by Brian Kennedy | Apr 15, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
You’d be forgiven if you thought the LA Kings were mixed up as their game versus the Vegas Golden Knights began. They were without one of their core, Jeff Carter, for the second game. That could have meant that management had given up on this year and decided to...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
So much for the rumour mill. I spelled that in Canadian style, by the way, to make the point that rumors and hockey players don’t mix. Yesterday afternoon amongst SoCal hockey fans, people had Dustin Brown going somewhere—to the Islanders, to Toronto? Jonathan Quick...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 10, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage
One team entered Friday night coming off a big 5-1 win, the other off an 8-3 loss. So one was saying “We gotta keep the momentum” and the other one “We need to turn things around.” The losers had been Colorado, the winners Anaheim, and here they were, in SoCal, to...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 5, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, NHL
The Anaheim Ducks took on the Colorado Avalanche Sunday evening in a game that, like all the remaining ones this year, meant less to the Ducks and a lot more to the opponent. At least things happened in somewhat spectacular fashion. The two teams have now played...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 3, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Homepage
It was a bottom-four night in the Honda West as each of the teams which came into the night out of the playoffs was playing one of the other similar teams. Respectively, they were Arizona, on 37 points; LA, with 34; San Jose, also 34; and Anaheim, resting at 27. The...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 20, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Homepage, NHL
Two nights ago, it was all rainbows and puppies, as Dallas Eakins might have said. (If you’ve been following my coverage of the Anaheim team here at Inside Hockey, you get this.) The Ducks had won, in comeback fashion. They had seen a rookie play his first game and...
