Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Ducks announced today that single-game tickets for the club’s four preseason home games will go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Ducks have re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Brett Festerling to a two-year contract. The two-way contract pays $525,000 each year Festerling is in the NHL. Festerling was described by head coach Randy Carlyle as “the surprise of training camp” … Continue reading →

HockeysFuture.com has released its Fall rankings of the Ducks’ top 20 prospects, starting with new defenseman Luca Sbisa straight on down to Petteri Wirtanen (at the bottom of the “Other Notables” list). There’s one factual error; Petri Kontiola (ranked #8) … Continue reading →

…The Hockey News has compiled a list of the best hockey teams to last only a year, including the Ducks’ AHL affiliate last year, the Iowa Chops. Some fun mascots and some interesting alumni on the list.

Adding some “size” and “sandpaper” to their forward corps, the Ducks dealt Drew Miller and a third-round draft pick in 2010 to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Evgeny Artyukhin on Thursday.

Recent Ducks draft pick Kyle Palmieri had a goal and two assists for the United States in an 8-1 win over Russia on Tuesday, the first offour games between the two teams at the 2009 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation … Continue reading →

The brothers Niedermayer have made an annual tradition of a charity summer hockey game in their hometown of Cranbrook, British Columbia. With it comes the opportunity for each to field questions from the local media about their NHL careers and, … Continue reading →

Recent Ducks draft picks Kyle Palmieri and Jake Gardiner were selected by USA Hockey to the national team roster for a seven-game series against Russia this week. The players are auditioning for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team … Continue reading →

Updating my earlier post, Justin Pogge is now a Duck. The Ducks will send Toronto aconditional sixth-round draft pick in 2011, unless Pogge make 30 starts for Anaheim over the next two seasons, in which case it becomes a third-round … Continue reading →

Several news outlets are reporting that the Toronto Maple Leafs will trade goaltender Justin Pogge to the Ducks. Here’s what makes sense about the deal from Toronto’s end: The Leafs just hired former Ducks goaltending consultant Francois Allaire to coach … Continue reading →