The Kings got some physical rest today, as they stayed off the ice and did workouts and got treatment. The bigger challenge, though, will be to stay mentally sharp. Everyone know that if the Kings win one more game, they will win the Stanley Cup. They’d like to do it tomorrow. But that’s no given. Three wins doesn’t guarantee a fourth win, and that fourth win won’t come unless the Kings come out and play an excellent overall game tomorrow night at Staples Center. That’s where the focus needs to be, on the first shift of the first period, not on any “ifs’’ about what might happen.
Some players have Stanley Cup Finals experience to draw upon, and some don’t. Colin Fraser, Dustin Penner, Rob Scuderi and Justin Williams have all been in “clinch’’ games before and got the job done. Drew Doughty has never been in this environment, but he did play for Canada in the 2010 Olympcis, when the team won the gold-medal game on home ice in Vancouver in front of a super-charged environment. Today, Doughty talked about what he took away from that game, in terms of playing in a big game, and teammates talked about trying to maintain focus going into Game 4…
DOUGHTY: “For me, even though it’s a big game, you’ve just got to try to treat it as another game. I’m obviously trying to be well-prepared and focused, the day before and the day of the game, but I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself and try to do too much about there, because once you put that pressure on yourself to do a lot, you’re going to make mistakes.’’
Question: You guys would probably play tonight if you could. Are you eager to get back out there?
DOUGHTY: “Yeah, definitely. We can’t wait to get started. It’s going to be nice to have a little day off here, and do some treatment and get your legs back, get some rest, but we can’t wait for tomorrow. Everyone is so anxious to get that next game going. It’s so much fun playing in front of a crowd like that. They were nuts last night, and it’s going to be a lot of fun in the next game.’’
Fraser was a member of the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks team that closed out Philadelphia in Game 6. Today, he talked about what Kings players will need to focus upon, in terms of not getting ahead of themselves…
FRASER: “I think that’s it. I think you can’t get ahead of yourself. The fourth one is always the hardest one to win. If you look at it, Games 1 and 2 really could have gone either way. We were fortunate to put ourselves in a good position, so we have to regroup and approach it like it’s zero-zero. It’s a big game.’’
And finally, some thoughts from Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar…
BROWN: “It’s hard to really think about anything else today. It’s an off day, so you can kind of maybe think about the big picture. Tomorrow will be an exciting day for everyone. It’s important, as a player, to prepare yourself to get the job done.’’
KOPITAR: “We have to focus and we have to play within the whistles. We can’t get too excited and not look ahead, by any means. We just have to go shift by shift.’’
Let’s go boys! Win it at home!
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Not sure if someone posted already
If the Kings sweep…
http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/17537/if-the-kings-sweep
Quite frankly, I don’t care about any of these as much as I do the Kings winning the Cup. But IF this happens, the Kings will literally be in a class of their own and we likely won’t see a run like this again for decades.
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todd Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
@FKA PakiFro, I hope they win it at home, so we can celebrate it in person, but I really just want the Cup. Win 1 out of 5, boys!
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Zeley Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
@FKA PakiFro,
“Kings would win their first Stanley Cup in their 44th season.”
To put this is perspective: to date, 12 of 30 organizations currently in the NHL have never won the cup. The Kings and St. Louis Blues are tied for the longest time without, followed by Canucks and Sabres (41 years), Capitols (37 years), Coyotes (32 years), Sharks (20 years), Senators (19 years), Panthers (18 years), Predators (13 years), Jets (12 years), Blue Jackets and Wild (11 years). Before this, the longest time for a team to win after joining the league was the Dallas Stars, which took 31 years after joining the NHL in 1967 along with the Kings.
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luc20rules Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
@FKA PakiFro, The last team to have this dominate a run in the playoffs were the Edmonton Oilers who won the cup 4 out of 5 years with that team. I don’t think the Kings will tear thru the playoffs with this efficiency anytime soon, but do believe DL has placed the Kings in a position to compete for a decade for the Cup. Carter & Richards signed that long, DD 6 more years. Really Quick signing long term is the main hurdle right now, then Brown a year later. We have depth to fill 3rd and 4th line players leaving, and have D depth in the AHL to make trading active players a real possibility. Bernier may also be in a trade as Goalie Depth is solid with Jones & Zatoff ready to be backups, and Berube & Carter excellent young prospects.
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Real 7 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
@FKA SakmyFrolov, correction to article….this is the Kings 45th season…
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When people ask me about the Kings now a days, I seem to have the same mentality. “One game at a time” “Series starts today” I have kept all the excitement inside, saving it for games and for the end of this series. Still not over but I hope it will be tomorrow:) I can say this here with all the insiders
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socaljsb Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
@Jgomez, I’m right there with you.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@Jgomez,
You don’t get nothin’ for 15…
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RobSD Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@FKA PakiFro,
He sure knows that… he has won 15 before!
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BigSeeGas Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
@Jgomez, That is too funny! I thought I was the only one. Sutters philosophy and mindset has even trickled down to the diehards! Go kings go!
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zulov Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
@BigSeeGas, I am now thinking of Sutter’s approach in everything I do! He is MY COACH NOW TOO!
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Jgomez Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
@zulov, Agreed. Kinda sucks because I can’t make plans anymore since I am taking it one day at a time, even one meal at a time haha.
DiggerRocket Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
@zulov, Dude.. I do the same exact thing!!! Sutter is a great life coach! …hahaha..Can you imagine him on a speaking circuit?
Because he lived it for 39 years. Because he IS Kings history. Because it would be the perfect ending to an amazing story. Because it’s the Cup. #letBobcall the last minute!
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370455VinSD Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
@Mudfish4, nice
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mrbrett7 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@Mudfish4, Nice…I know it won’t happen, but if the world was right, it would.
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Maury Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
@Mudfish4, Let him do the honorary puck drop
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Jon G Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@Maury, . . . or sing the National Anthem.
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
@Jon G, The ‘ Country ‘ version.
DiggerRocket Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
@Mudfish4, If the NHL network has any class… they should do it!
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Kiosku2 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
@Mudfish4, Suckaaaaaaa!
The only negative in this whole run has been the absence of Bob and Jim calling All the games. Especially in this case, with a bonafide NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster and all the history, Bettman and Co. have done a significant disservice to the Game by going with a non regional broadcasting team during the last few Rounds.
I hope Bob gets to hold that Cup, if we can get that fourth win, as soon as the players and coaches do likewise… I agree; Bob is the history of this franchise and to the Game as well…
Can’t wait for tomorrow; GKG!!!
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Am I right that every single offensive and defensive line except Mitchell-Voynov has at least one player who has been in a previous SC final? That again is part of our Kings depth/stength
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Smitty Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
@Doc Allen, That’s right Doc!
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Jgomez Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
@Doc Allen, You’re right, great observation.
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TradedForADraftPick Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@Doc Allen, Yep and with Mitchell you have the oldest vet on the team, so he knows what he is doing.
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I think about the voyage Fraser has been on since last summer. He spent one year in exile (aka the Oilers) after being on a Cup winning team in Chicago (altho he only played 3 games in the playoffs that season).
He was sort of the second choice for the Kings in the Smyth forced-’trade’, and came over injured. It was pretty much assumed the Kings would cut him or waive him to Manchester but he persevered and made the team. Now he’s won over most of the fans and is on the verge of winning another Cup, this time as an integral part of a well-oiled machine. What a ride!
And we have a 7th round draft choice this season from the Smyth trade as well. A win-win-win!
GKG!
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
@bbb7,
That injury was probably the best thing that happened to him. The kings couldn’t buy him out or demote him while injured so he was forced to be kept around and sure enough he got his chance and scored a goal in his first game. Hollywood indeed
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4tee Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@bbb7,
“I’ll pass that along…”
-Terry Murray
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DiggerRocket Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
@4tee, HAHAHA… outstanding! I guess Fraser can pass that back along to Terry.
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so the new thing for the ducks already is “we got the cup first they got lucky they have bandwagon fans.” thats rich coming from a team that had thier building all year long filled with the away teams fans.
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prlandra Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
@7MILforHickey, I already have my response for that…
Your’s will never have tasted so sweet or meant so much, and…
16-2, tied for best playoff record ever.
First team to start every series 3-0
First team to beat the 1, 2, and 3 seeds in conference.
10-0 on the road.
Beat a 3 time Stanley Cup Champion.
Beat a hall of fame goaltender.
I don’t care if you got there first, and I don’t care if you got there sooner.
Doesn’t compare
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7MILforHickey Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@prlandra, and they beat the otawa senators LOL NUFF SAID
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puckbobb Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@prlandra, last line- you’ll NEVER GET THERE AGAIN!!
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3Bcrown Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@prlandra, if they sweep devils it will be first ever sweep of NJ in playoffs as well.
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Garrett79 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@prlandra, agreed, but the 2004 Flames also beat the top 3 seeds in the West before going to the Finals.
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McCheese Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@prlandra, Ducks rented that team for 12 months… we are here for a while. Get that 4th tomorrow and then lets argue with the schmucks.
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JLam Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@prlandra, If the Kings win tomorrow:
You did it first. We did it better.
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Lake Forest Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@7MILforHickey, yeah and what seed were they?
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CoffeyIsForClosers Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
@Lake Forest, Flames were 6th seed. And they were coached by Sutter.
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vplaza Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@7MILforHickey,
Did you read Howard Berger’s photo blog at bergerbytes.ca? He had a great comment about the difference between the atmosphere at the Staples for this SCF versus at Honda Center when the Quacks were there.
“Southern California has a hockey champion. But not Los Angeles. The latecomers from 45 miles down the pike won the Stanley Cup five years ago – the current Toronto Maple Leafs executive battery of Brian Burke and Randy Carlyle leading Anaheim Ducks to the 2007 title. It was exciting stuff for the people of Orange County, though you wouldn’t have known it several hours before the clinching game. I can still remember standing outside the Honda Center and watching people file casually into the building as if it were a non-Conference match in mid-December.
There will be no-such indifference outside the Staples Center late tomorrow afternoon.”
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prlandra Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
@7MILforHickey, “Bandwagon fans” I just did a little research. Except for the year the Ducks won the cup and the following year, the Kings have had a higher average attendance every year for the last decade. And the year they won the cup, their average was only 500 more per game. The last two years our average has been between 3-5000 more per game.
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TOMORROW COULD BE THE DAY!!!! I CAN’T SIT STILL IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TOMORROW NIGHT!!! GO KINGS GO
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The epitome of Quick-spoiled: I see Brodeur’s playoff stats of 2.09 GAA and .919 save% and think, “Thats all youve got?”
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Lavamantis Reply:
June 6th, 2012 at 2:06 am
@bbb7, +1. I think the exact same thing. Labarbara and Fiset seem like a whole lifetime ago.
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As a long-time King’s fan (since I was 12, 45 years ago) no matter how much this means to me, the thing that is missing is hearing Bob Miller and Jim Fox. I sure hope they both know that if we win, as great as that will be, it won’t be the same without them.
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Capt Jam Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
@Duckbasher,
+100
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zulov Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
@Duckbasher, True – I heard they are recording Bob and Jim for the cup clinching game and will decide what to do with it in the future.
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Mudfish4 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
@zulov, tweet to NBC with #letBobcall the last minute!
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I am going to the Game!!! Come on KINGS you lost game four against the Coyotes when I went, Please close this out tomorrow, I have been watching for 25 years! I have been dreaming of this moment for most of my remembered life..
GO KINGS GO!!!
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Game 4 is harder to win than Game 3…unless the opponent had its spirit snapped into several pieces and its heart ripped out in Game 3.
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Kenny44 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
@Capt Jam, Right. If the Kings come out hitting, without taking penalties, the Devils will finish the wilt that began it OT of Game 2. Looking for Brown, Stoll, MR, Doughty, Greene, King, Jordy and Fraser to send that early message – you are finished!
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Do you guys think they can close it out? I’m thinking it might take another game 5. The Devils need this game a lot worse than the Kings do. It would be beyond awesome though if they can slam the door tomorrow. Still can’t get my brain around it all. We’ve all seen ‘Cinderella’ teams in many sports over the years. But I’ve never seen a team go to this level of dominance so quickly. Yeah, they played well to get into the playoffs. But they lost to Columbus and Minnesota in March and lost their last two games of the year. There was little sign (to me anyway) of *this* juggernaut.
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zulov Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
@Donald_S, I agree – it’s hard to believe. I would have never ever bet on this happening.
No one saw this coming.
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Devilmachine Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
@zulov, a buddy put $450 on them the day after the Bruins won last year at some astronomical odds, like 60 to 1 or something!!
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Finesse Hockey Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
@Devilmachine,
And game 4 is at -185 with the Kings!
You know what that tells me…. Lord Stanley and the Hockey Gods will smile upon our Kings tomorrow night.
We Believe!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s ironic that the teams who complain about defense-oriented hockey are the teams that can’t play defense.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0605/Are-the-L.A.-Kings-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-hockey
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CL Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
@Capt Jam, Interesting article. As they say, you can make statistics prove anything you want, but you’d need some pretty fuzzy math to back the contention that a team that ranked second-to-last in the league in shot-blocking this season epitomizes the shot-blocking style.
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CL Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
@CL, (29th in the league per Rich Hammond’s pre-series Tale of the Tape)
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7MILforHickey Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
@CL, who ever wrote that is just a mad canadian fan that is upset that a canadian team hasnt won the cup in ages. hes basically saying that defense is boring so if the nhl wants viewers they should play with no goalies and 5 forwards on the ice so the score is 21-20 every game. what a pathetic excuse for a journalist, and hockey fan.
EmptyTank Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
@CL,
The author fails to heed the age old idiom that we all hear so often: DEFENSE wins Championships.
We haven’t won anything yet but… our defense has obviously been stellar. But that has NOTHING at all to do with ratings. When a World Series game ends up 1-0 or 2-1 it’s deemed a “great game” and when a basketball finals game has a score of 82-77, it’s still a win and the same number of viewers watched it.
The fact is that hockey viewership is low because it simply does not enjoy the wild popularity as the other sports. Period. My personal opinion is that the game moves too fast for the casual viewer’s brain to be able to maintain interest so they give up and miss out on the Greatest Game on Earth!!
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Devilmachine Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
@Capt Jam, the term “defense wins championships” seems lost on this writer. The Kings seem to score plenty of goals throughout their playoff run. I stopped reading after he talked about their prowess blocking shots! What? they hardly ever do! Idiots!
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ike Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
@Capt Jam, Does he realize that all teams block shots these days? Sounds like he is trying to make something out of nothing.
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bbb7 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
@Capt Jam, Also blaming the sluggish pace of the first two games on shot-blocking instead of the ice conditions shows little knowledge of the game.
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I had said long ago that I would get a tattoo if my Kings win the cup in my lifetime. Who’s with me!
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Pili Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@Jgomez, I’d go a shield or maybe even the new logo. I never thought I would get a tattoo but this is finally enough reason.
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BigSeeGas Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@Jgomez, Lol!!! Yet again I am right there with you!!!
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QueenInVan Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
@Jgomez, Get one of a grinning Dustin Brown.
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Jgomez Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
@QueenInVan, I had been thinking of a smiling Penner with a full beard haha
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ILLEGALSTICK33 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:07 pm
@Jgomez, Go with Brown Kopi or Quick…They should be Kings for life….Penner did his part but I don’t think he will hang em up in LA….
todd Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
@Jgomez, Free tattoos *if* the Kings win the Cup: http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=633498
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Jgomez Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
@todd, AWESOME! Thanks for the link. I will try this place out or go somewhere else but I am getting a Kings tattoo this year! LETS GO KINGS!
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Jon (@LAKingsJon) Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
@Jgomez, Got mine last year, just before the logo change. Couldn’t be happier! The guy did an awesome job.
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McCheese Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
@Jgomez, already made that decision months ago… in.
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Gail Web Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
@Jgomez, Hi already had my a few years now, a puck and two hockey sticks, with Kings and also (11) number as Kopi fav player and also I was born in month 11 (November)
Go Kings Go!
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The sweetest team in Kings history can be summed up by the following sentence:
“JUSTIN time, I QUICKly gobbled up the cornuKOPIa of RICH BROWNIES, DONUTS, and PANCAKES served up ala CARTS from Lord Stanley’s Cup”
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EmptyTank Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
@zulov,
Priceless! Good work!
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My dad always used to remind me that necessity sometimes overules skill and sometimes luck. I say this time, the Kings want so badly to do this for the fans, enough to trump even necessity. Maybe it’s my heart talking, but this team, with a solid mindset, is unbeatable tomorrrow night.
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praying to whoever that I could win that raffle tomorrow from the Kings.
Bring a buddy of mine (of course make him drive and buy me beer)
that would be amazing……
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gotta love some haters who think we are just going away after this year thats what rest of league hopes keep hoping aint happening anytime soon. 1 more boys you will do it tomorrow #GOKINGSGO
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Reading the Jersey comments. They’ve accepted defeat already. Still, there’s one more left. Just one more! Wow! Thank you Ilya Kovalchuk. Thank you for taking the money and not come to L.A. You’ve let us lock in Doughty for years and bring in the likes of Richards and Carter and maybe Parise? Hey DL, Brown > Parise.
The Stanley Cup will be in the house tomorrow! Wow! Let’s win so we can all see it!
Go Kings!
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The following article seems to imply that the Kings, if they win tomorrow, will have won the Stanley Cup in the fewest games since ’87, or whatever the cutoff is (can’t remember why.) It doesn’t come out and say it, but it points out that the 88 OIlers actually took five games to sweep because of the infamous “fog game.” It’s a “technicality,” but it’s interesting.
http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/how-steep-are-the-odds-of-a-3-0-comeback-very/
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bbb7 Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Didn’t know 20 of the 24 teams that won the first three games went on to sweep the final; that’s pretty formidable.. as is the fact that there’s been 20 sweeps in the roughly 70 years since 1939.
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This organization is amazing. I think even having someone like Bernie Nicholes as a “consultant” has been a huge help for the young guys on the team. Having a guy like Luc come down and talk to the players after games and give high fives. I’m sure I’m missing so many others but it shows that lombardi and the ownership wanted to build this championship team. I feel good knowing that there are great mentors on this team top to bottom.
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I’ve been waiting 24 years for this. One more game boys. Let’s do it. No disrespect meant to the Devils but you are done. Can’t wait to see Brownie raise the cup. Too bad he can’t hand it off to Bob Miller. that would be awesome!
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Don’t know if it was posted anywhere, but great piece on Yahoo! sports about our suffering as fans, including an interview with Jim Fox. My eyes got a little teary…
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl–kings–remarkable-playoff-ride-delivers-l-a–to-the-cusp-of-first-stanley-cup-championship-.html;_ylt=ArnNkpXy3LPm3_WpDi_Q.K97vLYF
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T-Minus Michael Handzus
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let bernier play some time
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Still exhausted from last night and thinking “OMG, we have to go back tomorrow night.” I guess I willjust have to force myself to go, drag my sorry a$$ back to Staples, watch the Kings throw down a whooping of epic proportion on the Devils, eat some nachos, drink some soda, watch some glitter stuff fall from the ceiling, become hearing impaired due to the noise, THEN BE BLINDED WHEN THE CUP HITS THE ICE!!!! GKG!!!!!!!!! THEN CELEBRATE OUTSIDE WITH 10,000+ KINGS FANS!!!! yep, I guess I will just have to make that sacrifice…………
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vplaza Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
@DesertKing,
They serve nachos at Staples?
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this unbeleivable the cup will be in the staples center tomorrow night folks…………….
when its all said and done, its our to enjoy for the summer…………
lets enjoy the game and post game activities without incident, no Vancouver scenes and enjoy it LA…………
all good and go kings go
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Pili Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 3:30 pm
I see nothing and sense nothing except for the drop of the puck tomorrow night. I dare not. It’s all about the first shift, the swell of the game. We’ve had plenty of prqactice watching games for the sake of the game and our favorite players, as in a lot of years a lot of the outcome of late season games had no bearing on anything else. I’m terrified of going any further than that right now. Too many years.
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If and when the Kings win the cup, I hope the team invites Rich Hammond to join in the group team photo op! He has done a fantastic job for the team and us!
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Unbelievable. I am out of town for the entire play-offs. Have only a few co-workers, whose teams were elimiabted early, to celebrate with…they are being good sports though. Interesting thing is that even they, blackhawk, red wings and blues fans that I am with have the knowledge to recognize what a great team this is and what major accomplishments have been achieved in this run to the cup. I am blown way sitting here by myself watching these games and watching these players who I was very critical of at times throughout the season. I watched or listened to almost every game and was very frustrated at times…all that is OUT THE WINDOW NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Kings Go!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rich Hammond is thoroughly Sutterized like the rest of us:
“That’s where the focus needs to be, on the first shift of the first period, not on any “ifs’’ about what might happen.”
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Less than 26 hours until the puck drops…
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Go Kings Go!
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Every time they hop over the boards, a zero-zero approach is necessary.
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Ya know, Dustin Brown played in that Gold Medal game, too…didn’t come out the way he’d hoped, but just having played in it counts for something. However…there’s only one game in the history of hockey that should matter to them or any of us…tomorrow night’s game.
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Anybody who is there you better be double excited for all of us that can’t be there. You owe it to us.
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The cup it`s self will be there at game 4 and that has special filling to it . In 93 i remember what a site that was to see .That was with the Canadians ready to clinch. This time it will be there waiting for us . My god this is a dream come true. 1982 to now and forever kings die hard to the core .I will go to my grave with these wonderful memories .Thank you kings and you to Rich!!!
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Anyone have extra tickets or Amy tickets they want to sell?
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So excited!
So nervous…
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