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November 4, 2010 | Robyn Norwood
The kids gave the Ducks a lift at the Honda Center on Wednesday before captain Ryan Getzlaf and 40-year-old Teemu Selanne finished off a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning by combining on a goal two minutes 53 seconds into overtime. The win over one of the top early-season teams in the Eastern Conference broke a two-game losing streak for the Ducks. "We're under pressure all over the place," said Getzlaf, who scored his fifth goal of the season and second career overtime goal.
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April 3, 2010 | Kevin Baxter
The Ducks earned a point on Friday. But they also gave one away. And given their desperate situation in the NHL's Western Conference playoff chase, it's the one that got away that mattered most. Needing a win to move up a spot in the conference standings, the Ducks fought back from deficits twice in the third period Friday to force a 4-4 tie, only to lose in a shootout to the Vancouver Canucks at the Honda Center. Corey Perry was the only Duck to score in the shootout while Vancouver got goals from Kyle Wellwood and Pavol Demitra.
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February 10, 2010
VS. EDMONTON When: 7. Where: Honda Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 830. Records: Ducks 28-24-7, Oilers 18-34-6. Record vs. Oilers (2008-2009): 2-2-0. Update: Coach Randy Carlyle tried a new line with Saku Koivu centering Matt Beleskey and Corey Perry as he prepared to play without leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf, who is day to day because of a sprained left ankle suffered Monday against the Kings. The Ducks will try to extend their 10-game home winning streak.
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February 10, 2010 | By Helene Elliott
Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry met at a selection camp for an under-18 team -- or so Perry recalls. Getzlaf thought it wasn't until after the 2003 draft, in which the Ducks chose him 19th and Perry 28th, that they began forming the bond that led to having their names engraved on the Stanley Cup in 2007 and on Team Canada's roster for the Vancouver Olympics. After a moment's thought, Getzlaf decided Perry was right. "He made that team and I didn't," the rangy center said, "so that's why he remembers it."
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February 9, 2010 | Helene Elliott
The Kings' winning streak ended Monday at a club-record nine games, halted not by lack of effort but by a more desperate effort by the playoff long shot Ducks. It took every bit of determination the Ducks had to subdue the Kings, 4-2, at the Honda Center and set a record of their own with a 10-game home winning streak. It took Scott Niedermayer frantically batting the puck away from Dustin Brown while on his knees near the net midway through the third period. It took Corey Perry contributing a goal and two assists despite losing his center, Ryan Getzlaf, to a sprained ankle in the second period.
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February 9, 2010 | Helene Elliott
There's a lot of Ilya Kovalchuk gear on sale at the Thrashers' team store, so Devils General Manager Lou Lamoriello won't be the only one getting a bargain after the left wing was traded from Atlanta to New Jersey last week. The Devils had the depth to give away promising kids like Niclas Bergfors and Patrice Cormier and a first-round draft pick for Kovalchuk, who can walk away as a free agent July 1. The Kings wouldn't surrender any two of Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson and Wayne Simmonds, so Thrashers GM Don Waddell took the best deal available.