by Brian Kennedy | Mar 24, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL
Sam Carrick gets a pair–of goals, Wednesday, to go along with his pair of fights on Monday night. He featured in many plays throughout the night. But this game was also about what the Ducks got, and didn’t get, as of Monday 12pm local time, trade...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Florida Panthers, Homepage, NHL
You can’t beat the Ducks for jargon. A while ago, I wrote an article about coach Dallas Eakins called something like, “Less Psychobabble, More Hockey” in response to the constant stream of pop psychological (nonsense) that extruded itself from his mouth. Then the...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
Would he or wouldn’t he—get his thousandth point? Would they or wouldn’t they—get their thousandth win? Yes, he would, and yes, they would. And it didn’t take long to deal with the first of those “would he’s?”. With under five minutes gone, Getzlaf spotted a breaking...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 21, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Minnesota Wild
You stand in goal and hold your team in the game. You look fantastic. Your team wins because of you. This happens twice in a row. The second time, you get a shutout and they win despite having provided the slimmest offensive output possible, 1-0. Your reward? You...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 24, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, NHL, St. Louis Blues
Having survived an almost epic losing streak, a run so bad that the GM had to publically say that the coach would not be fired as a result, the Ducks picked up a couple of victories before losing one to the Islanders on the weekend. But they were a chastened bunch, a...
