DUCKS BLOW LEAD; AVALANCHE RALLIES FROM TWO GOALS BACK FOR VICTORY : COLORADO 4, DUCKS 3.Byline: Greg Christensen One-goal leads in today's NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there are nice, two-goal leads are nearly insurmountable. But don't try telling 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. . Wednesday night they squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. a two-goal lead in a 4-3 loss to 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. before 15,011 at the Pond. The Ducks have struggled to hold leads all season and they gave up four 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. made it close with his second goal of the game and 16th of the year at 16:13 of the third period, but Colorado held on to win its sixth consecutive game. The Avalanche is unbeaten since defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh Sandis Ozolinsh, or Sandis Ozoliņš in his native Latvian (born August 3, 1972 in Riga, Latvia), is a Latvian ice hockey player, currently playing in San Jose Sharks. ended his holdout hold·out n. One that withholds agreement or consent upon which progress is contingent. Noun 1. holdout - a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six . The Ducks were less than a second away from taking a two-goal lead into the second period when Valeri Kamensky Valeri Viktorovich Kamensky (Russian: Валерий Викторович Каменский blew down the left side, around Jamie Pushor and snapped a short shot through Guy Hebert's pads with .3 seconds remaining. Up to that point Hebert, who was back in the lineup after a lengthy bout with the flu, looked as sharp as ever. He stopped the first 11 shots, including saves on point-blank shots by Stephane Yelle and Adam Deadmarsh early in the game. The Ducks had several opportunities to regain the two-goal lead, but Patrick Roy stopped Marty McInnis twice from the slot, Tomas Sandstrom just missed on a two-on-one break and Anaheim managed only one shot on a three-minute, 48-second power play. However, Anaheim was successfully protecting its slim advantage. The Avalanche had managed only three shots in the period before Peter Forsberg turned and flipped a harmless-looking shot from the right circle that deflected off Fredrik Olausson into the Ducks' net at 16:21. That was a very bad sign for the Ducks. The Avalanche were 26-1-7 in the previous 34 games that Forsberg has scored a goal. Thanks to Forsberg they improved on that mark when the Colorado center helped set up two goals in the third period. Forsberg assisted on Greg DeVries' go-ahead goal scored at 3:15 and picked up his third point of the night at 5:55 when Joe Sakic scored on the power play. DeVries' goal was the crusher. The defenseman jumped down to the right circle and scored his first goal of the season, beating Hebert on the stick side. Seemingly refreshed from the All-Star break, the Ducks jumped out to a quick lead at 2:34 of the first period. Teemu Selanne intercepted a weak pass by Adam Foote in the left corner and flipped a sharp-angle shot at Roy. The Colorado goalie turned that aside, but Rucchin was there to jam home the rebound for his 15th goal of the year. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Colorado's Sylvain Lefebvre is flanked by the Ducks' Paul Kariya, left, and Teemu Selanne. John Hayes/Associated Press |
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