by Kenneth Cross | Jan 17, 2025 | Anaheim Ducks, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Thursday evening when Bolts forward Jake Guentzel scored the lone goal in sudden death. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away shots by Anaheim forward Mason McTavish and Ducks leading scorer Troy...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 8, 2025 | Anaheim Ducks
What’s new with the Ducks? Last we checked, they were beating some teams they weren’t supposed to beat, making a little noise way out west. John Gibson was holding forth in net, backed up more than capably by Lukas Dostal. In fact, the team came into a match-up with...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 5, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks, Vegas Golden Knights
Are the Anaheim Ducks almost good enough? Not to contend, but to be in most games they play. Their last ten games, they’re 6-3-1, which is a .650 points pace. In other words, they get two-thirds of the points they contend for. Do this all year, and you’d have over one...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks
John Gibson, long-suffering goaltender for the somewhat hapless Anaheim Ducks, was rumored to be on the trading block last spring. It wasn’t lack of performance by the player or interest by the team that got him there, but rather desire in a positive sense. His...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 4, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks
The experiment of the weekend: Trevor versus Connor, not head-to-head, but how would each perform in similar circumstances? Yesterday afternoon, it was Bedard’s chance to impress, and he had a game with a couple of late flashes but that was otherwise routine. This was...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 4, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks
One was born in 2001, one in 2005. One is Canadian, one is American. One was drafted first overall, a spot seemingly appointed for him from when he was a pre-teen. The other came onto the radar a little bit later, and ended up going to his NHL team in round one, but...
