Ducks-Kings Game Two Thoughts Alex Kozovski | May 6, 2014 The Anaheim Ducks are down two games to none after losing their second straight game at the Honda Center last night. The Ducks drop to .500 in the postseason, while…
Ducks-Kings Game One Thoughts Alex Kozovski | May 4, 2014 The L.A. Kings drew first blood in their Western Conference semi-final against the Anaheim Ducks with a gutsy 3-2 overtime win. This is the first time the division/state rivals have…
Ducks-Stars Game Six Thoughts Alex Kozovski | April 28, 2014 The Anaheim Ducks finally ousted a resilient Dallas Stars team last night with an incredible 5-4 overtime comeback win in game six. The Stars were up by two with two…
Ducks-Stars Game Four Thoughts Alex Kozovski | April 24, 2014 The Ducks let the Stars knot the series at two a piece, dropping 4-2 in Dallas last night. It’s a best-of-three with the series shifting back to Anaheim. Some thoughts…
Ducks-Stars Game Three Thoughts Alex Kozovski | April 22, 2014 Anaheim missed a chance to take a stranglehold on their Western Conference quarterfinals matchup, dropping to Dallas last night. Anaheim still has a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven. Some thoughts…
Ducks-Stars Game One Thoughts Alex Kozovski | April 17, 2014 The Anaheim Ducks held off a pesky Dallas Stars comeback to open their Stanley Cup march with a 4-3 win. Some thoughts from last night’s game: ———- By the end…
The Jack Adams Award Voting Is Flawed Alex Kozovski | April 15, 2014 Scotty Bowman’s coaching resume would make most NHL franchises envious: nine Stanley Cups, 1,244 regular season wins, 28 playoff appearances, and 223 playoff wins. The only underwhelming statistic for the…
Ducks Playoff Preview: Potential First Round Match-ups Alex Kozovski | April 4, 2014 After a historic comeback win Monday night against the Winnipeg Jets, the Anaheim Ducks set a franchise record for most wins with 49. They reached the 50-win plateau last night…
Do the Ducks Need a Franchise Defenseman? Alex Kozovski | March 19, 2014 “Lots of defenseman are good at some elements of the game, but precious few can do it all. So when you find a guy who can be counted on to…
Some Trade Deadline thoughts, and why the Ducks did well Alex Kozovski | March 7, 2014 The NHL trade deadline – or as I’ve creatively renamed it, ‘Christmas Two’ – is usually more hype than substance. After all, us Canadians see it as the second…
Teemu Selanne: Still surprising in Sochi Alex Kozovski | February 24, 2014 Looking back on the Olympic men’s hockey tournament, which wrapped up yesterday with another gold for Team Canada, there were more surprises than I expected. I touted Oliver Ekman-Larsson as…
An Ode to Teemu Selanne Alex Kozovski | February 12, 2014 Boy, Teemu Selanne is old. His NHL debut was over two decades ago, where the ‘Finnish Flash’ scorched the league for a rookie-record 76 goals en route to the…