GRIMSON HITS FIRST DOUBLE; DUCKS WIN BEFORE SMALLEST CROWD EVER : DUCKS 5, TAMPA BAY 3.Byline: Greg Christensen It was a minor bit of NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there history fashioned by a big man in front of the smallest crowd in 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. history. Stu Grimson Stu Grimson (born May 20, 1965 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former Canadian ice hockey forward. At 6'6, 240 lbs, Grimson played in the National Hockey League from 1989 to 2002. had played in 510 games and scored only nine goals, never scoring more than one in a game. But Wednesday night the 6-foot-5, 239-pound winger scored twice in a 3-minute, 31-second span of the second period and the Ducks went on to defeat 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. 5-3 before 13,963 at the Pond. The sparse turnout - the team's previous low was 15,386 versus the New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, a hamlet located on Long Island in Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. in the team's second-ever game on Oct. 10, 1994 - saw Grimson score once without ever getting his stick on the puck and once off a feed from Tomas Sandstrom. With the Ducks leading 2-1 midway through the second period, Grimson was skating in front of the Tampa Bay net when rookie Antti Alto's shot hit him in the skate and deflected past Lightning goalie Darren Puppa at 11:53. Tampa Bay pulled back to within one on a goal by Cory Cross Cory Cross (b. 3 January, 1971 in Lloydminster, Alberta) is a professional ice hockey defenceman, who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League. After being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Cross went on to spend time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, at 14:26, but Grimson gave the Ducks another two-goal lead when he beat Puppa from the slot at 15:24. The victory increased the Ducks' unbeaten streak to four games (3-0-1) and moves Anaheim (3-3-1) back to the .500-mark for the first time since Nov. 28, 1997 when it was 11-11-5. But it wasn't easy. After giving up the first nine shots of the game and botching their first three power plays, including a two-minute, two-man advantage on which they managed but one weak shot, the Ducks did open the scoring. On their fourth power-play chance, 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 scored his fourth goal of the season at 16:14 on a nice deflection of Ruslan Salei's wrist shot. Less than two minutes later, newcomer Marty McInnis made his presence felt by centering a pass to Sandstrom who was driving to the net and jammed the puck past Puppa for a 2-0 lead. Tampa Bay goalie Bill Ranford, whose next appearance will be his 600th in the NHL, stopped all eight shots he faced before leaving the game with 7:46 left in the opening period. He was cut near the left eye by the blade of Kariya's stick during a goal-mouth scramble and did not return. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Anaheim's Paul Kariya battles Tampa Bay's Jassen Cullimore for the puck in the first period Wednesday night. The Ducks won 5-3. John Hayes/Associated Press |
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