Anaheim Ducks at New York Rangers: Open Game Thread
Blueshirt Banter — Anaheim Ducks at New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Sunday October 11th, 2009, 7 PM TV: MSG Radio: 970 AM Ducking Around: Anaheim Calling Ducks vs Rangers coverage Between the Pipes: ...

Please Welcome Anaheim Calling, the newest blog here at SB Nation. Battle of California will still...
Defending Big D — Please Welcome Anaheim Calling, the newest blog here at SB Nation. Battle of California will still be around, but Anahim Calling will be an exclusive Ducks blog. ...

Nightly Hockey Hits: Top 10 Most Effective Sin Bin Dwellers, Molson builds the mother of all hockey houses, Tortorella has the Rangers rolling, Want to deer hunt with Flyer great Bernie Parent?
IllegalCurve.com — ... Anaheim Calling:  An intro to a new Ducks blog.  Good to see that the Ducks are getting some additional online representation. ...

Around the Pacific Division - L.A. Kings Claim the Throne
Defending Big D — ... Anaheim Ducks; 5th in Pacific Division, 10th in the West - Anaheim Calling I won't lie, it really felt good to see Anaheim get schelacked by the Rangers the other night. Per Arthur of Anaheim Calling: The Ducks were out of gas at the end of their road trip, dropping this afternoon's game in Madison Square Garden 3-0. Giguere pitched a gem through two, but was ultimately undermined by two third period penalties, one a roughing call to Whitney for putting Sean Avery in a headlock, the other a ...

Welcome Anaheim Calling
In Lou We Trust — Welcome Anaheim Calling I'd like to welcome the new Anaheim-centric Anaheim Calling to SBN. If you like the Ducks, the color orange but can't stand the Flyers (and who really can?), or want to monitor Scott Niedermayer throughout the season, that's the blog to ...

Welcoming 'Anaheim Calling' and friends
Lighthouse Hockey — Welcoming 'Anaheim Calling' and friends I don't know how much you all cruise the other SB Nation hockey sites, but I wanted to introduce a few new additions: Anaheim Calling is now a dedicated Ducks blog (Battle of California continues as a hybrid ...

SBN Gets a Ducks Blog
Halos Heaven — SBN Gets a Ducks Blog Somewhere the locals can call home later this Winter.

Stargazing: Nashville @ Dallas: Round 2
Defending Big D — ... Once again, don't forget about Defending Big D Live, Thursday at 8:00pm CST. Brandon had a great recap yesterday of the action so far in the Pacific Division. Kings players give back to the kids. The Coyotes shut out the Sharks....in San Jose no less. Please welcome "Anaheim Calling", a new SB Nation NHL blog. ...

Off the Post - October 14th
Fear The Fin — Plank debates the Western Conference Regular Season Champions banner, which has split the FTF community almost cleanly in two. Anaheim Calling has officially entered the SBN universe, and Earl Sleek of Battle of California provides a little Q & A for Arthur and Daniel. The Toronto Maple Leafs are still winless after losing to Colorado (that Darcy Tucker...), their teal-bred goaltender is injured (update - here's the "real story"), and some coach named Ron is ...

Litter Box Cats welcomes Anaheim Calling to SBNation hockey family
Litter Box Cats —     Head on over and say hi to our newest site: Anaheim Calling, a celebration of all things water fowl on the west coast. We're thrilled to have Daniel and Arthur now firmly in the mix. Congrats, guys!

Anaheim Calling Joins SBN
Second City Hockey — Anaheim Calling Joins SBN Not content with the great coverage and state-rape cartoons that Sleek provides, SBN has added Anaheim Calling to our list of blogs. The link in the title will take you to a debate on whether or not the Ducks ...

Ducks Gameday -- Anaheim Calling joins SBN! Also, some shot analysis.
Battle of California — Minnesota Wild (1-3-0, 2 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (2-2-1, 5 pts), 7 pm For a Wild time, visit Hockey Wilderness.  And for another Ducks perspective, Anaheim Calling. That's right, SBN finally has another Ducks perspective!  Though I missed the official unveiling yesterday, Anaheim Calling successfully migrated over SB Nation, leaving the top-of-the-Pacific L.A. Kings as the only team without a "devoted" blog.  No longer will visiting Ducks visitors be force-fed my awful puns and juvenile cartoons, and ...

Puck Headlines: Good news for Vanek; Hawks, Bears team up
Puck Daddy — ... [Snapshots] • Looking at how the New York Islanders may scramble their lines. [Lighthouse Hockey] • Dave "The Hammer" Schultz will become the 20th player inducted into the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame. Which means there were actually 19 people more synonymous with the Flyers organization than Dave Schultz ... seriously? [Philly.com] • Please to be welcoming Anaheim Calling to the SB Nation collective. [Anaheim Calling] • Enjoyed Two-Line's list of things that would make the Toronto ...

SB Nation welcomes Anaheim Ducks Blog
True Blue LA — SB Nation welcomes Anaheim Ducks Blog

Kings Gameday: Litmus Test
Battle of California — ...  for lots of "Fuggedaboutits" and "What's a matta, yous?"  Also check out Anaheim Calling for Anaheim analysis if you're a pussy.  Ha, you clicked it, you're a pussy. ...

Minnesota Wild @ Anaheim Ducks: Game 5
Hockey Wilderness —    Minnesota Wild (1-3-0) @ Anaheim Ducks (2-2-1) Honda Center @ 9:00 CDT Television: FSN (HD) Audio from tonight's game will be streamed live via WCCO on CBS radio.  For the San Jose perspective, check out Anaheim Calling Wild.com Game Preview ...

Minnesota Wild @ Anaheim Ducks: Game Recap
Hockey Wilderness — ... can't figure out why you bother watching, then there are the ones you watch for 15 minutes then shut off the TV because it's not just one thing going badly, it's virtually everything on the ice, and the coach is seething on the bench and the players are going through the motions and you wonder if the players all need to be arrested for theft, because they aren't earning NHL paychecks right now. Onto Edmonton. Hopefully Richards throws someone through a wall. Go over to Anaheim Calling to see what they have to say about it. ...

Ducks Gameday -- Waiving Goodbye to Andrew Ebbett?
Battle of California — St. Louis Blues (2-2-1, 5 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (3-2-1, 7 pts), 7 pm Think Blue at St. Louis Game Time, Avian angle at Anaheim Calling. (Note: there isn't any local TV coverage for tonight's game, but NHL Center Ice is still on free preview through Oct. 24.  Hooray!  No Hayward!) Meanwhile, little man Andrew Ebbett has been put on waivers -- we'll know sometime today if and when he is claimed by another team -- otherwise he's demoted, I guess.  I suspect he will ...

Gameday Preview: Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks (9:00pm CDT)
Defending Big D — ... Anaheim Ducks (3-3-1) @ Dallas Stars (3-2-3) Wednesday, October 21st, 2009. 9:00pm CDT Honda Center Local TV: FSN Radio: KTCK 1310 The Ticket Opponents Blog: Battle of California: Anaheim Calling ...

Ducks Gameday -- Sing me a Song of Misery
Battle of California — (Alternatively titled: "BoC Gets Even Dorkier") Dallas Stars (3-2-3, 9 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (3-3-1, 7 pts), 7 pm If you'd rather read a post that's more directly about hockey, Defending Big D and Anaheim Calling got you covered. Stupid Ducks -- Bottom of the Pacific.  Shut out in two of the last three games, 1-2 at home, terrible on the penalty kill, awful in first periods, and the second-best team on the ice most nights.  Sure, 3-3-1 isn't a bad record (three points better than last year's ...

Game Day Thread: Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks
Defending Big D — ... Stars vs Ducks coverage | Anaheim Calling   No Brad Richards tonight....so, uh.....Go Stars?

Ducks Gameday -- The Shaolin Returns
Battle of California — Columbus Blue Jackets (5-3-0, 10 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (3-4-1, 7 pts), 7 pm Get fired up at The Cannon, get dialed in at Anaheim Calling. Poise, character, chemistry, confidence -- whatever you want to call it, the Anaheim Ducks have lost their kung fu.  The patterns that haunted their preseason have repeated themselves through 8 games of regular season play, and a particularly painful stretch of games has dropped them well behind the pack in the west. Last post I took the pessimistic route through ...

Ducks Gameday -- Mr. Burke's Wild Ride
Battle of California — Toronto Maple Leafs (0-7-1, 1 pt) at Anaheim Ducks (3-5-1, 7 pts), 7 pm Laugh at Brian Burke at Anaheim Calling. Laugh with Brian Burke at Pension Plan Puppets. (Author's note: Today's post is a little bit rushed -- had a hell of a long day yesterday, and today's looking pretty busy as well. I would have liked to said more about Burkie and possibly Beauchemin; feel free to add your thoughts or memories in the comments. A week-and-a-half ago, our own SBN hockey blog leader James ...

Around the Pacific Division - The Ducks Are Drowning in Anaheim
Defending Big D — ...   Anaheim Ducks; 5th in Pacific Division, 13th in the West - Anaheim Calling I'll let Arthur sum up the Ducks game from last night, very simply put: The Ducks gave the Toronto Maple Leafs their first win of the season at the Honda Center tonight.  The worst Maple Leafs team ever (by starting record) scored five power play goals, the most scored on the Ducks ever.  A question for this recap thread?  Will Carlyle pay for this lack of effort to start the season? ...

Ducks Gameday -- One Sedin vs. One Niedermayer
Battle of California — ... I do believe this is the first NHL game since the lockout (and possibly the first ever) featuring one Niedermayer and one Sedin -- verify that with Anaheim Calling and ...

Angry Ducks and Scarred Canucks: Canucks-Ducks Game Thread
Nucks Misconduct — ... Vancouver Canucks @ Anaheim Ducks Friday, Oct 30, 2009, 7:00 PM PDT Honda Center The Enemy: Battle of California and Anaheim Calling ...

Ducks Gameday -- Last night's Treat had better not be a Trick
Battle of California — Anaheim Ducks (4-6-1, 9 pts) at Phoenix Coyotes (8-4-0, 16 pts), 6 pm More Halloween festivites at Five For Howling or Anaheim Calling. Nothing today except a good-luck cartoon (seemed to help out yesterday). It's both a cheap shot and a metaphor -- lazy Saturday special. Prediction: Yesterday after the first five minutes, the Ducks finally dressed up as an NHL team -- let's hope they wear the costume one more night at least.  Ducks 4, Coyotes 1.  Goals by Selanne, ...

Coyotes vs Ducks Gamethread - Howloween Edition
Five For Howling — ...   Location: Jobbing.com Arena Start Time: 6:00 pm TV: None Local Radio: XTRA 910 AM Opposition Blogs: Anaheim Calling and Battle of California Happy Howloween! May there be lots of treas for Coyote players and fans and only cruel tricks for the Ducks.

NJ Devils & Atlantic Division Weekly Snapshot: 11/1 - 11/7
In Lou We Trust — ... 11/3 11/4 11/5 11/6 11/7 PIT     @ANA   @LA   @SJ ...

Let's take a look at the Anaheim Ducks
PensBurgh — ... point total. Jonas Hiller has been getting a majority of the work between the pipes for Anaheim, starting nine of the team's 12 games this season and posting a 4-4-1 record along the way.  J.S. Giguere is on his way back from a groin injury, but it's doubtful he'll see any action tonight. The Ducks will also be without defenseman James Wisniewski as he serves a two-game suspension for his forearm hit on Phoenix's Shane Doan Saturday night.  Video of the hit up on Anaheim Calling. ...

Ducks Gameday -- Fourth Line Pressure!
Battle of California — ... Pittsburgh Penguins (11-3-0) at Anaheim Ducks (4-6-2), 7 pm Avian expertise: Anaheim Calling on the Ducks and Pensburgh on the Penguins. Boy, this should be exciting.  Pittsburgh, the team with the most wins in the league (yay!), comes to town to play Anaheim, the team with the fewest wins in the west (groan).  And I'm going to be there, wearing the lucky green shirt in Row B (yaaaay!) along with my parents (groooooaaaan).  Could be an extremely long night.  ...

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Anaheim Ducks [Open Thread]
PensBurgh — ... IN ANAHEIM @ 10:05pm ET RADIO FEED ON WXDX.com DUCKS BLOG: ANAHEIM CALLING   This is the first of three on the west coast swing, and well give us a look at ...

Quack Quack: Pens outlast Conway, Banks, Goldberg and Ducks 4-3
PensBurgh — ... Penguins vs Ducks coverage - SB Nation blog Anaheim Calling  It was a matchup of two of the past three Stanley Cup champions, and it didn't disappoint.  Highlighted by a total of three total goals in 1:13 of game-play towards the middle of the third period, two of them scored by Pittsburgh, which proved to be enough to take a win away from Anaheim. Kris Letang with a rough series leading up to the game's opening goal....First a bad clearing attempt from behind his net around the wall (where he had no friendly jerseys ...

Game Day Preview: Nashville Predators @ Anaheim Ducks
On the Forecheck — ... The Nashville Predators kick off their November schedule with a road game in Anaheim tonight, the first of a four-game trip that continues Saturday at Los Angeles. Can the 6-6-1 Preds hang around the .500 mark against a surprisingly poor 4-7-2 Anaheim team? After the jump, let's break down the matchup... Meet the Enemy Anaheim Calling is SB Nation's new Anaheim Ducks blog, and Arthur was good enough to pass along this assessment of the disappointing Ducks: You basically can't swing an ...

Predators Game Thread #14: Nashville @ Anaheim
On the Forecheck — ... Time: 9:00 PM Arena: Honda Center TV: FS-TN (HD) SBN Affiliate: Anaheim Calling Radio: 104.5 FM Season Series ...

Ducks Gameday -- Under the weather
Battle of California — Phoenix Coyotes (10-6-0, 20 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (5-7-2, 12 pts), 7 pm Get your team's symptoms diagnosed at Anaheim Calling and Five For Howling. Cartoon inspired by my own flu-like symptoms. I had written before about the rarity of Anaheim and Saturday home games -- of the 192 games at the Honda Center over the last four seasons (including playoffs), only 6 had ever occurred on a Saturday night.  That's changing fast, though -- the Ducks will add 6 Saturday home games this ...

Coyotes @ Ducks - Game #17 Gamethread - YOU'RE GOING DOWN WIZZER!
Five For Howling — ...   Location: Honda Center Start Time: 8:00 pm TV: None Local Radio: XTRA 910 AM Opposition Blogs: Anaheim Calling and Battle of California We're gonna hit you! Go Yotes Go! Comment away!

NJ Devils & Atlantic Division Weekly Snapshot - 11/8 - 11/14
In Lou We Trust — ...   @BOS   vs. NJD   vs. BOS NJD       vs. ANA @PIT   vs. WSH NYR ...

Game 16 Preview: New Jersey Devils vs. Anaheim Ducks - 11/11/2009
In Lou We Trust — ... (6-7-2) The Last Devils Game: The Devils came from behind to win in Ottawa, 3-2.  Most impressive about this comeback was that all three goals came from the power play. Really.  Here's my recap of that game. The Last Ducks Game:   The Ducks were in control though Phoenix made it interesting with 3 goals in 8 minutes of the third period. Anaheim won their second consecutive game over the Phoenix Coyotes, 4-3.  Daniel of Anaheim Calling has an open recap thread with videos related to the game. The ...

Ducks Gameday -- The Devil's Road Trip
Battle of California — Anaheim Ducks (6-7-2, 14 pts) at New Jersey Devils (11-4-0, 22 pts), 4 pm More at Anaheim Calling and In Lou We Trust, plus Spade chips in with a Fanpost. Well, there are signs of life for these Anaheim Ducks, though it's unclear yet how stable it promises to be.  The Ducks have won 3 of their last 5 games, though all three victories were at home against injury-depleted opponents, and now get to test that recent optimism against a pretty daunting road trip -- here's how their next four opponents fared ...

Game #16 - Devils vs. Anaheim Ducks
In Lou We Trust — TV: MSG Plus (HD)  Radio: WBBR 1130 AM  Preview: Scroll for Fischer's, here's my pal Earl Sleek's at Battle of California, And check out Anaheim Calling as well. Song to Get You Pumped Up But Also Make You Think Deeply About Tonight's Game: These injuries are getting ridiculously taxing on the Devils.  How about Nirvana's "Drain You", live from Reading? Join me in the comments.   As always:  Keep the comments clean, you keep them ...

Link Surfing In The Pacific Division
Cycle like the Sedins — ARTHUR: This is Arthur from Anaheim Calling. I never cleared a day or schedule with Gray from Couch Tarts (now at Bloguin), so you may be getting a double dose of the Pac today. San Jose First, I refer you to the Couch Tarts post on last night's game with the Stars. The letdown is emblematic of the Sharks season so far. The team is definitely on top of a competitive division, but they look far more mortal than the squad that came roaring out of the gates last year. (Also, I take credit for this win, as I benched ...

Ducks Gameday -- Mock to Interview for on Sammy Påhlsson
Battle of California — ... Anaheim Ducks (6-8-2, 14 pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (9-6-2, 20 pts), 4 pm Actual hockey content at Anaheim Calling and The Cannon. Inspired by a badly-internet-translated Alexander Frolov interview passed on by user Ivano27 the other day (the article link has expired, unfortunately), I present to you an exclusive interview with former Anaheim Duck Sammy Påhlsson, taken from the fictitious Swedish journal of Språkrådet, then waywardly translated to English using Google ...

Ducks Gameday -- Minimalism
Battle of California — Anaheim Ducks (6-8-3, 15 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (9-5-3, 21 pts), 4 pm Wings at Winging It in Motown, The Triple Deke, and A2Y; Ducks at Anaheim Calling. Dammit. Prediction: Busy day today -- may have to catch this one on late-night DVR.  Let's hope it's watchable. Go Ducks.

[Game Thread] Red Wings vs. Ducks
Winging It In Motown — ... Anaheim Calling has more on the Ducks. The game airs on FS Detroit and Prime Ticket. I'll be following along below during the game. Please join us! ...

NJ Devils & Atlantic Division Weekly Snapshot: 11/15 - 11/21
In Lou We Trust — ... NJD   @PHI     @NSH   @DAL PIT   vs. ANA     @OTT   @ATL ...

Let's take a look at the Anaheim Ducks
PensBurgh — ... [SBN Anaheim Ducks blog - Anaheim Calling] [SBN Cali blog - Battle of California] Tonight the Pens and Ducks meet up once again for the second of two regular season meetings.  Earlier in the month Pittsburgh shot out to the west coast for a series of games some of us (and I'm sure the Pens are included in this) would like to forget.  However it did kickoff on the right track, and that was with a 4-3 win over the Ducks. This home-ice rematch for Pittsburgh gives them a chance to tally up another 'W' to the record and ...

Ducks Gameday -- The Most Frustrating Concurrent Eleven-Game Scoring Streaks Ever
Battle of California — ... Anaheim Ducks (6-9-3, 15th in west) at Pittsburgh Penguins (13-7-0, 3rd in east), 4:30 pm Penguins buzz at PensBurgh and The Pensblog; Ducks buzzkill at Anaheim Calling. Well, this season's pretty much over.  Or at least it's become hugely reliant on a scripted Disney finish. Even if the Ducks finish the rest of their season seven games above .500 from here on out (32-25-7, let's say), there's less than a 1% chance that they'll qualify for the postseason -- based on Sports Club Stats' 457,757 ...

Anaheim Ducks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins [Open Thread]
PensBurgh — ... IN PITTSBURGH @ 7:30pm ET RADIO FEED ON WXDX.com DUCKS BLOG: ANAHEIM CALLING   I don't know about you, but I'm still jazzed about last game. Something about ...

Cooke, Staal, Guerin fuel a team effort; Pens take down Ducks 5-2
PensBurgh — ... Ducks vs Penguins coverage - Anaheim SB Nation team blog Anaheim Calling Down seven regular players to injury, it has to be a team effort to get by.  The Penguins found it tonight as they got contributions from everyone.  Even the power-play kicked in with a goal, snapping a streak of weeks without one.  Sure the Penguins gave up a short-handed goal, but hey, one step at a time. Just a minute and a half into the game, Matt Cooke collected a turnover from the Ducks and deposited it past ...

Ducks Gameday -- Bad Starts Post-Lockout
Battle of California — Tampa Bay Lightning (8-4-6, 8th in east) at Anaheim Ducks (6-10-3, 15th in west) Lightning it up at Raw Charge; get Ducked up at Anaheim Calling. Well, that road trip sure sucked. Order yours today! Just for historical perspective I decided to look at the last four post-lockout seasons (since the introduction of the shootout and forced victories) and checked how many teams had 15 or fewer standings points through their first 19 games.  Here they are: 2005-06 ...

Sharks Gameday: For The Record
Fear The Fin — ... Antagonists Battle of CaliforniaAnaheim Calling Brian Boucher would have had a ...

BoC Gameday -- SBN Interactive: Drinking with Spade & Plank tonight!
Battle of California — San Jose Sharks (15-5-4, 1st in west) at Anaheim Ducks (7-10-3, 15th in west), 7 pm Fear The Fin or Anaheim Calling, you figure out which is which. Top-ranked Sharks.  Bottom-ranked Ducks.  Sound familiar? I can make fun of the Sharks from anywhere in the standings, apparently. Of course, the spirit of this cartoon probably has it backwards -- it's not really that the Sharks played poorly against bottom-ranked Ducks; it's more that the Ducks have played up to top-seeded ...

Flames Game Day: Took this trip to Garden Grove...
Matchsticks and Gasoline — ... Calgary Flames vs. Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 8 PM MT Opposition: Anaheim Calling TV : Sportsnet West With a ...

Ducks Gameday -- Hooray for Outsourcing!
Battle of California — Calgary Flames (13-6-2, t-4th in west) at Anaheim Ducks (7-11-3, 15th in west), 7 pm Ring, Ring!  Anaheim Calling to collect all unused Matchsticks and Gasoline. Ducks' season is over, but at least we went out with a bang!  I've been working drawing planning today for a guest comic for Chamber of Comics, yet to really be inked, but our good pal Spade has BoC-cartooning duties covered for now, in drunken remembrance of Saturday night's Danny K's party. ...

The Return of Staal? Canes at Ducks Game Day Preview
Canes Country — ... END WIDGET --> Hiller is 1-0-0 lifetime against Carolina while Legace is 11-2-2 lifetime against Anaheim.   Giguere is 1-3-1 lifetime against Carolina. The game will be televised locally in HD by FS Carolinas and will start at 10 p.m. Eastern.  You can also listen in on 99.9 The Fan and we will open the Game Thread here at 9.  If we get any official update later on regarding Staal or Ruutu, we will make another post later today. Check out Anaheim Calling  for Ducks news. ...