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Ducks pitch shutout to down Stars
Canadian Press
5/1/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CP) - Mike Leclerc scored a power-play goal with 1:47 to play in the third period to give the Anaheim Mighty Ducks a 1-0 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.
Anaheim leads the Western Conference semifinal series 3-1 and is on the verge of pulling off their second consecutive series upset. Game 5 is Friday night in Dallas.
Leclerc sent the 17,174 fans at Arrowhead Pond into delirium when he fired a perfect cross-ice pass from Sandis Ozolinsh by a diving Marty Turco. Jason Arnott had been assessed a controversial penalty for cross-checking only a minute earlier.
The Stars pulled Turco in the game's final minute and generated several chances but Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere closed the door.
Giguere made 28 saves for his first-career playoff shutout.
Giguere set a club record with eight shutouts during the regular season, then was outstanding as the Ducks swept the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.
Anaheim has now played eight straight one-goal games in the playoffs, tying a record with the 1989 Montreal Canadiens.
During the regular season, the Mighty Ducks won a league-high 24 one-goal games.
The game was scoreless Wednesday after 40 minutes as the teams played cautious and conservative hockey with neither side willing to take offensive risks or dictate the tempo of play.
Dallas thought it had opened the scoring just over three minutes into the third period. Mike Modano one-timed the puck from in close but Giguere stopped it with his left skate blade. The play was reviewed by off-ice video officials but replays confirmed Giguere had made an unbelievable save and the puck didn't cross the goal-line.
On the bench, Modano could only shake his head in disbelief.
Notes: Anaheim won its first six games of the playoffs before losing Game 3 of the series Monday. Only one of the 22 teams to win their first six playoff games didn't make it to the Stanley Cup final ... The scoreless first period was a first for Dallas in these playoffs.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Canadian Press
5/1/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CP) - Mike Leclerc scored a power-play goal with 1:47 to play in the third period to give the Anaheim Mighty Ducks a 1-0 win over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.
Anaheim leads the Western Conference semifinal series 3-1 and is on the verge of pulling off their second consecutive series upset. Game 5 is Friday night in Dallas.
Leclerc sent the 17,174 fans at Arrowhead Pond into delirium when he fired a perfect cross-ice pass from Sandis Ozolinsh by a diving Marty Turco. Jason Arnott had been assessed a controversial penalty for cross-checking only a minute earlier.
The Stars pulled Turco in the game's final minute and generated several chances but Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere closed the door.
Giguere made 28 saves for his first-career playoff shutout.
Giguere set a club record with eight shutouts during the regular season, then was outstanding as the Ducks swept the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs.
Anaheim has now played eight straight one-goal games in the playoffs, tying a record with the 1989 Montreal Canadiens.
During the regular season, the Mighty Ducks won a league-high 24 one-goal games.
The game was scoreless Wednesday after 40 minutes as the teams played cautious and conservative hockey with neither side willing to take offensive risks or dictate the tempo of play.
Dallas thought it had opened the scoring just over three minutes into the third period. Mike Modano one-timed the puck from in close but Giguere stopped it with his left skate blade. The play was reviewed by off-ice video officials but replays confirmed Giguere had made an unbelievable save and the puck didn't cross the goal-line.
On the bench, Modano could only shake his head in disbelief.
Notes: Anaheim won its first six games of the playoffs before losing Game 3 of the series Monday. Only one of the 22 teams to win their first six playoff games didn't make it to the Stanley Cup final ... The scoreless first period was a first for Dallas in these playoffs.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Originally posted by: caramel
bwahsahha can you tell i'm from toronto when i read it as GO SARS!
He He He......... I've been saying that for a while 😀
Cheers,
Aquaman
Success no surprise for Babcock
Canadian Press
5/3/2003
Anybody who has worked with Mike Babcock is not the least bit surprised about what the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are accomplishing.
The passionate redhead has a history of coaching success.
``He turned our team around,'' says Don Helbig, communications director for the Cincinnati AHL club Babcock coached before moving up to the NHL this season. ``He's a masterful motivator.
``The day he got hired in Anaheim, I told the media relations guys there, `You're getting a great guy. You're going to start to win now,' and he's turned things around there, too.
``He's a proven winner. Those kind of guys, wherever they go, they are successful.''
The blueprint: a system of play is implemented, the athletes begin to believe in it when wins pile up, and they reach a point at which they will charge through a wall for the coach.
A background in sport psychology has helped Babcock achieve this result.
``He has a way of presenting things so everybody understands,'' says Helbig. ``He treats people fairly and when people feel they are being treated fairly they take criticism better.''
Babcock, 40, wears a serious game face but away from the rink he's a devoted family man who smiles and laughs quickly.
``Mike eats, sleeps and breathes hockey but he's sensible enough to understand his priorities,'' says Mike Pelino, who has played against and coached with him.
Babcock and wife Maureen have three children, Alexandra, 10, Michael, 7, and Taylor, 5. They were at a ball park watching Ali play baseball on a night without a hockey game earlier this week.
``He's a phenomenal guy,'' says Helbig. ``Everybody in our organization, top to bottom, liked working with him.
``He's always positive, always upbeat, and he always deals with people opening and honestly. I think that's what people appreciate about him. You always know where you stand with Mike Babcock.''
Anaheim players kiddingly contend he never sleeps because he's always in the rink analysing videos or hatching plans. He has described his coaching style as relentless.
``I don't get tired,'' he says. ``I have a lot of energy.''
He's always in the now. Make the most of now, he tells his players, rather than worrying about lost opportunities in the past.
Before the first game of the NHL season, he told the Ducks the opener was their most important game. He said the same thing before each subsequent game through the entire season and on into the playoffs.
He's still doing it, and his players have formed a chorus behind him. After their recent five-overtime playoff victory, players being interviewed were saying it was a good win but ``our next game is our most important.''
Babcock was born in the Northern Ontario town of Manitouwadge. The family moved to the Northwest Territories when he was two, to Thompson, Man., when he was eight, and to Saskatoon when he was 14.
He played major junior hockey in Saskatoon and in Kelowna, B.C., with a guardian angel watching. His mother died too young of cancer.
Babcock played college hockey at McGill in Montreal, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education and a post-graduate diploma in sport psychology.
``He was a real good team guy,'' says Pelino, who played for Toronto against McGill at the time. ``He would be one of the hardest workers on the team.
``He was a great skater. He was one of those guys who is just a couple of percentage points away from making it to the NHL.''
Babcock failed a tryout with the Tom Watt-coached Vancouver Canucks in 1985.
He was player-coach of a team in Newcastle, England, before taking the coaching job at a college in Red Deer, Alta., in 1988. He was there three years.
He coached the Moose Jaw, Sask., juniors for two years, the University of Lethbridge varsity to a national title in his one year there, and he took over the Spokane, Wash., juniors in 1994. In five years with the Chiefs, he was twice named WHL coach of the year.
Babcock was head coach in 1997 of the last Canadian team to win the world junior championship.
``He's extremely committed, extremely intense,'' says Denis Hainault, high performance director for the Canadian Hockey Association. ``Whatever he asks of his players, he's willing to do himself.''
Not surprisingly, Babcock is a fitness buff and runs a lot.
He absorbed a strong work ethic from his father, who was a mine pit boss. He once asked his dad how he was able to get men to work so hard for him, and was told it only could be achieved through example.
``Everything I believe in comes from this philosophy,'' Babcock has said. ``I want to be successful.
``I always say to the guys, `I want us to work hard and be able to be proud of that work ethic.' But if you ask for that, you better practise it.''
Hainault liked his communications skills.
``He communicates with people well and he listens, which is not always the case when you have an intense person,'' says Hainault. ``He learns from others - he learned with every step he took.
``He was a good guy to work with. He has to be right at the top with the best ones who have coached the national team and there have been a lot of good ones.''
Pelino, who was on the 1997 staff and spent two years in Spokane with Babcock, describes him as ``a driven individual who demands perfection from himself and those he's around.''
``He's very organized, very prepared and does whatever it takes to give his group the best chance to be successful,'' says Pelino.
Anaheim players, including Kurt Sauer and Kevin Sawyer who played for Babcock in Spokane, were surprised when he wasn't one of the three finalists for coach-of-the-year honours. The Ducks' 26-point improvement was an NHL best.
Babcock's approach has not changed.
``I'm going to use the same plan and philosophy I've used at my other coaching jobs here, which is hard work makes you successful,'' he said when he was named coach in Cincinnati. ``I'm confident I can get my players to buy into that plan, and if they do we'll win because the plan works.''
He feels no added pressure now that he's in the NHL, he insists.
``The pressure is no different than with Spokane or the University of Lethbridge or Red Deer College or Moose Jaw. The pressure comes from within. If you have the will to win, what can be more pressure than what you put on yourself?''
Cheers,
Aquaman
Canadian Press
5/3/2003
Anybody who has worked with Mike Babcock is not the least bit surprised about what the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are accomplishing.
The passionate redhead has a history of coaching success.
``He turned our team around,'' says Don Helbig, communications director for the Cincinnati AHL club Babcock coached before moving up to the NHL this season. ``He's a masterful motivator.
``The day he got hired in Anaheim, I told the media relations guys there, `You're getting a great guy. You're going to start to win now,' and he's turned things around there, too.
``He's a proven winner. Those kind of guys, wherever they go, they are successful.''
The blueprint: a system of play is implemented, the athletes begin to believe in it when wins pile up, and they reach a point at which they will charge through a wall for the coach.
A background in sport psychology has helped Babcock achieve this result.
``He has a way of presenting things so everybody understands,'' says Helbig. ``He treats people fairly and when people feel they are being treated fairly they take criticism better.''
Babcock, 40, wears a serious game face but away from the rink he's a devoted family man who smiles and laughs quickly.
``Mike eats, sleeps and breathes hockey but he's sensible enough to understand his priorities,'' says Mike Pelino, who has played against and coached with him.
Babcock and wife Maureen have three children, Alexandra, 10, Michael, 7, and Taylor, 5. They were at a ball park watching Ali play baseball on a night without a hockey game earlier this week.
``He's a phenomenal guy,'' says Helbig. ``Everybody in our organization, top to bottom, liked working with him.
``He's always positive, always upbeat, and he always deals with people opening and honestly. I think that's what people appreciate about him. You always know where you stand with Mike Babcock.''
Anaheim players kiddingly contend he never sleeps because he's always in the rink analysing videos or hatching plans. He has described his coaching style as relentless.
``I don't get tired,'' he says. ``I have a lot of energy.''
He's always in the now. Make the most of now, he tells his players, rather than worrying about lost opportunities in the past.
Before the first game of the NHL season, he told the Ducks the opener was their most important game. He said the same thing before each subsequent game through the entire season and on into the playoffs.
He's still doing it, and his players have formed a chorus behind him. After their recent five-overtime playoff victory, players being interviewed were saying it was a good win but ``our next game is our most important.''
Babcock was born in the Northern Ontario town of Manitouwadge. The family moved to the Northwest Territories when he was two, to Thompson, Man., when he was eight, and to Saskatoon when he was 14.
He played major junior hockey in Saskatoon and in Kelowna, B.C., with a guardian angel watching. His mother died too young of cancer.
Babcock played college hockey at McGill in Montreal, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education and a post-graduate diploma in sport psychology.
``He was a real good team guy,'' says Pelino, who played for Toronto against McGill at the time. ``He would be one of the hardest workers on the team.
``He was a great skater. He was one of those guys who is just a couple of percentage points away from making it to the NHL.''
Babcock failed a tryout with the Tom Watt-coached Vancouver Canucks in 1985.
He was player-coach of a team in Newcastle, England, before taking the coaching job at a college in Red Deer, Alta., in 1988. He was there three years.
He coached the Moose Jaw, Sask., juniors for two years, the University of Lethbridge varsity to a national title in his one year there, and he took over the Spokane, Wash., juniors in 1994. In five years with the Chiefs, he was twice named WHL coach of the year.
Babcock was head coach in 1997 of the last Canadian team to win the world junior championship.
``He's extremely committed, extremely intense,'' says Denis Hainault, high performance director for the Canadian Hockey Association. ``Whatever he asks of his players, he's willing to do himself.''
Not surprisingly, Babcock is a fitness buff and runs a lot.
He absorbed a strong work ethic from his father, who was a mine pit boss. He once asked his dad how he was able to get men to work so hard for him, and was told it only could be achieved through example.
``Everything I believe in comes from this philosophy,'' Babcock has said. ``I want to be successful.
``I always say to the guys, `I want us to work hard and be able to be proud of that work ethic.' But if you ask for that, you better practise it.''
Hainault liked his communications skills.
``He communicates with people well and he listens, which is not always the case when you have an intense person,'' says Hainault. ``He learns from others - he learned with every step he took.
``He was a good guy to work with. He has to be right at the top with the best ones who have coached the national team and there have been a lot of good ones.''
Pelino, who was on the 1997 staff and spent two years in Spokane with Babcock, describes him as ``a driven individual who demands perfection from himself and those he's around.''
``He's very organized, very prepared and does whatever it takes to give his group the best chance to be successful,'' says Pelino.
Anaheim players, including Kurt Sauer and Kevin Sawyer who played for Babcock in Spokane, were surprised when he wasn't one of the three finalists for coach-of-the-year honours. The Ducks' 26-point improvement was an NHL best.
Babcock's approach has not changed.
``I'm going to use the same plan and philosophy I've used at my other coaching jobs here, which is hard work makes you successful,'' he said when he was named coach in Cincinnati. ``I'm confident I can get my players to buy into that plan, and if they do we'll win because the plan works.''
He feels no added pressure now that he's in the NHL, he insists.
``The pressure is no different than with Spokane or the University of Lethbridge or Red Deer College or Moose Jaw. The pressure comes from within. If you have the will to win, what can be more pressure than what you put on yourself?''
Cheers,
Aquaman
Ducks on the verge of ousting Stars
TSN.ca Staff
5/3/2003
DALLAS (AP) - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks are on the verge of doing to top-seeded Dallas what they did to defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit in the first round of the playoffs.
Except they know the Stars aren't eliminated yet.
``I'm sure they're not discouraged,'' said Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere. ``The games have been so close, I'm sure they felt like that could have won each one. Obviously, they're going to be even more determined now, and they're in their rink.''
Anaheim has a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. But every game has been decided by one goal, including the five-overtime thriller in Game 1 and another overtime game in Dallas, both won by the Mighty Ducks.
Game 5 in Saturday afternoon in Dallas.
The Stars have never come back the nine other times they've faced 3-1 deficits, but Giguere was right. They don't sound too concerned about that history.
``We're still a very confident team,'' rookie Dallas coach Dave Tippett said Friday. ``We've put our backs to the wall, but we've been strong at home all year. We expect to come out and play very well, get a win and push the series out.''
Even though the Stars are 2-3 at home in the post-season, they had the NHL's best home record during the regular season. They also know Minnesota and Vancouver were both down 3-1 in their first-round series this post-season before advancing to the second round.
But the Stars have to find a way to get some pucks past Giguere, who in his first post-season is 7-1 with a 1.27 goals-against average and a .960 save percentage (stopping 312 of 325 shots), both tops in the playoffs. His 28 saves Wednesday came in a 1-0 win, his only playoff shutout.
Dallas has managed just seven goals against Giguere in more than 322 minutes this series.
``He's played well, but our guy's played as well, if not better,'' said Stars forward Claude Lemieux. ``We just need to win a game for him. We have to bear down on our opportunities, look for those rebounds and drive the net.''
Stars goalie Marty Turco, who set a modern-day NHL record with his 1.72 GAA in the regular season, has been solid despite his and the Stars' 5-5 post-season record. He has stopped 269 of 289 shots (.926 save percentage) and has a 1.77 GAA.
``My thoughts are pretty simplistic,'' Turco said. ``We have to win the next one to stay alive. We don't have much room for mistakes.''
And that won't change if the Stars are able to win Game 5, and then another game Monday in Anaheim to force a deciding game back in Dallas. Dallas doesn't get any extra chances.
The Mighty Ducks have three more games to win one.
Anaheim still prefers to close out the series as quickly as possible and sustain the emotional edge it has built by sweeping Detroit in round one and taking quick control against Dallas.
``This is our opportunity right here. It's a huge game for us and we really believe we have to play the best we possibly can and play better than we've played so far in the playoffs,'' said Ducks coach Mike Babcock. ``You've got two really good teams going at it, and there's a fine line.''
Ducks centre Steve Rucchin left Game 4 briefly after being slammed awkwardly into the boards by Derian Hatcher. While he's sore, he said he felt fine and would be ready Saturday.
Keith Carney, with a large welt across the bridge of his nose, said the extra day between games was good for the Ducks. Now they hope to continue what they've been trying to build up to all year.
``All season, we tried to get better and we wanted to make sure we would play our best hockey in the playoffs,'' Carney said. ``Everybody sticks to our system and our game plan, and that's made us all more confident. We know we're going to battle and all stick together.''
Mike Modano said the Stars are looking for ``one extra play, one extra bounce, one extra shot.''
Anything to stay alive.
Cheers,
Aquaman
TSN.ca Staff
5/3/2003
DALLAS (AP) - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks are on the verge of doing to top-seeded Dallas what they did to defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit in the first round of the playoffs.
Except they know the Stars aren't eliminated yet.
``I'm sure they're not discouraged,'' said Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere. ``The games have been so close, I'm sure they felt like that could have won each one. Obviously, they're going to be even more determined now, and they're in their rink.''
Anaheim has a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. But every game has been decided by one goal, including the five-overtime thriller in Game 1 and another overtime game in Dallas, both won by the Mighty Ducks.
Game 5 in Saturday afternoon in Dallas.
The Stars have never come back the nine other times they've faced 3-1 deficits, but Giguere was right. They don't sound too concerned about that history.
``We're still a very confident team,'' rookie Dallas coach Dave Tippett said Friday. ``We've put our backs to the wall, but we've been strong at home all year. We expect to come out and play very well, get a win and push the series out.''
Even though the Stars are 2-3 at home in the post-season, they had the NHL's best home record during the regular season. They also know Minnesota and Vancouver were both down 3-1 in their first-round series this post-season before advancing to the second round.
But the Stars have to find a way to get some pucks past Giguere, who in his first post-season is 7-1 with a 1.27 goals-against average and a .960 save percentage (stopping 312 of 325 shots), both tops in the playoffs. His 28 saves Wednesday came in a 1-0 win, his only playoff shutout.
Dallas has managed just seven goals against Giguere in more than 322 minutes this series.
``He's played well, but our guy's played as well, if not better,'' said Stars forward Claude Lemieux. ``We just need to win a game for him. We have to bear down on our opportunities, look for those rebounds and drive the net.''
Stars goalie Marty Turco, who set a modern-day NHL record with his 1.72 GAA in the regular season, has been solid despite his and the Stars' 5-5 post-season record. He has stopped 269 of 289 shots (.926 save percentage) and has a 1.77 GAA.
``My thoughts are pretty simplistic,'' Turco said. ``We have to win the next one to stay alive. We don't have much room for mistakes.''
And that won't change if the Stars are able to win Game 5, and then another game Monday in Anaheim to force a deciding game back in Dallas. Dallas doesn't get any extra chances.
The Mighty Ducks have three more games to win one.
Anaheim still prefers to close out the series as quickly as possible and sustain the emotional edge it has built by sweeping Detroit in round one and taking quick control against Dallas.
``This is our opportunity right here. It's a huge game for us and we really believe we have to play the best we possibly can and play better than we've played so far in the playoffs,'' said Ducks coach Mike Babcock. ``You've got two really good teams going at it, and there's a fine line.''
Ducks centre Steve Rucchin left Game 4 briefly after being slammed awkwardly into the boards by Derian Hatcher. While he's sore, he said he felt fine and would be ready Saturday.
Keith Carney, with a large welt across the bridge of his nose, said the extra day between games was good for the Ducks. Now they hope to continue what they've been trying to build up to all year.
``All season, we tried to get better and we wanted to make sure we would play our best hockey in the playoffs,'' Carney said. ``Everybody sticks to our system and our game plan, and that's made us all more confident. We know we're going to battle and all stick together.''
Mike Modano said the Stars are looking for ``one extra play, one extra bounce, one extra shot.''
Anything to stay alive.
Cheers,
Aquaman
alphatarget1
Diamond Member
SCORE!!!!! DALLAS UP 1-0
EAT THAT DUCKS
EAT THAT DUCKS
alphatarget1
Diamond Member
SCORE!!!!
DALLAS UP 2-0
DALLAS UP 2-0
NogginBoink
Diamond Member
GO STARS!
I'm with ya, alphatarget. Wish I could be home watching it instead of streaming from wbap at the office.
I'm with ya, alphatarget. Wish I could be home watching it instead of streaming from wbap at the office.
alphatarget1
Diamond Member
SCORE!!!!!! SHORTHANDED GOAL DALLAS 3-0!!!!!!!!
NogginBoink
Diamond Member
GO NIKO! ALL RIGHT!
*gasp* not ANOTHER penalty! :S
*gasp* not ANOTHER penalty! :S
alphatarget1
Diamond Member
Originally posted by: NogginBoink
GO STARS!
I'm with ya, alphatarget. Wish I could be home watching it instead of streaming from wbap at the office.
hehe
the shorthanded goal was from kapanen (sp?) btw
i hate the ducks with a passion.
alphatarget1
Diamond Member
3-1 dallas up, kariya scored a goal and now Stars PP!
alphatarget1
Diamond Member
SCORE!!!! kapanen scores again dallas up 4-1
NogginBoink
Diamond Member
ANOTHER ONE!
Niko gets another goal today. WOOT!
Niko gets another goal today. WOOT!
NogginBoink
Diamond Member
WE WIN!
okay, gotta win two more to clinch the series, boys!
okay, gotta win two more to clinch the series, boys!
Stars chase off Giguere and Ducks
Associated Press
5/3/2003
DALLAS (AP) - Jean-Sebastien Giguere finally looked like the goaltender the Dallas Stars pounded in the regular season, not the brilliant post-season record-setter he's become.
Facing elimination, the top-seeded Stars got early goals from Rob DiMaio and Stu Barnes, then a short-handed goal from rookie Niko Kapanen to knock out Giguere after two periods and beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4-1 Saturday in Game 5 of their second-round series.
Anaheim still leads the series 3-2. The Ducks will try again to advance to the Western Conference finals in Game 6 at home Monday night.
Paul Kariya scored the lone goal for the Ducks. Kapanen rounded out scoring for the Stars with his second of the game.
Giguere, however, won't have the same aura around the crease after giving up three goals on 19 shots and opening the third period on the bench.
It was a stunning reversal for a goalie whose post-season statistics coming in were among the best in the NHL's modern era: a goals-against average of 1.27 and a .960 save percentage. He was even coming off a shutout in his previous game.
Instead, he looked like the guy Dallas blistered for seven goals in a little more than four periods in two regular-season games back in October and November.
Martin Gerber played only two seconds this post-season and that was because of a mix-up at the end of the first period of Game 2.
Gerber saved five of six shots, unable to stop Kapanen late in the third.
Kapanen also was part of the penalty-kill unit that went 6-for-6 after allowing power-play goals in each of the last three games. Anaheim generated few scoring chances with the man advantage as the Stars tried to regain momentum.
Dallas was energized and hungry from the start, looking far more like the Western Conference's best regular-season team and less like a team on the verge of being eliminated by a No. 7 seed.
Jere Lehtinen hit a post 53 seconds in, and Brenden Morrow nearly jammed in the rebound. Midway through the first, Mike Modano fed DiMaio at the right edge of the crease and the puck went in off his skate for a 1-0 lead.
Dallas went up by two goals for the first time this series five minutes later when Stu Barnes scored off another nice pass, this time by Pierre Turgeon. Turgeon, recovering from ankle surgery, was scratched from Game 4 and talked coach Dave Tippett into using him this time.
Late in the second, Kapanen went end-to-end with the puck and shuffled it under Giguere with help from Kariya's stick.
Kariya later scored for Anaheim, knocking in a rebound early in the third period to make it 3-1.
That was the only time the Ducks got anything past Dallas' Marty Turco, who made 14 saves.
Turco, coming off a record-setting regular season, has been solid this series, but was overshadowed by Giguere's numbers. Not this time.
Notes: Dallas' Claude Lemieux moved into second place on the career list of playoff games played. This was his 232nd, one more than former Stars forward Guy Carbonneau. Mark Messier is first at 236. ... This was the first time the Ducks lost on the road this post-season. They were 4-0. ... Dallas' Scott Young was scratched because of an undisclosed upper-body injury. He's day-to-day.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Associated Press
5/3/2003
DALLAS (AP) - Jean-Sebastien Giguere finally looked like the goaltender the Dallas Stars pounded in the regular season, not the brilliant post-season record-setter he's become.
Facing elimination, the top-seeded Stars got early goals from Rob DiMaio and Stu Barnes, then a short-handed goal from rookie Niko Kapanen to knock out Giguere after two periods and beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4-1 Saturday in Game 5 of their second-round series.
Anaheim still leads the series 3-2. The Ducks will try again to advance to the Western Conference finals in Game 6 at home Monday night.
Paul Kariya scored the lone goal for the Ducks. Kapanen rounded out scoring for the Stars with his second of the game.
Giguere, however, won't have the same aura around the crease after giving up three goals on 19 shots and opening the third period on the bench.
It was a stunning reversal for a goalie whose post-season statistics coming in were among the best in the NHL's modern era: a goals-against average of 1.27 and a .960 save percentage. He was even coming off a shutout in his previous game.
Instead, he looked like the guy Dallas blistered for seven goals in a little more than four periods in two regular-season games back in October and November.
Martin Gerber played only two seconds this post-season and that was because of a mix-up at the end of the first period of Game 2.
Gerber saved five of six shots, unable to stop Kapanen late in the third.
Kapanen also was part of the penalty-kill unit that went 6-for-6 after allowing power-play goals in each of the last three games. Anaheim generated few scoring chances with the man advantage as the Stars tried to regain momentum.
Dallas was energized and hungry from the start, looking far more like the Western Conference's best regular-season team and less like a team on the verge of being eliminated by a No. 7 seed.
Jere Lehtinen hit a post 53 seconds in, and Brenden Morrow nearly jammed in the rebound. Midway through the first, Mike Modano fed DiMaio at the right edge of the crease and the puck went in off his skate for a 1-0 lead.
Dallas went up by two goals for the first time this series five minutes later when Stu Barnes scored off another nice pass, this time by Pierre Turgeon. Turgeon, recovering from ankle surgery, was scratched from Game 4 and talked coach Dave Tippett into using him this time.
Late in the second, Kapanen went end-to-end with the puck and shuffled it under Giguere with help from Kariya's stick.
Kariya later scored for Anaheim, knocking in a rebound early in the third period to make it 3-1.
That was the only time the Ducks got anything past Dallas' Marty Turco, who made 14 saves.
Turco, coming off a record-setting regular season, has been solid this series, but was overshadowed by Giguere's numbers. Not this time.
Notes: Dallas' Claude Lemieux moved into second place on the career list of playoff games played. This was his 232nd, one more than former Stars forward Guy Carbonneau. Mark Messier is first at 236. ... This was the first time the Ducks lost on the road this post-season. They were 4-0. ... Dallas' Scott Young was scratched because of an undisclosed upper-body injury. He's day-to-day.
Cheers,
Aquaman
redheadednurse
Member
I will be at work tomorrow and unable to watch the game but I would like to say that I had my stars 'car flag' up and before the last game I took it down b/c I was on the Stars website and it said it was bad 'mojo' and then they kicked butt! I'm crossing my fingers!
Giguere ready for the Stars
Canadian Press
5/4/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Brushing off the last game the same way he's swept away shots for most of the playoffs, Jiggy's eager to get back in front of the net.
"When you get benched, you want to answer back in the next game," Anaheim goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere said Sunday. "I'm really looking forward to it.
"That's when you get the best out of the good players, in Game 6 and Game 7 of a series."
Giguere, sensational in the Ducks' first-round sweep of Detroit and through the first four games against Dallas, gave up three goals on 19 shots in two periods and sat out the third in the Stars' 4-1 victory Saturday.
The Ducks still leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals 3-2; Game 6 is Monday night in Anaheim (TSN, 11 p.m. EDT). If the Stars win, the seventh and deciding game will be in Dallas on Wednesday night.
Ducks coach Mike Babcock said after Saturday's loss that part of the reason he took Giguere out of the game was because the "goaltender interference was absolutely out of control," with no penalties being called. Babcock said he considered it imperative to get his goalie out of there.
The coach was considerably more restrained Sunday, but he said that some of the times Giguere was crashed into, "Unless they've changed the rules, that's against the rules."
Ducks general manager Bryan Murray was more blunt, complaining that the Stars made six runs at Giguere and were penalized only once for it.
"After the whistle, the cheap stuff that goes on, the punches in the head go on, let's call the penalties the way they are. Just call the game," Murray said. "The referees have tried real hard.
"But when a star player like Giguere gets run and is in no position to defend himself, let's call it."
Giguere wasn't complaining, though.
"That's part of their game and I'm going to deal with it," he said.
The Ducks' goalie can expect more heavy traffic in front of him. The Stars were more physical in the last game and can be expected to keep it up in Game 6.
"When you have the size advantage that we do, you've got to take advantage of it," Dallas' Mike Modano said. "You don't need to put points on the board to contribute.
"When we play physical, that opens up the ice for other guys. We realize how we have to play. We have to be dominant in the tough areas of the game."
Babcock said the Ducks' poor execution on the power play, which he called "scary bad" after they failed on six chances and gave up a short-handed goal, allowed the Stars to be more physical. Dallas did not score on its only two power plays.
"We didn't score a power-play goal, we didn't even generate momentum on the power play," he said. "When you do that, you allow them to take liberties with you.
"That's the way it's going to be, so we've got to do better."
However, Babcock and the Anaheim players said the Stars simply outplayed them.
"You're driving down the road and you've got the lights on and a deer standing there, and he just stands there and you hit it," he said. "That's where we were.
"We just stood there. We've got to play our game, got to skate. If we don't, we're easy targets."
The Stars outshot Anaheim 11-6 and took a 2-0 lead in the first period of the last game.
"We knew it was important to get off to a good start," said Dallas's Claude Lemieux. "That's the way we need to play.
"Our next two are going to be that way. Our guys feel comfortable playing that way."
The Ducks learned a lesson, Giguere said.
"We learned that we need to show up right off the bat," he said. "They obviously had a great first period, and we got caught a little bit off guard.
"We can't let that happen. We have to be ready to face anything."
Cheers,
Aquaman
Canadian Press
5/4/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Brushing off the last game the same way he's swept away shots for most of the playoffs, Jiggy's eager to get back in front of the net.
"When you get benched, you want to answer back in the next game," Anaheim goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere said Sunday. "I'm really looking forward to it.
"That's when you get the best out of the good players, in Game 6 and Game 7 of a series."
Giguere, sensational in the Ducks' first-round sweep of Detroit and through the first four games against Dallas, gave up three goals on 19 shots in two periods and sat out the third in the Stars' 4-1 victory Saturday.
The Ducks still leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals 3-2; Game 6 is Monday night in Anaheim (TSN, 11 p.m. EDT). If the Stars win, the seventh and deciding game will be in Dallas on Wednesday night.
Ducks coach Mike Babcock said after Saturday's loss that part of the reason he took Giguere out of the game was because the "goaltender interference was absolutely out of control," with no penalties being called. Babcock said he considered it imperative to get his goalie out of there.
The coach was considerably more restrained Sunday, but he said that some of the times Giguere was crashed into, "Unless they've changed the rules, that's against the rules."
Ducks general manager Bryan Murray was more blunt, complaining that the Stars made six runs at Giguere and were penalized only once for it.
"After the whistle, the cheap stuff that goes on, the punches in the head go on, let's call the penalties the way they are. Just call the game," Murray said. "The referees have tried real hard.
"But when a star player like Giguere gets run and is in no position to defend himself, let's call it."
Giguere wasn't complaining, though.
"That's part of their game and I'm going to deal with it," he said.
The Ducks' goalie can expect more heavy traffic in front of him. The Stars were more physical in the last game and can be expected to keep it up in Game 6.
"When you have the size advantage that we do, you've got to take advantage of it," Dallas' Mike Modano said. "You don't need to put points on the board to contribute.
"When we play physical, that opens up the ice for other guys. We realize how we have to play. We have to be dominant in the tough areas of the game."
Babcock said the Ducks' poor execution on the power play, which he called "scary bad" after they failed on six chances and gave up a short-handed goal, allowed the Stars to be more physical. Dallas did not score on its only two power plays.
"We didn't score a power-play goal, we didn't even generate momentum on the power play," he said. "When you do that, you allow them to take liberties with you.
"That's the way it's going to be, so we've got to do better."
However, Babcock and the Anaheim players said the Stars simply outplayed them.
"You're driving down the road and you've got the lights on and a deer standing there, and he just stands there and you hit it," he said. "That's where we were.
"We just stood there. We've got to play our game, got to skate. If we don't, we're easy targets."
The Stars outshot Anaheim 11-6 and took a 2-0 lead in the first period of the last game.
"We knew it was important to get off to a good start," said Dallas's Claude Lemieux. "That's the way we need to play.
"Our next two are going to be that way. Our guys feel comfortable playing that way."
The Ducks learned a lesson, Giguere said.
"We learned that we need to show up right off the bat," he said. "They obviously had a great first period, and we got caught a little bit off guard.
"We can't let that happen. We have to be ready to face anything."
Cheers,
Aquaman
Stars still in desperation mode
Sports Network
5/5/2003
(Sports Network) - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim try once again to eliminate the Dallas Stars tonight when the teams clash in Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Pond.
Anaheim, ahead three games to two, had its first crack at advancing on Saturday in Dallas, but the Stars emerged with a dominating 4-1 victory. Dallas put forth the kind of multi-faceted effort that helped it earn the top seed in the West during the regular season.
"I think our team has the ability to control our own destiny," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "If we play as well as we want to play and can play, I think we can keep pushing forward."
The Stars received the balanced scoring they have been searching for all series, as rookie Niko Kapanen tallied twice to lead the way. Rob DiMaio and Stu Barnes scored as well, while veterans Claude Lemieux and Pierre Turgeon each notched their first points of the postseason.
"We had everyone on board," Tippett said. "The players that can make a difference did. [Jason] Arnott was excellent, [and] Turgeon was excellent. Those are players who can make a difference in a game and, they did."
Goaltender Marty Turco, who was named a Vezina finalist on Wednesday, needed to make just 14 saves to pick up the decision. Turco, who hasn't received much credit this postseason, was the benefactor of tremendous play in front of him, as the Ducks could hardly generate a thing due to the tenacious D played by Dallas. From the first shift of the game the Stars set the physical tone, and Anaheim was never able to counter.
Turco's counterpart, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, had his worst outing of the playoffs, as he allowed three goals on 19 shots before being pulled after two periods.
"All I can do is forget about it," said Giguere, who faced traffic in front of him all afternoon Saturday. "The next game is a new challenge. This is a learning process for me. The next game will be a great battle and I am looking forward to it."
After being beaten, 2-1, in Game 3 of this series, Giguere responded with a 28-save shutout in the next contest, a 1-0 Ducks victory.
Many are interested to see how this relatively inexperienced Ducks club bounces back after its first lopsided loss of the playoffs. The team's previous eight postseason games were decided by one goal.
"We have to play like this is the last game of our lives," Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei said. "That's how we're thinking."
Anaheim is obviously still in the driver's seat, but would like find some semblance of an offensive attack. The team managed only a Paul Kariya goal in the third period Saturday, and has scored just three times in the last three games.
As for the Stars, they finally arrived in Game 5 and remain in desperation mode.
"We have to have the same effort," Tippett said. "There's no reason we can't bring the same intensity and the same standard of play."
The Stars franchise has never won in eight previous series when trailing three games to one, which was the situation before Saturday. The club is 21-23 all-time in elimination games.
If Dallas wins tonight, Game 7 would be played Wednesday night at the AmericanAirlines Center in Big D.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Sports Network
5/5/2003
(Sports Network) - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim try once again to eliminate the Dallas Stars tonight when the teams clash in Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Pond.
Anaheim, ahead three games to two, had its first crack at advancing on Saturday in Dallas, but the Stars emerged with a dominating 4-1 victory. Dallas put forth the kind of multi-faceted effort that helped it earn the top seed in the West during the regular season.
"I think our team has the ability to control our own destiny," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "If we play as well as we want to play and can play, I think we can keep pushing forward."
The Stars received the balanced scoring they have been searching for all series, as rookie Niko Kapanen tallied twice to lead the way. Rob DiMaio and Stu Barnes scored as well, while veterans Claude Lemieux and Pierre Turgeon each notched their first points of the postseason.
"We had everyone on board," Tippett said. "The players that can make a difference did. [Jason] Arnott was excellent, [and] Turgeon was excellent. Those are players who can make a difference in a game and, they did."
Goaltender Marty Turco, who was named a Vezina finalist on Wednesday, needed to make just 14 saves to pick up the decision. Turco, who hasn't received much credit this postseason, was the benefactor of tremendous play in front of him, as the Ducks could hardly generate a thing due to the tenacious D played by Dallas. From the first shift of the game the Stars set the physical tone, and Anaheim was never able to counter.
Turco's counterpart, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, had his worst outing of the playoffs, as he allowed three goals on 19 shots before being pulled after two periods.
"All I can do is forget about it," said Giguere, who faced traffic in front of him all afternoon Saturday. "The next game is a new challenge. This is a learning process for me. The next game will be a great battle and I am looking forward to it."
After being beaten, 2-1, in Game 3 of this series, Giguere responded with a 28-save shutout in the next contest, a 1-0 Ducks victory.
Many are interested to see how this relatively inexperienced Ducks club bounces back after its first lopsided loss of the playoffs. The team's previous eight postseason games were decided by one goal.
"We have to play like this is the last game of our lives," Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei said. "That's how we're thinking."
Anaheim is obviously still in the driver's seat, but would like find some semblance of an offensive attack. The team managed only a Paul Kariya goal in the third period Saturday, and has scored just three times in the last three games.
As for the Stars, they finally arrived in Game 5 and remain in desperation mode.
"We have to have the same effort," Tippett said. "There's no reason we can't bring the same intensity and the same standard of play."
The Stars franchise has never won in eight previous series when trailing three games to one, which was the situation before Saturday. The club is 21-23 all-time in elimination games.
If Dallas wins tonight, Game 7 would be played Wednesday night at the AmericanAirlines Center in Big D.
Cheers,
Aquaman
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