MAINSTREAM MEDIA MISHAPS™: 2016 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS DATABASE
Inspired by the multiple media gaffes during the LA Kings 2012 Stanley Cup run and (sigh) also the 2014 Stanley Cup run… we are going to continue collecting those face-palming moments from the LA Kings quest for the 2016 Stanley Cup. The list below starts with the most recent, so if you see a local news anchor mispronounce a players name… or a newspaper that has the wrong teams playing or a t-shirt that is featuring the wrong logo… be sure to Tweet or email them to us!
It’s something we like to call….
Mainstream Media Mishaps™!!!
UPDATED: 4/11/16
Via our friend and huge LA Kings fan, Five For Fighting…
WTH? #54F @lakings pic.twitter.com/Rit9DAjxml
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) April 11, 2016
Really, are we doing this all over again?
John didn’t include a link to the source of his Mainstream Media Mishap in his Tweet… so we did some in-depth investigating (actually we just DM’d him and asked where it was from).
Welcome to the 2016 Mainstream Media Mishaps, Detroit Free Press!
A reminder that The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit.
And to think, the Red Wings made the playoffs instead of a Canadian team. Shame.
UPDATED: 4/14/16
Wow, I never thought the LA Kings themselves would be part of a LA Kings Media Mishap!
The sign-maker for the LA Kings hasn’t seen Spinal Tap because this Stanley Cup countdown banner doesn’t go to 11. pic.twitter.com/cgceSrxVym
— The Royal Half (@theroyalhalf) April 15, 2016
No really… they forgot the 11.
And much like Joe Thornton in the playoffs, the Stanley Cup Countdown banner has disappeared. pic.twitter.com/nnujkl3CEm
— The Royal Half (@theroyalhalf) April 15, 2016
Via Mainstream Media Mishap™ regular tipster, @TheMouthLAKings…
Must be the #nhlplayoffs in Southern California! That's not Dustin Brown guys!! @ABC7 @abc7curt pic.twitter.com/p9e3mltLN2
— The Mouth (@TheMouthLAKings) April 15, 2016
*HE’S WEARING A HAT WITH HIS NUMBER ON IT*
