by Brian Kennedy | Jan 14, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Ottawa Senators
The Ducks have five fewer points that the Ottawa Senators, but they sit one spot in their division higher than the Sens sit in theirs. Ottawa was 6th in the Atlantic with 46 coming into Wednesday. The Ducks were fifth in the Pacific with 41. They were just three...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 28, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage
The first year you live in California, assuming you move there as an adult, is weird. The calendar says “Thanksgiving,” and people are acting like it’s late November. But you’re driving around with your car’s air conditioning on, and the only difference in the weather...
by Brian Kennedy | May 31, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage
Aside from the specifics of what happened in the Chicago-Ducks game Saturday night, which I detailed in my story “Down for the Three Count” at IH, other things stand out from this series. First, the Blackhawks were quite concerned to avenge last season’s game seven...
by Brian Kennedy | May 31, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage
Three things needed to happen for the Ducks to win against Chicago Saturday night. Their coach needed to be smarter than the Blackhawks’ Quenneville. Their goalie had to be at least solid if not great. And their captain had to play better than he had, you could even...
by Brian Kennedy | May 11, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Homepage
Bruce Boudreau never thought it was going to be easy. After all, he was trying to do something that he’d never done before, which was eliminate another team to end round two. He’d only ever been eliminated before. When he thought his team was going to win, he jumped...