by Brian Kennedy | Oct 9, 2018 | Archived Features, Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, NHL
Twenty-five years ago, a movie that had been a really bad idea came to life in the form of a hockey team when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were born. On October 8th, 1993, they played their first game, and their first home game. It was versus the Detroit Red Wings. The...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 31, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
If you were wondering where the Kings-Ducks rivalry went somewhere around 2012, and thought you saw it come back in 2014 when the Kings beat Anaheim in a come-from-behind seven-game win, you probably like this year a ton. The hatred is back. And it’s not just...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 17, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, NHL
It might seem odd to say this. Perhaps even cruel. But here’s the analysis of the Detroit-Ducks game Friday night: A bad team got a mediocre-but-still-hopeful team off its game by distracting them with taunts that led to fights and chippy play that led to penalties....
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 26, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Three fights in one period. It needn’t be said that you rarely see that any more. But Saturday night in LA, it was the perfect storm. Retribution needed to be had for a nasty hit that Kurtis MacDermid put on Ondrej Kase of the Ducks when they played early in the month...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 24, 2017 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Winnipeg Jets
One team playing in Anaheim on Friday afternoon had clearly celebrated Thanksgiving the day before, if their early slumber on the ice was a fair indication. That would be the home team, who found themselves down by a pair of goals before the game was five minutes old....
