DUCKS POUNDED BY HOT PENGUINS : LEMIEUX, NEDVED SPARK BLOWOUT PITTSBURGH 7, DUCKS 3.Byline: Ken Peters Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Mario Lemieux Mario Lemieux (born October 5, 1965) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1984 and 2006. and Petr Nedved each had two goals and an assist Wednesday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). routed 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. 7-3 at Anaheim Arena to win their fifth straight and stretch their unbeaten streak to nine games. Lemieux, 31, who says this season will probably be his last, played like a youngster against the Ducks, drawing two penalties for roughing and another for tripping. Pittsburgh struck for four second-period goals after falling behind 2-1, including two goals less than two minutes apart to pull away from a 2-2 tie. Jaromir Jagr and Ron Francis Ronald "Ron" Francis (born March 1, 1963 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada), is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centerman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs. each had two assists for the Penguins. Jagr, leading the league with 29 goals, had his goal-scoring streak ended at nine games, but extended his points string to 12 games. Pittsburgh scored four times against Mikhail Shtalenkov Mikhail Alekseyevich Shtalenkov (Russian:Михаил Алексеевич Шталенков; b. , the Ducks' starter in goal, and three times against Mike O'Neill Mike O'Neill is the name of:
Defenseman Kevin Hatcher took a pass from Jagr and beat Shtalenkov on a 30-foot slap shot to put Pittsburgh up 3-2 at 6:16 of the second. Shortly afterward, the Ducks' Bobby Dollas drew a four-minute penalty for high-sticking Alex Hicks, and Nedved cashed in with a power-play goal at 8:44, bearing down on the right side and sliding the puck under Shtalenkov on the stick side. After Teemu Selanne scored his 18th goal, pulling the Ducks within 4-3, Joe Dziedzic built the Pittsburgh lead back to two with his first goal of the season at 16:25. Lemieux made it 6-3 early in the third period with his 15th goal, with Jagr getting his second assist of the game. Lemieux then assisted on Nedved's 16th goal, 12:48 into the period. Hicks had drawn Pittsburgh even at 2-2 just 27 seconds into the second period, scoring from outside the crease when the Ducks failed to clear the puck. Paul Kariya scored his 10th goal and Jari Kurri added another goal to stake the Ducks to a 2-1 lead in the first period. Lemieux put the Penguins on the board first, scoring 3:10 into the game. |
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