by Brian Kennedy | Jan 9, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Minnesota Wild
You’d think Bruce Boudreau won a Cup in Anaheim, so many stories were written about his return to SoCal this week with the Minnesota Wild. They all can be condensed to roughly the same thing: having lost four game sevens in a row, he got canned. He may or may not have...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 8, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
Look at the LA Kings’ record over the past six games, and things are pretty ho-hum. Three wins, three losses, including a 4-3 OT victory on Saturday mid-day versus Minnesota. But stretch it back a little further, say a dozen contests, and you’ve got a different...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 22, 2016 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
The Kings have once again shifted their lines around, but it’s more a matter of maximizing what they have than punishing anyone. After all, the team has won two games (coming into Thursday, when the Wild came to town) since losing to the Senators and enduring the...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 18, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Minnesota Wild
For a team that went all the way to within a game of the Stanley Cup finals last spring, the Ducks couldn’t look much less familiar, or a whole lot less skillful, than they do this fall. The lineup is full of new faces due to trades, losses in free agency, and injury....
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 19, 2014 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild are frustrated. They have to be. They went to Anaheim Friday night having had a five-day layoff and lost a close 2-1 game, a game in which only a turnover in the late going gave the Ducks, in the body of Corey Perry, the chance to beat them. So they...
