by Brian Kennedy | Jan 11, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
Goal scoring is good, and I’m the first to say I’d love to take NHL goalies to the car wash, hose off all their extra equipment, and put them back in to the net less as marshmallow men, so that shooters have some space to hit. But on Tuesday night, the...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 4, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Homepage, NHL
Think about this: you play however you want, no defense, score your a$$ off all season long, then with about ten games to go, you switch up to a more defensive style and lock down your playoff fortunes, then go into the post-season with that same attitude. You’d be in...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 3, 2016 | Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Dallas is a bit of a scrappy team. They hack at the other side’s goalie. They aren’t afraid to get in his face, even knock him down. That was evident from early on in the Saturday afternoon tilt of the Stars and Kings. It started with a high stick, delivered by...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 16, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Homepage
The Ducks exploded for three goals in a few minutes near the end of their Wednesday game to beat Ottawa. The explosion continued on Friday with the high-scoring (and high-goal-allowing) Dallas Stars on the first night of a California roadtrip that will take them...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 14, 2014 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
I’m going to steal a joke from my friend Dennis Bernstein, writer for www.thefourthperiod.com, who said on twitter that the way the Kings are going, signing defensemen, their next one will be McFlurry. That’s because they’ve recently added McNabb and McBain, the...