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FIRST.... read today's GAMEDAY PREVIEW for tonight's Game 5 between the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks. Exclusively on LAKings.com. This will make much more sense once you've read the GAMEDAY PREVIEW. THEN... it's a brand-new Game 5 Edition of All The Kings Men Podcast!!! Jesse Cohen and I chat about the LA Kings loss in Game 4 and the LA Kings Tweet you might have heard something about. You can check out the brand-new episode of All The Kings Men Podcast here, subscribe to it on iTunes or listen below: THEN... read the incredible thing that Jon Rosen from LA Kings Insider said about yours truly in regards to the controversy over the Kevin Ryder tweet: And check out what I'm going to start putting on my business cards: @camcharron @theroyalhalf "edgy without the rape jokes" is his marketing slogan I think — John Carroll (@toshanshuinLA) May 22, 2013 AND FINALLY... support something that Megan, girlfriend to the most amazing LA Kings player ever, is putting together to help some of her friends that had their home burn down. She has some great LA Kings autographed merchandise up for auction on eBay. You can bid on the items here, here, here, and here. And check out her Twitter feed for more information.

The Los Angeles-San Jose playoff series has largely lived up to expectations. Unfortunately, the tightly played, contentious series has been taken over by some annoying talking points.

VIDEO: Includes video of portions of media interviews with Los Angeles Kings Rob Scuderi and Justin Williams that are only available from FrozenRoyaltyNHL on YouTube. EL SEGUNDO, CA — That their Western Conference Semifinal series against the San Jose Sharks is now tied, 2-2, might be the bottom line for the Los Angeles Kings heading […]

*THE FOLLOWING BELOW IS NOT WRITTEN BY THE ROYAL HALF, BUT RATHER PUMPERNICHOLL, OUR MASTER RECAPPER* KINGS 2, SHARKS 2 The maddening conclusion of Games 2 and 3 left both fan bases bitter. Borderline calls by the referees had swung the momentum for opposing teams in each game and ultimately decided the outcome. Fans don't go to hockey games to watch the referees, yet they were becoming the focal point of this series. While neither team liked what transpired, they couldn't do anything about it now. What they could do was move on and realize that things had evened up, and this was assuredly the end of any referee interference that would determine the final score. And it was a good day heading into Game 4. Kings fans were especially excited that longtime supporter Kevin Ryder from KROQ's Kevin & Bean was going to live tweet the second period from the @LAKings official feed! The team was 5-0 this season when a guest tweeter took over the account (3-0 with @theroyalhalf, 1-0 with @johnondrasik, and 1-0 with @wilw), so it was a great omen heading into the game. Refs were done evening up calls and the Kings had a celebrity guest to run their Twitter account. Nothing could ruin this! Twitter Takeover: Tonight Kings/Sharks, game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In the 2nd period, I'm taking over @lakings twitter!#GoKingsGo — Kevin Ryder(@thekevinryder) May 21, 2013 @thekevinryder @lakings This concept scares me, just a little bit. Go #LAKings Go. — Randy 'Raz' Ullon (@3dc_Raz) May 21, 2013 @3dc_raz @thekevinryder it scares all of us — LA Kings (@LAKings) May 21, 2013 @thekevinryder @lakings did u really expect anything else. We have had the honor of heading u f shit up 4 almost 20 years. Part of ur charm — Victor C (@VicCed) May 21, 2013 Let's just get to the game already. Click Here to Read the Rest of PumperNicholl's RECAP of Game 4 vs the Sharks!!! PREGAME: Got My #FinsUp Today, #SanJoseSharks Bout To Whoop The #LAQueens Asses, Reppin That #TankShit EveryWhere I Go! #SHAAAAARKS #SANJOSEYOUBITCH — ThatJerkDerk (@ThatJerkDerk) May 21, 2013 LACE THE FUCK UP, LA....IT'S GAMEDAY. #LAKings #ReturnToGlory #OneGameAtATime — Christian Allen (@ChristianAllen1) May 21, 2013 LACIN' 'EM UP! OMG! I cannot believe these calls!! The refs are a piece of shit! Just pregame warmups for tonight's game. LoL #LAKings #Believe — Greg A. (@PucksAndGrub) May 21, 2013 Sheesh. Come on, that won't happen for a third straight game. Lace the fuck up! It's game day for our defending Stanley Cup Champion #LAKings #GOKINGSGO — Travis Pfahler (@socaltrav) May 21, 2013 LACIN'-- Wait, didn't we do this already? I can't wait for the sharks game!!!!!! FUCK THE QUEENS! #tieuptheseries #BeatLA — Javier Velez (@Jdonovan_10) May 21, 2013 Beat LA??? Pls.Fuck the Kings — Ana Luz (@AnaLuzRedux) May 22, 2013 Who the fuck shaves during the playoffs. Marleau you idiot. That's why u won't beat the Kings. — Dave Uhl (@golfstardad) May 22, 2013 I think I found Jeremy Roenick's personal Twitter account. FIRST PERIOD: Goal!!!!!!! Fuck ya burns get u some — T richards(@timrichards78) May 22, 2013 That was quick. And I'd just like to ask what the fuck everyone was doing on that goal? This game is going to be a giant clusterfuck. #LAKings — richard homer (@richardhomer) May 22, 2013 It'll settle down, I'm sure of it. The kings are seeing first hand why you dont fuck with San Jose when they throw their black unis on. — Nick Rosenblatt (@NickRos

L.A. had a groggy first period, but battled back late. It wasn't nearly enough to earn a victory, but are there any positives to take from game 4?

The Los Angeles Kings’ title defense is 10 games deep into the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and it’s still difficult to get an accurate read on a group that admits to not having played its best hockey of the postseason. Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown...

Dustin Penner's wrongly disallowed goal looms large, but the Kings' performance in the first two periods does them in as San Jose ties the series.

The Kings open Game 4 with an awful period, fall further behind in the second, fall victim to a quick whistle, and can't make up for it despite outshooting the Sharks 14-2 in the final frame. Back to Staples for a pivotal Game 5.

Let's do this.