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Ducks Do Their Best - Make The Playoffs
by Paul on 04/11/09 at 10:47 AM ET
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from Helene Elliott of the LA Times,
The Ducks play their regular-season finale tonight in Phoenix and can end up seeded sixth, seventh or eighth. Ending up in the playoffs was all that mattered to them Friday.
This is the fourth straight season they’ve made the playoffs, a franchise record. Their route wasn’t easy. Too many penalties, not enough scoring and porous goaltending dropped them to 12th in the West on March 15 and appeared to put them out of the playoff picture.
“Maybe in some ways that took a little pressure off us,” defenseman Scott Niedermayer said. “There was nothing left to do at that point but just try to do your best.”
That was good enough for a 9-2 surge that carried them to Friday’s game
more from the Ducks after their victory over Dallas last night…
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