by Brian Kennedy | May 3, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, St. Louis Blues
Not with a bang, but a whimper. More TS Eliot for you (see Saturday’s story for the initial Eliot reference). So the Ducks had the chance to beat St. Louis on Monday night. That had no significance of its own, but it would have kept the Kings from advancing in their...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 18, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues
The Blues should have been playing the Kings for the second of a two-game set Wednesday night, but for snow. Snow? LA? This sounds like a “dog ate my homework” excuse. Well, according to the local freebie paper in the LA-area city where I live, there was once snow ...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 6, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues
The LA Kings hosted the St. Louis Blues on Friday night, and they were promptly disadvantaged by a David Perron power play goal, scored at 2:08 of period one. This after having had a six-game winning streak dashed by a three-game losing streak (with one OT point) that...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 2, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, St. Louis Blues
Anaheim’s best period thus far this year has been the second. That’s why it was barely OK that they gave up what had been a solid lead in shots and chances and a 1-0 score as period one ended versus the Blues on Monday night. The give-up came with 56.9 seconds...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 31, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, St. Louis Blues
“Every minute of the game is important. It doesn’t matter if it’s the last minute, the middle minute, the first minute. They’re all critical,” said Ducks’ coach Dallas Eakins Saturday night. “There were a number of minutes when we were certainly not our best,” he ...
