Roundup: Fowler breaks nose; Doan suspended; Getzlaf honored; (update: Mikkelson waived).
By noon Monday, there was enough Ducks-related weekend fallout - some good, some bad - to fill one page of an afternoon sports section. If those existed anymore.
1. Defenseman Cam Fowler was diagnosed with a broken nose as a result of this play in the second period of Sunday's game against the Phoenix Coyotes. He is listed as "probable" for Wednesday's game in Columbus against the Blue Jackets.
2. Shane Doan - who also steered Fowler toward the end boards - has been suspended three games for his third-period hit on Dan Sexton. No penalty was called on the play at the time.
3. Update: Brendan Mikkelson has been placed on waivers. The 23-year-old appeared in five games this season, posting one assist and seven penalty minutes, after winning one of the final defenseman spots in training camp. A second-round draft pick by the Ducks in 2005, Mikkelson was a healthy scratch Sunday against the Phoenix Coyotes. He had been averaging 19:24 - fourth among Anaheim defensemen and sixth overall.
4. Ryan Getzlaf was named the NHL's third star of the week, behind only Florida Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun and Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa. Getzlaf led all scorers last week with eight points (two goals, six assists) in four games as the Ducks posted a 2-1-1 record. Here's how Getzlaf's four games break down:
1. Defenseman Cam Fowler was diagnosed with a broken nose as a result of this play in the second period of Sunday's game against the Phoenix Coyotes. He is listed as "probable" for Wednesday's game in Columbus against the Blue Jackets.
2. Shane Doan - who also steered Fowler toward the end boards - has been suspended three games for his third-period hit on Dan Sexton. No penalty was called on the play at the time.
3. Update: Brendan Mikkelson has been placed on waivers. The 23-year-old appeared in five games this season, posting one assist and seven penalty minutes, after winning one of the final defenseman spots in training camp. A second-round draft pick by the Ducks in 2005, Mikkelson was a healthy scratch Sunday against the Phoenix Coyotes. He had been averaging 19:24 - fourth among Anaheim defensemen and sixth overall.
4. Ryan Getzlaf was named the NHL's third star of the week, behind only Florida Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun and Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa. Getzlaf led all scorers last week with eight points (two goals, six assists) in four games as the Ducks posted a 2-1-1 record. Here's how Getzlaf's four games break down:
1. 0-0-0 in St. Louis on Monday
2. A goal, three assists and a +2 rating in a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks in the home opener at Honda Center on Wednesday.
3. One goal and one assist in a 5-4 shootout loss to Atlanta Thrashers on Friday.
4. Two assists and a +3 rating in a 3-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday.
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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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