FLYERS SLIP PAST DUCKS : PHILADELPHIA 4, DUCKS 3.John Druce John W. Druce (born February 23, 1966 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey right winger. Drafted in 1985 by the Washington Capitals, Druce would not make the Capitals roster until the 1988-89 NHL season. and John LeClair John Clark LeClair (born July 5, 1969 in St. Albans, Vermont) is an American professional ice hockey player. He most recently played left wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL, who released him on December 14, 2006. He is currently an unrestricted free-agent. each had a goal and an assist Wednesday night as the Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). spoiled the Mighty Ducks' home opener with a 4-3 victory. Philadelphia, down 3-1 in the second period, rallied with a pair of third-period goals. Mikael Renberg pulled the Flyers even with 12:16 remaining after LeClair, behind the net, fed him a pass in the slot and he beat Guy Hebert from 10 feet away for his first goal of the season. Druce set up the game-winner with 7:53 left when he muscled past defenseman Jason Marshall into the crease, and Pat Falloon, following on the play, tapped the puck past the sprawling Hebert for his second goal of the season and 100th of his career. The Flyers were without left wing Daniel Lacroix, who was suspended by the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there for elbowing the Los Angeles Kings' Kevin Stevens a night earlier, and Eric Lindros, still sidelined by a groin injury. Druce pulled the Flyers within 3-2 at 6:03 of the second period when he knocked in his own rebound. Herbert had swatted away Druce's attempt at a wraparound Wraparound A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. , but Druce picked up the loose puck and flipped it over Hebert's shoulder for the power-play goal, his sixth. Teemu Selanne gave the Mighty Ducks a two-goal pad earlier in the period with a slapshot from 25 feet directly in front of the net. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Ruslan Salei of the Mighty Ducks (left) tries to sho sho (shō), n See akashi. ot past Philadelphia's Dainius Zubrus. Associated Press |
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