by Brian Kennedy | Apr 4, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage
The Anaheim Ducks have won all they need to at this point. In fact, this was true even before their game versus Colorado on Friday night. But with three games remaining—the Avs, Dallas, and then Arizona—they had the chance to pile up more points in anticipation of the...
by Brad Kurtzberg | Mar 28, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are in their biggest funk of the season and it couldn’t come at a more difficult time. The Isles dropped to 1-6-1 in their last eight games and are now winless in their last seven home games (0-6-1) after dropping a 3-2 decision to the...
by Seth Rothman | Mar 22, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New York Rangers
NEW YORK – Sunday night between the Rangers and Ducks was a measuring-stick game. It went far better for the Rangers than it did the Ducks. Anaheim (46-21-7) came into action tied for the league lead with 99 points. The Rangers (46-18-7) came in just two points...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 16, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Nashville Predators
The Ducks played Nashville late Sunday afternoon to determine which team would pull ahead of the other in what had been earlier in the day a four-way tie for the top spot in the NHL. The other two clubs knotted at 93 were the Rangers and Montreal, neither of whom...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 7, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh was just better for a couple of periods. That’s the story from Anaheim. And they didn’t rely on the guys you’d usually think to get it done. Instead, Patrick Hornqvist scored a pair of goals after Blake Comeau got the first one. That was all they’d need to...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 28, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Goalie matchups make sense when coaching decisions make sense. On Friday, or really, back to Thursday, Darryl Sutter’s choices made no sense. Why play your number one guy (Quick), against a quite likely weak team, when said weak team is coming off of a game the night...