by Brian Kennedy | May 4, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Homepage
What was supposed to be different on Sunday night for Calgary: their goalie (Ramo instead of Hiller), a returned defenseman (Raphael Diaz—didn’t happen), Hudler and Ferland out due to injury (Ferland sat, Hudler played). And, of course, the results. Nothing changed in...
by Brian Kennedy | May 1, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Homepage
The Flames can’t win in Anaheim. That’s what the radio experts were saying on the afternoon of the first game of the two teams’ second-round series. And it was true. The Flames have not won in the regular season in Anaheim since January of 2004. None of the current...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 5, 2015 | Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Every time you turn around, the race for the last playoff spot in the West gets tighter. Saturday afternoon, Winnipeg beat Vancouver to sneak ahead of LA. Saturday night, the Kings had Colorado in town off a 4-2 win in Anaheim the night before. But just as Bruce...
by Mike Stern | Apr 2, 2015 | Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
Playoff hockey – and not golf — is the desired game of choice for the Dallas Stars for mid-April. But the Stars, who began the month of March like a point-devouring lion, finished the month lamblike by losing two of their last three games, and may well miss the...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 17, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Tampa Bay Lightning
The Kings got some help without even asking for it in the form of Boston beating Calgary Monday night. Wait. That was to be the headline, and when I headed upstairs to the Staples Center pressbox, the Bruins seemed to have the Flames well in hand, up 3-0 with little...
