Monthly Archives: June 2009

Pepsi 500 will start at noon.

Auto Club Speedway’s annual fall event is getting a new start time as well as a date: The Oct. 11 Pepsi 500 is scheduled to begin at noon.

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Wisniewski, Salcido, Festerling receive qualifying offers.

The Ducks have extended qualifying offers to five restricted free agents: defensemen James Wisniewski, Brett Festerling and Brian Salcido, and forwards Petteri Wirtanen and Petri Kontiola. All would have become unrestricted free agents Wednesday. Forwards Erik Christensen, Chad Painchaud and … Continue reading

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Whitney, Ryan on U.S. Olympic Orientation camp roster.

Bobby Ryan and Ryan Whitney have been included on the United States Olympic team orientation camp roster, released today. GM Brian Burke and team spread out the roster among veterans and youth. The oldest is 39-year-old Olympic team vet Mike … Continue reading

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Report: Sbisa injury isn’t serious.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Luca Sbisa disclosed Sunday that he has a groininjury, but that should not void the blockbuster trade that broughtstandout defenseman Chris Pronger to the Flyers, general manager PaulHolmgren said Sunday. “It’s nothing serious, so it shouldn’t … Continue reading

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Ducks’ top scout breaks down the picks.

Martin Madden, the Ducks’ director of amateur scouting, said his first draft with Anaheim went “very well.” “In a draft situation, there’s so many permutations that people will tell you it doesn’t go exactly how it wanted to … but … Continue reading

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Ducks are done drafting.

The Ducks kept their remaining picks Saturday — one each in rounds 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 — and used them (in order) on defenseman Matt Clark, goalie Igor Bobkov, defenseman Sami Vatanen, center Radoslav Illo and defenseman Scott … Continue reading

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Selanne says he’s coming back.

Teemu Selanne has informed general manager Bob Murray that he will play for the Ducks in 2009-10.

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Ducks are done drafting for the day.

The Ducks selected Peter Holland, an 18-year-old forward out of Guelph of the Ontario Hockey League, with the 15th overall selection. Holland is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound center coming off a 28-goal 67-point season in 68 games for Guelph. Anaheim traded … Continue reading

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Niedermayer to return to Ducks. Pronger to Philadelphia.

Scott Niedermayer will end his latest flirtation with retirement and return to the Ducks next season. The 35-year-old defenseman, who becomes a free agent on July 1, will sign a new contract in the near future, a team spokesman said. … Continue reading

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Report: Fedorov to KHL.

Former Duck Sergei Fedorov is now a former Washington Capital, having signed with Magnitogorsk Metallurg of the KHL, according to Sportbox.ru and reported in English on russiatoday.com. The 39-year-old forward, whose 85 games in a Mighty Ducks uniform spanned both … Continue reading

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