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 ...
Oh how the mighty have fallen It took one extra game and a lucky escape from a forty-minute, all-out assault on their defensive zone, but it’s official. The Phoenix Coyotes have completed the 2012 wholesale change of teams that make up the Western Conference elite. Gone are the perennial contenders and heavyweights – The Detroit ...
Everything looked set in the last minute of Game 2. The Phoenix Coyotes were up 3-2 in the game and set to claim two victories at home to take a 2-0 series lead into Chicago. The best start a team can earn in the chess match of momentum management that is a seven game series ...
The header on the official team website of the Ducks reads the word ‘DeDication’, with the webbed ‘D’ centring it. A clever idea, but it is other teams in the stampede to catch and hold the final playoff spot in the West who seem to be displaying the selfless devotion lately. On paper, anyway, ...
With most teams having played at least half of their games to this point, the merry-go-round continues at the top. Chalk it up to superstition or the need for a new flavor of the month, but it doesn’t seem like any club truly wants the President’s Trophy. It’s like a hot potato that nobody wants ...
Breaking Records The 2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche did what no other Avs team has done: they won 8 straight at home. Of course, ties had a lot to do with past teams not accomplishing this same feat, but it’s a source of pride for the team and rightly so. After having a dismal start at home, ...
The Nashville Predators are only 5 games away from the mid mark on their season. It’s been a year full of ups and downs so far. The Predators have already produced two different 4 game losing streaks on the low-end, while recently having a five game winning streak. They now sit at 18-14-4 and are ...
On a night when it was announced that the Los Angeles Kings signed their next head coach, Darryl Sutter, whose teams have been known for their defensive prowess, they were dismantled by the Detroit Red Wings, 8-2. Detroit rarely loses at home. That trend would not change against the hapless Kings. While it’s widely believed ...
Every indication is that Darryl Sutter will be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Kings. It seems to be not a matter of if, but rather when Sutter will join the Kings on their bench. The former Blackhawks, Sharks and Flames coach last saw success as a head coach in Calgary, dating to ...
It has been a lost December thus far for the Los Angeles Kings. Not that the Kings haven’t tried tweaking things. Take for instance Saturday night’s contest against the Dallas Stars. In an attempt to shake things up, the Kings started Jonathan Bernier between the pipes. They also inserted Brad Richardson into the lineup for ...
