by Brian Kennedy | Feb 26, 2020 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
The Ducks had their busiest trade deadline day in club history this week. And the players they got featured the first game out—Tuesday at Honda Center with the Oilers in town. Five new faces adorned the lineup: Sonny Milano (Columbus), Danton Heinen (Boston), Andrew...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 22, 2019 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Overheard on the elevator on the way to the dressing rooms after the Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 Thursday night at Staples Center: “I knew they [the Oilers] were sleepy on the second shift.” This from a hockey insider, and he was right. From the get-go, the...
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 | Jan 7, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, NHL
Ken Hitchcock ripped his team in the most direct, least subtle post-game presser I’ve seen in my 600-plus game career covering the NHL after the Oilers lost 4-0 in LA on Saturday. In short, he began by saying that only one person even showed up for the game (Darnell...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 26, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Leagues
You want to make the playoffs, right, Anaheim Ducks? I mean really, really wanna with all your heart? Well you don’t let a weaker team come into our building and score with thirteen seconds gone in the first period off a turnover that your captain makes. At center...
