The Playoff Question

The Playoff Question

The LA Kings play the Arizona Coyotes five of their last 20 games, a string that started Monday night in Los Angeles. This is not insignificant when the Arizona team is holding down the fourth spot in the West, the final playoff spot. Now, to be fair, the Kings aren’t...
Hat Trick Defeats Ducks

Hat Trick Defeats Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks took on the  Colorado Avalanche Sunday  evening in a game that, like all the remaining ones this year, meant less to the Ducks and a  lot more to the opponent.  At least things happened  in somewhat  spectacular fashion. The two teams have now played...
High No More

High No More

Two nights ago, it was all rainbows and puppies, as Dallas Eakins might have said. (If you’ve been following my coverage of the Anaheim team here at Inside Hockey, you get this.) The Ducks had won, in comeback fashion. They had seen a rookie play his first game and...
Milestones Galore

Milestones Galore

Arizona was in Anaheim Thursday night for the first of two games versus the Ducks.  They didn’t have to do much to get the lead, because on two shots they had two goals, the second one going in at 7:07. Ryan Miller was in net, as he has been in three of the Ducks’...