Stories tagged with "game day"

Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta

by John Fontana on Dec 16, 2007 4:09 PM EST

Bolts at the Thrash (game thread? I'm testing out an events calendar)

BoC Gameday—It’s about damn time…

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2008 10:00 AM EST on Battle of California

Anaheim Ducks (16-10-3, t-3rd in west) at San Jose Sharks (22-3-2, 1st in west)SBN’s first glimpse of a true Battle of California! Mike Chen and I agreed to do another combined-forces post for today’s chapter of the BoC (apparently I didn’t learn my lesson from teaming with...

Ducks Gameday—Uncle Festerling

by Earl Sleek on Dec 10, 2008 10:30 AM EST on Battle of California

St. Louis Blues (12-11-3, 11th in west) at Anaheim Ducks (15-10-3, t-4th in west) Yeah, we used to have Kariya and McDonald, too. Mixing Christopher Lloyd references, Uncle Festerling likes to be paired with "Great Scott!" I've been wanting to write a post about who Brett Festerling is --...

Top regular season teams, calendar year 2006

by Earl Sleek on Oct 18, 2006 12:29 PM EDT on Battle of California

With the Sharks and Stars starting the season with lofty 5-1 records, the Ducks will need two points tonight against the Red Wings to keep pace with the Pacific Division leaders.And as much as I like bashing Detroit, you gotta hand it to them, they are a regular season monster, weak Central...

Ducks Gameday-Oilers

by Earl Sleek on Oct 25, 2006 9:21 AM EDT on Battle of California

Of course this is a tribute post to Battle of Alberta, where Sacamano, Grabia, and sometimes Cosh make an overblown hoo-ha of all things Edmonton, especially early-regular-season power plays. I’ll try not to get too irritating, lest they dislocate their shoulders in an effort to punch me.This is...

Ducks Gameday—Phoenix Coyotes

by Earl Sleek on Nov 3, 2006 9:25 AM EST on Battle of California

First in the west hosting last in the west in a game probably viewed by nobody.Key stats: Anaheim is 10-0-3 in its last 13 tilts with the Desert Dogs, and haven't suffered a regulation loss to Phoenix since October 2003. The Coyotes are 30th in win percentage, 26th in offense, 30th in defense, 27th...

Ducks Game Day: Battle of the Birds

by Earl Sleek on Nov 6, 2006 3:03 PM EST on Battle of California

Pittsburgh Penguins (7-4-0, 8th in East) at Anaheim Ducks (10-0-4, 1st in West)Ladies, make sure you leave a can of pepper spray in the shower, ‘cause Sidney Crosby’s comin’ to town, and he has lost all sense of personal space. He and the rest of Pittsburgh’s baby geniuses and their 4-1 road record...

Ducks Gameday—Two-for-one special, eh?

by Earl Sleek on Nov 9, 2006 11:08 AM EST on Battle of California

Thursday: Anaheim Ducks (11-0-4, 1st in west) at Vancouver Canucks (8-7-1, 7th in west)Friday: Anaheim Ducks (12-0-4, 1st in west) at Calgary Flames (5-7-2, 11th in west)The Ducks are off to Western Canada, to face Vancouver (the only Northwest Division team Anaheim has never faced in the...

Ducks Game Day–TrainWreckadelphia

by Earl Sleek on Nov 15, 2006 9:07 AM EST on Battle of California

Philadelphia Flyers (3-12-2, last in league) at Anaheim Ducks (13-1-4, first in west)Philly comes to town with a league-worst 1-7-0 road record to try their lot at the Ducks' 8-0-3 home record.This Flyer team has fallen apart in dramatic fashion. Last year the Flyers got 101 points; this year they...

Sleek's Poetry Corner, Part 2

by Earl Sleek on Nov 17, 2006 1:55 PM EST on Battle of California

Also: Chicago Blackhawks (6-9-2, 12th in west) at Anaheim Ducks (13-2-4, 1st in west)It's not as good as my Ode to Beauchemin, but it was about time I expressed my man-love to Sammy, consistently Anaheim's best forward and quite easily my favorite player in the NHL.ODE TO PAHLSSONS ome fans like...