It’s unfortunate the Anaheim Ducks season came to a screeching halt on May 12th; however; the Anaheim organization’s future is a bright one with explosive forward Emerson Etem. Goaltending is the backbone of every NHL club, no matter the team. Fans should give a pat on the back to GM Bob Murray and the Ducks ...
It was midway through the third period last Monday night when I peered down toward the ice at Honda Center and noticed something a bit…different. Daniel Winnik, the team’s leading goal-scorer, was no longer flanking Perry and Getzlaf on the Ducks’ top line as he had been to start the game. Instead, recently recalled WHL ...
The summer of 2012 was one of great change for the AHL’s Norfolk Admirals. Having been affiliated with Tampa Bay and winning the Calder Cup in 2011/2012 in one of the most dominant seasons in the history of the AHL, the team was dropped by the Lightning in June in favor of the Syracuse Crunch. Less than ...
With a full season NHL lockout looming, the top affiliate club of the Anaheim Ducks have made sure that their ducklings are well taking care of in the AHL. The Norfolk Admirals, the AHL affiliate of Anaheim, are off to a scorching start having won all four games that they have played. Norfolk is standing ...
The second week of October usually signals the beginning of the NHL season but instead, it’s the American Hockey League that has the spotlight. The NHL lockout has forced numerous players to find a new rink to skate in overseas while others have migrated down to the AHL.
While the Providence Bruins may not play stacked, lockout-saturated teams such as the Oklahoma City Barons or Toronto Marlies, there are plenty of key games where fans will get to witness NHL-talent on the AHL-level. Plus, it’s professional hockey, automatically giving the AHL an advantage over the NHL…for now. Here are some key P-Bruins home games for the 2012-13 season.
We have already seen spurts of future NHL talent who may be seeing full-time NHL action this coming season. I am of course talking about talent such as Mika Zibanejad (Ottawa), Jaden Schwartz (St. Louis), Jacob Markstrom (Florida) and Sven Baertschi (Calgary). Who will get their chance this season? Making the jump from any league ...
Kerdiles Latest Southern California Kid to Join Ducks Considering that he led the US National Team Development Program in points during the 2011-12 season, and also led the US Squad in scoring at the U18 World Championships, Nicolas Kerdiles might have been disappointed that he wasn’t drafted in the first round of the 2012 NHL ...
By now, the reports of Ryan Getzlaf and his running mate Corey Perry being involved in an altercation with locals at a Helsinki nightclub have made the rounds. The fact that said reports have been all but forgotten points towards the incident being overblown by the Finnish media, but it is of some concern to ...
In a sport as grueling and demanding as hockey there are certain traits that all successful teams share. Looking beyond the obvious, and required, luxuries of possessing star-level talent and consistent goaltending allowing teams to reign atop the league standings in a given season, there must also be a potent mix of grit, size, depth ...
The game of hockey, much like life, is in a constant state of flux. It moves along with rapidity rarely rivaled in sports, and as such, a stabilizing force is paramount for success with regards to those who engage in it. For the Anaheim Ducks, Bruce Boudreau has become their stabilizing force. After signing a ...
