by Brian Kennedy | Apr 15, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
You’d be forgiven if you thought the LA Kings were mixed up as their game versus the Vegas Golden Knights began. They were without one of their core, Jeff Carter, for the second game. That could have meant that management had given up on this year and decided to...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
So much for the rumour mill. I spelled that in Canadian style, by the way, to make the point that rumors and hockey players don’t mix. Yesterday afternoon amongst SoCal hockey fans, people had Dustin Brown going somewhere—to the Islanders, to Toronto? Jonathan Quick...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 4, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
Here’s a SoCal cliché: You can go skiing in the morning and surfing in the afternoon. This is pure BS. To get to the snow, you’d have to drive up to Arrowhead. That’s an hour and a half minimum. Then you’ve gotta line up and get a lift ticket. Actually do the skiing....
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 14, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, San Jose Sharks
Dallas Eakins said after Friday’s terrible loss to San Jose that he doesn’t like to make personnel decisions directly following a game. He likes to sleep on it. He did that, and came back Saturday with a lineup that inserted David Backes, Troy Terry, and Danton Heinen...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 13, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, San Jose Sharks
A year on, the social aspects of covering hockey are a lot of what I miss due to the restrictions currently in place. Seeing the scouts, most of whom are former players, often men I idolized as a kid. Knowing the guys on the Anaheim Ducks Off-ice Officials crew,...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 10, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
The LA Kings have allowed the first goal in ten of their 12 games this season. One of those was Tuesday night, when with less than two minutes gone, they were down to the San Jose Sharks in LA. They would end the period down by two. Meanwhile, the cross-town Ducks...
