Open Gameday Recap Thread Canucks @ Ducks

by Daniel AC on Oct 31, 2009 12:01 AM PDT in Gameday

DANIEL:

The Ducks seemed to awaken from their slumber with a 7-2 victory over the Canucks. Six Ducks had multi point games, including every member of the reunited RPG line. The powerplay had a perfect 2 for 2 night, and after surrendering an early goal shorthanded, the Ducks killed the next three penalties. Surprisingly, the Ducks were only shorthanded 4 times, a great improvement. Better still, the Ducks only gave up 2 goals, the smallest total since a victory over the Wildover 2 weeks ago.

There were still defensive mishaps, but Hiller seemed up to the task tonight, a trend we all hope continues. There were too many giveaways out high in the defensive zone and in the middle of the ice. In the end, the spark provided by the fourth line early in the second period brought energy and fire back to the Ducks game. Now they just need to get a streak going.

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4th line!!!

That was a great surprise. Ryan Carter was the catalyst on both of those plays and his return couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.

When Bobby Ryan scored that first goal, it looked like he mouthed the words, “about f***ing time”. We feel the same way Bobby.

I was saying boo-urns.

by Floyd Gondoli on Oct 31, 2009 12:48 AM PDT reply actions

We won against a Luongo-less and D. Sedin-less Canucks. It’s good to have something going again, but don’t get too excited.

The Big Red Machine V.2 is coming this Fall 2009. Go Halos!

by Slyintine on Oct 31, 2009 12:50 AM PDT reply actions

After losing to Toronto, any sign that you might not be the worst team in hockey is cause for celebration

Anaheim Calling

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Oct 31, 2009 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions

It’s true.

I’m finding it hard to wear my Ducks shirt around Penguin/Flyer fans.

The Big Red Machine V.2 is coming this Fall 2009. Go Halos!

by Slyintine on Oct 31, 2009 1:58 AM PDT up reply actions

yea, I can’t complain about ANY victory right now.

Hopefully this game in particular gave the team some confidence. They were doing many things WELL last night, it’s almost hard to complain. Both teams definitely had some bounces go their way (Lupul’s goal for example) – but sometimes those bounces are the ones that give your goaltender a morale boost. Hopefully that’s happened for Hiller.

Besides, when the 4th line shows up like that, it’s always fun to remind people you were a Ryan Carter fan from the get-go! Those guys were MAKING things happen…hell, the whole team was making things happen for a change, instead of waiting for plays to come to them.

Now it’s just a matter of sustaining this type of play…and more importantly, finding a way to do it again…tonight!

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by SK eleven on Oct 31, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions