by Brian Kennedy | Nov 4, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL
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 Stanley Cup after the 2006-07 season, his first full campaign. A...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 2, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Vancouver Canucks
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 of the Dead, duly celebrated with, amongst other things, a...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 2, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Vegas Golden Knights
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 game. It was a spectacle. Frankly, a ridiculous one. Perhaps...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 16, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Homepage, NHL
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, the Bruins lined up on either side of the zone and...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 14, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, Vancouver Canucks
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 heard that they’re lost something like 20 games, right?...