Fighting from the Depths
The nervous jitters that are embedded into championship games are enough for a player to break down from the pressure, but when the clock winds down the intensity picks up as you edge closer to the end. Dependent on the result, a player can be overcome with pure joy or be wrought with despair. Both feelings can last an eternity as one team celebrates while the other contemplates what could have been. An ingredient that makes the victory all the more sweeter is when you claim it from those that were supposed to end you. Not only did the Los Angeles Kings during the 2011-2012 playoffs bring to life what it meant to be an underdog, but they completely shattered the expectations that were placed upon them. As the lowest seed in the Western Conference during the playoffs, the Kings never held home ice advantage in any of the four series that would eventually lead them to the Stanley Cup. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs a team needs sixteen total wins to claim the top prize, but Los Angeles ...