John Hoop

John lives on California's central coast and covers the Anaheim Ducks.

Ducks Must Exorcise Demons

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Entering Game 3, the Anaheim Ducks were behind the eight-ball after losing games one and two of their second-round matchup with the Edmonton Oilers at home. Before dropping two to…

Ducks Get Much Needed Break

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The Anaheim Ducks became the first team in the league to advance to the conference semi-finals with a four game sweep of the Calgary Flames. A sweep is always good…

Ducks to Flames: You Can’t Win Here

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I’ve seen every angle of Mark Giordano’s knee-on-knee hit on Cam Fowler, on top of watching the play live at Honda Center. Fowler is an extremely limber young man and…

Murray’s Management Masterpiece

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The NHL regular season is drawing to a close and the Anaheim Ducks are beginning to look more and more like contenders rather than pretenders. As is usually the case,…

Ducks Playing Like Playoff Team

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Over the last two games, the Anaheim Ducks have looked like the team that made it within one game of the Stanley Cup Finals two seasons ago. Their 4-3 shootout…

Ducks Not Down or Out

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The Anaheim Ducks executed just two trades during the week leading up to the NHL trade deadline. Only one of the transactions will affect the Ducks’ roster, that being the…

Vermette Appeal a Waste of Time

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Antoine Vermette made a bone-headed decision during the third period of the Anaheim Ducks’ 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday. After losing a second straight faceoff cleanly, he gave…

Top 3 All-Time Ducks Goalies

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Who are the top three goalies in Anaheim Ducks history? Most of us will agree on the top two, but there is quite a log-jam for the number three spot.…

Ducks Playoff Race Begins With Questions

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Alas, we begin the stretch run. The part of the season when fans start biting their nails, trades materialize, and players on teams out of the playoff picture begin making…