LECLERC QUICKLY PUTS FLAMES OUT IN OVERTIME DUCKS 4, CALGARY 3.Byline: Brice Nixon Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Down to the wire seems to be the only way 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. know these days, and they managed another escape act against the Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). on Wednesday. Calgary's Toni Lydman Toni Lydman (born September 25, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is a defenseman in the National Hockey League, currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres. He wears number 5. scored with one-tenth of a second remaining in the game to tie it. Then Mike Leclerc Michael Leclerc (born November 10, 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. Playing career Usually playing as left wing, Leclerc was drafted in the 3rd round, 55th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. scored just 10 seconds into overtime, giving the Ducks a 4-3 victory in front of 11,612 at the Pond. Recently, the Ducks have won close games and continued to rack up points as they hold on to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. They set an NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there record Wednesday with their 10th consecutive victory by one goal. The Ducks have played 18 games in a row that have been either tied or within one goal in the final minutes. They are 11-5-1-1 in those games. Petr Sykora scored the tying goal and what looked like the winning goal in the third period. Sykora's 20th goal of the season tied the score at 2-2 with 6:09 remaining. Four minutes later, he gave the Ducks a 3-2 lead. The Ducks nearly withstood a late flurry, until Lydman's goal, which was reviewed and shown to have crossed the goal line before time expired. ``I saw the release, but it went through (defenseman Keith) Carney's pants and I totally lost track of it,'' Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere said. ``When that happened, I just fell on my knees in the middle of my net hoping the puck's going to hit me. This one seemed like it had magic eyes.'' Sykora put his team in a tough position when he was called for a double- minor high-sticking penalty as the second period ended, leaving the Ducks shorthanded to start the third period. Kurt Sauer Kurt Sauer (b. January 16 1981, St. Cloud, Minnesota) is a professional ice hockey Defenceman in the NHL, playing for the Colorado Avalanche. Sauer has played his last two seasons with Colorado, and has also played for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. made it a two-man advantage for the Flames when he was called for high sticking with 1:30 left on Sykora's penalty. The Flames took advantage when Chris Drury Christopher "Chris" Drury (born August 20, 1976 in Trumbull, Connecticut) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the New York Rangers of the NHL. The younger brother of former player Ted Drury, Chris has won the Stanley Cup, the Calder Memorial Trophy, the one-timed a pass from Andrew Ference Andrew Ference (Born March 17,1979 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a National Hockey League hockey defenceman. He has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames and currently plays for the Boston Bruins. to take a 2-1 lead three minutes into the third. Ference made his debut for the Flames, who acquired him from the Pittsburgh Penguins. After killing off the rest of Sauer's penalty, the Ducks got a power play of their own and tied the score on Sykora's 13th power-play goal of the season. Paul Kariya passed to Steve Rucchin, who was stationed to the left of Calgary backup goalie Jamie McLennan. Rucchin then slipped a pass across the crease to Sykora, who scored on a quick one-timer. CAPTION(S): box Box: LONG ROAD AHEAD |
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