by Brian Kennedy | Nov 15, 2019 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks
The Ducks lost to San Jose, who have now won five in a row. If you like the Ducks, that’s disappointing. But it’s not all bad. What the Ducks did right, period one: they scored early, on a pure skill goal by Rickard Rakell. He took the puck on the right side with a...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 25, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, San Jose Sharks
It was a bit of a scrappy affair, a good game for John Gibson, and a more offensive game for the Ducks than the one on the night prior as they beat San Jose 4-1 on Tuesday night. There was one fight, early, but also a nasty play when Dalton Prout, one of the only two...
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...
by Brian Kennedy | Sep 8, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Arizona Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights
Six teams’ worth of rookies, around 150 altogether, gathered near Anaheim the weekend of September 7-10 to contest the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff tournament at the brand new Great Park Ice and Fivepoint Arena in Irvine. The facility has four ice pads, two of which...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 14, 2018 | Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs play all three California teams in four days, and they don’t even get to take a bus from LA to Anaheim to ease the road trip. They have to fly to San Jose in between playing the Kings and Ducks. Perhaps that’s why they decided to get out to a...