by Brian Kennedy | Dec 13, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Kings-Ducks might not now be what it once was. The Freeway Faceoff hype has worn off. Neither team is making a dent in the league this year. So the crowd on Thursday night (the Ducks almost never play at home on this night, so that too is a surprise) was sparse at...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 10, 2019 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Ottawa Senators
Eight games dropped in a row. That’s gotta change if the Ducks want to make the playoffs, and hosting Ottawa, the worst team in the league if standings points is your measurement, is a good way to start the transformation. One thing the Senators don’t have:...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
Sometimes, you just don’t get the bounce. Or you get the wrong one—a puck hits a skate, or a leg, and goes wide. That was the Ducks’ fate versus the Maple Leafs on Friday night in Anaheim. Rickard Rakell was one of those who didn’t get the right break. Ondrej Kase...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 14, 2017 | Anaheim Ducks, Archived Features, Calgary Flames, Homepage, NHL
“You can’t win here!” Say that in a singsong chant, and you have the sentiments of the fans at Honda Center in Anaheim plus what it felt like to be amongst them Thursday night wrapped up into one. They were taunting the Calgary Flames—both fans and players—who were in...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 19, 2015 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Winnipeg Jets
The atmosphere in Honda Center was better on Saturday than it had been Thursday night. There seemed to be both more Jets fans and more vociferous Ducks fans, perhaps one being causal of the other. The Jets started fast. The hitting was intense. And then they took some...