DUCKS STUN AVALANCHE DUCKS 4, COLORADO 3.Byline: Brice Nixon Staff Writer ANAHEIM - 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 returned to the Pond on Friday, with his Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1996 and 2001. leading the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there and his former team, 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. , near the bottom of the Western Conference standings. After helping lead the Ducks to last season's Stanley Cup Stanley Cup: see hockey, ice. Stanley Cup Trophy awarded annually to the winning team of the National Hockey League championship. Named for its donor, the Canadian governor-general Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston Finals, Kariya signed with Colorado. He had visions of a high-scoring, high-flying team capable of winning it all again. But, at least on Friday, the Ducks had the last word as Kariya's star replacement, Sergei Fedorov Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov (Russian:Сергей Викторович Фёдоров, Sergey Viktorovich Fyodorov , scored with 45 seconds left in the third period and Niclas Havelid scored with 1:21 left in overtime for a shocking 4-3 Ducks victory in front of 17,174 at the Pond. It was the Ducks' fourth consecutive sellout. Facing their former longtime captain for the first time at the Pond, the Ducks produced one of their most spirited efforts of the season. The Ducks gave Colorado every opportunity to make it a rout. The Avalanche, with one of the best power plays in the league, had eight of them. Colorado scored twice, but the Ducks got timely goals in a way they haven't very often this season. Vaclav Prospal and Steve Rucchin Steve Rucchin (born July 4, 1971 Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a centre who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. Rucchin played high school hockey for Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, Ontario. scored to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead after two periods. Colorado's Steve Konowalchuk Steven Konowalchuk (born November 11, 1972 in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.) is a retired American professional ice hockey left winger. He is currently a Player Development Coordinator for the Avalanche. tied the game and Joe Sakic gave Colorado a 3-2 lead. Fedorov scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season to tie the game. Havelid then beat Avalanche goalie David Aebischer from the high slot for the game-winner. The Ducks kept a close eye on Kariya, and even closer whenever he touched the puck. As intent as he may have been on scoring, the Ducks were determined not to let him. And the fans booed loudly every time he or fellow former Duck Teemu Selanne touched the puck. Kariya had two assists. Colorado took a 1-0 lead on Peter Forsberg's power-play goal with 8:44 left in the second period. Ducks goalie Martin Gerber stopped Alex Tanguay's shot from the slot, but the rebound slid right to Forsberg for an easy tap-in. Sakic nearly scored a last-second power-play goal in the first period. But his shot went past Gerber after the period-ending buzzer had sounded. Prospal got the Ducks even less than three minutes later, and Rucchin gave them the lead with a power-play goal with 1:29 left in the period. Brice Nixon, (626) 962-8811 brice.nixon(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Anaheim's Petr Sykora, left, celebrates with teammates after Vaclav Prospal's goal. The Mighty Ducks stunned Colorado with a 4-3 overtime win. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press |
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