Corey Perry broke franchise record

I’ve been doing a lot today with the design of the blog. The new top banner contains the actual title of this page while it still takes less space than the old one. Hopefully you’ll like the “read more” buttons too. Personally, I’m not a big fan of having to scroll through whole posts when looking for something previously written. Well, onto hockey now…

Game 25: Ducks vs Coyotes

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA.
When? - 08.00 PM EST / 05.00 PM PDT / 02.00 AM CET

Tough times ahead for the Ducks

The Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kigns and the Dallas Stars will stand for the Ducks opposition the next three games. All three teams are within the Ducks division. While we can say that it’s a terrific chance to catch up with those teams in the standings, there’s obviously a risk that the Ducks will slip away even further down the standings as well.

Now we’re getting somewhere

In the NHL, any team can beat the other. But last night’s win for the Ducks came as huge surprise, even for me. The Chicago Blackhawks arrived to Honda Center coming off an eight game winning streak, including a 7-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks Tuesday night.

Game 24: Ducks vs Blackhawks

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA.
When? - 04.00 PM EST / 01.00 PM PDT / 10.00 PM CET

Things might not be as good as they look

While beating a team like the Calgary flames is impressive, this team has still a long way to go before reaching top potential. The win over Carolina was important and the Ducks played a pretty good hockey game. However, the Hurricanes are dead last in the Eastern Conference, tomorrow night’s game against Chicago will be something else.

Game 23: Ducks vs Hurricanes

Update: Tuomo Ruutu is expected to miss the game.

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA.
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 07.00 PM PDT / 04.00 AM CET

Is Bobby Ryan getting traded?

So Joffrey Lupul missed practice today. He missed last nights game due to back spasms and is likely to miss tomorrows game against Carolina too. The Hurricanes are currently in last place in the Eastern Conference. However, they have been getting better lately so the Ducks will have to be prepared. On the other hand, there’s certainly one thing speaking for a Ducks victory. The Carolina Hurricanes has yet to win on the road this season. They’ve lost all their eleven road games, three of them in overtime.

Off the ice we’re in that time of the season when pretty much nothing happens. There have been some rumours around the Ducks though, much because of their bad start obviously. We’ve seen Marchant, Giguere, Niedermayer and Carlyle rumours already and now Bobby Ryan is the guy getting attention. I wont really bother caring that much though. The article on Yahoo Sports seemed more like pure speculation than any actual facts if you ask me. Ryan isn't going anywhere at this point.

Game 22: Ducks vs Flames

Where? - Honda Center, Anaheim, CA.
When? - 10.00 PM EST / 07.00 PM PDT / 04.00 AM CET

Ryan Carter has a broken foot

I haven't had a whole lot of time posting today. But what is there to say? Yet another loss yesterday. Although, it was against the Conference leader and I think the Ducks stood up very well against them.

Some notes...

Music play list added / Christensen scores with Manitoba

Added a music player to the site. I once had a play list before but the tracks became unavailable for the audience in Europe. However, I found a new site to embed a play list from. I will update it later with more tracks. You can suggest songs by posting a comment.

Onto hockey now. Ducks center Erik Christensen scored in his debut with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL last night. “EC” has played 9 games with the Ducks in the NHL this season, going scoreless through all contests.

“I’m glad to be here and it’s necessary for me to come down and work on some things that will make me a better player in the long run”, Christensen told the Winnipeg Sun.

The Ducks will play the San Jose Sharks tonight in Honda Center and reports are that Saku Koivu very well could play.

Andrew Ebbett is back on waivers

The Ducks got rid of center Andrew Ebbett early in the season by placing him on waivers. The Chicago Blackhawks claimed him but his stint there looks to become short. Today Bob MacKenzie on TSN, reported that the Blackhawks has put the 26 year old back on waivers. Ebbett played two games with the Ducks this season and has scored 1 goal in 10 games with Chicago. Last season, Ebbett contributed with 8 goals and 24 assists for a total of 32 points in 48 games with the Ducks.

More Ducks are suffering injuries

Ducks veteran center and assistant captain, Saku Koivu, might play tomorrow night against the San Jose Sharks at home in Honda Center. According to the OC Register, Koivu made his most serious training today since suffering a strained groin November 7 against Phoenix.

Now it's time...

...to actually make a habit of writing in this blog once and for all. I've made up my mind, I'm moving to the United States at some point. I had the oppurtunity to do just that this past summer, but didn't. Now I know it was a mistake to stay in Sweden.

Andy Elwho?

I'm a 19 year old guy, born and raised in Pitea, Sweden. A small city in the north, but which has developed NHL players such as Mikael Renberg, Mattias Ohlund and Tomas Holmstrom.

My name is actually Andreas, but I found that it would be easier for most Ducks fans to refer to me as Andy. Elvstrand is my last name, which for you who are curious means: Elv (properly Älv)=River and Strand=Beach.

Despite my young age and my location, I've been a Ducks fan as long as I can remember. But it wasn't until after the lockout season I became a true die hard fan. Which on the other hand was difficult before - not having broad band Internet speed.

While I'm still very young, hockey has been my life since the lockout. Which, alongside a talent for writing articles (which likely wont show here in English, yet) made me a Ducks reporter on SvenskaFans.com, the biggest online Sports Community in Europe, at an age of 15.

This summer, I left Pitea in order to enter a journalistic education in Kalix (even further north), and that's where I'm at as we speak. Being one of the main writers at SvenskaFans.com/NHL, I frequently get news before most others. With that being said, I'm not just some random fan who decided to run a blog. I can proudly say I've, among other things, done a couple of articles with Adam Brady and Dan Wood, both journalists working within the Ducks organisation.

I have my own Ducks blog on SvenskaFans as well. Not that I expect you to understand what's written. But just in case you're curious of what I might look like.
SvenskaFans Ducks Blog