by Brian Kennedy | Jan 8, 2024 | Detroit Red Wings
What team wouldn’t be better with Patrick Kane playing on it at his best? The question when he signed on with the Detroit Red Wings after the season was underway was whether he would be the old Kane, the one who is pacing at more than a point-a-game clip over a career...
by Brian Kennedy | May 7, 2022 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings had debuted ten players to the playoffs by the time the puck dropped for their Friday evening contest at home versus the Oilers. Before the game was over, “make that eleven” was the lament. Why? Because Jonathan Quick got yanked after allowing four...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 4, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
Here’s a SoCal cliché: You can go skiing in the morning and surfing in the afternoon. This is pure BS. To get to the snow, you’d have to drive up to Arrowhead. That’s an hour and a half minimum. Then you’ve gotta line up and get a lift ticket. Actually do the skiing....
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 | Nov 4, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, NHL
The Anaheim Ducks have played 2,000 games as a franchise. Ryan Getzlaf has appeared in exactly half of those, a record he achieved on Sunday night at home against Chicago. Memorable moments: raising the Stanley Cup after the 2006-07 season, his first full campaign. A...
