by Brian Kennedy | Dec 3, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
On the surface, mixing lines all up works. That might have been Anaheim Coach Dallas Eakins’ lesson on Monday night with the Kings in town. His line mixing and mingling continued as it has over the past weeks, and his team won a strong 4-2 game. Look closer. The...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 26, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New York Islanders, NHL
If the Ducks were looking to respond to a three-game winless streak and an admission from their Captain, Ryan Getzlaf, that his team had quit on the game when playing the Lightning in Tampa Bay on Saturday, they didn’t do much to show it starting out their game with...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 15, 2019 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks
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 Rickard Rakell. He took the puck on the right side with a...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 11, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
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 and the Oilers five. None were for more than two minutes. An...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 6, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
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 Sunday. They still found themselves down 2-0 to Chicago and had...
