DUCKS BEAT STARS, EARN PLAYOFF TICKET : MIGHTY DUCKS 3, STARS 2.Byline: 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. 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. , who came into the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there as an expansion team four years ago, clinched their first playoff berth Friday night with a 3-2 victory over the visiting 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. . The Mighty Ducks, led by young stars Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya (born October 16, 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the St. Louis Blues. Personal life , ran their record to 34-33-13 for 81 points and also ended the Stars' seven-game victory streak and 11-game unbeaten string. Selanne had a goal, his 49th, and assisted on Anaheim's other two scores, including feeding Kariya for the go-ahead goal with nine seconds remaining in the second period. Steve Rucchin Steve Rucchin (born July 4, 1971 Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a centre who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. Rucchin played high school hockey for Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, Ontario. chipped in with a goal and an assist for the Mighty Ducks, who beat Dallas for the first time in three meetings this season. The Mighty Ducks, trying to post their first winning season, also extended their home ice unbeaten streak to 13 games (9-0-4). Kariya's 42nd goal, coming off a pass from Selanne on a two-on-one break, trickled over the glove of goalie Arturs Irbe Artūrs Irbe (born February 2, 1967 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian professional Hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League who played for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets. , who lunged forward and just tipped the puck as he was going down. The Mighty Ducks dominated play through much of the first two periods, but the Stars suddenly came to life late in the second, scoring twice in a 37-second span to draw even at 2-2. Dallas defenseman Mike Lalor, getting his first goal of the season, took a pass from Mike Modano and sailed a 20-foot slap shot past goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov at 14:27 of the period. On an almost identical play moments later, Joe Nieuwendyk, on the left side, centered the puck to Dave Reid and Reid fired a slap shot that zipped past the Ducks' goalie and tied the game. Selanne had given the Mighty Ducks a two-goal pad when he came out of a scramble for the puck at the blue line, broke down the left side, bore down on Irbe and slid the puck between his pads for the forward's 49th goal of the season midway through the second period. Selanne, who has 22 points in his past 12 games, set up Anaheim's first-period score when he skated behind the Stars' goal and pulled up, turned and threaded a perfect pass through two defenders to Rucchin, who banged in the shot from close range. The Stars, 9-1-2 in their past 12 games, could have set a franchise record with an eighth straight victory. CAPTION(S): Chart Chart: PLAYOFF RACE |
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