by Brian Kennedy | Nov 5, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Homepage, NHL
Self-effacing as always, here’s what Cam Fowler of the Ducks said after his hat trick goal, the last one in OT, which snapped a seven-game winless streak for Anaheim: “[After the goal] I couldn’t see anything. I was getting bombarded. I was getting punched in the...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 15, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, San Jose Sharks
There wasn’t much to be said in advance of the Ducks-Sharks game on Saturday night except one thing: the Ducks better be better, or there might not be a game five late next week. This could be the end of hockey in Anaheim for the year. They had been terrible two...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
What do you think of the mutual opponent hypothesis? What’s that? The idea that if team A and team B each play team C, then whoever does better against team C would do better against the other, as well. If it’s anything to go by, the Anaheim Ducks are in a sweet spot...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 10, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Though they said after they’d done it that they didn’t care all that much for winning the Pacific Division title, the Ducks pushed to the end, including OT, and got the banner. They did it in a penalty-filled game that lacked the intensity it might have had, since...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 29, 2017 | Homepage
“Kesler’s in the house.” Booooo! That was the reaction of the crowd at Staples Center on Saturday afternoon, understandably many of whom were Kings partisans. But when Kesler went in on Carey Price, deked and put one through the Canadiens goalie’s legs, the crowd went...
