DUCKS' STREAK NOW IN REVERSE DALLAS 5, DUCKS 1.Byline: Frank Welch
Frank Welch (1835 – 1878) was a Nebraska Republican politician. He was born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 10, 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents. Staff Writer ANAHEIM - 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. defenseman Oleg Tverdovksy seemed to sum up his team's 5-1 loss Sunday to the Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to 1993, the team was known as the Minnesota North Stars. better than anyone. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what happened,'' said Tverdovsky, after 14,617 at the Pond watched Anaheim (20-31-6-3) lose its second game in a row after a season-best six-game 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" . ``I don't know, after so many good games in a row, we just didn't show up. We have a tendency to have streaks ... bad ones and good ones.'' Anaheim's most recent downward slide is easy to pinpoint. The club's defense has taken a three-game hiatus, yet it managed to defeat Philadelphia 5-4 on Wednesday. The Ducks have given up 13 goals in the past three games. During the previous four games (all victories) Anaheim yielded just three goals. ``We were so good for so long at not making mistakes,'' Anaheim coach Bryan Murray Bryan Murray can refer to:
That was the case Sunday as Dallas' recently formed top line of Mike Modano Michael Thomas Modano, Jr. (born June 7 1970, in Livonia, Michigan) is a professional hockey player for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He is the all-time goal scoring leader amongst American-born players. , Brenden Morrow and Jere Lehtinen had a field day against Anaheim goalie Steve Shields. Shields was making his first start since Jan. 21 against the Kings. Modano had a goal and four assists, one short of his career high of six points in a game, Morrow had his best game of the season with a goal and three assists and Lehtinen had a goal and two assists. That offense was more than enough for Dallas goalie Ed Belfour, who stopped 34 shots in outplaying Shields. Belfour held Anaheim scoreless during a first period when the Ducks played their best hockey. ``He's the reason they won,'' Tverdovsky said of Belfour. ``That, and we didn't play a good defensive game at all.'' Lehtinen's goal with 46 seconds left in the first period gave the Stars the lead. Rob DiMaio and Morrow scored 3:14 apart early in the second period giving Dallas (25-19-7-4) a 3-0 lead. Anaheim's Mike Leclerc increased his career-high in goals with his 18th of the season on a power play with 8:51 left in the second period. Modano's goal 12 seconds later spoiled any Anaheim comeback hopes and lifted the Stars' lead to 4-1. |
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