by Brian Kennedy | Feb 25, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
It was a sad night in SoCal Saturday. Sad, and a little bit pathetic. The two NHL teams, like Casey at the bat, struck out. For no good reason, because each of them was playing a team either below them or significantly below them in the standings. And both lost and...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 12, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, San Jose Sharks
Anaheim Ducks fans love their number seven, Andrew Cogliano. They thought the two-game suspension which ended his consecutive-games streak a ripoff. They were right about that. But Lord love him, if this guy’s hands were any more stony, he’d never be able to floss his...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 10, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage
The Ducks beat the Oilers in Anaheim on Friday night, and all anyone could do after the game was talk about Connor McDavid. Could this be because on the first series of plays in the game he grabbed a puck and went to the right of the Ducks’ zone, then burst around Cam...
by Anthony Garofalo | Jan 30, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
BOSTON – The National Hockey League All-Star Weekend has come and gone. It is now back to business where the real hockey matters. Even though the Boston Bruins had one lone representative (Brad Marchand) at the mid-season festivities this year in Tampa Bay, this was...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 26, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Sure, you’re tempted to ask the easy question—can the Ducks make the playoffs? Sure they can. Ask the hard question: can the Ducks compete? They got partway to answering that on Thursday night versus the Winnipeg Jets. So how would they make...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 24, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The coach of the other local NHL team, John Stevens of the LA Kings, used the “blender” metaphor last week to describe the changes his team needed to make to jolt themselves into scoring some goals. But it was Randy Carlyle of the Ducks who...