by Brian Kennedy | Jan 31, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
The Anaheim Ducks are not scoring goals. Sometimes, they win anyway, by the slimmest margin, 1-0. This has happened twice in nine games to start the season. But having played those nine coming into Saturday with St. Louis in town, they had just 14 tallies, against 17...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 21, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Minnesota Wild
You stand in goal and hold your team in the game. You look fantastic. Your team wins because of you. This happens twice in a row. The second time, you get a shutout and they win despite having provided the slimmest offensive output possible, 1-0. Your reward? You...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 19, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Minnesota Wild
The plan for the Ducks this year was simple: consolidate their lineup by seeing which youngsters were ready for the NHL, and keep working the Dallas Eakins way of playing hockey, which started, actually, off the ice with the personal touch of getting to know each...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 12, 2020 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Inside Hockey, St. Louis Blues
It was the game that was. And was again. February 11th, the St. Louis Blues visited Anaheim, but if you look up the Ducks/Blues stat sheets for that date, there will be nothing. Only there was something—a game that was suspended after 12:10 of play. Veteran...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 9, 2020 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Minnesota Wild, NHL
The Ducks are currently missing Cam Fowler (nine games) and Hampus Lindholm (five games). Josh Manson was recently also hurt (two games) but is back. In the lineup was Jani Hakanpaa, who was playing his third game of the year and third of his career. He is Finnish,...