Anaheim Ducks News

LONDON _ The Los Angeles Kings were the forgotten team here this week, shunted to the background as their Southern California rivals paraded the Stanley Cup around London. Maybe they got tired of playing second fiddle. Mike Cammalleri scored twice and rookie Jonathan Bernier sparkled in his first-ever NHL start as the Kings dumped the defending champion Anaheim Ducks 4-1 ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (CP) _ Teemu Selanne couldn't decide if he felt overwhelming joy or a deep feeling of relief after the Anaheim Ducks hung on for a heart-stopping 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday night to earn a trip to the NHL Stanley Cup final. The Ducks looked like they had the game sewn up with a 4-1, third-period lead but saw the Red Wings battle back with goals 6:48 apart. Detroit came close ...

Teemu Selanne of the Anaheim Ducks scored his 500th career goal Wednesday night against the Colorado Avalanche. Selanne sent a wrist shot past goalie Jose Theodore at 14:54 of the second period. Andy McDonald set up the goal with a cross-ice pass. The 36-year-old Selanne became the 36th player in NHL history to reach the milestone. He joined Jari Kurri as the only Finnish-born NHL players to score 500 goals.

Brian Burke doesn't like watching his team play without a heavyweight. It prompted the Anaheim Ducks GM to acquire tough guy George Parros from Colorado on Monday to fill in for Todd Fedoruk, who has missed the past eight games with a broken cheekbone. ``It was clear to us that this was going to be a lengthy injury in terms of when he'll be able to come back and perform ...

The Anaheim Ducks acquired tough guy George Parros and dealt away forwards Stanislav Chistov and Todd Fedoruk in three separate moves on Monday. The Ducks got Parros from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2007. Anaheim traded Chistov to Boston in exchange for a third-round draft choice in either 2007 or 2008 and sent Fedoruk to Philadelphia for a fourth-round draft pick in 2007. The ...

The Anaheim Ducks finally had things go their way in a shootout. Ryan Getzlaf faked backup goalie Mathieu Garon and scored the winning goal in the fifth round, helping the streaking Anaheim Ducks beat the rival Los Angeles Kings 3-2 Sunday. Getzlaf skated slowly toward Garon and faked to the right before pausing and going left, catching Garon sprawled flat on the ice. ``We talked before the game about what his tendencies are,'' Getzlaf said. ``I had an ...

In this season's first meeting between two teams that figure to be among the best in the NHL's Western Conference, the Ducks were a little bit better than the Wild. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves, defencemen Scott Niedermayer and Sean O'Donnell scored second-period goals, and Anaheim ended Minnesota's season-opening winning streak at six games with a 2-1 victory Friday night. The loss left Buffalo as the NHL's only team with a perfect record. The Sabres defeated Carolina 5-4 ...

Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 21 shots and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Wednesday night. Giguere made saves on the first 20 shots he faced, then his shutout bid ended when rookie Tomas Kopecky beat him at close range with 5:36 left in the game. The goal was Kopecky's first in the NHL. Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer and the rest of the Anaheim defenders kept the pressure ...

Giving up the tying goal in the final seconds of regulation was just a minor detour for Marty Turco and the rest of the Dallas Stars, who again found a way to remain unbeaten. Sergei Zubov and Jussi Jokinen connected on both of Dallas' shots in the shootout, and the Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Sunday night in the only game on the NHL schedule. ``That goal could ...

Mike York, Trent Hunter and Chris Simon scored in a 1:46 span of the second period, then York got the deciding goal in the sixth round of a shootout to give the New York Islanders the first victory of the season, 5-4 over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Alexei Yashin scored the tying goal with 3:43 left in regulation for the Islanders, who had opened the season with three ...

Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 34 shots in his 22nd career shutout and Chris Kunitz scored two power-play goals in the Anaheim Ducks' 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. The Blues, who had the NHL's worst record last season, have dropped a club-record 12 straight road games. They will take an 0-3 record into their home opener Thursday. Curtis Sanford made his season debut in goal for St. ...

Ilya Bryzgalov made 34 saves, and Teemu Selanne and Dustin Penner scored to help the Anaheim Ducks beat Phoenix 2-1 on Saturday night. Zbynek Michalek scored for the Coyotes. The Ducks dropped the ``Mighty'' from their name and changed their colours in the off-season, switching from purple and teal to black and orange. But they look the same to the Coyotes. The Ducks went 7-0-1 against Phoenix last season. And they wasted little time trying to re-establish their ...

The Anaheim Ducks re-signed Zenon Konopka to a two-year contract and will send him to its Portland Pirates affiliate in the American Hockey League, the team announced Saturday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Niagara Falls, Ont., native split the 2005-06 season between Anaheim and Portland. He had four goals, three assists and 48 penalty minutes in 23 games with the Ducks, and 44 points and 57 penalty minutes in 34 games with Portland. Konopka, 25, signed as ...

Chris Kunitz had a goal and an assist, Teemu Selanne added two assists and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. The Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf snapped a 2-2 tie when he scored with 13:15 remaining, and Kunitz added a goal moments later. Lubomir Visnovsky pulled the Kings within one with his goal with 5:07 remaining, but that closed the ...

Joel Perrault scored a power-play goal with 24.8 seconds left in overtime to lift the Phoenix Coyotes past the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 in both teams' pre-season finale. Ed Jovanovski faked a shot from the top of the right circle before passing to Perrault, who one-timed the puck off Jean-Sebastian Giguere from the tight angle for the game-winner. Dave Scatchard also scored for the Coyotes, who won their second straight to ...