Tom Dianora
Tom has been with The Hockey Writers for almost four years. After previously covering the LA Kings and the New York Rangers, Tom now covers the Anaheim Ducks. While in college at Clemson University, the 2016 college football national champions, Tom wrote game summaries and feature articles for the official team website of the Greenville Drive, a Class-A minor-league baseball team and affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Tom is happy to be able to continue to fulfill his passions for sports and writing with THW.
Author's Posts
Anaheim Ducks 2018-19 Season Preview
October 1st, 2018 The Anaheim Ducks find themselves in the beginning of a transitional period as they enter the 2018-19 season. Last season featured the positive of managing a second-place finish in the Pacific Division despite injuries to critical players all year long. The playoffs, however, exposed the Ducks as a slow, undisciplined, and highly flawed...
Adjusting Ducks Do Not Need to Panic...Yet
September 24th, 2018 Anaheim Ducks fans can be reasonably excused if they find themselves panicking just a little bit one week into the NHL's preseason. Forgive them if three straight losses—two to the San Jose Sharks—by a combined score of 17-5 in the club's first game action since April's embarrassingly lopsided sweep at the hands of none other than...
Ducks, Ritchie at an Impasse
September 15th, 2018 Coming into this offseason, the Anaheim Ducks had three key restricted free agents (RFAs) to sign. After inking two critical players in Brandon Montour and Ondrej Kase, it seemed that talented but underachieving forward Nick Ritchie would be a relatively pain-free signing. Alas, as training camp has opened, the 22-year-old Ritchie...
Kase's New Contract Great Value for Ducks
August 16th, 2018 The Anaheim Ducks have announced the re-signing of restricted free-agent (RFA) winger Ondrej Kase to a new three-year contract. The average annual value (AAV) of the contract is $2.6 million. https://twitter.com/icemancometh/status/1029862128054718464 Kase, who erupted for 20 goals last season, gets a nice raise from his...
Ducks Sign Gibson to Contract Extension
August 5th, 2018 The Anaheim Ducks have announced the signing of goaltender John Gibson to an eight-year contract extension that will take hold beginning in the 2019-20 season. Per Eric Stephens of The Athletic, Gibson's new contract will pay him an average annual value (AAV) of $6.4 million—a nice bump from his current AAV of $2.3...
What Montour's Contract Could Mean for Kase
July 29th, 2018 As we get deeper into the summer, NHL news slows down considerably, with the main items being the occasional announcements of new RFA contracts and arbitration proceedings. The Anaheim Ducks provided one of those news nuggets on July 24 in announcing the re-signing of 24-year-old defenseman Brandon Montour to a two-year bridge...
