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...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Homepage
Arizona was in Anaheim Thursday night for the first of two games versus the Ducks. They didn’t have to do much to get the lead, because on two shots they had two goals, the second one going in at 7:07. Ryan Miller was in net, as he has been in three of the Ducks’...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 14, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, San Jose Sharks
Dallas Eakins said after Friday’s terrible loss to San Jose that he doesn’t like to make personnel decisions directly following a game. He likes to sleep on it. He did that, and came back Saturday with a lineup that inserted David Backes, Troy Terry, and Danton Heinen...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 13, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, San Jose Sharks
A year on, the social aspects of covering hockey are a lot of what I miss due to the restrictions currently in place. Seeing the scouts, most of whom are former players, often men I idolized as a kid. Knowing the guys on the Anaheim Ducks Off-ice Officials crew,...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 9, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Do you remember when the Kings and Ducks renewing their rivalry meant something? This year, unfortunately, fans in the East, let alone Canada, seem neither to know much about what’s going on on the West coast, nor to care. Maybe that’s the fault of these teams....
