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Ducks Continue To Win
by Paul on 02/09/12 at 12:42 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
Burnside: Greetings, my friend. Well, every day it seems the playoff picture in both conferences becomes murkier and murkier. And the Anaheim Ducks are doing little to clarify the situation by continuing to collect points at an alarming rate. Wednesday they knocked off Carolina in overtime, two days after besting Calgary in a shootout. In their past 15 games, the Ducks are 11-2-2 and, while they remain in 13th place in the Western Conference, they have pulled to within eight points of the eighth and final playoff spot….
LeBrun: I had a chance to catch up with Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau before the team departed for Detroit this morning. There’s definitely a buzz in the Ducks’ dressing room that something special could be happening, despite the long odds.
“There’s a sense of optimism, for sure,” Boudreau told ESPN.com.
“The guys are believing that it’s possible. If we ever get to within six or four points, it’ll be a real race.”
more plus some Phoenix, Calgary, Washington and Winnipeg talk…
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Video- Ducks And Canes Should Still Be Playing
by Paul on 02/09/12 at 12:40 AM ET
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Video- Luca Sbisa Five And A Game For Head-Butt
by Paul on 02/07/12 at 09:45 AM ET
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What do you think, is additional league action necessary?
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Video- Corey Perry Pulls Out The Mini-Stick For The Breakaway Challenge
by Paul on 01/28/12 at 08:29 PM ET
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Perry finished 2nd in the event to Patrick Kane.
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Mark Bell’s Return To The NHL
by Paul on 01/22/12 at 11:59 AM ET
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from Eric Stephens of the OC Register,
“After four years of being away from the NHL to come back, it’s probably, when he sits down tonight, a deep sense of satisfaction,” Boudreau said.
Bell said he felt “energized and excited about the moment.” His last NHL game April 5, 2008 while with Toronto against Montreal and there were certainly times in the interim where he felt that his chances at getting back into the NHL were slim and none.
“You got to be your biggest supporter,” he said. “You don’t want to doubt yourself. There’s obviously some dog days where you going through stuff like that.
“I try to not to doubt myself. But you have some tough days and it creeps in. For the most part, I just believed in myself.”
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Now The Ducks Start Winning
by Paul on 01/20/12 at 06:26 PM ET
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from Mark Whicker of the OC Register,
Just as soon as the truck was about to be backed up, the Ducks started driving.
And among fans and club insiders, the reaction to this 6-0-1 spurt is suspicion, as if the carpenter you just hired has two missing fingers.
Reactions to the Ducks run the gamut from “Why now?” to “Where have you been?” to “Who are you?”
That final question stares at general manager Bob Murray with 38 days to the trade deadline, and with Ottawa, a team that sports a Norris Trophy contender (Erik Karlsson) and a Jack Adams candidate (ex-Ducks assistant coach Paul MacLean), arriving Saturday afternoon.
“It’s a much better brand of hockey,” Murray said, hours before the Ducks dismissed Phoenix Wednesday and climbed to 9-9-3 with Bruce Boudreau coaching.
“But it’s only been for a short time. All summer long you worry about things. What’s the effect of Corey (Perry) winning the Hart Trophy? Will Cam (Fowler) have a sophomore jinx? Will Jonas (Hiller) come back? And everything you worried about happened. It’s no fun losing, especially with Teemu (Selanne) down there. You want them to enjoy it.”
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Ducks Extend Francois Beauchemin Contract
by Paul on 01/20/12 at 05:30 PM ET
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed defenseman Francois Beauchemin to a three-year contract extension through the 2014-15 NHL season. Per club policy, no financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
“Francois is a dedicated, versatile and hard-working defenseman who is committed to our organization,” said Ducks Executive Vice President/General Manager Bob Murray. “We are extremely pleased to have him under contract for the next three years.”
reports are $10.5M over the three years
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Ducks Recall Mark Bell
by Paul on 01/20/12 at 02:18 PM ET
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled center Mark Bell from the Syracuse Crunch, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).
Bell, 31 (8/5/80), appeared in 32 contests with the Crunch in 2011-12, scoring 5-8=13 points with 33 penalty minutes (PIM). The 6-4, 206-pound center scored a season-high two goals (2-0=2) on Oct. 26 at Lake Erie in a 7-0 Crunch shutout. In addition, Bell had a season-high three-game point streak from Oct. 29-Nov. 6 (2-4=6), including a season-high three-point game (1-2=3) on Nov. 5 vs. Richmond.
Signed by Anaheim as a free agent on July 20, 2011, Bell has played seven NHL seasons with Chicago (2000-06), San Jose (2006-07) and Toronto (2007-08), collecting 87-95=182 points with 597 PIM in 445 career games. He last appeared in the NHL with Toronto in 2007-08, scoring 4-6=10 points with 60 PIM in 35 games. Bell played 80 games-or-more in four consecutive seasons from 2001-06, including a full 82-game schedule in three straight NHL campaigns. Bell has also appeared in nine career Stanley Cup Playoff games with Chicago (2002) and San Jose (2007), going scoreless with 10 PIM.
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Boudreau Can’t Believe Hiller Was Not A Star Of The Week
by Paul on 01/17/12 at 08:59 PM ET
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from Jeff Miller of the Ducks Blog,
“When you’re out West, you don’t get the love you do when you’re out East,” the Ducks coach said Tuesday. “There’s no way that (Jonas) Hiller shouldn’t have been one of the three stars of the week.”
Ah, yes, the East Coast bias.
When the NHL named its three stars Monday, the Ducks’ goalie was not mentioned. Instead, Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson, Chicago forward Viktor Stalberg and Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin were honored.
Hiller was 2-0-1 with a shutout and stopped 62 0f 65 shots overall. At one point, he went 6 1/2 periods of regulation without allowing a goal.
“I mean, good God, Malkin had one game out of four and he gets third star,” Boudreau said. “So, I mean, what Hiller did, if he didn’t get first star he should have at least been second or third.”...
“It’s amazing how the Ducks don’t get the love from those guys,” Boudreau continued. “So I’m going to start promoting these guys. I’ll go on TV myself. I think I’m doing another TSN show later, so I’ll be talking about him again.”
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Jean-Francois Jacques Gone For Three Games
by Paul on 01/10/12 at 12:26 AM ET
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The Ducks also sent him th Syracuse on Monday.
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