by Brian Kennedy | Feb 26, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Surprise! They yell it when you enter your front door and a birthday party previously unbeknownst to you is about to commence. They yelled at Staples Center, too, only this wasn’t any birthday party. It was a coming out party—Jonathan Quick was back! Was it...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 23, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
In the end, it was Jonathan Bernier’s game. He, after all, made the two spectacular saves against the Bruins in Anaheim. They looked like this: In period two, the puck went from goalie’s left to right across the low slot. Bernier moved with it, but the side of the net...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 20, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The Kings and Ducks are in playoff races, with the latter being much more assured that all will end well than the former. Sunday night, they played each other. Several stories competed for attention while the teams competed for the win. I’ll give them to you here; you...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 1, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage
What are the Anaheim Ducks looking for? Consistency. They’ve obviously been drilled to think that over the past few days, because it’s the message that many of them were reciting in their press interviews early in the week. Did they learn anything about that versus...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 18, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay played Monday afternoon in LA. They faced what they, and every other team, described as a “big, tough, skating” Kings squad, and they won, 2-1. It was a decent performance against a team that may be big and physical but can’t score goals worth a darn. That,...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 11, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
Goal scoring is good, and I’m the first to say I’d love to take NHL goalies to the car wash, hose off all their extra equipment, and put them back in to the net less as marshmallow men, so that shooters have some space to hit. But on Tuesday night, the...
