GDT: Game 38 -- Anaheim Ducks @ Phoenix Coyotes ~ 12/23/06 ~ 6:00 P.M. PT

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Leading Scorers (Anaheim)

#8 Teemu Selanne -- 45 Points (19 Goals, 26 Assists)
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#25 Chris Pronger -- 38 Points (7 Goals, 31 Assists)
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#19 Andy McDonald -- 33 Points (11 Goals, 22 Assists)
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Leading Scorers (Phoenix)

#17 Ladislav Nagy -- 25 Points (5 Goals, 20 Assists)
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#55 Ed Jovanovski -- 19 Points (7 Goals, 12 Assists)
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#11 Owen Nolan -- 18 Points (8 Goals, 10 Assists)
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Starting Goalies

Anaheim
#35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere -- 23-3-5, 2.12 GAA, .925 SV%
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Phoenix
#32 Mikael Tellqvist -- 3-3-1, 3.20 GAA, .883 SV%
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Why Hate the Coyotes?

- If the Ducks take them any lightly, the Coyotes can capitalize and defeat them.

- Mikael Tellqvist does a lot better than Curtis Joseph nowadays; it seems that Tellqvist is the better goalie to come from the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Too bad there was no picture of Tellqvist wearing a Coyotes jersey.)

- The Ducks play against two brothers in two days. Zbynek Michalek plays for the Coyotes, while his younger brother Milan plays for the San Jose Sharks.


Things to Look Out For

- A fight between George Parros and Josh Gratton could very well happen. The two of them have great goon potential.

- Beware of Owen Nolan when shorthanded. He scored a slick shorthanded goal against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

- The two captains look a bit alike. Does anyone else think that Shane Doan and Scott Niedermayer look alike?


Interesting Facts

- Though he did it while playing with the Winnipeg Jets, Teemu Selanne is credited with the Phoenix Coyotes' rookie scoring record.

- Both of these teams have renamed their arenas this season. The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim became the Honda Center and the Glendale Arena became the Jobing.com Arena.

- Today is actually Zbynek Michalek's 24th birthday.


It should be a great one!

Enjoy the game!

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Go Ducks Go!

Merry Christmas, everybody!!!! With Love from Hockeyprincess

Someone asked for some numbers, no?

Here's a few....

PHX Home Record / Streak --- 9 - 8 - 1 / Lost 2
ANA Road Record / Streak --- 12 - 2 - 2 / Lost 1
Last 5 Games PHX 1 - 4 - 0 --- ANA 4 - 1 - 0
Last 10 Game PHX 4 - 5 - 1 --- ANA 8 - 2 - 0

I wonder if Phoenix is going to boo Chris Pronger too? It seems to be the fad around NHL cities these days.

Also the game tonight is on KDOC.

I wonder if Phoenix is going to boo Chris Pronger too? It seems to be the fad around NHL cities these days.

Also the game tonight is on KDOC.

I think Chris Pronger checked Wayne Gretzky 10 years ago, so I think that's reason enough to boo him these days.

I've slightly bad feeligs about this match, 'cause Phoenix ain't so bad team as standings show. They has played quite well at home, but sucked on the road games... Ducks had won Coyotes already three times at this season, what means Phoenix should be very hungry.

Anyway, hope that Parros & Laraque will :fight:

Some more numbers:

I imagine it's getting tough to "get serious" for the Coyotes. The last time Anaheim got zero points from a Phoenix game was October 12, 2003.

The Ducks started this season with points in 16 straight games, but they also now have points in 16 straight games against the Coyotes (13-0-3 in the last 16).

Since the lockout, it is 10-0-1, with Selanne chipping in 9 goals and 13 assists.

Bryzgalov, should he ever recover, is perfect in his career against the 'Yotes: 6-0-0, 1.67 GAA, .932 sv%.

Anyway, hope that Parros & Laraque will :fight:

I think Thornton wants another shot at Laraque as well.

He said the coaches told him not to fight Laraque the last time these teams played and then he got sent back to Portland the next day. He said next time he is not listening to the coaches.

Parros/Thornton vs Laraque/Gratton

should be fun! O'Brien and Moen might find someone to fight as well.

sounds like O'Donnell is definetly out tonight (according to the OC Register).

Huskins will make his debut.

Ducks will by 12... :bow:

I think we are due to lose to this team, we know how the ducks play down to the competition sometimes, hope i'm wrong.

Statistically speaking we're due for a loss against the Desert *****es.

Statistically speaking we're due for a loss against the Desert *****es.

Statistically speaking, we are never losing against the Coyotes until Teemu retires.

I wonder which Ducks' player will get finally get a hattie this game! As much as we know that the Ducks could overlook this team, the youngings might see the opportunity to pad their stats and won't give a letdown of an effort.

I imagine it's getting tough to "get serious" for the Coyotes. The last time Anaheim got zero points from a Phoenix game was October 12, 2003.


I was at that game. I think they got shut out too. :(

I see a high-scoring affair tonight.

6-4 Ducks with Kunitz getting 2G :handclap:

I was at that game. I think they got shut out too. :(

I was at that game also... way to unfurl a banner.

I am interested to see how Huskins does tonight....does he play alongside Pronger or does OBrien step in there? I think OB will play 16+ tonight...I doubt he will fight because of the loss of ODonnell.

It's Huskins-DiPenta.

Interesting note I heard on the radio on my way back from shopping:

The Michalek brothers, Zbynek and Milan, prefer to have their last names pronounced differently. From the official NHL pronunciation guide (http://nhlgamenotes.nhl.com/nhlp-r1.nsf/30352026c6850a5b85256885006fd22c/8525687f00786756852572130073043d/$FILE/pronunciation%20guide.pdf) it's Zbynek mee-HAH-lehk and Milan mih-KHAL-ek.

Jeez, dead in here tonight. I'm leaving soon too, so I'm not going to be around the whole game.

Hopefully they put score a few in the 2nd and put it away so that I don't have to miss all the fun tonight.

Its half way through the 2nd and we are still tied at 0-0?

Yeah, not many ppl here tonite. 0-0 game. Ducks PP coming up.

I'm here... boring game so far for the most part.

We'll have 1:27 left on the PP to start the 3rd on a fresh sheet of ice. Which is key because I'm sure the ice will be a huge slushy midway through the 3rd.

Best offense in the West vs. worst defense in the West and it's 0-0 after two. Yawn. I gotta go, so I'm going to miss all the game's offense.

Those ice girls were hot.

The Michalek brothers, Zbynek and Milan, prefer to have their last names pronounced differently. From the official NHL pronunciation guide (http://nhlgamenotes.nhl.com/nhlp-r1.nsf/30352026c6850a5b85256885006fd22c/8525687f00786756852572130073043d/$FILE/pronunciation%20guide.pdf) it's Zbynek mee-HAH-lehk and Milan mih-KHAL-ek.

Its the other way around. Z is mih-KHAL-ek

By the way, Nashville is kicking LA's ***, 7-0

Its the other way around. Z is mih-KHAL-ek

That's what I thought, but the NHL pronunciation guide has it that way. I think they got so confused they mixed them up too.

By the way, Nashville is kicking LA's ***, 7-0

And Buffalo lost in OT to the Blues. Awesome.

And Buffalo lost in OT to the Blues. Awesome.

I love to see the Buffaslugs lose.

And we had our chance on the rush, but someone missed the net. Giggy with a huge save at the other end.

It was Perry, but he knocked the puck out of mid-air so kinda hard to fault him.

Pretty incredible that he even hit the post with that shot.

Jesus. Selanne hits the post on a wide open net.

This isn't good.. two posts and Getzlaf misses a wide open net.

It's like there is a force field around the net.

Interesting note I heard on the radio on my way back from shopping:

The Michalek brothers, Zbynek and Milan, prefer to have their last names pronounced differently. From the official NHL pronunciation guide (http://nhlgamenotes.nhl.com/nhlp-r1.nsf/30352026c6850a5b85256885006fd22c/8525687f00786756852572130073043d/$FILE/pronunciation%20guide.pdf) it's Zbynek mee-HAH-lehk and Milan mih-KHAL-ek.


what a stupid guide...really stupid..

2good examples examples:
Zdeno Chara (zuh-DAY-no CHARR-uh) :biglaugh: - it's zdeno as you see(not zuhdayno) and uh at the end of Char :biglaugh: there should be a - Chara (ch-read like CH in christmas not as cheaf for example)

Budaj (BOO-digh) - same as zdeno read it like you see it


who made this stuff?

whatever..
how...0:0??

Well, you knew that would happen.

You guys just got punk'd by the worst team in the West.

You guys just got punk'd by the worst team in the West.

But they're sitting on 60 points before Christmas. What losers.

0:2 :dunno:

I'm scoreboard watching with 0-0 in the third and then BAM, 2 goals scored for the Yotes?! ehhhhhhhhhh????

What a ****ing joke. Tellqvist had a horseshoe up his *** basically.

I went to the kitchen to help make cookies and came back to a two-goal deficit. Christmas sucks!

In any event, ho hum. A team needs motivation to win. There was none tonight. The Sharks on Boxing Day will see a different sort of effort.

Well, the worst team shuts out the best. Guess that tells us what a single game means. Bah, humbug!

You guys just got punk'd by the worst team in the West.

Well we have to let you win in regulation once every 3 years or else you won't play us anymore.

I hope to see a more motivated team against San Jose.

You guys just got punk'd by the worst team in the West.

SJ fan syndrome?


Anyways, I think some of you guys need to respect our opponents a little more from now on...some of these comments were just ripe for a loss.

Dangit I put $5 on this game too

Absolutely nothing good you can get out of this game--at least during the Calgary shutout they faced a damned good Kiprusoff. This one, they just couldn't put a beachball behind Tellqvist.

For the record, I was hoping for a dismal Coyote loss, to show management that this team can't compete. I got the exact opposite. I am disappointed that the Anaheim machine couldn't steamroll the lowly Yotes.

For the record, I was hoping for a dismal Coyote loss, to show management that this team can't compete. I got the exact opposite. I am disappointed that the Anaheim machine couldn't steamroll the lowly Yotes.
You are one negative yote fan and something of the *** kissing , bandwagon type of fan.:shakehead

Gotta commend the Yotes for their effort. Certainly a better one than we saw from Dallas two nights ago.

I think that like our game against the Flyers, we became over confident. We have what, 4 regulation losses in how many games? 60 points by Christmas. We're going to lose every once in a while. It's sad but it's going to happen. It would be nice if it was against teams like Carolina and Edmonton because of their record but by giving 2 points to Phx we aren't helping them get to the playoffs instead of us.

Loss tonight or no, we're still first place in the league.

I think that like our game against the Flyers, we became over confident. We have what, 4 regulation losses in how many games? 60 points by Christmas. We're going to lose every once in a while. It's sad but it's going to happen. It would be nice if it was against teams like Carolina and Edmonton because of their record but by giving 2 points to Phx we aren't helping them get to the playoffs instead of us.

Loss tonight or no, we're still first place in the league.

No one is taking anything away from the Ducks great record and season, that's for sure. It is nice to see the coyotes come out and play a solid game against all odds and take it from the best team in the NHl. I wish they could play like that every night but that seems to be asking for the moon. Question, are the Ducks keeping Giggy past this season, has he been given an extension? If he is a free agent this off-season, I would love to see the yotes sign him! The coyotes will have some money to play with as alot of their one year stop gap players will become free gents. Ricci,Nolan,Roenick,Perrualt ,Cujo and will free some money up. One of Nagy,Doan will also be dealt at the deadline and this will also help money wise. My guess is Nagy will be gone.

Just checked the score, I should have seen this coming after beating Dallas 4-1.

Just checked the score, I should have seen this coming after beating Dallas 4-1.

Yeah, what happened? We fall asleep out there?
I was in the movies and got the score from my friend. I seriously thought she was joking :shakehead

Eh, i'm going to sleep.

For the record, I was hoping for a dismal Coyote loss, to show management that this team can't compete. I got the exact opposite. I am disappointed that the Anaheim machine couldn't steamroll the lowly Yotes.

Why would you go to Ducks board and say this as well as say Ducks got punked when they have 60 points and we have 1/3 of their points? Ducks will surely make the playoffs; will we? On behalf of Yotes fans, I apologize for these ignorant comments. We Yotes fans have much respect for the Ducks. We also have a lot of pride in our team. I cannot subscribe to these comments.

You guys just got punk'd by the worst team in the West.
Don't worry we'll get over it during the playoffs :sarcasm:

Xavier - let us know when that lousy franchise wins a playoff round, mmkay?

Anyway. Just watched the game. What a stinker. Looked to me like they had visions of sugar plums. If not for Giguere, we'd have been beaten as badly as the Kings. I haven't seen the Yotes play that well in a long time - give them credit. They got what they deserved.

Merry Christmas everybody.

I think Ducks were thinking about christmas and a little breake. We have won yotes 6 or 7 times and some without pronger. So we have nothing to prove. Let`s be positive

Merry Christmas:)

Holy **** you guys are making much ado about nothing. To all the Ducks fans making snide remarks about the Coyotes and their lack of success, you must be real proud of yourself, huh? I made a harmless comment about a great team losing to a bad team and everyone got their panties in a wad.

Lets end the childish remarks. The Ducks lost. Plain and simple. No need to put down the Coyotes or get all defensive about it.

After Dallas on Wednesday and San Jose coming up next, we all know what happened.

Holy **** you guys are making much ado about nothing. To all the Ducks fans making snide remarks about the Coyotes and their lack of success, you must be real proud of yourself, huh? I made a harmless comment about a great team losing to a bad team and everyone got their panties in a wad.

Well I for one understood your harmless intentions from the start, too bad some posters here are too defensive.

Congrats to Yotes for beating us.

I was very impressed with the Coyotes hard work and overall play. They really earned the win. It was a good, tight game, we just missed our chances.

Great game by the Coyotes!

Just a fantastic game played by the Coyotes, all around. They earned it.

Worst game I've seen Scotty play as a Duck.

I didn't think the Ducks played all that poorly. Great work on the Yotes part in pressuring the puck and taking away passing lanes. Great game all around, unfortunate result.

Worst game I've seen Scotty play as a Duck.


Good point. Meant to mention that and forgot. How many up the middle giveaways did he have? That was weird.