Ducks Rumors & News

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Forget the Stanley Cup. What the Blues need now is a cup of coffee. Caffeinated. The club was caught sleep-skating again in the first period Saturday night against the Anaheim Ducks, who absorbed a third-period surge from the Blues and held on for a 5-2 victory at Scottrade Center. The crowd..." December 08

Anaheim Calling "Young goalie Antti Raanta got the start for the Blackhawks. Jonas Hiller started in net and Frederik Andersen backed him up. Hiller had to be good early as the Hawks got a bid on net that, upon further review, was a hand pass off Hiller's body. Regardless, Hiller still made the save. It seemed..." December 07

SB Nation "With the NHL board of governors meeting early next week in California, we'll be hearing a lot about next year's salary cap. According to TSN insider Bob McKenzie, the NHL's salary cap next season could be right back to where it was before the lockout, way up at $70M. This isn't exactly breaking..." December 06

Pro Hockey Talk "Mathieu Perreault was one of the league’s biggest surprises earlier this season with 13 points in his first 14 games, but that seems like a distant memory now. The 25-year-old forward has recorded just two assists since then and now he’ll be out for at least three contests after the Anaheim..." December 05

Los Angeles Times "Kings goaltender Martin Jones' NHL debut was, of course, going to be memorable. Tuesday night against the Ducks, he made it unforgettable. Jones did not allow the Ducks to score in nine shootout attempts, and watched teammate Dwight King end the marathon by beating Ducks' goalie Jonas Hiller..." December 04

CSN Bay Area "The Sharks surrendered a two-goal third period lead, but a shootout conversion by Joe Pavelski gave San Jose a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night at SAP Center. Pavelski scored in the second round of the extra session, while Antti Niemi made saves on all three Ducks attempts...." December 01

Orange County Register "There was no messing around by the Ducks in a game they should have won after blowing one they were in position to win. If there is something to bank on, it is the Ducks beating the Calgary Flames at Honda Center. Dustin Penner’s two goals and Saku Koivu’s impressive return from injury sparked..." November 30

Sportsnet.ca "The number of former NHL players involved a class-action concussion lawsuit against the league is growing at a rapid rate. Within 48 hours of the suit being filed in a Washington federal court, the original group of 10 plaintiffs had inflated to more than 200, according to one of the lawyers..." November 28

Dallas Morning News "Cody Eakin, Stephane Robidas and Ryan Garbutt scored in a 53-second span of the third period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Pacific Division leading Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Tuesday night for their first home win in more than month. The Stars trailed 2-1 before the three-goal flurry against Jonas..." November 27

Sportsnet.ca "Starting next season, Rogers Communications will be the National Hockey League’s exclusive broadcast and multimedia partner in Canada. As part of the $5.2 billion, 12-year agreement, Rogers obtains the national rights on all platforms to every NHL game through the 2025-26 campaign—including all..." November 26

Associated Press "Ten former National Hockey League players are claiming in a class-action lawsuit that the league hasn't done enough to protect players from concussions. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Washington, seeks damages to be determined at trial. The players are also seeking court-approved..." November 25

NHL.com "Dustin Penner, Corey Perry and Sami Vatanen broke open a 1-1 game with three goals 8:43 apart in the second period, leading the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-2 win against the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena on Saturday night. Penner finished with two goals and goalie Jonas Hiller made 42 saves to..." November 24

CBSSports.com "The Anaheim Ducks received a double dose of bad injury news Saturday evening. Defenseman Luca Sbisa will be out 6-8 weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand, while goaltender Viktor Fasth is gone 3-4 weeks with lower-body muscle inflammation, the team says. Sbisa was hurt during the Ducks 1-0..." November 23

NHL.com "The Anaheim Ducks placed defenseman Francois Beauchemin on the injured reserve list Friday and recalled defenseman Sami Vatanen from the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League. Beauchemin is eligible to be activated Wednesday, meaning he will miss at least three games. Beauchemin..." November 23

NHL.com "Anaheim Ducks goalie Viktor Fasth sustained a lower-body injury in pregame warm-ups Friday night and is being evaluated, the team said. Fasth was expected to start against the Tampa Bay Lightning but Jonas Hiller was inserted after Fasth was hurt. Fasth missed 14 games earlier this season with..." November 23

NHL.com "One unorthodox overtime goal deserves another. Ryan Getzlaf scored unassisted with 5.2 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 1-0 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night at Honda Center. Getzlaf came down the left wing and fired a shot at Lightning goalie Ben..." November 23

Edmonton Journal "After months of silence, former Oilers GM Steve Tambellini was heard from, after a fashion, late Wednesday night, when the Anaheim Ducks announced they had hired him as a part-time pro scout. Tambellini, 55, served as the Oilers GM from 2008 to 2013 when he was replaced last April by longtime..." November 21

NHL.com "The Anaheim Ducks acquired veteran forward Tim Jackman from the Calgary Flames on Thursday for a sixth-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft. Jackman, 32, has played 10 NHL seasons, the past four in Calgary, and has 24 goals, 64 points and 654 penalty minutes in 400 games. In 10 games with the..." November 21

Bergen Record "The Devils were due for a break in a game that went to overtime. They finally got one on the winning goal awarded to Travis Zajac 1:58 into the extra session Wednesday night which gave them a remarkable 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center. Zajac had jumped up to join Dainius..." November 21

Los Angeles Times "Without the benefit of their home crowd in crunch time, the Ducks gave up a decisive third-period goal in Florida, lost a shootout in Carolina and watched Sidney Crosby and Pittsburgh strike for three goals in less than five of the final minutes. So after that 0-3-1 trip plagued by illnesses,..." November 20

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Penguins coach Dan Bylsma had watched his team score one goal in four of its previous five games and knew something had to change. So Monday night, he made sure that at least one thing, the makeup of his forward lines, did. And while the early results couldn't have been encouraging -- the..." November 19

Pro Hockey Talk "The stage is being set for Saku Koivu‘s return. Koivu, out since Oct. 28 with a concussion, is reportedly close to coming back to action — to facilitate the move, Anaheim sent forward Rickard Rakell back to AHL Norfolk on Monday. Rakell, 20, appeared in six games for the Ducks during his..." November 18

Pro Hockey Talk "The Anaheim Ducks announced that they have shipped forwards Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for 2014 third round and seventh round draft picks as well as defenseman Jesse Blacker. Holland will provide the Toronto Maple Leafs with some desperately needed..." November 16

Tampa Tribune "The best from the West continue to be turned aside by the Lightning this season. Tampa Bay remained perfect against Western Conference opponents after knocking off the top team in the opposite conference with a 5-1 victory against Anaheim in front of an announced crowd of 17,763 at the..." November 15

CBSSports.com "To the surprise of few, the Nashville Predators have found life to be very rough without goaltender Pekka Rinne in the crease. Since he has been out with a bacterial infection in his hip, the Preds have been leaking goals left right with their inexperienced goalies. SO it would make sense if GM..." November 14

NHL.com "Ken Holland has long been one of the leading proponents of extending overtime to decide more games before the shootout, and the Detroit Red Wings general manager said Tuesday he thinks the support for such an action is growing among his peers. Overtime was one of the popular subjects at the..." November 13

Miami Herald "Peter Horachek will cherish his first victory as head coach in the NHL — although probably not as much as the Panthers do. The Panthers ended their nine-game losing streak with an improbable 3-2 victory over Anaheim at BB&T Center on Tuesday night. The Ducks, despite the loss, still have..." November 13

NHL.com "The Anaheim Ducks will be without center Ryan Getzlaf as they try to make franchise history Tuesday against the Florida Panthers. Getzlaf will miss his second consecutive game with an upper-body injury sustained during a morning skate Friday. He went on that night to record a hat trick in a 6-2..." November 12

NHL.com "The Anaheim Ducks have signed veteran center David Steckel to a one-year, two-way contract. Steckel, 31, has been assigned to Norfolk of the American Hockey League, where he had been playing on a conditioning assignment prior to signing the NHL contract. A noted faceoff specialist, Steckel..." November 11

NHL.com "Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf is out with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day, the team announced Sunday before its game against the Vancouver Canucks at Honda Center. Reporters did not witness it, but Getzlaf apparently took a spill in the morning skate Friday, and coach Bruce Boudreau..." November 11

Los Angeles Times "Take away their leading scorer and starting goalie, and the Ducks still win. Forced to adapt through a Sunday scratch of acknowledged leader Ryan Getzlaf (upper-body injury) and a last-minute illness to goalie Jonas Hiller, the Ducks weathered being outshot by Pacific Division rival Vancouver..." November 11

NHL.com "Olympic gold medalist. Stanley Cup champion. A three-time 20-goal scorer and one of the NHL's blessed centers in terms of size and skill. So how could it be that Ryan Getzlaf went this long without a hat trick? The Anaheim Ducks captain needed fewer than 20 minutes to scratch that off his..." November 09

CBSSports.com "Teemu Selanne is a marvel of modern science. Not only is he still playing great hockey at the age of 43 but now he's returning to the Ducks lineup on Wednesday night against the Coyotes after missing just three games when he was expected to be out for a couple weeks or more. Selanne took a..." November 07

Yahoo! Sports "The Kontinental Hockey League made news recently when it announced Jokerit from Finland would join its ranks beginning in the 2014-15 season. It is the first franchise outside of the former eastern bloc to play in the KHL, and one that has produced many NHL players – including the legendary..." November 07

Arizona Republic "For the first 8 minutes of the Ducks’ return to Anaheim, coach Bruce Boudreau thought he saw the residual effects of an eight-game, 15-day road trip. For the rest of the night, the Ducks dug deep — and demonstrated why they’re on top of the NHL. Hampus Lindholm scored his first career goal,..." November 07

NHL.com "The Anaheim Ducks wanted to end a season-long eight-game road trip on a winning note. And that they did, as the Ducks grinded out a 2-1 victory at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. New York native Kyle Palmieri scored the winning goal and rookie netminder Frederik Andersen made 32 saves..." November 05