Sports | May 15, 2009
So it wasn't exactly the way Dan Cleary envisioned it as a kid on skates, dreaming big dreams, picturing scoring the winning goal in a pivotal Game 7.
Sports | Helene Elliott | May 14, 2009
When you're this tired, when you ache from blocking shots or bumping opponents off the puck or whaling away at each other, as happened after the Ducks pushed their second-round playoff series against Detroit to a Game 7 tonight at Joe Louis Arena, your mind can grasp only one concept.
Sports | Helene Elliott | May 13, 2009
While Ryan Getzlaf battled flu symptoms and needed IV treatment last week, the Ducks slipped onto the playoff critical list. Rested and reinvigorated, Getzlaf restored his team to good health Tuesday at the Honda Center.
Sports | Lisa Dillman | May 13, 2009
One of the lingering mysteries for the Detroit Red Wings has been the inability of Pavel Datsyuk to find his scoring touch against the Ducks. In fact, he has only one goal in 10 playoff games, coming against the Blue Jackets, and two assists against the Ducks.
Sports | Helene Elliott | May 12, 2009
The Ducks can define themselves and their season tonight. They can repeat the sorry effort they mustered Sunday in a 4-1 loss at Detroit that put them on the brink of elimination and rationalize it by saying they weren't supposed to get this far, anyway.
Sports | Lisa Dillman | May 12, 2009
Indeed, the benefit of having so many capable defensemen could not have been better illustrated by the Detroit Red Wings on Monday before and after practice on the eve of Game 6 in their second-round series with the Ducks.
Sports | Helene Elliott | May 11, 2009
Let's allow defenseman James Wisniewski to sum up the Ducks' lame performance in a 4-1 loss to the Red Wings, a game that meant so much but inspired so little emotion from a team that once made its living on its heart and grit.