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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned 19-year-old defenceman Luca Sbisa to his junior team, preventing him from returning to the NHL this season.
The Ducks acquired Sbisa from Philadelphia during the summer in the trade that sent Chris Pronger to the Flyers. Anaheim hoped the Italian-born Sbisa could play a regular role, but he managed no points and a minus-one rating in eight games.
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs traded goaltender Justin Pogge to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday for a conditional draft pick in 2011.
Pogge had one win in seven appearances and a 4.35 goals-against average with the Leafs last season.
He spent most of the season with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies, posting 26 wins and a 2.70 GAA in 53 games while leading the team to the North Division semifinals, where they lost to Continue reading ‘Maple Leafs deal Pogge to Ducks’
LOS ANGELES — The Anaheim Ducks signed right-wing Mike Brown to a two-year contract extension on Monday, allowing the team to keep a reliable penalty killer.
Terms were not disclosed.
The 23-year-old Brown was acquired at this year’s trade deadline from Vancouver.
His toughness was something the Ducks were looking for after they traded Brad May to the Toronto Maple Leafs in January.
It worked, but Anaheim Continue reading ‘Ducks give Brown an extension’
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Marian Hossa’s best scoring chance came a moment too late.
Teemu Selanne scored in the first period, Scott Niedermayer added a goal in the second, and Jonas Hiller made 18 of his 45 saves in the third for the Anaheim Ducks, who held on for a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Anaheim grabbed a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series.
Continue reading ‘Ducks get lucky on blown call’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski left the ice on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital after being struck in the head by Detroit forward Tomas Holmstrom’s elbow.
Wisniewski had been defending in front of the Anaheim net when Holmstrom skated by and delivered the elbow shot with 6:11 to play in the second period of Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal Tuesday night. Seconds earlier, Wisniewski was hit by Continue reading ‘Ducks’ D-man leaves on stretcher’
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DETROIT — The third overtime was only about a minute old when Anaheim’s Todd Marchant flicked a wrist shot through traffic toward the net.
Detroit goalie Chris Osgood never saw it coming.
Marchant delivered a rare goal and the Ducks won the first multiple-overtime game of this post-season 4-3 on Sunday to even the Western Conference semifinal with the Red Wings at a game apiece.
Continue reading ‘Ducks dump Red Wings in triple OT’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks acquired defenceman Logan Stephenson from the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday for left wing Joakim Lindstrom.
Stephenson will report directly to the Iowa Chops, Anaheim’s AHL affiliate.
Stephenson appeared in 19 games for the San Antonio Rampage this season, with one goal, one assist and 40 penalty minutes. The six-foot-three, 205-pounder has played in 70-plus games in each of his Continue reading ‘Ducks, Coyotes swap minor-leaguers’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks have lost defenceman Francois Beauchemin to injury for approximately six months, the club announced Saturday.
Beauchemin suffered a torn left anterior cruciate ligament in the third period of Friday’s 4-3 loss to Nashville.
Beauchemin, who appeared in 18 games with Anaheim this season and scored five points (four goals, one assist), underwent an MRI exam Saturday which revealed Continue reading ‘Ducks Beauchemin tears ACL, out 6 months’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Brian Burke turned down a contract extension to remain general manager of the Ducks on Wednesday, citing the need to spend more time with his family and the strong state of the team he helped turn into a Stanley Cup champion as reasons for leaving.
He was replaced by Bob Murray, who has spent the past three seasons in the Ducks’ front office.
“People leaving a job tend to want to leave a monument and Continue reading ‘Burke out, Murray in as Ducks GM’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist to help the Anaheim Ducks move in front and they held off Calgary 3-2 on Sunday night to end the Flames’ six-game winning streak.
In a match of teams that struggled at the start of the season but recently have been on a roll, the Ducks won for the sixth time in seven games. They also continued their domination of the Flames in Anaheim, where they’ve beaten Calgary in the last Continue reading ‘Getzlaf, Ducks end Flames win streak’
