Post by Duckette on Jan 20, 2006 3:02:30 GMT -5
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Jan. 19
By: The Duckette
The Mighty Ducks have fought through some tough times lately. Inconsistency in games, the recent trade of RW Petr Sykora to the NY Rangers, and troubles with goaltending. Though tonight, the Ducks didn't let that get them down. The first game they played since trading Sykora was against the LA Kings, a game in which the entire team dominated, including goal. Though Lumobmir Visnovsky and Craig Conroy of the Kings were able to get the puck past Anaheim netminder J.S. Giguere, he was able to still come up with 41 saves, a career high. He wasn't the only one who had a career night. Jonathon Hedstrom, a native to Sweeden, came up with his first career hat trick, getting the game winning goal past Kings goalie Matthieu Garon.
Unfortunately their gameplay went down hill from there, losing 3-2 in OT to the Washington Capitals at home and leaving Boston with a 4-3 OTL. Hoping to turn things around, the Ducks headed up to Ottawa on Monday, preparing for Thursdays game, in which they won in a Shootout for only the Second time, in which J.S. Giguere was able to stop every shot made. This shootout round was identical to the one that the Ducks won against the Blues at the begging of the year, where Kris Kunitz was the only one to score. The Ducks look to continue winning when they come back home and face the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
Future UFA's Teemu Selanne, Keith Carney and Ruslan Salei are to remain with the team according to Brian Bruke. There is no word on other UFA's.
Team Stats:
Wins: 19, Losses: 16, OT: 9
Points: 44, GF: 127, GA: 125
Next Game: Anaheim Mighty Ducks vs. Florida Panthers @ 7:30 p.m. PT
Player Stats:
Teemu Selanne
Position: Right Wing,
GP: 42, G: 19, A: 18, P: 37, +/-: 12
Currently Active on the Ducks Roster
Joffrey Lupul
Position: Center
GP: 43, G: 16, A: 19, P: 35, +/-: -2
Currently Active on the Ducks Roster
Andy McDonald
Position: Center
GP: 44, G: 14, A: 20, P: 34, +/-: 13
Currently Active on the Ducks Roster
Rob Neidermayer
Position: Center
GP: 39, G: 10, A: 13, P: 25, +/-: -4
DTD with Concussion
Scott Neidermayer
Position: Defense
GP: 44, G: 6, A: 26, P: 32, +/-: 3
Currently Active on Ducks Roster
Chris Kunitz
Position: Left Wing
GP:32, G: 8, A: 7, P: 15, +/-: 5
Ruslan Salei
Position: Defense
GP: 44, G: 1, A: 12, P: 15, +/-: 5
Currently Active on Ducks Roster
Keith Carney
Position: Defense
GP: 44, G: 2, A:10, P: 15, +/-: 5
Currentley Active on Ducks Roster
Todd Fedoruk
Position: Left Wing
GP: 39, G: 2, A: 9, P: 11, +/-: 1
Currently Active on Ducks Roster
Vitaly Vishnevski
Position: Defense
GP: 44, G: 1, A: 2, P: 3, +/-: -2
Currently Active on Ducks Roster
J.S. Giguere
Position: Goaltender
GP: 29, Minutes: 1,607, W: 12, L: 6, T: 0
GA: 74, SO: 0, Avg: 2.76, SV%: .907
Currently Active on Ducks Roster
Ilya Bryzgalov
Position: Goaltender
GP: 21, Minutes: 1,054, W:7, L: 10, T: 0
GA: 60, SO: 0, Avg: 2.62, SV%: .907
Currently Active on Ducks Roster
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