DUCKS DONE IN AGAINST THRASHERS ATLANTA 4, DUCKS 2.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 - Overshadowed by both the firing of coach Craig Hartsburg Craig Hartsburg (born June 29, 1959 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons with the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League from 1979-80 until 1988-89. and the foot injury to star left wing Paul Kariya was the fact the Mighty Ducks were riding a season-best three-game winning streak heading into Wednesday night's game with the Atlanta Thrashers. The victories - all at home - were a product of the Ducks playing just well enough to beat the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , and the Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). . All three teams are under .500 and among the worst in the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there in defense. Playing just well enough to win was fine in the transition from Hartsburg to Guy Charron. Winning right out of the chute made Charron look like a breath of fresh air for a team that had gone depressingly stale. But without Kariya for the first time this season, the Ducks played just bad enough to get scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. at The Pond as an announced crowd of 12,051 watched the lifeless Ducks lose 4-2 to the second-year Atlanta Thrashers. Even Kariya - out at least two weeks with a cracked bone in his right foot - likely wouldn't have been able to save the day in this one. The Ducks (13-16-4) made the same on-ice gaffes against the Thrashers (13-13-6) that pushed Hartsburg to the unemployment line last week. Not that Charron's job is in jeopardy, but he did lose his first game in three tries as coach. What ended the Mighty Ducks winning streak was a first period in which they gave up three goals on 16 shots. Two of those goals were scored when defensemen made ill-advised passes or shot attempts. Altanta left wing Hnat Domenichelli and right wings Brad Tapper and Jeff Odgers scored goals during a span that covered 6:45 of the middle of the first period. Domenichelli was able to lift a rebound of his own shot up over Anaheim goalie Guy Hebert to make it 1-0 seven minutes into the game. Atlanta, which rolled up seven goals in beating the Kings in overtime on Tuesday night, started fast again, ringing up seven shots in the first seven minutes and holding a 10-2 shot advantage at one point. Tapper and Odgers scored 28 seconds apart when each took advantage of poor decision making by Anaheim defenseman. |
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