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Ducks Defense Causing Offense to Struggle
October 17th, 2018 To start the 2018-19 NHL season, the Anaheim Ducks have accumulated nine points in six games. It's their best start since the 2014-15 season and they lead the Pacific Division. One major problem persists, though -- the Ducks are winning games in an unsustainable way. They’re the league’s worst team in Corsi-for percentage...
Ducks' Rookies: Some Soaring, Others Learning to Fly
October 12th, 2018 This past Monday, Oct. 8, the Anaheim Ducks celebrated their 25th anniversary playing against the Detroit Red Wings, against whom they played their opening game on that date 25 years prior. If veteran fans didn't recognize many of the names on the backs of the Ducks' jerseys, they weren't alone—a slew of rookies joining the team in the...
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...
Kesler's 2018-19 Season in Jeopardy?
May 27th, 2018 After an injury-ravaged 2017-18 season, the Anaheim Ducks would naturally be hoping for much better fortune next season. Alas, the Stanley Cup has not even been awarded yet for 2018, and the Ducks—whose season ended what seems like ages ago in the first round of the playoffs—are already looking at a major injury problem that could...
2018 Memorial Cup: 10 Players to Watch
May 17th, 2018 The field is set for the 2018 Mastercard Memorial Cup, with the WHL’s Swift Current Broncos, OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs and QMJHL’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan capturing their respective league titles on Sunday — each prevailing in six games to punch their tickets to Regina, joining the host Pats in the four-team tournament and 100th...
