But even with the return of Corey Perry (who had been out for more than five weeks with a lacerated thigh), Anaheim came up short in their bid to tie the series after a 3-1 defeat to Dallas. Back at home in Orange County for Game 5, the Ducks played arguably their best
game of the series. Perry opened the scoring with a goal in the first period and four other Ducks followed suit in a 5-2 victory over the Stars. J.S. Giguere also stopped 40 shots in the win. Anaheim’s season would come to an abrupt end in Game 6 at Dallas, however. Perry would score the only goal between the teams in the first two periods, but the Stars would light the lamp four times in the third en route to a series-clinching 4-1 win.
2007
Ducks win a historic Stanley Cup title THE DUCKS BECAME the first California team in NHL history to capture the Stanley Cup when they defeated the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 in the Final. Captain Scott Niedermayer, who earned his fourth Stanley Cup title, was named the Conn Smythe win- ner as MVP of the playoffs for the first time. Anaheim tore through most of the postseason, rack-
ing up a 16-5 record, including a 10-2 mark at Honda Center. Each of their clinching victories in all four rounds came at home, concluding with a 6-2 romp over the Senators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Ducks’ run to the Cup began with a dominat-
ing 4-games-to-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in the first round. Backup Ilya Bryzgalov (one of the heroes of the ’06 playoffs for Anaheim) started and won the first three games of the series in place of J.S. Giguere, who was tending to the health problems of his newborn son, Maxime. Giguere went back in net midway through the Ducks’ Game 4 loss to Minnesota, and was the starter the rest of the way. He saved 26 of 27 shots in Anaheim’s clinching 4-1 Game 5 victory over the Wild, one of several exemplary per- formances for the netminder in the postseason. Anaheim rolled over the Vancouver Canucks in the
With a five-game victory over Ottawa in the Final, the Ducks became the first California team in history to capture the Stanley Cup.
Western Conference Finals with a second straight 4- games-to-1 decision. Andy McDonald had a had trick in a 5-1 victory in Game 1 at Honda Center, paving the way for a team-leading 10 goals in the postseason. After dropping Game 2 in overtime, 2-1, the Ducks
Ducks Digest 61
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64