My interview on "The Hockey Ticket"; postgame stuff
Plug in your earphones, and prepare to collapse the window if your boss walks by: http://mvn.com/thehockeyticket/
From the Ducks' 3-2 shootout win over the Stars, stuff that didn't make the paper:
• The victory breaks the franchise record for home wins in a season (27-9-4)
• Chris Kunitz hadn't made a shootout goal all season before notching the game winner. In fact, only four guys in practice Saturday scored during the shootout drill: Todd Marchant, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Joe DiPenta and Todd Bertuzzi. Carlyle sent NONE of them out in the shootout.
• Getzlaf's two assists moved him into a tie for 16th (with Eric Staal) in the NHL in points with 79. Undoubtedly because of the potential for re-injuring his shoulder, Getzlaf didn't take a single faceoff all game until going in there with 3 seconds left in overtime. Good to see Carlyle recognize the importance of winning that one.
• Scott Niedermayer played 32:22 ice time, which is ridiculously high.
• The checking line of Brad May, Brian Sutherby and George Parros got 10 shifts during even-strength time, which is UP, and were even out there with under 4 minutes to play in regulation. They did nothing scoreboard-wise, but Parros' moustache got plenty of applause.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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