by Brian Kennedy | Feb 16, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
Boston doesn’t do warmups like most clubs. Two features stood out before their game against the Ducks Friday night: Brad Marchand, at one point, directed traffic as to who could shoot and when. At another point, the Bruins lined up on either side of the zone and...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 14, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
The Vancouver Canucks came into Anaheim Wednesday night with not-unreasonable hopes for the playoffs. They were two points behind Minnesota in the wildcard race, though they were a mediocre 4-4-2 in their last ten contests. They had also lost their prior game, 7-2 to...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 10, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage
Bob Murray is in deep, and he knows it. The tone—hesitant—and the answers—inconsistent—of his conference call Sunday afternoon said as much. Here’s a sample of some of his answers, offered as a mix of transcribed quotes and paraphrases. The main themes seemed to be...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 12, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
This was going to be a happy story. It was going to start out this way: “The Ducks were never as bad as their recent record showed,” and then go on to talk about how a big win against the Penguins changed everything for the team, who can now go on the road with...
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...