DUCKS NEED A FRESH FACE ANAHEIM FALLS IN OT TO CANUCKS.Byline: ELLIOTT TEAFORD Staff Writer ANAHEIM -- Conventional wisdom suggests the Ducks must add a fresh face before the trade deadline next Tuesday. Acquiring a rent-a-veteran such as Bill Guerin William 'Bill' Robert Guerin (born November 9 1970, in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a professional ice hockey right wing for the NHL's New York Islanders. Playing career Bill Guerin has played for the Dallas Stars, the Boston Bruins, the Edmonton Oilers, the St. , Keith Tkachuk Keith Matthew Tkachuk (born March 28 1972, in Melrose, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He is currently playing left winger for the St. Louis Blues. or Owen Nolan Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. is the only way they can recapture their early season magic. Or so the theory goes. Ducks general manager Brian Burke For the hockey executive, see . Brian Thomas Burke (born in Perth, 25 February 1947) was premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988. In 1994, Burke was imprisoned for seven months after being convicted of rorting travel expenses. lost out on the Peter Forsberg Peter Mattias Forsberg (born July 20, 1973, in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently a Free Agent. sweepstakes, deciding the Philadelphia Flyers' asking price was too steep. Burke wasn't about to give up Corey Perry and Forsberg was dealt to the Nashville Predators last week. The Ducks showed they could match goals and blows with the scalding scalding plunging of pig or poultry carcasses into very hot water to facilitate scraping and dehairing and plucking. Chicken scalding water is 130°F for broilers (larger birds higher) applied for 1 to 2 minutes. Modern pig abattoirs use steam at 144 to 147°F for about 3 minutes. Vancouver Canucks for 60 minutes before falling 3-2 in overtime Tuesday night at the Honda Center. There was something missing, however. Despite 40 shots on net, the Ducks managed only two goals, giving Vancouver goaltender Dany Sabourin his first NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there victory in his 12th game in three seasons. The Ducks fired shots from all angles at Roberto Luongo's backup. But Vancouver won it on Daniel Sedin's power-play goal 2:19 into overtime after a debatable hooking call against Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer. Sami Salo's perimeter shot sailed high and wide of Jean-Sebastien Giguere's net, caromed off the glass and fell on Sedin's stick. He stuck the puck in the back of the net. "I didn't know where the puck was going to be," Giguere said. "I wasn't sure where the puck was going to go. It was a bit of a lucky bounce." Chris Kunitz scored a power-play goal in the last seconds of the second period to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead. Vancouver's Markus Naslund countered with a goal early in the third to tie the score at 2-2. The Ducks earned a point by making it to overtime, and moved seven points ahead of the second-place San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). . The Ducks have earned at least one point in four consecutive games (2-0-2). "We look at the standings occasionally," center Andy McDonald said. "For us, the goal is to be back to having that effort we had at the beginning of the season. We're just starting to get our game back. It hasn't been all bad. We've taken some steps lately." The Ducks recalled center Tim Brent from their minor-league affiliate at Portland, Maine, to take injured center Todd Marchant's spot in the lineup. Brent responded by scoring his first NHL goal, slamming home a rebound from near the left post while on one knee and giving the Ducks a 1-0 lead 6:51 into the game. elliott.teaford@dailybreeze.com (310) 540-4201 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere reacts as a Vancouver shot rebounds off the post in the first period Tuesday. Mark Avery/Associated Press |
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