April 2008 Archives
The Ducks signed Ryan Carter to a three-year contract today. I'll talk to him this afternoon, get some numbers in the paper tomorrow ... but what a reward for a guy who wasn't expected to be a major contributor - then ended up bumping Doug Weight from the rotation in the playoffs.
Carter's NHL stats: 4 goals, 4 assists, 36 penalty minutes in 34 games.
...to the woman who held up this sign at Honda Center during the Ducks' 5-2 win over the Stars in Game 5 on Friday:
"Getzy’s got abilitY with a capital Y. Y? Cuz he’s hot."
Is Randy Carlyle suddenly more loquacious?
No, there's just more reporters around!
Continue reading Carlyle morning skate quotes.
Belonged to Ducks defenseman Kent Huskins in their 4-0 loss to Dallas in Game 1 on Thursday.
Continue reading The dumbest penalty I've seen all year.
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The NHL just held its draft lottery Monday for the first time ever. (They're a little slow to catch on to the appeal of bouncing white balls north of the border, eh?) The Edmonton Oilers are going 12th and will give that pick to the Ducks as a result of signing Dustin Penner to an offer sheet this past off-season.
Continue reading Ducks drafting 12th..
The Ducks broke a 2-year-old team record at the end of the first period when Joe DiPenta and Teemu Selanne scored goals eight second apart. Selanne and Chris Kunitz scored 10 seconds apart in 2005. No surprise that Selanne involved in both records.
DiPenta's contribution was somewhat of a surprise. It was his first goal of the season and probably the only reason he wasn't scratched from this game is because the Ducks already locked up the No. 4 seed the night before. I talked to DiPenta earlier in the week about his stick. He's one of only 13 guys in the league who use a wood stick, and he said he doesn't like the feel of the composite sticks, even though it gives you a harder shot. Scoring goals, he said, "isn't part of my game."
Don't sell yourself short, Joe. Your goal is in the record books now.
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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