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Perry's OT goal gives Ducks 3-2 win over Canes
February 9
Raleigh News & Observer
 
"All-Star Corey Perry scored at 2:14 of overtime to help the Anaheim Ducks beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Wednesday night for their second straight victory. Jonas Hiller made 31 saves for the Ducks, who have won eight of 11 and closed out a four-game homestand having outscored opponents 34-21. Perry tripped Jussi Jokinen as the Hurricanes left wing was taking the puck from behind the net. Carolina coach Kirk Muller began yelling from the bench, believing Perry should have been called for a penalty. But there was no whistle, and Perry scored on an assist by Sheldon Brookbank."
Ducks need overtime, and a lucky break, to defeat Hurricanes
February 9
Los Angeles Times
 
"If the Ducks are to have any hope of returning to the playoffs this spring they're going to need a lot more gutsy performances like the one they turned in Wednesday at Honda Center, where they beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-2, in overtime. And they're probably going to need a lot more breaks like the one that set up Corey Perry's game-winning goal. Perry inexplicably avoided a tripping penalty after sending Carolina's Jussi Jokinen to the ice two minutes into the extra period. He then skated away from the scene of the crime, collected the loose puck and scored on the end of a give-and-go with Sheldon Brookbank."
Jackman unsure where helmet hit came from
February 8
Calgary Sun
 
"Tim Jackman was so caught off-guard by the hit from Luca Sbisa in Monday's game against the Anaheim Ducks he figured somebody else made contact with him. Jackman was bearing down on Sbisa while carrying the puck early in the third period, when the Ducks defenceman stepped up to make a check and instead of body contact, Sbisa's helmet caught Jackman flush in the jaw and sent the Flames winger to the ice. "After I got hit, I was wondering where it came from, who came and hit me like that," Jackman said Tuesday. "I thought somebody came out of nowhere and got me.""
Flames come up short in shootout loss to host Ducks
February 7
Calgary Herald
 
"Jarome Iginla glanced around the renovated visitors' locker-room at the Honda Center on Monday morning and decided it must be an omen. Formerly dark and dingy, the new digs are hardly spacious, but seem so much brighter than before. "It looks great," raved the Calgary Flames captain. "It has a better feel. I really like what they did. "It changes the feel, so hopefully that will translate on the ice in this building for us.""
Niklas Hagman's goal lifts Ducks over Flames, 3-2, in a shootout
February 7
Los Angeles Times
 
"Niklas Hagman wasn't exactly sure where he fit in the long-and-winding-and-head-spinning shootout between the Ducks and Calgary Flames. "I can't even … I was the sixth, seventh, eighth shooter? I don't even know," he said. Informed that he was the eighth, Hagman shook his head in mild amusement. Or maybe it was bemusement? Eight was enough as Hagman scored the winner in the shootout against his former teammates, giving the Ducks a 3-2 win on Monday night at the Honda Center. The Ducks might be floundering, losing to the Columbus Blue Jackets the other day and having looked directionless in November and December. But at least the Ducks had one thing going for them at home. They can still"
Ducks swap out Deslauriers for Tarkki
February 6
Orange County Register
 
"The Ducks reassigned goalie Jeff Deslauriers back to Syracuse of the American Hockey League on Sunday and are bringing up Crunch netminder Iiro Tarkki. Deslauriers won his first and only start for the Ducks on Jan. 10 when he stopped 26 shots in a 5-2 decision over Dallas while Jonas Hiller was sidelined with a slight knee injury. Hiller has started all 10 games since and the move to send down Deslauriers is likely to get him some game action."
Flames still searching for first win in Anaheim since 2004
February 5
Calgary Herald
 
"The Calgary Flames are heading to Anaheim? That means it's time to comb the archives. Although, really, only a slight adjustment to the compiled data is required. Because the date of the Flames' most recent victory in Anaheim has not changed — it remains Jan. 19, 2004. Only the pile of losses needs to be updated — 13 consecutive now (the last six by one goal). "We go in with the mindset that we're due to win in there, right?" Jarome Iginla said of Monday's date at the Honda Center — the starting point of a three-game junket through the Pacific Division. "As far as guys thinking, 'Oh, we haven't won there in forever.' That's not (true, except) for a few of us, you know what I mean? Other"
Ducks' season takes another turn for the worse
February 4
Los Angeles Times
 
"It said something about the Ducks' state, and the downward spiral of their game, that one of the bigger cheers came when the outcome of a game in St. Louis flashed on the scoreboard in the third period. The Kings lost by a goal. And not much later, so did the Ducks, blowing a third-period lead and wasting a vintage performance from Teemu Selanne, who scored twice. Misery loves company, and there is plenty to go around in a cratering season of futility as the Columbus Blue Jackets, last in the league, beat the Ducks, 3-2, in overtime on Friday night at Honda Center. Winger Derick Brassard scored the winning goal 3 minutes 55 seconds into overtime, the second of his two goals. Center Jeff"
Leafs trade rumour of the day features Ryan Getzlaf
February 2
Toronto Star
 
"When Ducks GM Bob Murray announced a month ago that everyone on his team, excluding veterans Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne, could be traded, it opened the floodgates for rumours involving his team's Big Three: forwards Ryan Getzlaf, Bobby Ryan and Corey Perry. It also lit a blazing fire a under the Ducks, who have recorded a 9-1-1 mark since the comments were made. With his club now 10 points out of a playoff spot, Murray may yet change his mind but speculation remains that the Ducks will be sellers as the NHL trade deadline nears."
Back to the real NHL games
January 30
Ottawa Sun
 columnist Chris Stevenson
"The days at the beach, as tweeted by Capitals defenceman Mike Green from the Cayman Islands, are over. The neon tans from Las Vegas will now start to fade. The NHL's feel-good weekend here — a resounding success which revolved around the emotional outpouring between Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson and Senators fans — now becomes a fond memory. Ahead is a 30-game sausage grinder that is the rest of the NHL season. "You need the break whether you're here or somewhere else doing something different. This is a part of the season the guys really look forward to, just to recharge the battery," said Maple Leafs winger Joffrey Lupul. "When you get back from this break, you're re-energized and you"
Chara's stars beat hometown hero Alfredsson
January 30
Ottawa Sun
 
"On his big day, Daniel Alfredsson surrounded himself with Swedes. But it was a bunch of Slovak buddies, led by New York Rangers winger Marian Gaborik, who drove Team Chara to a 12-9 victory over Team Alfredsson in front of 20,510 in the 57th NHL all-star game Sunday at Scotiabank Place. While former Senators defenceman Zdeno Chara scored the third-period winner, it was Gaborik, voted the game MVP, who led his club to victory with a hat trick and four-point effort as Team Chara walked away with the bragging rights. "You could see the guys wanted to win," said Chara when asked if he gave his team any instructions with the score tied 6-6 going into the third period. "I didn't have to say a"
Ducks' Corey Perry is one low-profile MVP
January 29
Los Angeles Times
 
"Most valuable player = mostly vanishing privacy. You would think a league MVP in a major, celebrity-driven market would see his privacy vaporize in a dizzying flurry of red carpets, photo drive-bys and TMZ blurbs. Thankfully, there are rare exceptions to that expected course of events. Corey Perry, the Ducks forward who is the NHL's reigning MVP, recently showed that his skill for anticipation does not lie only on the ice. He seemed to know where the question was headed after the first couple of words and got off his response in rapid-fire fashion. Did he feel he has been treated any differently? "No, no," Perry said. "I can answer that question quickly. No. I don't think so at all. I'm"
Rumour: Corey Perry to Vancouver Canucks
January 28
Vancouver Province
 
"Say this about the Canucks' trade rumours with Anaheim: They are getting better. Last week, it was Vancouver's supposed interest in George Parros, which was quickly shot down as a possibility. This week it's a former Stanley Cup and Hart Trophy winner on his way to Vancouver. As the rumour goes, Enrico Ciccone, on the TV Show "Le Match," said Patrice Brisebois claims a trade is being considered which would send Corey Perry to the Canucks for Cory Schneider, Mason Raymond and Keith Ballard. We assume the Canucks will also have to throw in a 3rd round pick. The rumour, which features the same three players you see in just about every Canuck rumour these days, looks great for Vancouver. The"
Who will win? Breaking down All-Star teams
January 27
NHL.com
 
"The draft is over, the rosters set for the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game. We now know who will be wearing the white jerseys for Team Alfredsson and the blue jerseys to represent Team Chara. Now it's time to take a look at the rosters and break them down by position. Look for our prediction at the end. FORWARDS Datsyuk and Malkin on the same team is a scary proposition for the opposition. They may be the two most skilled players in the NHL right now. As Chara said, you can put them on the same line and they can be unstoppable, or you can put them on separate lines and they'll still be dominant and "make the line." Team Alfredsson has a lot of talent, but it doesn't have two"
Goligoski helps Stars end to Ducks' streak
January 25
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
 
"Kari Lehtonen made 27 saves for his 18th career shutout, defenseman Alex Goligoski scored in the first period, and the Dallas Stars ended Anaheim's five-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory over the Ducks on Tuesday night. The Stars had been 0-4-1 with six goals in their previous five games, damaging their playoff chances. Anaheim got off to a fast start with a 9-2 edge in shots before Goligoski notched the game's only goal and his sixth of the season."
Avalanche late rally not enough in 3-2 loss at Anaheim
January 23
Denver Post
 
"With seven minutes, 20 seconds left in the third period Sunday night, the shot totals read: Avalanche 39, Anaheim Ducks 13. The scoreboard read: Ducks 3, Avs 0. As the final horn sounded at the Honda Center, the final score was 3-2 Ducks as the Avs suffered through one of those games when it seemed they deserved a better fate. The Avs saw their two-game win streak end against the Ducks, who that took advantage of a couple of mistakes and survived a late Colorado assault. The late charge only made the final result that much more frustrating for an Avs team that saw plenty of it."
Avs' Hejduk finds net but only in Anaheim
January 23
Denver Post
 
"While his team has been on an upswing, Avalanche captain Milan Hejduk continues to struggle scoring goals. In anyplace except Anaheim, that is. Hejduk has scored a goal in two of the last 24 games. Those games were Sunday night and on New Year's Eve — both at the Honda Center. Hejduk, skating at right wing on a line with Ryan O'Reilly and Gabriel Landeskog, is not quite on pace to score 20 goals. If he falls short, it would break a streak of 11 consecutive seasons he has done so. "We've been winning lately, so that's good, but it's frustrating. I need to score more goals," Hejduk said. "I've been so cold lately. It's a battle. I'm just trying to get chances and hoping some go in.""
Ducks hang on to beat Colorado, 3-2
January 23
Los Angeles Times
 
"Twenty points out. The Ducks' Teemu Selanne referred to it as avoiding "rock bottom." The team was 20 points from a playoff spot Jan. 6 and on the brink of turning into an NHL trading bazaar. A little more than two weeks later, 20 dwindled to 11. The Ducks' wild ride continued with a 3-2 victory over Colorado on Sunday at Honda Center with goalie Jonas Hiller making 43 saves. Their run stands at 8-0-1 since Jan. 6 and they are 11 points behind the eighth-place Avalanche in the Western Conference."
Ducks get 2-1 win over Ottawa; Mark Bell gets a second chance
January 22
Los Angeles Times
 
"Game 46 for the Ducks featured tight defense, superb goaltending and one of those faceoffs leading to goal, a well-executed play coaches always envision but rarely get to see in a game. The big picture? Anaheim defeated Ottawa, 2-1, on Saturday at Honda Center, meaning it was the first time in 12 road games the Senators did not pick up at least a point. It was the fifth straight home victory for the Ducks, who have recorded points in eight consecutive games. Goalie Jonas Hiller is on a 5-0-1 run. Scoring for the Ducks were forward Corey Perry and defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky. Perry's goal came after a scrambled faceoff play and a smooth pass from Bobby Ryan, cutting between the Senators'"
Beauchemin gets 3-year deal
January 21
L.A. Daily News
 
"The Ducks signed defenseman Francois Beauchemin to a three-year contract extension worth $10.5million. Anaheim announced the deal Friday, keeping the off the free-agent market this summer. "I'm really excited to be here another three years," Beauchemin said on the team's website. "We have a great group of guys and good young players. We're going to have a good team for a while. It's just a matter of us keeping playing the way we've been playing lately. "People don't know this, but it is a lot of stress on the players and their families to not know what's going to happen in the future. When you get those extensions, it just feels great. Everyone is a lot more relaxed at home and we can move"
Ducks' Beauchemin signs 3-year extension
January 21
Orange County Register
 
"The Ducks made sure Francois Beauchemin won't be on the trade market in the coming weeks when they signed the defenseman to a three-year contract extension on Friday worth $10.5 million. Beauchemin, 31, has six goals and is tied with Cam Fowler for the defenseman lead in scoring on the club with 18 points. The seven-year veteran is logging a team-high average of 25 minutes, 44 seconds of ice time per game. After a ragged start, Beauchemin has been one of the team's best players over the past two months and is playing his best hockey of the season. He scored twice and tied a career high with three points Wednesday in a 6-2 victory over Phoenix and is a plus-10 during the Ducks' current"
Francois Beauchemin gets a contract extension
January 20
Los Angeles Times
 
"Score two goals and add an assist in one game and along comes a contract extension. The serious truth is the Ducks have been working a deal with veteran Francois Beauchemin long before he scored three points against the Coyotes on Wednesday night. On Friday, the team announced that the defenseman has agreed to a three-year extension. The move takes him off the market as he would have been an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. His deal is worth $10.5 million. The breakdown is $3.5 million in each of the next three years."
Bruce Boudreau relishing a fresh start with Anaheim Ducks
January 20
Washington Post
 
"Bruce Boudreau's office inside Honda Center doesn't feature much in the way of personal mementos. A few family photographs and pictures from his playing days sit atop file cabinets and look out toward a desk strewn with the Anaheim Ducks' schedule, game plans and DVDs containing footage of upcoming opponents. But while Boudreau hasn't had much opportunity to move in, he's wasted no time rediscovering his methods. When the Washington Capitals fired Boudreau two months ago, they weren't the only ones who needed a fresh start."
Francois Beauchemin leads Ducks past Coyotes, 6-2
January 19
Los Angeles Times
 
"Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau was talking about the long-standing difficulty of playing that first game at home after an intense stretch on the road in Canada. He stopped and wanted to make it abundantly clear that he was not finding fault, not a bit, after the Ducks defeated the Phoenix Coyotes, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Honda Center. Defenseman Francois Beauchemin scored twice and added an assist. "I'm not complaining at all," Boudreau said. "We scored six goals. There's times this year we would have taken half of that and been happy.""
Ducks return favour downing Canucks
January 16
Vancouver Sun
 
"This one won't be stored away in the time capsule. In fact, goalie Roberto Luongo had the best idea after the Canucks' ugly 4-2 loss Sunday night to the Anaheim Ducks at Rogers Arena. "We are going to try and forget about this one as quick as we can," Luongo said. "Obviously, not up to our standards as a team. We'll put it behind us and move forward." About the only thing the Canucks did right Sunday night was not try and make any excuses for their virtual no-show in their homecoming after a successful four-game Eastern road trip. The Canucks were a mess offensively, managing just six shots through the better part of the first two periods."
Canucks lose 4-2 in a flap with Ducks
January 16
Vancouver Province
 
"The Canucks just finished a killer stretch of 16 games in 31 days coming off a four-game road trip and they looked like it on Sunday night at Rogers Arena. At least you have to hope that was the problem, because a team that thrives on speed and puck possession couldn't muster either, as the Anaheim Ducks dominated much of the game and took a 4-2 win. With the Canucks loss and a win for Chicago over San Jose earlier, the Hawks moved one point past Vancouver for the lead in the Western Conference."
Lidstrom, Selanne all-star rejections send wrong message to fans
January 16
Ottawa Citizen
 columnist Ken Warren
"Most of the time, Nicklas Lidstrom and Teemu Selanne deserve the utmost respect. They are two of the very best who ever played at their positions. They've done wonders in making the NHL a truly international league. If they ever retire, they'll quickly find a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame. All that aside, though, why has the NHL allowed them to become bigger than the game? Or, more precisely, bigger than the All-Star Game? In case you somehow missed it — perhaps lost in the shocking success of the Ottawa Senators, the end of Tebow-mania, the Liberal convention in Ottawa or the ugly drawn out race to find a new Republican leader — Lidstrom and Selanne won't be coming here for All-Star"
Ducks hammer Oilers
January 14
Edmonton Sun
 
"What was supposed to be a competitive contest between the 28th and 29th ranked clubs in the NHL looked more like a contest between a knee and a groin Friday night. Not that Anaheim's knee had very much to aim at on an Oilers team that needn't have bothered with jock straps in the most glaring display of resignation Rexall Place has witnessed in a long, long time. The Oilers looked like they have accepted that they're not good enough, accepted that they're not strong enough, accepted that they're going to be a lottery team, accepted that they were going to lose badly at home. "I don't see any ice bags in there, I don't see guys sore from gutting it out to do everything possible to win a"
Lasting friendship formed with the Oilers
January 13
Edmonton Journal
 
"Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano played together at the world juniors and had similar hockey ties in their hometown in Toronto, but they didn't have any real roots. Then they both made their NHL debuts with the Edmonton Oilers in 2007-08. It was the start of a fast friendship. Cogs and Gags, as they were better known, spent four seasons with the organization. They played on the same line, shared a house with defenceman Tom Gilbert, and are still in frequent contact, even though Cogliano is now with the Anaheim Ducks."
Flames blank Ducks 1-0 to keep home win streak alive
January 13
Calgary Herald
 
"Someone call the fire department! The Calgary Flames have set the Scotiabank Saddledome ablaze, running their home ice winning streak to eight games Thursday night with a 1-0 overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks. But this one took a lot of patience, a lot of perseverance. The redshirts had to battle through a stiff Anaheim checking game, which limited them to just 19 shots, before finally putting one past Jonas Hiller at 1:51 of extra time to break up one of the tightest checking duels witnessed under the saddle in some time."
NHL names remainder of All-Star Game roster
January 12
NHL.com
 
"The Vancouver Canucks, who started the day with the best record in the Western Conference, also lead in another category -- most players added to the All-Star Game. Four members of the Canucks were among the 36 veterans and 12 rookies announced by the NHL for the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game, to be played Jan. 29 in Ottawa. Players from all 30 teams will be represented at the game, with four members of the Canucks added to the pool of players Thursday -- forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin, defenseman Alexander Edler and forward Cody Hodgson, who was one of the dozen rookies selected to play in the game and the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition, to be held Jan. 28."
Saku Koivu's goals do the trick for Ducks
January 11
Los Angeles Times
 
"A few weeks ago, the Ducks would have lost this game to the Dallas Stars. They had given up a two-goal lead in the third period, awakening thoughts of their many lapses during the first half of a season that has all but slipped away from them, and another loss probably would not have mattered. After a lot of soul-searching and a threat from General Manager Bob Murray that just about everyone was available in the trade market, the Ducks woke up. On Tuesday, led by Saku Koivu's second career hat trick, they shrugged off the Stars' comeback and pushed forward to a 5-2 win at Honda Center, ending a dismal first half of the season with a three-game winning streak and budding confidence."
Ducks' Jean-Francois Jacques suspended three games
January 10
Orange County Register
 
"Ducks left wing Jean-Francois Jacques was suspended three games by the NHL on Monday for his hit on Columbus forward R.J. Umberger on Sunday night. Jacques caught Umberger with an elbow to the head during the third period of the Ducks' 7-4 victory over the Blue Jackets. The play resulted in a five-minute major penalty, which the Ducks successfully killed. Jacques will have to forfeit $23,780.49 in salary to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund. Brendan Shanahan, the league's senior vice president of player safety, said it was a clear violation of Rule 48.1 for an illegal hit to the head."
Tense talks loom for NHL, players
January 9
Montreal Gazette
 columnist Red Fisher
"Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr, along with their lawyers, sit across the table to discuss a new collective agreement. All the more in view of the stunning announcement on Friday that the National Hockey League is shelving plans for the massive realignment it had agreed upon for next season following the NHLPA's refusal to agree to the changes. The NHL, as you know, announced in early December that it planned to switch from two three-division conferences to four seven-or eight-team conferences. At the time, there was no reaction from the players' man. On Friday, Fehr told Bettman and the owners – who had agreed to realignment by a 26-4 margin – to shove it."
Ducks beat Blue Jackets for second win in a row
January 9
Los Angeles Times
 
"Eleven goals scored, four goalies and two injuries taking players out of the game. You might say it is a good thing the Ducks and Blue Jackets aren't in the same division. Who knows what else would happen if they played more often? Sunday featured enough twists and turns for a week of action. The Ducks beat Columbus, 7-4, at Honda Center, led by Corey Perry's fourth career hat trick and two goals from Teemu Selanne and a three-point night from center Saku Koivu."
Ducks 7, Blue Jackets 4: Carter's injury part of ugly night
January 9
Columbus Dispatch
 
"The fight for 29th place in the NHL — or was this the fight for the No.?1 overall pick in June's draft? — went decisively to the Anaheim Ducks last night. The Blue Jackets, who have been in 30th place for all but 10 days this season, solidified their position with an ugly 7-4 loss before 13,053 in the Honda Center. Rick Nash had two goals, and Derick Brassard and Derek Dorsett each scored one. But the Blue Jackets unraveled defensively after playing two tight games the past three nights in San Jose and Los Angeles. "We needed to play a lot smarter than we did," Blue Jackets coach Scott Arniel said. "We knew they were going to try and jump on us right from the start. That's when you need to"
Ducks among NHL teams unloading talent
January 7
San Francisco Chronicle
 
"The NHL trade deadline isn't until Feb. 27, but the Sharks played their role in kicking off the unofficial start to trade-speculation season this week. On hand to watch his team lose 3-1 to San Jose in Anaheim on Wednesday, Ducks general manager Bob Murray - justifiably angry with what that day became a 10-22-6 record - told Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times that only two players on his team aren't on the market. No, not those two. Apparently, the market is open for business on forwards Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, respectively the league's reigning MVP and a 6-foot-4 center who scored more than a point per game in each of the past four seasons. Murray's only two exceptions,"
Ducks show signs of life in win over Islanders
January 7
Los Angeles Times
 
"For once, the script played out exactly the way it was intended. One beleaguered and frustrated general manager called out his star players in the media. And two of them answered in emphatic fashion in the next game. Welcome to the Ducks' crazy, spinning world on ice. They beat the New York Islanders, 4-2, on Friday night at Honda Center, securing their first win in four games and their second in their last nine. Bobby Ryan scored twice, Teemu Selanne added a goal, Corey Perry had two assists, and captain Ryan Getzlaf scored the game-winner. Big picture: It was Getzlaf's first goal in 13 games, third in 30 and first since Dec. 4. Bigger picture: This was the first game since comments"
With players' union objecting, NHL realignment plan is shelved
January 7
Los Angeles Times
 
"Hostility between the NHL and the NHL Players' Assn. erupted Friday, eight months before their labor agreement expires but apparently not too soon for each side to claim moral high ground and court public sympathy. The first salvo was fired by the NHL, which announced it will not implement the realignment and revised playoff format its Board of Governors had approved for the 2012-13 season. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement that the union "unreasonably refused" to approve the plan and the league will now "evaluate all of our available legal options." NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr, in a statement issued by the union, said players couldn't accept the proposal by the"
Realignment plans put on hold
January 7
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
 
"The NHL's radical realignment will have to wait at least a year. The league announced Friday that the NHL Players' Association did not give its approval to the realignment plan that it had crafted in December at its Board of Governors meeting. The current divisional and playoff formats will remain for the 2012-13 season. Penguins CEO and president David Morehouse, who was delighted when the new plan passed last month, declined comment yesterday. General manager Ray Shero, out of town on a scouting trip, could not be reached. "It is unfortunate that the NHLPA has unreasonably refused to approve a plan that an overwhelming majority of our clubs voted to support and that has received such"
San Jose Sharks beat Anaheim Ducks 3-1
January 5
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Brad Winchester played 19 games for the Anaheim Ducks last season. But when he rifled a 41-foot shot off the far post and into the back of the net to lead the way to a 3-1 victory for the Sharks over the Ducks at the Honda Center on Wednesday night, he said he wasn't benefiting from any inside knowledge of goalie Jonas Hiller. "No, I just tried to get a quick shot off," Winchester said of his goal at 16:23 of the second period. "The D-man was closing, and I was able to go far side." The Sharks were trailing 1-0 at the time, and had they not turned things around, it would have been their fourth loss this season to a Ducks team mired near the bottom of the Western Conference."
Ducks Could Be Set To Move Getzlaf
January 5
Toronto Star
 
"We've seen this head fake from Anaheim GM Bob Murray before. So Leaf fans need not get too excited. One moment earlier this season, you may remember, scoring winger Bobby Ryan was made available around the league for a possible trade, the next minute he wasn't available and Murray had instead fired head coach Randy Carlyle and quickly replaced him with the Bruce Boudreau. But before, not after, the Ducks loss to San Jose on Wednesday night, a frustrated Murray appeared to make it clear in an interview with Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times that not only Ryan, but also Hart Trophy winner Corey Perry and centre Ryan Getzlaf are all now available to the highest bidder. And it's Getzlaf,"
Ducks GM says big changes could take place, only Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu are safe
January 5
Los Angeles Times
 
"Angered by his team's continued wretched play, Ducks General Manager Bob Murray said he's prepared to make dramatic changes and underscored his point by saying only Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu are not available in trades. Both veteran forwards have no-trade clauses. But if Selanne were to ask to be traded to a Stanley Cup contender Murray surely wouldn't stand in his way, though Murray still wants Selanne to retire as a Duck. "And the rest of the players in that locker room, I thought they'd figure out when we changed coaches that time was running, the clock was running quickly here. And I don't care who you talked about," Murray said, referring to his dismissal of Coach Randy Carlyle on"
Leafs deal Caputi to Ducks
January 4
Toronto Sun
 
"Luca Caputi, another hometown kid the Maple Leafs hoped would bloom in familiar surroundings, is now the latest to board the Anaheim express. In the seventh move Leaf general manager Brian Burke has made with his old Ducks team since 2009, the low-output Caputi was traded Tuesday for centre Nicolas Deschamps. The latter, a second rounder (35th overall) in 2008, will report directly to the Toronto Marlies, simplified with his Syracuse Crunch in town the same day to play the Leafs‚ farm team. Caputi, whose troubles began with major surgery in 2011, played 21 games for the Marlies this year, with two goals and an assist. Originally acquired from Pittsburgh for Alexei Ponikarovsky in 2010, the"
NHL concerned over head count
January 1
Los Angeles Times
 
"Keith Primeau has not put on his full hockey equipment since the day he retired from professional hockey, a career cut short by several concussions, not all of them documented. To say he has good days would be stretching the definition. "I can honestly say here that there isn't a day that goes by that I don't sense I've damaged my brain," said Primeau, who retired in 2005 at 34. "Whether I stand up and get a headache or I'm resting and I get a headache, I know exactly why I had to stop playing." The former Philadelphia Flyers star has made it his post-career crusade to teach people about concussions. Primeau suffered at least four in his career, and if his own lingering symptoms weren't"
A tribute for Giguere and a tumble for Ducks
January 1
Los Angeles Times
 
"It takes a lot to build a successful homecoming. On and off the ice. The Ducks helpfully complied at both ends of Jean-Sebastien Giguere's return experience, honoring the former Anaheim goalie with a video tribute in the first period Saturday night. Fans at Honda Center paid homage too, with standing ovations for the man who helped the Ducks win the Stanley Cup in 2007. The current Ducks didn't do much to trouble Giguere, who was playing in Anaheim for the first time since he was traded in 2010. Giguere made 18 saves to lead the Avalanche to a 4-2 victory."
Ducks to honor Jean-Sebastien Giguere on Saturday
December 31
Los Angeles Times
 
"Homecoming, delayed. After almost two years, former Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere gets to say thank you to the fans in the building where he helped Anaheim win the Stanley Cup in 2007. Giguere, who is now with the Colorado Avalanche, was traded to Toronto on Jan. 31, 2010, and the Ducks happened to be on a trip when the deal was completed. The Ducks will honor him with a video tribute during the game's first TV timeout Saturday night at Honda Center. "It's going to be nice to be able to go to where I feel is my second home and where my kids have been born," he said Friday morning on a conference call with reporters. "It's a very special place for me. It's obviously where I've had the"
Ducks' Blake could return ahead of schedule
December 31
Orange County Register
 
"The Ducks could be getting a valuable addition to their lineup as their six-game homestand continues on next week. Jason Blake's original timetable for his recovery from a torn tendon in his left wrist was supposed to be mid-to-late January but Coach Bruce Boudreau said that it is possible the veteran winger could be back for either the club's home game against San Jose on Wednesday or the New York Islanders next Friday. Blake is back to practicing regularly with the Ducks after needing surgery and needing 2 1/2 months of recovery time after having the part of his arm right above his left wrist cut when San Jose defenseman Brent Burns inadvertently stepped on it during the Oct. 14 home"
Canucks continue roll over Ducks
December 30
Vancouver Sun
 
"The Vancouver Canucks have a chance to ring in the new year with a California hat trick. Fresh off a 3-2 overtime win in San Jose, the Canucks rolled into Anaheim and did what just about everyone else has been doing all season to the Ducks. They beat them 5-2 Thursday night in front of a capacity crowd at the Honda Center that included a large and noisy contingent of Canuck faithful. Vancouver concludes its three-game trip with a New Year's Eve game Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings."