by Brian Kennedy | Nov 20, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Florida Panthers, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
On Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya’s night, it was a goaltender who stole the show. John Gibson played a fantastic, 50-save game in keeping the Ducks ahead of the Florida Panthers 3-2 Sunday. He was happy about the results after the game, as he should have been, though...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 13, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning
Anaheim’s John Gibson was unavailable for comment after Sunday night’s game versus the Lightning in which the Ducks gave up 37 shots, took 29, and lost 2-1. Had it not been for Gibson, it would have been 5-1. Or worse. Definitely, it would have been much worse....
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 20, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The Kings and Ducks are in playoff races, with the latter being much more assured that all will end well than the former. Sunday night, they played each other. Several stories competed for attention while the teams competed for the win. I’ll give them to you here; you...
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...
