Posts About "Paul Kariya"
Pride Over Body: Playing Through Injury Needs to Stop
July 3rd, 2019 Every season after the Stanley Cup Playoffs, NHL teams reveal all of the injuries their players were playing through in order to win the holy grail of hockey. Players have broken bones, torn ligaments, concussions, you name it, and chances are there is someone playing through it in the playoffs. These aren't the types of injuries...
Anaheim Ducks' 50-Goal Scorers
February 19th, 2019 Ever since Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the first to do so in 1944-45, scoring 50 goals in one season has been the pinnacle plateau for NHL goal scorers. The magic 50-number has distinguished the true "snipers" of the league. While Wayne Gretzky once scored 50 in only 39 games - an NHL record - many Hockey Hall of Famers never hit...
Top 5 Teemu Selanne Moments With Ducks
January 23rd, 2019 In June 2017, Anaheim Ducks legends Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The two formed a scintillating duo of offensive talent with the (Mighty) Ducks in the mid-late 1990s, helping grow interest in Anaheim's new team. As both are now Hall-of-Famers, their careers are inevitably littered with a...
Top 5 Paul Kariya Moments With Ducks
December 20th, 2018 Anaheim Ducks greats Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya were finally inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in what was an appropriate recognition of everything each player achieved in his career. I recently highlighted the top five moments Selanne had with the Ducks. Now, let's take a look back at Kariya's career. The speedy left winger...
Ducks to Retire Numbers of Two Franchise Greats
July 10th, 2018 Teemu Selanne's No. 8 seemed a bit lonely up in the rafters of Honda Center. There was at least one number that clearly belonged next to that of the great Finnish Flash. On Monday, the Anaheim Ducks announced that they will (finally) make good on that and another player's number. The organization announced that Paul Kariya's No. 9...
Golden Knights & Entry Draft Success
June 17th, 2018 With the circus buzz of the Stanley Cup Final now in the history books, the NHL is preparing to welcome a new generation of players in next week’s Entry Draft in Dallas. One year ago, the Vegas Golden Knights participated in their first Entry Draft in franchise history. After their expansion draft, which saw them assembling what...
