Game 2: Ducks "vs" Kings

"vs"

Period 1: 2 - 0

Period 2: 4 - 1

Period 3: 4 - 1

Now see this was the Ducks team that I remember. Yesterday is to be forgotten immediately. Today they played like they meant it the whole way through. Jonas Hiller was in net which made me happy because he impressed me in the pre-season, I wanted to see if it was a fluke, but it wasn't... he really IS a great goalie. He's very confident between the pipes and has great vision. And the team seems to feel comfortable with him in net too.

Corey Perry was 1 goal shy of a hat trick, I was hoping he'd get one to see if any "Londoners" in the audience would throw their hats.

Well the London trip is..I'd like to say over but they still have 3 road games to conquer, just not IN London, but it's grouped together with the London trip. I really feel bad for these guys, that traveling has got to suck. I get tired just flying to Minnesota or New York.. they had to go all the way to London, adjust to the time difference, and now they have to come back and adjust again. Yikes.

Great win today
Over and Out
-PD

Game 1: Ducks "at" Kings

"@"

Period 1: 0 - 1

Period 2: 0 - 2

Period 3: 1 - 4

So I woke up by 8:30am out of sheer anticipation for this game. Excited. Pumped up. Ready to get the season started. And what I got to watch on My TV by 9:30am (there was a technical difficulty with the lights at the arena, resulting in about a half hour delay.) was dissapointing. The Ducks looked lost and confused while the Queens looks sharp and on their game.

Stanley Cup Hangover? I don't think so. We didn't play this way the whole game which is why I say that.

In the last half of the 3rd period we finally got a goal, by who other than Bobby Ryan... then for the last 5 or so minutes they played like what Ducks fans are used to seeing. They played like the wanted to win. That goal gave them this huge burst of energy.

Too little too late.
Losing to the Queens sucks. I hate nothing more than to lose to them.
Losing to them by a shutout would have stung worse than this... but thankfully we didn't allow that to happen.


I also found it amusing that I am older than the Kings goalie. He is only 19. And I am freshly 20 as of August 30th. Weird being older than rookies.

Tomorrow will be a different story.
Now I'm off to take a nap.

-PD

Just over 15 hours

Approx 15 hours and 15 minutes until the first game of the season IN LONDON!

I have never been so excited to wake up at 9am in my life.
:) DROP THE PUCK!

Just for Fun!

Something to Brighten your Day!

It just brings a smile to your face, doesn't it?

Le Sigh

A whole week without hockey.

Hmm.
What to do, what to do!?

Oh yea the same thing I did during the summer... Nothing.

This makes it a lot harder to procrastinate homework, I tell you what.

We win!!!!!! Killed em!

Tonights game was VERY good. It looked like the boys in black were back!! After two lowsy games and long practices as punishment for them, they FINALLY got their act together and pulled of an AMAZING win.

First- Bobby Ryan... That kid had 4 assists! He REALLY wants to make it on the team, and I can't help but to say, I hope he makes it!

Second- Jonas Hiller!!! MY GOD! He was spectacular. He got a shutout!!

Beauchemin returned to our line up and got a goal! It was a fantastic goal that suprised everyone when it got in there!
Bertuzzi got a SWEET goal.. made it look so easy to do.

What a GREAT way to send the boys off to London on a win! :)
So now there's no hockey again til Saturday *cries*

Regular season is ABOUT to begin.

Ducks win 5-0!!!!

-PD

Race for the Cure, Help save a boob!

Tomorrow is the Susan G. Komen race for the cure over in fashion island.
I am running on TEAM DUCKS, and I'm the captain of the team and it's taken me forever to organize this whole thing and tomorrow is the big day.
I don't think very many people read this, I haven't gotten my name out there yet for this blog.. but umm for those who DO read this... I want your money.

JUST KIDDING.

The charity wants your money. 100% proceeds go to research for finding the cure to Breast Cancer.. so IF you can, a donation would be sweet! If you can't well don't worry about it.

Link: I WANT TO DONATE!

PENALTY!

Penalty is going to be a term the Ducks are familiar with AGAIN this year.
All THREE of San Jose's goals were results of power plays.
We had like 14 or something penalties against us.
They had three 2 man advantages.

We're going to be the most penalized team again. And while I like to gloat it worked for us last year, a bit of that had to do with luck. It's not gonna work every year, so I'd really like for them to knock it off.

I'd hate to be a ducks player at practice tomorrow!
RC is probably ticked out of his mind.

Ryan Getzlaf might be injured, or I should say hurt. Players can play hurt, they can't play injured.
A puck hit him square in the toe and he limped off the ice, returned for a short shift, and left the ice again.
He returned late in the game for the last shift of the night though, which says it must not be that bad.

Hope not. We don't need any more injuries as pre-season is coming to an end... regular season is but a week away!

In the end, we lose 3-1.
Oh and our lone goal was scored by none other than BOBBY RYAN.
That a boy, Bobby!

Impressive.