DUCKS GET JOB DONE MIGHTY DUCKS 5, PHOENIX 3.Byline: Eugene W. Fields Staff Writer ANAHEIM - 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. traded Mike Leclerc Michael Leclerc (born November 10, 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. Playing career Usually playing as left wing, Leclerc was drafted in the 3rd round, 55th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. to the Phoenix Coyotes The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). before the season began for a draft pick, but the left wing hasn't forgotten how to play at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. Leclerc tied his career-high with two goals, but the Ducks spoiled his homecoming, holding on for a 5-3 victory in front of an announced 13,733 Sunday. Jonathan Hedstrom's first career goal with 15:19 left turned out to be the deciding goal. The Ducks (2-4-1) took a 3-0 lead after the first period to chase Phoenix goalie Curtis Joseph Curtis Shayne Joseph (born April 29, 1967 in Keswick, Ontario, Canada, as Curtis Munroe), is a professional ice hockey goaltender in the NHL who is currently a free agent after having spent the past two seasons playing for the Phoenix Coyotes. and they never trailed. Still, the Ducks needed Hedstrom's goal and a late power-play goal by Rob Niedermayer to put the game out of reach. The victory ended the Ducks' three-game losing streak and gave Ducks goalie Ilya Bryzgalov his second career NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there victory and his first of the season. ``When you lose three games in a row, you know you have to turn things around. We'll try to use this as a confidence-booster, but we know we have to do a better job,'' said Ducks forward Teemu Selanne, who scored his third goal in as many games. |
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