Posts About "Corey Perry"
The Corpse of the Anaheim Ducks
April 22nd, 2018 After Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoff series between the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks, I wrote, “The San Jose Sharks didn’t so much outplay the Anaheim Ducks in Game 1 of their opening-round playoff series, they outpoised them.” After Game 2, I wrote Anaheim needed to make changes to stay in the series, “It requires...
Ducks Drop Game 2 to Sharks: 3 Takeaways
April 15th, 2018 Now the Anaheim Ducks are in some real trouble. Dropping Game 1 at home was bad, but going down 2-0 in the series and traveling up to Silicon Valley for the next two games puts the Ducks in an unenviable predicament against the San Jose Sharks. Game 2 Saturday night at Honda Center was an improvement over Game 1's 3-0 loss, but the...Corey Perry Continues Downward Trend
March 21st, 2018 Corey Perry used to mean everything to the Ducks. He came to Anaheim during a crucial time in Ducks hockey, bringing the first Stanley Cup to California and winning the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in the 2010-11 season. He quickly became known as the pest of the NHL to anyone outside of the 714 area code, but within the realms of his...
Ducks Drill Down: All-Star Edition
January 29th, 2018 In one way, the All-Star break is coming at somewhat of an inopportune time for the Anaheim Ducks, as the club enters the four-day break having won two straight and four of five overall. So any momentum being built up, if you believe in that sort of thing, will briefly be put on hold. In any event, taking eight out of 10 points at the...
Ducks Drill Down: Bye Week Musings
January 10th, 2018 While the Anaheim Ducks are finally at basically full health, the odyssey along the way in the first half of the season has been, in a word, exhausting. Numerous injuries and non-coincidental up-and-down play has summarized the 2017-18 Ducks to this point. So perhaps it's a good thing that Anaheim's scheduled bye week comes now. The...
Ducks Drill Down: Ducks Gift Fans With Two Big Wins
December 27th, 2017 ‘Ducks Drill Down’ is a regular, ~weekly column that recaps the latest goings-on with the Anaheim Ducks. In the midst of a six-game road trip, the Anaheim Ducks were in danger of letting their season slip dangerously far from their grasp. A promising 3-1 win in St. Louis was followed by blown two-goal leads in Washington and...