by Mary Walsh | Jan 30, 2015 | AHL, Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, ECHL, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
The American Hockey League has heard the call: “go west, young league, go west.” Beginning next season, the AHL will move five teams into California. This AHLien invasion will put an end to the Worcester Shuttle, a nickname for flying Sharks players back...
by Justin Cohen | Jan 29, 2015 | AHL, Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, ECHL, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
In an unprecedented but predicted move, the American Hockey League announced a radical change to its alignment Thursday, with five teams leaving the East and Midwest for the state of California. While many issues still need to be addressed, the league faces...
by Felix Sicard | Jan 24, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks
Wednesday night in Anaheim marked yet another divisional victory for Bruce Boudreau’s men over the beleaguered Calgary Flames, who have tumultuously fallen out of the playoff picture. Anaheim has feasted on the Pacific Division as a whole, amassing 25 points in...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 17, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New Jersey Devils
What year is this? Lou Lamoriello is standing behind the New Jersey bench coaching a team that is playing Scott Gomez against Ilya Bryzgalov in net—for the Anaheim Ducks. If you said 2006, you’d be right. And wrong. Because that was the oddity of the game featuring...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 12, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage
The Ducks retired Selanne’s number, as I earlier reported at IH, but here are some more details about the evening. The event was attended by a number of dignitaries, including the Ducks’ owners, the Samuelis, and Gary Bettman, who was roundly booed whenever his...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 11, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage
It’s hard to overestimate the impact a player like Teemu Selanne has on the hockey culture of a city. But I’m pretty sure that if you measured the temperature (not literally) of Winnipeg and Anaheim today, you’d get an idea of how much he’s meant to both places....
