DUCKS WIN, MOVE OVER .500 : MIGHTY DUCKS 3, N.Y. RANGERS 1.Byline: Greg Christensen Wayne Gretzky Noun 1. Wayne Gretzky - high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961) Gretzky might be The Great One, but Marty McInnis Marty McInnis (born June 2 1970, in Weymouth, Massachusetts) is a retired American ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Boston Bruins. is proving to be the great pickup of the year, and Guy Hebert Guy Andre Hebert (born January 7, 1967 in Troy, New York) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Always a proud American, he used the French pronunciation of his first and last names because it "sounded better." He played for the St. is just playing great. McInnis scored the game-winning goal and Hebert made 29 saves as 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. defeated the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). 3-1 Wednesday night before 15,245 at the Pond. The Ducks' fourth win in five games moved them over the .500 mark (7-6-4) for the first time since Nov. 14, 1997, when they were 8-7-5. It also improved Anaheim's record over New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to 6-2-1 overall and 5-0 at the Pond, which has become the Rangers' personal house of blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically . The Broadway Blues were already in a major funk coming in. New York (4-8-5) is dead last in the Eastern Conference and has won only once in its last seven games (1-4-2). The Rangers outshot the Ducks 30-16 on Wednesday, but they were scoreless on the power play and gave up game-winning goal in the third period after Kevin Stevens took a foolish elbowing penalty. McInnis gave the Ducks the lead for good with 13:18 left in the game with a big assist from Paul Kariya while Anaheim was on the power play. Kariya, playing the left point, faked Adam Graves to the ice, skated around the the New York forward and got shot off. Mike Richter made the save, but he had no chance when McInnis picked up the rebound in the slot and wristed in his fifth goal as a member of the Ducks. Kariya later iced the game with an empty-net goal in the final minute of play. McInnis' goal came less than two minutes after Hebert had turned away another New York threat, stopping a shot by Niklas Sundstrom on a two-on-one. After spending much of the first period killing penalties, the Ducks couldn't generate any offense until the Rangers got yet another power play chance late in the second period. Anaheim had managed but one shot in 15 minutes, but just after Pavel Trnka stepped back on the ice, Steve Rucchin intercepted Alexei Kovalev's pass intended for Brian Leetch and was off on a breakaway against Richter. Rucchin cut across the goal mouth and outlasted the New York goalie before flipping a backhander back·hand n. 1. Sports a. A stroke or motion, as of a racket, made with the back of the hand facing outward and the arm moving forward. b. A pass or shot in hockey made with the back of the blade of the stick. in for his fifth goal of the year at 15:12 on team's second and final shot of the period. New York quickly tied the game when Gretzky, shortly after being leveled by Trnka, centered a pass from Sundstrom. The New York winger overpowered o·ver·pow·er tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers 1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue. 2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm. 3. Trnka in the slot to get in position to beat Hebert at 16:34. The Gretzky-Sundstrom combination nearly clicked again with just over a minute left in the period. Hebert, however, managed to stop Sundstrom's deflection from point-blank range. Before the period would end, Hebert had to come up big one more time, flopping on his back to stop Leetch, who appeared to have a wide-open net. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Anaheim's Mike Crowley shoots against New York goalie Mike Richter in the first period at the Pond, where the Rangers don't do well. Michael Caulfield/Associated Press |
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