Game 7: Ducks vs. Coyotes 10.23.11

Game 7: Ducks at Blue Jackets 10.20.10

OPINION:
The road is not being kind to the Ducks to start this season. They are now 0-4-0 on the road. It wont be getting any easier with Philadelphia tomorrow and those blasted Red Wings again on Saturday, in the very unfriendly Joe Louis Arena.

My gripe tonight is with Hiller. Not how he's playing, he's standing on his head and doing the best he can given the circumstances. But for the millionth time this season he let in 2 quick back-to-back goals. I don't know why that's happening, and I know it's not all Hiller. I just know he's getting some rotten luck with back-to-back quick goals and it's getting irritating to see it happen almost every game. It's almost guaranteed that when 1 goal comes, another 2nd goal wont be far behind. That really needs to stop.

POST GAME QUOTES:
“We did some things very well but we made some mistakes,” Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said. “We give up a goal to MacKenzie, a slap shot into the pads; that’s a mistake. Then the next thing you know, Nash gets a goal and it kind of goes off our defenseman.”

“The power play wasn’t effective tonight,” the Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf said. “Those things kill you in games. You have to win those special teams’ battles.”

Source for Quotes: ducks.nhl.com

PHOTO OF THE GAME:

COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 20: Teemu Selanne #8 of the Anaheim Ducks celebrates a third period goal with Saku Koivu #11 while playing the Columbus Blue Jackets on October 20, 2010 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus won the game 3-1. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Game 7: Ducks vs. Blues 10.17.09

Graphic Credit: BuckyHermit @ duckscentral.net

PERIOD 1: 0 - 1
PERIOD 2: 0 - 3
PERIOD 3: 0 - 5





POST GAME QUOTES:
"Tonight was a tough one," said Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer. "We had those power plays early on that we didn’t capitalize on and from there, they took over the game. We didn’t really have an answer. We weren’t mentally strong enough to push through things we had to tonight."

"We did have a decent start in the hockey game," said Ducks coach Randy Carlyle. "We had things going our way, drew some penalties and were skating. It seemed our frustrations from our lack of offensive production on the power play took us out of the hockey game."

"It’s probably a combination of it not going well and then guys maybe try to do too much," Niedermayer said. "We just need to go out there with energy, work hard and good things will happen. There is enough skill and talent that we can put on it, but you have to be willing to work and commit to doing the little things."

Source for Quotes: ducks.nhl.com

PHOTO OF THE GAME:

ANAHEIM, CA - OCTOBER 17: T.J. Oshie #74 of the St. Louis Blues is hit by George Parros #16 of the Anaheim Ducks in the first period at Honda Center on October 17, 2009 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Game 7: Ducks at Maple Leafs 10.21.08

© Arnold Cheng Graphics
Ducks Win 3-2 in SO

Period 1: 2 - 0
Period 2: 2 - 1
Period 3: 2 - 2
OT: 2 - 2
SO: 3 - 2

I just have to say: PARROS GOT HIS 2ND GOAL OF THE SEASON!!! & when the goal scorers who are supposed to score actually get going, they'll be unstoppable because the non-goal scorers are doing awesome!

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GAME DAY QUOTES:
DUCKS:
“The mind frame we’re in right now, we’re going to take everything we possibly can,” said Ducks coach Randy Carlyle, whose club won for just the second time in seven games this season.

“We didn’t play very well, obviously, past the first period, but we found a way to get two points. Previously, we’ve been better, executed to a higher level and yet, come up empty.” Carlyle

“I can’t explain it,” Carlyle said. “If I had the explanation, it wouldn’t be happening, I’ll guarantee you. The frustration from our standpoint is it just seems that the switch goes off for us. We stop skating, and then all of a sudden, every puck we go to clear hits the shaft of a stick. Then we take a penalty. It just seems that the snowball gets larger, but tonight we won. I’m not going to critique a win.“We know we can play better than what we played, and we’re going to have to play a lot better than that to get more points.”

“I just tried to find what was open,” Selanne said. “We haven’t had that much success in shootouts, either, so it was good to win this game. Again, not a very good game for us. “In the second period, we started watching. The legs stopped moving. We started taking penalties again. Here we go. We really made our night very difficult.”

“It was a great feeling — obviously, any time you can put the puck in the net and actually beat the goaltender on a shot,” Parros said. “Usually I just chip ‘em in off the goal line. I just take my shots and get my goals where I can.”

Source for Quotes: OCRegister.com and ducks.nhl.com