Regular Season Lineup

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    After attending the Los Angeles Kings 8-3 pre-season victory over the Anaheim Ducks, I’m thinking that the team ends up skating a lineup like this:...

  • Loser League FTW!!!

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    Since he spent a night at my house during the NHL Draft, NBC’s Pro Hockey Talk blogger, James O’Brien, must have felt obligated to ask...

  • Camera Ham

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    You know it’s hockey season when the lead blogger for the Los Angeles Kings is right where he belongs… behind the bench. “Um… I don’t...

  • Sad Don Draper Season In Review

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    As all fans of The Royal Half know… two of our favorite things in the world are Los Angeles Kings Hockey and the AMC television...

  • Gone Fishin’

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    In case you haven’t noticed (my Mom and Dad are really the only people to have noticed)… things around here at The Royal Half have...

  • 14 Days

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    Things that happened in less than 14 days: The Battle of the Alamo 2010 Stanley Cup Finals The recording of the first Beatles album, Please...

  • Pundays: il-legitimate

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    As we all know, the biggest story of this NHL Free Agency Period has been the trading of RFA Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis...

  • Taking My Talents to Hollywood

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    If you believe every single fucking person on the internet… Ilya Kovalchuk will be signing a contract with the Los Angeles Kings sometime on Monday....

  • Heading for a Change

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    If you know anything about this blog, you know that for every season that myself and my Half Season Ticket Holder Buddy have bought our...

  • kOVERLOAD

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    This is what I see: And this is what I hear: BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH...

  • Pundays: You Be Illin’

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    Top 4 Rejected Headlines in regards to Ilya Kovalchuk saying “no” to the Los Angeles Kings: 1) N’yet Gain2) You Can’t Spell ILYA with LA3)...

  • Draftapalooza

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    So that was kinda boring. Sure, the 2010 NHL Entry Draft provided some exciting moments for both Los Angeles Kings fans and the fans of...

  • Drafted!

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    It’s the eve of the NHL Draft and hockey bloggers from across the country are converging on Los Angeles to blog about hockey… and complain...

  • Is There a Draft in Here?

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    As you may (or probably may not) have noticed, The Royal Half has been on a little bit of hiatus the last few weeks. But...

  • Pundays: Pun Phail

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    I’m not sure if it’s because Monday was a holiday here in the United States but the Head Pun Writer at NHL.com definitely was on...

  • Pundays: In the Buff

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    One of the best storylines of the 2010 NHL Playoffs has been the coming out party of Dustin Byfuglien. The 25 year old left winger/former...

  • Hardy to Handle

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    Until now, this was the biggest hit Mark Hardy had ever given to Los Angeles Kings fans: bkBBvaLn-QY But it looks like that might have...