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by Paul on 04/28/09 at 07:23 AM ET
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from Mark Whicker of the OC Register,
It was a night of flying helmets, thrown gloves, and penalty boxes that forced you to take a number.
It was a Sixth Game but it was played like a Twelfth Round. Thanks to an all-hands-on-deck performance by the Ducks, there’s no need to worry about what’s left for Game 7.
Once again, the masters of the process of elimination snuffed out someone else’s season. The eighth-seeded Ducks sent San Jose off to another summer of doubt with a 4-1 victory that ended this first-round series in six terrific games.
And, for the fifth time, the Ducks will take on another wary rival, the Detroit Red Wings, in a Western Conference semifinal that will begin in Hockeytown.
Opponents are now 0-9 when they try to avoid season’s end in Anaheim, and this time it was especially well-timed because Game 7 would have been in San Jose Wednesday night.
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That was a great game. I loved seeing the opening fight between Getzlaf and Thornton. Now THAT’S hockey.
Somehow I don’t see that happening with Pavel and G.
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 04/28/09 at 01:09 PM ET
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What team isn’t “wary” of their next opponent in the playoffs. But if Whicker’s intimation is that the Wings are “afraid” of meeting the Duckies in the next round, he obviously hasn’t watched much hockey this year.
Wait until Hiller plays an entire game staring at the backsides of Homer and Mule. Wait until the Duckies face a real power play every time they take a stupid penalty (which will be often). And wait until Gutsless, Percy and Ryan have to spend their time on the ice worrying about being scored on instead of scoring.
If anyone needs to be extra “wary” about the next round, it’s the Duckies because, if they intend to continue with the “flying helmets, thrown gloves, and penalty boxes that force you to take a number,” they’re going to find themselve playing golf three weeks from now.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 04/28/09 at 10:05 AM ET