I won't be doin many of these full recaps this season...go to the games people... this one is for Roger (ABBY) since it isn't anywhere he can see/hear it...mostly w/ the goalie performances in mind.
1st period Starts off with a Gratton Hoffman fight at the 2 minute or so mark. Grats needs to get used to the new uni (he can’t get his arms loose, nor can he get the jersey over Hoffman’s head. Hoffman hammers Josh pretty good but it takes about 4 really nasty rights to get Josh down). Z and Bert do a little jawin (get outta there Z! he could really hurt you boy!) Jonesy jumps in w/ Z… thanx Matt.
ABBY had a slow start as Kunitz gets open in neutral, flies in and leg pump faked Abby. Kunitz scores in the first 3 minutes. 1 - 0 Ducks. But then ABBY gets his groove on with a gorgeous sprawling save on MacDonald, then a belly sliding right leg save during a 4 on 3 PK.
ABBY takes 15 shots…we manage to get off 7 shots. ABBY is looking good (especially since he spent ½ the period on penalty kill 4 on 4 and 4 on 3) Ducks were really pressuring him.
2nd period ABBY doesn’t get much work for first 10 minutes as we dominate. Then we land a double minor (Bill Thomas high stick – bleeding Duck player) Bertuzzi runs ABBY over but ABBY shook it off just fine. Vrbata takes it to the Ducks on a play from Kapanen to Bell, tip in by Vbrat.1 -1 tie game
UGLY PK coming up with 8:55 left in second period. Ducks 5 on 3 against ABBY. ABBY scrambles to save on a melee and barely keeps it off the line! ABBY kills off the next charge w/ help from Zbynek sprawling in front w/ him. What a crazy PK and ABBY looks great!
Gratton goes again! This time w/ Odonnell (Grats gets the arm loose after taking a couple of hard hits from Sean and eventually gets Sean to the ice).
Then holy jumpin! Weller goes with Lacoutour briefly. I guess we really are a more physical team eh?
ABBY gets very little action after that. We outshoot the Ducks 12 – 4. And we spend most of the rest of the time on the PP as the Ducks hook, trip and slash their way through the rest of the period.
3rd period Josh Tordjman starts the period. We are on the PP again. We do nothing with it. Josh has a couple of good stops in the first 6 minutes. We get another PP but the Ducks (Bertuzzi and Kunitz end up w/ it in our zone) knocking it around in front of Josh who loses his stick but still stops the shot. Real quiet shot wise only 6 – 4 sogs in favor of the Ducks so far. Lots of chances from both sides but end regulation 1 -1. We go to OT.
4th period Josh has his work cut out for him as we can not seem to get out of our zone most of the 5 minutes. Phoenix time out w/ 3 seconds left … we don’t pull Josh and we go to shoot out.
ShootOut:
Ducks:
Bertuzzi scores forehand, back hand top shelf
Kunitz fakes, Josh challenges him, Kunitz stutters and misses
Macdonald stoned! Goin for Josh’s 5 hole
Dawgs:
Mueller scores underneath with a fast, hard wrist shot - 5 hole
Vbrat scores forehand, back hand