Cincy/Grand Rapids 4/17/05

Sunday, April 17 Mighty Ducks vs. Grand Rapids, 5:05 p.m. ET
Radio: WSAI-AM
Internet: 1360homer.com
Announcer: Don Helbig

Season Finale.

Grand Rapids has nothing left to play for.

Cincy is playing for playoff positioning.

Cincy gets the third spot for the playoffs and a matchup with Milwaukee with a win. A Cincy loss and a Houston win vs. Utah will put Cincy in fourth where they would matchup against Chicago.

lineup:

2 Smith, Jordan
3 Rome, Aaron
4 McAlpine, Chris
5 Foster, Kurtis
6 OBrien, Shane
10 Perrault, Joel
11 Konopka, Zenon
12 Pohanka, Igor
14 Kunitz, Chris
16 Stepp, Joel
17 Brookbank, Sheldon
20 Glencross, Curtis
22 Smirnov, Alexei
23 Chistov, Stanislav
24 Penner, Dustin
25 Parenteau, Pierre
26 Canzanello, Andrew
29 Hankinson, Casey
35 Bryzgalov, Ilya

Bryzgalov gets the start.

A few key players are being rested today: Lupul, Holmqvist, Popovic, Brent, Cassivi.

Ryan Shannon is the other healthy scratch, while Pohanka is seeing a rare appearance in the lineup.

Malec only injured Duck going into the playoffs.

note: Holmqvist would have been the only Duck to play all 80 games if he were not being rested today. Chistov and Holmqvist will share the team lead with 79 games played. Foster is playing his 78th today and O'Brien and Penner their 77th.

Did the game start already? I'm getting NASCAR from net radio...

Smirnov 1-0

Did Ryan Shannon get released?

here is why im asking...

there is an X next to his name on the stats page
Check it out (http://www.cincinnatimightyducks.com/outside-site/stats.htm)

Did Ryan Shannon get released?

here is why im asking...

there is an X next to his name on the stats page
Check it out (http://www.cincinnatimightyducks.com/outside-site/stats.htm)

I was wondering as well.

He must have, because why wouldn't they have him in the lineup in this game where they are resting everyone? They are playing Pohanka so I'm sure if Shannon is on the team still he would be playing too.

Cincinnati - Igor Pohanka (Stanislav Chistov, Aaron Rome) 2:36


2-1 now

2-2
:shakehead
Grand Rapids - Eric Himelfarb (Brett Lebda, Darryl Bootland) 10:07

Pohanka with two points already....seems he's been itching to play for a while now.
Only 3 penalties called after two periods, that's surprisingly low, considering Cincy is one of the top 5 most penalized teams in the league

Cincy leads 3-2 in the 3rd...

Cincinnati - Chris Kunitz (Kurtis Foster, Pierre Parenteau) 5:40

3-2

Cincinnati - Chris Kunitz (Kurtis Foster, Pierre Parenteau) 5:40

oh and Happy Birthday to Chistov today... he is 22 :propeller

Who would you rather see Cincy play in the playoffs...Chicago or Milwaukee?

I'd rather match up against Milwaukee since Cassivi plays so well against them...and because they sent home the Ducks in the playoffs last year.

3-2

Cincinnati - Chris Kunitz (Kurtis Foster, Pierre Parenteau) 5:40

oh and Happy Birthday to Chistov today... he is 22 :propeller
Happy Birthday Chistov!!!

Ducks like Rain.

Ducks win!!!
3-2
:clap:


The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks are in 3rd place...
this means they play Milwaukee in the first round... (starting monday)
:jump: :banana:

Good Job Cincy! Beat the Admirals(in the playoffs)!!!!!! :handclap:

West Division -- Series "H" (best-of-7)
W2-Milwaukee Admirals vs. W3-Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Game 1 - Wed., Apr. 20 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 2 - Fri., Apr. 22 - Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35
Game 3 - Sat., Apr. 23 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:30
Game 4 - Mon., Apr. 25 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:00
*Game 5 - Wed., Apr. 27 - Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35
*Game 6 - Fri., Apr. 29 - Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:35
*Game 7 - Sun., May 1 - Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 5:00

http://www.caldercup.com/AHLCalderCup/schedule05.html

yes shannon #9 was released. Way to go Igor...when given the chance to play he can do well!! A goal and an assist for my "buddy" :D

Malec has just started to skate at practice...he may be able to play within the week.....I hope so we are going to need everyone healthy for a long play-off run :D