by Brian Kennedy | Mar 13, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, San Jose Sharks
A year on, the social aspects of covering hockey are a lot of what I miss due to the restrictions currently in place. Seeing the scouts, most of whom are former players, often men I idolized as a kid. Knowing the guys on the Anaheim Ducks Off-ice Officials crew,...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 7, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, San Jose Sharks
Patrick Marleau tied Jaromir Jagr for games played, third overall, at 1733 on Saturday night. This happened when he took his first shift in the Ducks-San Jose game which kicked off at 7pm local time in an empty Honda Center. Other story lines? The Ducks were still...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 6, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, San Jose Sharks
It’s not often the Anaheim Ducks score four goals. It is rather familiar that they can come from an early deficit, because they so often start as if the game can begin without them. So when they do both of those things, they should win. Not when playing the San...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 23, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks
It wasn’t just a slow start. It was practically no start at all that the LA Kings got off to on Friday night with their season on the line. The reasons? The non-conspiracy types might have said that it was the Kings’ lack of offense. No set-up in the Sharks’ zone. The...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 8, 2015 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
No miracles were forthcoming for LA on Wednesday night as they took a dispiriting loss to an energetic San Jose team to open the season. 5-1 was the final, and the numbers did no favors to LA. Twenty shots, though they gave up 32. On the power play, 0/6. More faceoff...