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Hiller Lost His ‘A’ Game

by Paul on 05/08/09 at 08:12 AM ET
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from Eric Stephens at NHL.com,

...on Thursday night, Hiller’s “A” game was nowhere to be found. Johan Franzen and Marian Hossa each scored twice—once each on stoppable shots—to punch a hole in Hiller’s mystique and Mikael Samuelsson’s early third-period goal ended his night. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, a former Conn Smythe Trophy winner, who lost the No. 1 job late in the regular season, saw his first postseason action after Hiller had his worst night of the playoffs.

“We just weren’t good enough as a team, and the goalie is part of that,” Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said....

“It was sure not my best game,” Hiller said. “The pucks just went through me, which shouldn’t happen. You can’t have your ‘A’ game every day."…

“He was playing really well for them,” Hossa said. “Tonight, we finally got him going and we found a way to score on him. After that, they made a change on the goalies. You keep putting pucks at his feet and good things will happen.”

added 8:29am, At AnaheimDucks.com, you can read some post-game quotes from both sides, stuff like this…

Francois Beauchemin: We kind of beat ourselves tonight. They played well, but at the same time we didn’t do the things we wanted to do.

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Hiller Feels He Will Have To Be Better

by Paul on 05/02/09 at 10:06 PM ET
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from Craig Custance of The Sporting News (Sunday edition),

In Game 1 against the Red Wings, Hiller made 34 saves against the high-charged Detroit offense but left the arena feeling like the Ducks missed an opportunity to beat the Red Wings.

He got a taste of what the series will be like: plenty of bodies in front of him, namely Tomas Holmstrom, and shooters with pinpoint accuracy.

“They’re good players, but it’s not much different than the series against San Jose,” Hiller told reporters after the game. “I’ll have to do a better job next time.”

Don’t be surprised if he does a better job today. After all, he has done it before.

much more on Hiller…

added 10:10pm, from Helene Elliott of the LA Times (Sunday edition),

Saturday came and went and the NHL didn’t suspend Ducks forward Mike Brown, known in Hockeytown as The Baddest Man On Skates, for his hard hit on Detroit’s Jiri Hudler during the Red Wings’ 3-2 victory in the opener of the teams’ second-round playoff series.

Now, maybe they can get back to playing hockey today at Joe Louis Arena instead of playing victim and maligned villain.

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Give Hiller A Nickname

by Paul on 04/08/09 at 03:32 PM ET
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from Al Balderas of the OC Register,

The Ducks have Jiggy, Prongs, The Finnish Flash, Getzy, and even Phil.

And then there is Hiller.

If you don’t notice the similar ring to goalie Jonas Hiller’s name, it could be because there isn’t one.

The aforementioned players have been instrumental in the success of the Ducks and are, in some circles, better known by their monikers than their real names. It’s time Hiller fell into that category…especially because of the fact that he’s a goalie.

Goalies throughout hockey history have been tagged with some cool, catchy nickname. Most fans of the sport have little trouble recognizing a player by the nickname he uses. There is Felix the Cat (Felix Potvin), The Wizard of Oz (Chris Osgood), CuJo (Curtis Joseph), Finnisher (Mikka Kiprusoff) and even The Lach Ness Monster (Blaine Lacher), who played for the Bruins in the 1990’s.

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Morning Line

by Paul on 03/30/09 at 10:17 AM ET
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“You almost can’t lose any games. I saw the standings up there when they showed it. I saw Nashville and St. Louis won. I knew it was even tighter than before tonight. We know we have to win as many games as possible. It’s still the same thing. We just have to play it game-by-game and see the standings at the end. We know there is a lot of pressure, but I think the team is ready.”

-Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller. More on the Ducks from Curtis Zupke of Ducks Blog.

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