Sexton, Levasseur wrap up big weekend for Syracuse.
Dan Sexton's three-point game Sunday wrapped up a big weekend for the erstwhile Ducks right wing in the American Hockey League.
Sexton scored once at even strength and once short-handed - who knew he could kill penalties? - and added an assist in the Syracuse Crunch's 5-0 win over theHartford Wolf Pack Connecticut Whale. Sexton also had a goal in a 4-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, giving him three goals and an assist in two games since his latest AHL demotion.
Defenseman Brett Festerling (two goals, plus-4 rating), left wing Matt Beleskey (goal, assist) and defenseman Mat Clark (goal, assist) also had strong games for the Crunch on Sunday.
Although playing back-to-back games is common for AHL goalies, Jean-Phillippe Levasseur's weekend bears mentioning. His 32-save shutout Sunday came less than 24 hours after a 42-save effort against the Penguins. The 23-year-old lowered his goals-against average to 2.81 and boosted his save percentage to .918.
With Timo Pielmeier struggling (6-10-1, 3.61, .898), Levasseur looks like the Ducks' number three goalie by default.
Sexton scored once at even strength and once short-handed - who knew he could kill penalties? - and added an assist in the Syracuse Crunch's 5-0 win over the
Defenseman Brett Festerling (two goals, plus-4 rating), left wing Matt Beleskey (goal, assist) and defenseman Mat Clark (goal, assist) also had strong games for the Crunch on Sunday.
Although playing back-to-back games is common for AHL goalies, Jean-Phillippe Levasseur's weekend bears mentioning. His 32-save shutout Sunday came less than 24 hours after a 42-save effort against the Penguins. The 23-year-old lowered his goals-against average to 2.81 and boosted his save percentage to .918.
With Timo Pielmeier struggling (6-10-1, 3.61, .898), Levasseur looks like the Ducks' number three goalie by default.
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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.
I'm glad somebody is doing something on the farm, as the pickings looks mighty slim after after last year's callups Sexton, Belelsky, Festerling and perhaps the goalie. I was hoping that Clark and Mitera would develop on D, and that some of the kids like Macenauer, Palmieri, Brittain would devlelop up front, but we haven't seen much yet. The guys we got from Carolina, NYR and Philly haven't done much either.