What’s Right About It?
The Ducks lost to San Jose, who have now won five in a row. If you like the Ducks, that’s disappointing. But it’s not all bad.
What the Ducks did right, period one: they scored early, on a pure skill goal by...
Oh So Sloppy
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. That seemed to be the mantra of the night at the Ducks home arena on Sunday night with Edmonton in town.
One indication—the number of penalties taken by both teams. The Ducks had four...
Ducks Fall Way Back
If nothing-nothing can be interesting, then period one in Anaheim on Tuesday night with the Wild in town was fascinating.
The Ducks have said they want to start faster. They said that Friday. They did it Sun...
Getzlaf Hits 1,000!
The Anaheim Ducks have played 2,000 games as a franchise. Ryan Getzlaf has appeared in exactly half of those, a record he achieved on Sunday night at home against Chicago.
Memorable moments: raising the Stan...
Day of the (Not) Dead
You might almost not recognize the Anaheim Ducks, if you dropped in from anytime around 2017 and saw them play the Vancouver Canucks Friday night at Honda Center. This in a game which came on the Mexican Day o...
All that Glitters
It never really hit me how much hockey has changed until seeing the Golden Knights, and their fans, at Honda Center in Anaheim for a Friday night contest. Now, don’t mistake this: I’ve been to Vegas to see a ga...
They Just Can’t Finish
Boston doesn’t do warmups like most clubs. Two features stood out before their game against the Ducks Friday night: Brad Marchand, at one point, directed traffic as to who could shoot and when. At another point...
Boyle Just One Highlight
The last time the masses assembled in Anaheim for an NHL game, the Ducks stunk up the arena with a 13-shot debacle which was the second game of a seven-game losing streak extending to the present. What? You’ve ...
Who’s the Jerk Here?
This was going to be a happy story. It was going to start out this way: “The Ducks were never as bad as their recent record showed,” and then go on to talk about how a big win against the Penguins changed every...
Hand Me A Mirror
Eight games dropped in a row. That’s gotta change if the Ducks want to make the playoffs, and hosting Ottawa, the worst team in the league if standings points is your measurement, is a good way to start the tra...