by Brian Kennedy | Feb 23, 2020 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Continuing to play “who’s here and who’s gone” with the Kings, let’s take a moment to mourn the departure of Alec Martinez. Why? Fans loved him, if not quite as much as they adore Kopitar, Doughty, Brown, and Quick. But “Marty” was right up there, and the memories...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 22, 2020 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
So let’s play the same game with the Anaheim Ducks as we did with the LA Kings last night. It’s called “who is missing?” And the answers start with Ondrej Kase. And end with Ondrej Kase. He’s a Bruin. Only there are some oddities about it. He was injured and didn’t...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 10, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter who wins these NHL rookie tournaments. Heck, it doesn’t even matter who wins the individual games. The Ducks, for instance, went 2-0-1 in the three games of the nine-game set they played while hosting the Sharks, Kings, Avalanche, Golden...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 8, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Arizona Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
Six teams’ worth of rookies, around 150 altogether, gathered near Anaheim the weekend of September 7-10 to contest the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff tournament at the brand new Great Park Ice and Fivepoint Arena in Irvine. The facility has four ice pads, two of which...
by Rachel Lewis | Oct 9, 2018 | Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL, Photo Galleries
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. (Rachel Lewis – Inside Hockey)