CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Pierre Parenteau had a goal and an assist and Ilya Bryzgalov made 28 saves to lead the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a season-opening 3-0 win over the Toronto Roadrunners Saturday at Cincinnati Gardens.
Parenteau, an 11th-round pick by Anaheim in 2001, earned his first professional point with an assist on Chris Armstrong's game-opening goal at 11:28 of the first period and added a power-play tally 6:59 into the third.
Bryzgalov, appearing in his 100th career game with Cincinnati, stopped six shots in the first period, six shots in the middle period and 16 more in the third en route to his sixth career shutout.
Tony Martensson recorded a pair of assists for the Ducks, who improved to 4-3-0-0 all-time in season-openers, including 3-1-0-0 at Cincinnati Gardens.
The Ducks begin a three-game road trip Thursday in San Antonio.
I figured Armstrong would make a contribution on Cincy, even on the second line. I also expected high things for Aucoin and Hankinson. Hope they keep it up.
Not only did BM improve Anaheim, but he decided and made Cincy into a Calder cup contender. Hope they go far in the playoffs.
Casey Hankinson was named captain of the Cincy Mighty Ducks this week. Casey has spent all of his career in the Blackhawks organization. He is 27, from Edina Minnesota. Watched him in scrimmages, and also against Cincy Ducks, has great ability, esp. for a small guy. Also, his attitude is great. Talked to him about being in Anaheim's organization, and he is jazzed. He is glad to be in a forward thinking organization, and one on the move. He also, strangely enough, likes Cincinnati. He is pleased with the different local flavor and also with the terrain of the city. He seems like a great, personable guy.
Assistant captains included former KY T-Blade (among other teams) Chris Armstrong.
The other A went to Todd Reirden, who is a cool guy, and at one time could really have been a force, but dude needs to hang it up and get to the broadcast booth. His positioning is slow, his skating is slow...he is just slow. He is also injured too much. I sense we will be seeing Todd in the stands alot and the A on someone else's sweater.
MarkG_inCincinnati
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Dont reply to me if you dont like what he says, he kinda tore Reirden to shreds at the end there, not sure if thats necessary, but everything else he says is direct watching the cincy ducks play impressions
Casey Hankinson was named captain of the Cincy Mighty Ducks this week. Casey has spent all of his career in the Blackhawks organization. He is 27, from Edina Minnesota. Watched him in scrimmages, and also against Cincy Ducks, has great ability, esp. for a small guy. Also, his attitude is great. Talked to him about being in Anaheim's organization, and he is jazzed. He is glad to be in a forward thinking organization, and one on the move. He also, strangely enough, likes Cincinnati. He is pleased with the different local flavor and also with the terrain of the city. He seems like a great, personable guy.
Assistant captains included former KY T-Blade (among other teams) Chris Armstrong.
The other A went to Todd Reirden, who is a cool guy, and at one time could really have been a force, but dude needs to hang it up and get to the broadcast booth. His positioning is slow, his skating is slow...he is just slow. He is also injured too much. I sense we will be seeing Todd in the stands alot and the A on someone else's sweater.
MarkG_inCincinnati
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Dont reply to me if you dont like what he says, he kinda tore Reirden to shreds at the end there, not sure if thats necessary, but everything else he says is direct watching the cincy ducks play impressions
Hankinson replaces Valicevic as captain. That's good. I expected he or Reirden would get it.
It wouldn't be the first time. Nice job Hockey News, bozos.
Better than Sports Illustrated. I've read in that magazine and my little brothers' SI for kids total predictions of Fedorov winning the Richard race with 33 goals, Fedorov being named Hart winner, and Fedorov a major condidate for Art Ross(top 3 or something like that). I also remember last year when they predicted San Jose 2nd overall, a COL-PHI STF and Anaheim down at 19th OA. Brutal ones there.
As for THN, they aren't the greatest at predicting(Feds at under 60 points or something like that, Lindros at 76, etc.) but they are pretty smart. I think Cincy will do well this year, and hopefully I'm not wrong.
Again from Mark_G at Mighty Pond regarding the Toronto game.
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FROM THE SEAT PERPECTIVE OF THE GAME VS. ROADRUNNERS...
Ducks Win!!! Ducks Win!!!
Wow! What a game Saturday night vs. the Toronto Roadrunners, affiliates of the Edmonton Oilers. Ilja Bryzgalov was awesome in net, stopping between 28shots, en route to a 3-0 shutout of the Runners. Our new Captain, Casey Hankinson, was named first star of the game, after contributing physical play and an assist on one of the goals.
The Ducks, prematurely, look like they could have a real good team this year. I hope Hankinson and the Gang lead the ducks to more victories.
What impressed me the most was the upgrade in defense. Unlike the last few years, defense seems to have finally come to be the core of this team. Even last year, under Shaw, the system that Babcock started was not carried over. This year, it seems Shaw has got the message, and maybe more of the players he needs to follow the system. Keith Aucoin was impressive in his D play, especially for his diminutive size. Also, Mark Popovic continued to show why he WILL BE recalled before the end of hte season. The defense was stellar, blocking shots, taking away rebounds, and pressuring passes and shooters. It was a well played game, and I hope it continues.
Again from Mark_G at Mighty Pond regarding the Toronto game.
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FROM THE SEAT PERPECTIVE OF THE GAME VS. ROADRUNNERS...
Ducks Win!!! Ducks Win!!!
Wow! What a game Saturday night vs. the Toronto Roadrunners, affiliates of the Edmonton Oilers. Ilja Bryzgalov was awesome in net, stopping between 28shots, en route to a 3-0 shutout of the Runners. Our new Captain, Casey Hankinson, was named first star of the game, after contributing physical play and an assist on one of the goals.
The Ducks, prematurely, look like they could have a real good team this year. I hope Hankinson and the Gang lead the ducks to more victories.
What impressed me the most was the upgrade in defense. Unlike the last few years, defense seems to have finally come to be the core of this team. Even last year, under Shaw, the system that Babcock started was not carried over. This year, it seems Shaw has got the message, and maybe more of the players he needs to follow the system. Keith Aucoin was impressive in his D play, especially for his diminutive size. Also, Mark Popovic continued to show why he WILL BE recalled before the end of hte season. The defense was stellar, blocking shots, taking away rebounds, and pressuring passes and shooters. It was a well played game, and I hope it continues.
Yeah i think we have a good AHL team this year. 1-1 so far, but in the loss the AHL Ducks set a new team record by taking 58 shots!!!
3rd game of season Saturday vs San Antonio again.
Bryzgalov will be back in net. Ferhi took the loss Thursday.
Gornick has Air Force committments that prevent him from playing a lot
He only played 54 games last season. It's possible he may not even be in the California area, but it's hard to say.
O'Brien? I'm not sure. He could be not ready or not as good as hoped for. But the Defense for Cincy is pretty weak after Mottau and Popovic, so one would think any help would be appreciated.
