DUCK SOUP IN DENVER : COLORADO 6, DUCKS 2.Byline: Aaaron J. Lopez Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Tomas Sandstrom fed Matt Cullen Matthew "Matt" Cullen (born November 2, 1976 in Virginia, Minnesota) is a professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. He is the older brother of Detroit Red Wings player Mark Cullen. for an easy goal in the second period but it was nowhere near enough as the Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1996 and 2001. extended its winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to seven with a 6-2 victory over the Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney animated series aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. Twenty-six episodes total were produced. on Thursday night. Peter Forsberg Peter Mattias Forsberg (born July 20, 1973, in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently a Free Agent. recorded his 400th career point and Stephane Yelle Stéphane Yelle (born May 9, 1974, Ottawa, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. Playing career scored twice for Colorado. Claude Lemieux added two goals and Joe Sakic had three assists for the Avalanche, who beat the Ducks for the second straight night to move within one victory of the longest winning streak in franchise history. Colorado won eight straight from Oct. 18 to Nov. 5, 1995. Forsberg had a goal and an assist before leaving midway through the final period with a bruised thigh. Patrick Roy, who has allowed just 16 goals in his last 23 games, made 32 saves - including 17 in the final period - to move four wins from 400. Despite a horrible first period, Anaheim trailed only 3-2 after Sandstrom stole the puck from Sandis Ozolinsh behind the net and found Cullen 58 seconds into the second. Yelle, who has seven goals this season, turned the momentum for good with a blast from 15 feet away at 7:19 and added a goal worthy of the highlight shows less than five minutes later. As Colorado was killing off a penalty, Yelle skated down the right side, fired a shot at Guy Hebert and was taken down just outside the crease. As the puck pinballed around, Yelle flailed away while lying on his stomach and managed to backhand a blind shot between Fredrik Olausson and Hebert. Adam Deadmarsh closed the scoring when he deflected Lemieux's shot from the point for his first goal since Dec. 31. Colorado dominated the first period, outshooting Anaheim 18-7, to take a 3-1 lead into the second. Forsberg and Lemieux scored 2:38 apart, and Lemieux added his 19th goal off Sakic's rebound late in the period. The Ducks briefly tied the game 1-1 when Teemu Selanne charged in from the right side, drew Roy to the post and then flipped a pass back between Roy's legs to a wide-open Marty McInnis. Marha traded: The Ducks traded center Josef Marha to the floundering Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations. Marha played in 10 games this season for Anaheim, recording one assist. He also played three games with Cincinnati of the American Hockey League
CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO PETER FORSBERG He got his 400th career point as Colorado extended its winning streak to seven games. Forsberg left in the final period with a bruised thigh. |
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