by Brian Kennedy | Jan 11, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
Goal scoring is good, and I’m the first to say I’d love to take NHL goalies to the car wash, hose off all their extra equipment, and put them back in to the net less as marshmallow men, so that shooters have some space to hit. But on Tuesday night, the...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 9, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Minnesota Wild
You’d think Bruce Boudreau won a Cup in Anaheim, so many stories were written about his return to SoCal this week with the Minnesota Wild. They all can be condensed to roughly the same thing: having lost four game sevens in a row, he got canned. He may or may not have...
by Daniel Shulman | Dec 15, 2016 | AHL, Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Boston Bruins, Hockey East, Homepage, NCAA, NHL
Boston has become a second home to many players lucky enough to lace up the skates in the city at any playing level. For Josh Manson, the former Northeastern Huskies’ defenseman has a special connection with Boston and the TD Garden. On Thursday night, Manson and his...
by Marisa Ingemi | Dec 15, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage
On the heels of a 6-2 loss to the Dallas Stars, the Anaheim Ducks head into Boston looking to turn things around in the second game of a six game road trip and a stretch of eight road games over nine contests overall. The Stars scored five goals in the third period...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 11, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Ottawa Senators
No particular plan. That’s what Guy Boucher said Saturday that he had going for Sunday with his team having lost to LA and heading down I-5 to Anaheim for Sunday. No plan? They’d had two full days off after winning against San Jose midweek. Now, maybe playing the...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 25, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL
A week ago it was, “We need to find our identity.” Earlier this week, “Focus on the process.” Friday after losing an afternoon contest in which they went down 3-0 and clawed back to 3-2 before a failed final flurry that had Corey Crawford declaring that the Ducks are...