by Brian Kennedy | May 26, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage
One small lineup change shouldn’t make a huge difference to a team, but on Monday night, taking one guy out of the lineup (Etem) and inserting one other (Fleischmann) made a huge difference in mojo for the Anaheim Ducks. The home team also got major production from...
by Brian Kennedy | May 20, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage
Chicago’s got problems on defense. Hard to imagine, but with only four serviceable players on the blueline, they were threatened if the Ducks came out Tuesday night and pounded them. Four men can only take so much. Of course, they dressed six, not four, but the final...
by Brian Kennedy | May 17, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage
“Now the focus is off Andersen,” someone from the local Anaheim newspaper said this weekend. It didn’t take long for a bright LED spotlight to find the Ducks’ netminder again on Sunday afternoon. The first period of the Chicago-Ducks game was characterized by three...
by Brian Kennedy | May 11, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Homepage
Bruce Boudreau never thought it was going to be easy. After all, he was trying to do something that he’d never done before, which was eliminate another team to end round two. He’d only ever been eliminated before. When he thought his team was going to win, he jumped...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 29, 2014 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
The Ducks have at least one thing to be thankful for this Black Friday. They’ve played 16 times in their team history on this day, and won nine of them. They’ve also lost four and tied three. Oh, there’s also the sunshine and the fact that it was 80 degrees outside...