November 2007 Archives

You had a feeling his days were numbered when the Ducks traded for Brian Sutherby.

Your starting goalies: Jonas Hiller vs. Ilya Bryzgalov. Strange, huh?

Todd Bertuzzi and Mathieu Schneider are in the Ducks' active lineup tonight.

A woman at the front desk of the rink in Westminster where Scotty began practicing 10 days ago says he hasn't been on the premises since that initial workout. Hmmm.

Who?

The Phoenix Coyotes claimed Ilya Bryzgalov off waivers this morning. No telling which other team's GMs wanted Bryzgalov, but only the Washington Capitals had a higher waiver priority than the Coyotes. And, for what it's worth, the Caps have allowed two fewer goals this year than the Ducks.

The Coyotes get a date with UCLA tomorrow after beating Weber State by 12 points at Pauley Pavilion on Monday night. It's arguably the biggest win in program history. Tomorrow is the biggest game in program history, and luckily for the Cal State community – most notably, the school's PR wing, which gets free advertising it never could have expected – the game will be on ESPN2.

Randy Carlyle keeps saying he doesn't like shootouts, but I think his players are starting to disagree.

The Ducks have changed public address announcers.

At an ice rink somewhere in Southern California, Scott Niedermayer, Jeff Friesen and Travis Green are skating together, so says the LA Times. Is this the biggest Ducks news of the year?

Just when you thought you had the Ducks figured out, a 6-5 overtime loss to the Coyotes at home.

Emptying out the notebook from today's practice ...

Last Thursday there was a video tribute on the Honda Center bigscreen to Jacques Plante, the legendary goalkeeper of the 1960's and 70's who pioneered the use of a goalie's mask and was the first to roam out of the crease to play pucks. Taking a page from Plante, Dallas 'keeper Marty Turco more than handed it to the Ducks on Monday night.

Saturday's win over the Phoenix Coyotes (on the road!) was a game the Ducks should have won. Breaking the power-play slump and getting into a bunch of fights were mere bonuses.

The Ducks recorded their 41st consecutive sellout at Honda Center on Thursday night. But I swear the place was 90 percent full. Entire rows were missing. Maybe they bought their tickets before Halloween and still had a stomachache from eating all of last night's candy.