Anaheim Ducks

LW Joffrey Lupul left the ice in the second period under his own power after getting hit above the right eye as he blocked a shot by Wild forward Antti Miettinen in front of the Ducks' net. It took 14 stitches to close the wound, but Lupul returned to start the third period. "It kind of rotated the...

PLAYER NEWS: --D Brett Festerling, who had five assists and a plus-5 mark in 40 games with the Ducks last season, on Aug. 20 agreed to a two-year, two-way contract. Festerling, 23, will earn $525,000 annually if he is in the NHL. Festerling figures to compete with Sheldon Brookbank, Luca Sbis...

The Ducks will be holding their collective breath at least a bit regarding top-line center Ryan Getzlaf until the Sept. 13 opening of training camp at Anaheim Ice. Getzlaf has acknowledged that his recovery from July 29 surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle might keep him off the ice whe...

The Blackhawks insisted they didn't care if they played the Detroit Red Wings or the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL Western Conference finals, but they were in the minority. Hawks fans overwhelmingly wanted the Wings.

DETROIT -- They persevered through a tough, physical seven-game series against the playoff-tested Anaheim Ducks.

Detroit police say a woman was accidentally hit by a chair swung by Ducks general manager Bob Murray after Anaheim's loss to the Red Wings in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Sgt. Alan Quinn said on Saturday that the woman was struck while in the press box Thursday night at...

ANAHEIM ???The?odds?are?still?against?them,?but?these? Ducks ?aren't?dead?yet. ???Anaheim?reversed?the?negative?momentum?of?the?previous?two?games? and?forced?a?Game?7?in?its?Western?Conference?semifinal?series?with? the?Detroit?Red?Wings,?with?a?...

Dead?team?skating? ???Oh,?the? Ducks ?looked?perky?enough?Monday?afternoon,?cavorting?on? the?Honda?Center?ice?as?if?they?didn't?have?a?care?in?the?world.? Coach?Randy?Carlyle?had?his?guys?scrimmaging?with?their?off-hand?-? left-handers?shooting?r...

Anaheim 0 1 1 0-3 Los Angeles 1 0 1 0-2 Anaheim won shootout 2-1 First Period-1, Los Angeles, Frolov 31 (Sopel, Kopitar), 19:52 (pp). Penalties-Marchant, Ana (boarding), 1:58; Pronger, Ana (high-sticking), 6:25; Miller, LA, minor-misconduct (roughing), 8:53; Pahlsson, Ana, minor-m...

Anaheim 2 1 1-4 Los Angeles 0 0 3-3 First Period-1, Anaheim, Moen 4 (Pahlsson, Selanne), 4:11. 2, Anaheim, Selanne 12 (McDonald, Beauchemin), 12:22 (pp). Penalties-Murray, LA (hooking), :35, Conroy, LA (hooking), 11:15, R.Niedermayer, Ana (hooking), 12:47. Second Period-3, Anaheim, R....

Anaheim 0 1 1 0-3 Los Angeles 2 0 0 0-2 Anaheim won shootout 2-1 First Period-1, Los Angeles, Visnovsky 3 (Kopitar, Kostopoulos), 3:55. 2, Los Angeles, Cammalleri 5 (Sopel, Kopitar), 16:15. Penalties-Fedoruk, Ana, major (fighting), :13; Ivanans, LA, major (fighting), :13; Ivanans, LA (...

In this season's first meeting between two teams that figure to be among the best in the NHL's Western Conference, the Ducks were a little bit better than the Wild. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves, defensemen Scott Niedermayer and Sean O'Donnell scored second-period goals, and Ana...

Jean-Sebastien Giguere slumped to the ice late in the game. He recovered in time to finish off a busy evening in goal for the Anaheim Ducks. "I was just cramping up," he explained Friday night after he stopped 41 shots, including 22 in the first period, in Anaheim's 4-3 victory over the Los Ang...

Los Angeles 0 2 1-3 Anaheim 0 2 2-4 First Period-None. Penalties-Ivanans, LA, major (fighting), 3:33; Fedoruk, Ana, major (fighting), 3:33; Thornton, LA (slashing), 4:48; Conroy, LA (hooking), 5:06; Beauchemin, Ana (holding stick), 10:15; Kunitz, Ana (hooking), 12:31; Selanne, An...

Anaheim 0 0 0-0 Columbus 0 0 1-1 First Period-None. Penalties-Zherdev, Clm (hooking), 7:38; S.Niedermayer, Ana (holding), 15:06; Selanne, Ana (goalie interference), 17:43; Beauchemin, Ana, double minor (high-sticking), 18:27. Second Period-None. Penalties-R.Niedermayer, Ana (cr...

 - The general manager of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks is on a roll, with his steal-of-the- season free agent signing of forward Teemu Selanne to a $1 million ...