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 | 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 | Jan 6, 2019 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who noticed how poorly the Edmonton Oilers played in LA Saturday night on the way to a 4-0 loss. When their coach, Ken Hitchcock, was asked about his team after the game, he said, “The start? Come on. We had one player show up and...
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...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 10, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage
The Ducks beat the Oilers in Anaheim on Friday night, and all anyone could do after the game was talk about Connor McDavid. Could this be because on the first series of plays in the game he grabbed a puck and went to the right of the Ducks’ zone, then burst around Cam...
