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OC Register (Earl Bloom, staff writer) —
ANAHEIM –Coach Bruce Boudreau welcomed his Ducks back to practice Thursday after two days off with 75 minutes of nearly nonstop skating. “When you have practice like that, you would rather not have days off,” right wing Teemu Selanne, 42, said, smiling. Asked if he felt his age for a change, Selanne said: “I felt like [...] Ducks pay for days off with mini-training...
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
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OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
CHICAGO — Is there any way to talk Teemu Selanne into playing another NHL season? Like now. At some point, Selanne has to show his 42 years of age on the ice. Right? Except this truly great No. 8 keeps proving that he has a lot of high quality hockey left in him. Four players [...] Selanne keeps making point after point for Ducks is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
ST. LOUIS — Rickard Rakell hasn’t played in the last six Ducks games and with that comes the wonder if the 19-year-old forward is better served remaining with them or playing with his junior team. Rakell has only appeared in four games as Brad Staubitz has been favored by Coach Bruce Boudreau on the fourth [...] Ducks still holding onto Rakell for now is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
ST. LOUIS — The Ducks recalled goaltender Jeff Deslauriers from Norfolk of the American Hockey League on Saturday and sent defensemen Sami Vatanen and Jordan Hendry to the Admirals. Deslauriers will back up Viktor Fasth in tonight’s game against the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center as Jonas Hiller is unavailable due to a lower-body [...] Deslauriers recalled from AHL, Vatanen...
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
ST. LOUIS — Here is the expected lineup the Ducks (7-2-1) will put out Saturday night against the St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center. Viktor Fasth (4-0-0, 1.06 GAA, .957 SV%) will get the nod in goal after pulling relief duty Friday night in Dallas when Jonas Hiller came up lame with a lower-body injury [...] Line rushes: Ducks vs. Blues is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DALLAS — Ben Lovejoy‘s world changed in a matter of minutes Wednesday night. All Lovejoy had known at the NHL level was the Pittsburgh Penguins, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in the summer of 2008 after the defenseman toiled in the American Hockey League following three years of college at Dartmouth. His [...] Lovejoy eager for new start with Ducks is a post from: ...
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DALLAS — Here is the expected lineup that the Ducks (7-1-1) will put out against the Dallas Stars on Friday night at American Airlines Center. Jonas Hiller (3-1-1, 3.54 GAA, .871 SV%) will be back in net after sitting the last two out. Ben Lovejoy, acquired on Wednesday night from Pittsburgh, will make his Ducks [...] Line rushes: Ducks vs. Stars is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DENVER — Maybe there will come a time when NHL teams start to figure him out and maybe Viktor Fasth will not be the brick wall that he has become since joining the Ducks. But Fasth will gladly take the success that has come with his first four starts in the league since the Ducks [...] Ducks’ Fasth savors first NHL shutout is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DENVER — Not content with the current rotation of defensemen in the organization, the Ducks added to their depth on the blue line on Wednesday by acquiring Ben Lovejoy from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2014 fifth-round draft pick. Lovejoy, 28, played in just three games for the Penguins this season and had been a [...] Ducks pick up defenseman Lovejoy in trade is a post from: Ducks...
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DENVER — Sheldon Souray scored for the third consecutive game and Viktor Fasth stopped 31 shots for his first NHL shutout to lead the Ducks to a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night at Pepsi Center. The Ducks (7-1-1) started their season-high six-game road trip in style by winning their fourth consecutive [...] Final: Ducks 3, Avalanche 0 is a post from: Ducks...
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DENVER — Bouncing in an out of the lineup with no sign that he would earn a regular spot, Devante Smith-Pelly was demoted to the minor leagues Tuesday after making the Ducks out of their brief training camp in January. Smith-Pelly had not recorded a point in the five games he played with the Ducks and was [...] Boudreau doesn’t want to stunt Smith-Pelly is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
DENVER — Here is the expected lineup that the Ducks (6-1-1) will ice Wednesday night against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center. Viktor Fasth (3-0-0, 1.30 GAA, .946 SV%) will earn another start after another strong effort Monday against San Jose in which he stopped 25 shots to become the first goalie in Ducks history [...] Line rushes: Ducks vs. Avalanche is a post from: Ducks blog
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
ANAHEIM — Defenseman Hampus Lindholm accompanied the Ducks on the start of their six-game road trip but it doesn’t mean their first-round pick in last year’s draft is returning to action soon. Lindholm has been increasing the level of his workouts and is practicing with the team daily as symptoms resulting from two concussion have [...] Lindholm working way back from...
OC Register (Eric Stephens, Staff writer) —
ANAHEIM — The Ducks assigned right wing Devante Smith-Pelly to the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. Smith-Pelly, 20, made the team out of its January training camp but went scoreless in five games while logging an averaging of 7 minutes, 59 seconds of ice time on the fourth line. The 6-foot, [...] Ducks send Smith-Pelly back to AHL is a post from: Ducks blog