by Brian Kennedy | Dec 7, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks
Is there any point in concentrating on bouncing back from a loss when you’re just as likely to lose again even if you win the present game? This has to be on the minds of the Anaheim Ducks. Around American Thanksgiving, after posting a 3-2 win against the New York...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 7, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks
Where’d that guy come from? And that guy there? If you were watching the Ducks of late, you might well ask that question about two unfamiliar faces, Brett Leason and Glenn Gawdin. Both had sparkling careers in Junior hockey, and yet each is, at a young age, an...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 1, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks
Just because a roster of 25 doesn’t pencil out to be a good hockey team doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go to their games. And not for mercy or pity, but because you never know what’s going to happen. Fans of the Ducks should have learned this lesson by now, but it was...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 27, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings
Sure, there’s lots of crazy stuff going on in hockey right now. How about that Vancouver situation, losing all those games after leading most of them? What about teams that started out up-and-coming who weren’t supposed to be—Philadelphia, Ottawa, Buffalo, we’ve got...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 17, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings
Wait. This is all backwards. With the season just underway, the LA Kings started in a 0-2 hole. Most people had them as a good candidate to build on last year’s playoff berth and strong showing. The Anaheim Ducks, who almost always get off to a dreadfully slow start,...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 27, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks will be featured 14 times on US national TV this upcoming season. Several other teams are tied at that number, and only Minnesota and the Rangers have more national games, at 15. The Ducks didn’t make the playoffs last year, and by most accounts,...
