by Anthony Garofalo | Jan 30, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
BOSTON – The National Hockey League All-Star Weekend has come and gone. It is now back to business where the real hockey matters. Even though the Boston Bruins had one lone representative (Brad Marchand) at the mid-season festivities this year in Tampa Bay, this was...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 26, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Sure, you’re tempted to ask the easy question—can the Ducks make the playoffs? Sure they can. Ask the hard question: can the Ducks compete? They got partway to answering that on Thursday night versus the Winnipeg Jets. So how would they make...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 24, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The coach of the other local NHL team, John Stevens of the LA Kings, used the “blender” metaphor last week to describe the changes his team needed to make to jolt themselves into scoring some goals. But it was Randy Carlyle of the Ducks who...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 22, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins last week. Just like the Anaheim Ducks did. The San Jose Sharks defeated the LA Kings last week. Just like the Anaheim Ducks did. Thus an Anaheim-San Jose matchup looked to be a pretty good battle, maybe even an...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 20, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
For all the hype, none of the pertinent questions about the Kings and Ducks were easily answered Friday night. And especially not the one Kings fans wanted answered: Where’s the offense? Invisible, in the form of many of the key players. In fact, before the first...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 18, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
Three or fewer. That’s how many penalties Randy Carlyle of the Ducks has as his goal for the team. They exceeded that by a factor of two, taking six for twelve minutes of disadvantage, against Colorado on Monday. The Avs scored one power play goal in the game....