Prior to last night’s game, it had been 19 days since the Anaheim Ducks had played on home ice. With the All-Star break over, it’s time for the team to find that nose to the grindstone mentality. Their first game back at home, the Ducks were scheduled to honor their friends across the freeway, the LA Angels. However, in the wake of the death of basketball superstar, Kobe Bryant, and eight others, Angels night at Honda Center couldn’t have come at a more perfect time.
To start the night, the Ducks skated into warm-ups wearing eye-popping red jerseys with the Anaheim Ducks and LA Angels logo’s married together on the front crest.