DUCKS NOTEBOOK: GOALIE RANFORD HURT IN SCRAMBLE.Byline: Greg Christensen Before the season began, the Mighty Ducks' 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 joked he might have to protect himself by getting his stick up. Wednesday night, Kariya's stick wasn't up very high, but it was high enough to knock Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. goalie Bill Ranford William Edward Ranford, better known as Bill Ranford (born December 14, 1966 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He graduated from New Westminster Secondary School in 1976 [1]. out of the game in the first period. Kariya was swinging at a loose puck in a scramble around the net when he was hit from behind by Jason Cullimore and the blade of his stick caught Ranford in the eye through his mask. Ranford went to the dressing room immediately and did not return. He was replaced by Darren Puppa, who allowed two goals on the first six shots he faced. Season debut: Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei Ruslan Salei (Russian: Руслан Салей) (born November 2, 1974 in Minsk, Belarus) is a professional hockey defenseman for the Florida Panthers. made his first appearance after missing the first six games of the season. Salei, who was suspended for five of those games and was scratched last Sunday against Phoenix, picked up his first point of the season in the first period when his wrist shot wrist shot n. A quick shot made in hockey by snapping the wrists forward with the puck against the stick blade. was deflected by Kariya for a power-play goal that gave Anaheim a 1-0 lead. With the return of Salei, Pavel Trnka Pavel Trnka (born July 26, 1976 in Plzen, Czech Republic) is a Czech ice hockey defenceman. Trnka started his National Hockey League career with the Anaheim Ducks in 1997. He also played for the Florida Panthers. He left the NHL after the 2004 season. was the defenseman who did not suit up for the Ducks. Long season: Tampa Bay, which finished with an NHL-worst 17-55-10 record in the 1997-98 season, never won more than two consecutive games last year. The Lightning which came into the game with a three-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" , its longest since Feb. 1997, won back-to-back games four times last season. New system: Wednesday's game was the first Ducks game to feature the two-referee system. Lance Roberts and Don Van Massenhoven worked the first of 20 Anaheim games this season (10 at home, 10 on road) that will have two referees. Power-ful: Mikael Renberg's power-play goal in the second period snapped the Ducks' streak of consecutive penalty kills at 17 and was the first they have allowed at home this season. Marha on injured list: With the arrival of Marty McInnis in Anaheim, the Ducks placed center Josef Marha on the injured list. Marha sprained his right ankle in the season opener at Washington and is at least a week away from returning to the lineup. |
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