deanbrownblog.blogspot.com - 3/5/2008
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I want to start by saying something I have said over and over on both radio and TV. I have great admiration for the way the Anaheim Ducks play the game. I believe their philosophy is not new but it is brilliant. It plays on the one constant in NHL officiating. That is the official’s internal calculator. No matter how many changes to rules and their interpretation officials rarely drastically ...
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Dirty Ducks
KK Hockey —
... internal calculator....
Anaheim is the dirtiest team in the NHL and all the stats prove that. But what fans miss in their anger because their team was the victim of the Ducks “thousand cuts” game plan is the excellence Anaheim has achieved in executing this type of game plan. Getting everyone to play this way. Getting your skill players to play this way. Not an easy thing to do, but they have. It is not the type of hockey you can do half way.
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thanks to a KK member and fellow blogger for the ...
Ducks Gameday—The politics of power plays
Battle of California —
... it's way too kneejerk, and it's way too whiny. Yes, there's blown calls and bad calls and phantom calls and inconsistency, but if you want to take up a fix-hockey cause, timing is critical. Complain after a win. Or better yet, after several wins. Make me believe that you care about the on-ice product and not the game result. If losses are your only impetus, then guess what? You're not improving anything; you're whining. That's why it was so unexpectedly refreshing to read Dean Brown's blog entry after the Duck-Sen matchup (found via Kukla's). Brown is an ...
Top Shelf: Get Ready for the Ovechkam
The Big Lead —
... Chicago 3, Anaheim 0: The ‘Hawks continue to play well in a late push for the playoffs. Goalie Corey Crawford records a shutout in his first start of the season to beat the “dirty” Ducks. Gary Bettman hints that the ...
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kuklaskorner.com 3/6/2008 — from Team 1200’s Dean Brown, I want to start by saying something I have said over and over on both radio and TV. I have great admiration for the way the Anaheim Ducks play the game. I believe their philosophy is not new but it is brilliant. It ...
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