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 | Nov 3, 2019 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
As a misread metaphor, Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) might have been better used for the LA Kings than the Anaheim Ducks as each team used the motif to promote its weekend games. The festival honors and celebrates the dead with “offrendas”—altars decorated to...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 2, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Vancouver Canucks
You might almost not recognize the Anaheim Ducks, if you dropped in from anytime around 2017 and saw them play the Vancouver Canucks Friday night at Honda Center. This in a game which came on the Mexican Day of the Dead, duly celebrated with, amongst other things, a...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 24, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
It was Kings-Ducks Monday night in the first Freeway Faceoff of the year at Staples Center. Well, the unofficial first. It’s not a Faceoff, official-like, until the regular season. The fans turned up in OK numbers, especially those in the upper bowl. The press box was...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 10, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter who wins these NHL rookie tournaments. Heck, it doesn’t even matter who wins the individual games. The Ducks, for instance, went 2-0-1 in the three games of the nine-game set they played while hosting the Sharks, Kings, Avalanche, Golden...