by Brian Kennedy | Feb 1, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage
What are the Anaheim Ducks looking for? Consistency. They’ve obviously been drilled to think that over the past few days, because it’s the message that many of them were reciting in their press interviews early in the week. Did they learn anything about that versus...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 18, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay played Monday afternoon in LA. They faced what they, and every other team, described as a “big, tough, skating” Kings squad, and they won, 2-1. It was a decent performance against a team that may be big and physical but can’t score goals worth a darn. That,...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 9, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Minnesota Wild
You’d think Bruce Boudreau won a Cup in Anaheim, so many stories were written about his return to SoCal this week with the Minnesota Wild. They all can be condensed to roughly the same thing: having lost four game sevens in a row, he got canned. He may or may not have...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 25, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL
A week ago it was, “We need to find our identity.” Earlier this week, “Focus on the process.” Friday after losing an afternoon contest in which they went down 3-0 and clawed back to 3-2 before a failed final flurry that had Corey Crawford declaring that the Ducks are...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 7, 2016 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Calgary Flames, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
With Calgary in town Sunday evening, the Ducks had two injured players back, two-thirds of their first line: Nick Ritchie and Ryan Getzlaf. They started the game with Corey Perry as their right-winger, and things were going well. The team got its first goal when the...
