More Eliot Ahead

More Eliot Ahead

by | May 3, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, St. Louis Blues

Not with a bang, but a whimper. More TS Eliot for you (see Saturday’s story for the initial Eliot reference). So the Ducks had the chance to beat St. Louis on Monday night. That had no significance of its own, but it would have kept the Kings from advancing in their...
Kings Got the Blues

Kings Got the Blues

by | Mar 18, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues

The Blues should have been playing the Kings for the second of a  two-game set Wednesday night, but for snow. Snow? LA? This sounds like a “dog ate my homework” excuse. Well, according to the local freebie paper in the LA-area city where I live, there was once snow ...
Perron Kills Kings

Perron Kills Kings

by | Mar 6, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues

The LA Kings hosted the St. Louis Blues on Friday night, and they were promptly disadvantaged by a David Perron power play goal, scored at 2:08 of period one. This after having had a six-game winning streak dashed by a three-game losing streak (with one OT point) that...
Kings Got the Blues

Hat Trick for Naught

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, St. Louis Blues

Anaheim’s best period thus far this year has been the second. That’s why it was barely OK that they gave up what had been a solid lead in shots and chances and a 1-0 score as period one ended versus the Blues on Monday night. The give-up came with 56.9 seconds...
Almost Out of Ideas

Almost Out of Ideas

by | Jan 31, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, St. Louis Blues

“Every minute of the game is important. It doesn’t matter if it’s the last minute, the middle minute, the  first minute. They’re all critical,” said  Ducks’ coach  Dallas Eakins Saturday night. “There were a number of minutes when we were certainly not our best,” he ...