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  • Posted August 19, 2019
    ANAHEIM, Calif. Xabi Alonso Jersey . -- The eggplant-and-teal jerseys took the Anaheim Ducks back to their franchises founding year. The record-setting offensive performance suggested the Ducks mightiest days could be right in front of them. Corey Perry scored two goals, Jonas Hiller made 30 saves, and the Ducks beat Bobby Ryan and the Ottawa Senators 4-1 Sunday night for their fourth straight victory. Captain Ryan Getzlaf and Nick Bonino also scored for the Ducks, who were Mighty again on a throwback night celebrating the 20th anniversary of the franchises 1993 debut. Wearing their colorful original jerseys, the Ducks racked up a franchise-record 56 shots against the Senators, who lost their fourth straight. Anaheim has fielded its share of eye-catching teams over the past two decades, but these Ducks are confident they could be as good as any of them after outscoring their last four opponents 17-6. "Thats the way we want to play," Perry said. "We want to put as many pucks on the net as possible. Good things happen when you do that. If we start like that, were going to be successful. Were going to play that quick game, were going to forecheck, and get better every single game." Anaheim surpassed its previous club record of 54 shots, set in March 2009 against Edmonton. Ottawa also set a franchise record for shots allowed, surpassing the 51 shots yielded twice before. Rookie defenceman Hampus Lindholm had two assists for his first NHL points for the Ducks, who followed up their 6-0 embarrassment of the New York Rangers last Thursday with another demolition of an Eastern Conference team. "I was really proud they came out and did the same thing," Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Theyre moving their legs, and its tough to keep up with them right now." Craig Anderson allowed two goals on the Ducks first nine shots before Robin Lehner replaced him just 4:06 into the first period. Lehner stopped 45 shots for the Senators, who yielded 50 shots at the Shark Tank one night earlier. "Its a little bit worse," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said. "It is two nights in a row. You give up over 50 shots, you hang your goalie out right from the start of the game. Were not very good. We need to go back to square one and find something to hang our hat on. Right now the only thing we have is goaltenders, and we make them work too hard." Hiller improved to 3-0 with several outstanding saves while wearing a throwback mask painted with the Ducks old logo and a cartoon version of Wild Wing, the Ducks mascot. "I felt a little bad for (Lehner)," Hiller said. "Thought it could have been an even higher score." Ryan scored his 150th career goal amid boos from the sellout crowd in his first game back in Anaheim since the Ducks traded the high-scoring forward last summer. The Ducks former No. 2 overall pick had four 30-goal seasons in Anaheim before the club shipped him to Ottawa in an apparent cost-cutting move. Anaheim landed promising forward Jakob Silfverberg, who went scoreless against his former team on his 23rd birthday after scoring four goals in the Ducks first four games. Ryan, who had publicly expressed discontent with the Ducks in the past, was greeted with mostly boos -- even more when he scored late in the first period on a sharp cross-ice pass from Kyle Turris. "We were down 2-0 early," Ryan said. "If you dont change the way you play against a team like that, that is playing pretty well, youre not going to have any success." Anaheim had 11 shots and two goals in the first five minutes alone. Ottawa allowed 24 shots in the first period in Anaheim after yielding 24 in the third period of Saturday nights 3-2 loss in San Jose. Perry scored from the slot just 27 seconds in on a pass from Patrick Maroon, and Getzlaf added another less than four minutes later on a setup from Lindholm. After Ryans goal, Ottawa trailed just 2-1 despite the Ducks 24 shots, a franchise record for a first period. But Lindholm made an exceptional backhand, cross-ice pass to set up Perrys second goal in the second. Bonino put Anaheim up 4-1 when he lost a faceoff to Jean-Gabriel Pageau, yet still controlled the puck and put a snap shot past Lehner. NOTES: RW Stefan Noesen, the other top prospect acquired from Ottawa in the trade for Ryan, has a "significant" injury to his left knee, according to the Ducks. Noesen was on crutches with an immobilizing brace on his knee after the game. ... The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim joined the NHL in 1993 when the Walt Disney Company named its expansion franchise after the Emilio Estevez-starring kids movie released a year earlier. Anaheim welcomed back 15 members of the original roster Sunday night, with the biggest cheers reserved for goalie Guy Hebert and enforcer Stu Grimson. ... The Senators visit Phoenix on Tuesday night to conclude their season-opening, six-game road trip. Anaheim visits Canadian Tire Centre on Oct. 25. Manuel Neuer Jersey . The Ravens werent about to let it happen again. Carleton picked up its fourth straight national mens basketball title, and 10th in the last 12 years, with a 79-67 victory over its crosstown rival on Sunday. Arturo Vidal Bayern Munich Jersey . Klein went undrafted in the NFL last year following his senior season with the Wildcats. He was invited to the Houston Texans rookie camp, but was not offered a contract. ST. JOHNS, N.L. -- Michael Hutchinson has been the difference-maker for the St. Johns IceCaps throughout the American Hockey League Eastern Conference final. Tuesdays Game 6 was no different. Hutchinson made 34 saves as St. Johns advanced to the Calder Cup final with a 5-0 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. "Hutchinson is playing really well right now and he played a strong game tonight," IceCaps head coach Keith McCambridge said. "He has done nothing but show he is a goaltender who is knocking on the door of the National Hockey League since we got him." The modest netminder credited his team with the shutout performance, saying the players in front of him played a great defensive game. "Fortunately the guys blocked a lot of shots, cleared rebounds and tied up sticks," Hutchinson said. "They really let me see the puck, and when I was able to see the puck I held onto it. It was a great team effort." Hutchinson added that winning the elimination game feels "unbelievable." "This is what you go for all season, to play for a championship," he said. "To get here is an unbelievable feeling, and to win on home ice makes it that much more special." McCambridge said the IceCaps were hoping the team would eliminatee the Penguins on the road, but he was happy with the Game 6 win. James Rodriguez Jersey. "Everybody was disappointed that we were unable to close out the series in five (games) but you have to be realistic," he said. "Youre in the conference finals and its hard to close out (in five games), its rare. We said that if we were able to take two out of three in the oppositions building against a very good team, wed be happy with it." Eric ODell, Blair Riley, Adam Lowry, Jason Jaffray and Zach Redmond scored for St. Johns. The IceCaps opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 17:53 of the first period. ODell tipped a shot from Brenden Kichton in over the blocker of Penguins goalie Peter Mannino. Lowry doubled the IceCaps lead 3:24 into the second period, tapping in a Josh Morrissey feed that found the forward in front of the net. Riley tipped a point shot five-hole to extend the IceCaps lead to three at the 2:23 mark of the third period. Redmond scored a fourth for St. Johns with a wrist shot from the point while Jaffray screened Mannino at 5:21. Jaffray added an empty-net goal with 47.5 seconds left. Mannino made 25 saves for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. St. Johns will play the Texas Stars, who beat the Toronto Marlies in Game 7 Tuesday, for the AHL championship. ' ' '