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Sharks Gameday: Cockney Rhyming Nicknames
Next Game San Jose Sharks @ Anaheim Ducks Friday, Oct 14, 2011, 7:00 PM PDT Honda Center Complete Coverage > <!-- END WIDGET --> (Editor's note: With such a long break between the first two games for the Sharks, Meg went a little crazy. He apparently thinks readers will be...
Ducks Preseason -- Correction: Let's NOT try this again.
Last year, through five preseason games, the Ducks were cumulatively outshot 180-122 and outscored 14-10. This year through five games the Ducks have been outshot 191-117 and outscored 22-15. Outshot worse than last year, outscored worse than last year -- if it weren't for shitty Finnish...
Proposed Nicknames for San Jose Defensive Pairings
Defensive pairings rarely get nicknames in hockey, but there are some great potential nicknames for the Sharks this year, depending on which players get matched together. Here are just a few that we may get to enjoy this season: Burns and Murray: Brent Burns is all about animals. He owns all...
Getting To Know Marco Sturm
-Versatile. Can play top or bottom 6. -A risky signing with his knee injuries -A solid 2-way player -A gritty scorer Those are just a few things that describe our newest angry German. The Kurtenbloggers have an informative post up about him including history, quotes and even nicknames. I've always...
Ducks Gameday -- Another Finn to Winn in Minn.
Anaheim Ducks (32-22-4) at Minnesota Wild (30-22-5), 5 pmAnaheim Calling and Hockey Wilderness -- otherwise known as "Koivu Nation". It seems the 9-man logjam on the Anaheim blueline has found some relief. The Ducks traded Paul Mara to the Montreal Canadiens for a 5th round pick before sending a...
Taylor Hall, The Kingston Cannonball
The Chicoutimi Cucumber. The Golden Jet. The Edmonton Express. The Rocket. The Stratford Streak. Old Poison. The Pembroke Peach. The Hammer. The Russian Rocket. These are all nicknames of a day gone by. They are descriptive and flowing. They tell a story and describe the player at the...
Ducks Gameday -- Hittin' the Blooze
Anaheim Ducks (23-21-7, 11th in west) at St. Louis Blues (22-21-7, 13th in west), 5 pmAnaheim Calling or St. Louis Game Time for some actual hockey talk. It's a lazy Saturday and I don't feel like writing very much today. However, I did get my act together to draw up a few player-nickname pictures...
Ducks Gameday -- OK, Fine... Positivity!
Anaheim Ducks (11-13-6, 15th in west) at Detroit Red Wings (14-11-5, 11th in west), 4:30 pmAnaheim Calling - Winging It In Motown - Abel To Yzerman - The Triple Deke -- choose your own adventure. Aww, remember when this matchup was playoff-relevant? Well, this is awkward -- two teams still sore at...
Official Glossary For The Newcomers
I've seen these popping up in more and more comments sections, so I thought I would help everyone out here on the front page. We're gaining more and more new readers every day, which really is a sad statement about society, and seeing as how I'm the one who keeps coming up with new nicknames, I'll...
POLL: Nickname a Florida Panther - Kamil Kreps
The time has arrived: you've provided some great suggestions, and I do appreciate all of the emails. The response has been overwhelming (and special thanks to the incomparable Sean Leahy for the link!) We'll have to do another one soo. <!-- BEGIN WIDGET...
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