Like I said before... It's easy to blame CuJo, but that's obviously not the Wings problem.
J.S. has a friggen .978 sv %! That's insane!!!
*sigh*
Ducks push Wings to the brink
Canadian Press
4/15/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Jean-Sebastien Giguere frustrated the Detroit Red Wings again as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks moved within one victory of sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Giguere, brilliant so far in his first NHL playoff series, stopped 36 shots and Samuel Pahlsson and Stanislav Chistov scored as Anaheim beat the Red Wings 2-1 Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
The 25-year-old Giguere has stopped 133 of 137 shots in the three games of the series, including 63 saves in Anaheim's 2-1 triple-overtime win in Game 1.
``He's been the difference in every game, the star of every game,'' said Detroit coach Dave Lewis. ``It's no fluke. He's really played well.''
Giguere stopped 33 shots in Game 3 before Tomas Holmstrom chipped in his own rebound with 6:16 left to end the Anaheim goalie's shutout bid.
Giguere credited his teammates for the Ducks' win and their 3-0 lead.
``Everybody in front of me has been playing very well, especially my six defencemen,'' he said. ``I see every shot out there and they make sure they take the rebound away.
``That was probably our best game of the series.''
Last year, the Red Wings faced a 2-0 deficit versus Vancouver in the first round before rallying to win the next four games and en route to their third Stanley Cup title in six years.
Detroit faces a considerably tougher challenge now - only two other teams have come back to win series when down 3-0.
Swept by Detroit in their only two previous trips to the post-season, the Ducks need a victory at home in Game 4 on Wednesday night to sweep the Red Wings.
``Four is the measure, not three,'' Anaheim rookie coach Mike Babcock said. ``It's always the toughest one, to put someone away.
``They're proud, they're talented, they're veterans and they're not going to go away. We have to put them away.''
Lewis, a former Detroit assistant in his first year as head coach, seemed a bit shocked after the Red Wings lost again.
``We have to win a hockey game. We have to find some magic, some breaks,'' Lewis said.
Then he corrected himself, saying, ``We have to make our magic, make our own breaks.''
The Detroit coach added the Red Wings simply need to put the puck past Giguere.
``He's in a zone and we've got to get him out of that zone,'' Lewis said. ``We'll stay the course. We need to make the plays to win the hockey game. We haven't done that yet.''
Holmstrom's goal, his first of the series, came when Nicklas Lidstrom flipped a pass to him from the middle of the Anaheim zone. Holmstrom, near the crease, controlled the puck, took a shot that Giguere deflected, then lofted the rebound back over the goalie's shoulder.
The goal came six seconds after Pahlsson received a holding-the-stick penalty.
But that was it for the Red Wings, who outshot the Ducks for the third game in a row, this time 37-26.
Chistov scored with 18:16 remaining to give Anaheim a 2-0 margin after Detroit goalie Curtis Joseph came out of the net to clear a loose puck near the bottom of the left circle. Chistov beat Joseph to the puck, circled behind the net, and poked a shot that hit Detroit rookie Henrik Zetterberg's skate and went into the goal as Joseph slid across the crease trying to get back into position.
The goal was Chistov's second of the playoffs.
After a scoreless first period, Pahlsson gave Anaheim the lead with his first goal of the post-season, 2:31 into the second period.
Pahlsson, skating in the left circle with defender Dmitri Bykov frantically trying to wrap him up from behind, took a half swing at the puck and it sailed over Joseph's right shoulder.
A minute after Pahlsson's goal, Mathieu Dandenault appeared to tie the game with a slapshot from the left circle. But an instant before Dandenault got the shot off, the Red Wings were whistled for too many men on the ice.
Giguere had a close call with 16 seconds left in the period when Brendan Shanahan banged a slap shot off the crossbar during a Detroit power play.
The Ducks, who came into the league as an expansion franchise in 1993, are making their third post-season appearance. They lost four straight to Detroit in the second round in 1997, then also didn't win a game against the Red Wings during the first round in 1999.
Notes: The only teams to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series were the 1975 New York Islanders, who beat Pittsburgh in the quarter-finals; and Toronto, which beat Detroit in the 1942 Stanley Cup final. ... The only team to win the Cup and be swept in the playoffs the following year was the 1952 Maple Leafs. They lost to eventual Cup winner Detroit in 1953. ... Anaheim RW Steve Thomas played in his 150th post-season game. He has 51 goals and 49 assists. Thomas, a 19-year veteran, has played more seasons without winning a Stanley Cup than any active player except Tampa Bay's Dave Andreychuk and Toronto's Phil Housley. Both Tampa Bay and Toronto are still in the playoffs.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Canadian Press
4/15/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Jean-Sebastien Giguere frustrated the Detroit Red Wings again as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks moved within one victory of sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Giguere, brilliant so far in his first NHL playoff series, stopped 36 shots and Samuel Pahlsson and Stanislav Chistov scored as Anaheim beat the Red Wings 2-1 Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
The 25-year-old Giguere has stopped 133 of 137 shots in the three games of the series, including 63 saves in Anaheim's 2-1 triple-overtime win in Game 1.
``He's been the difference in every game, the star of every game,'' said Detroit coach Dave Lewis. ``It's no fluke. He's really played well.''
Giguere stopped 33 shots in Game 3 before Tomas Holmstrom chipped in his own rebound with 6:16 left to end the Anaheim goalie's shutout bid.
Giguere credited his teammates for the Ducks' win and their 3-0 lead.
``Everybody in front of me has been playing very well, especially my six defencemen,'' he said. ``I see every shot out there and they make sure they take the rebound away.
``That was probably our best game of the series.''
Last year, the Red Wings faced a 2-0 deficit versus Vancouver in the first round before rallying to win the next four games and en route to their third Stanley Cup title in six years.
Detroit faces a considerably tougher challenge now - only two other teams have come back to win series when down 3-0.
Swept by Detroit in their only two previous trips to the post-season, the Ducks need a victory at home in Game 4 on Wednesday night to sweep the Red Wings.
``Four is the measure, not three,'' Anaheim rookie coach Mike Babcock said. ``It's always the toughest one, to put someone away.
``They're proud, they're talented, they're veterans and they're not going to go away. We have to put them away.''
Lewis, a former Detroit assistant in his first year as head coach, seemed a bit shocked after the Red Wings lost again.
``We have to win a hockey game. We have to find some magic, some breaks,'' Lewis said.
Then he corrected himself, saying, ``We have to make our magic, make our own breaks.''
The Detroit coach added the Red Wings simply need to put the puck past Giguere.
``He's in a zone and we've got to get him out of that zone,'' Lewis said. ``We'll stay the course. We need to make the plays to win the hockey game. We haven't done that yet.''
Holmstrom's goal, his first of the series, came when Nicklas Lidstrom flipped a pass to him from the middle of the Anaheim zone. Holmstrom, near the crease, controlled the puck, took a shot that Giguere deflected, then lofted the rebound back over the goalie's shoulder.
The goal came six seconds after Pahlsson received a holding-the-stick penalty.
But that was it for the Red Wings, who outshot the Ducks for the third game in a row, this time 37-26.
Chistov scored with 18:16 remaining to give Anaheim a 2-0 margin after Detroit goalie Curtis Joseph came out of the net to clear a loose puck near the bottom of the left circle. Chistov beat Joseph to the puck, circled behind the net, and poked a shot that hit Detroit rookie Henrik Zetterberg's skate and went into the goal as Joseph slid across the crease trying to get back into position.
The goal was Chistov's second of the playoffs.
After a scoreless first period, Pahlsson gave Anaheim the lead with his first goal of the post-season, 2:31 into the second period.
Pahlsson, skating in the left circle with defender Dmitri Bykov frantically trying to wrap him up from behind, took a half swing at the puck and it sailed over Joseph's right shoulder.
A minute after Pahlsson's goal, Mathieu Dandenault appeared to tie the game with a slapshot from the left circle. But an instant before Dandenault got the shot off, the Red Wings were whistled for too many men on the ice.
Giguere had a close call with 16 seconds left in the period when Brendan Shanahan banged a slap shot off the crossbar during a Detroit power play.
The Ducks, who came into the league as an expansion franchise in 1993, are making their third post-season appearance. They lost four straight to Detroit in the second round in 1997, then also didn't win a game against the Red Wings during the first round in 1999.
Notes: The only teams to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series were the 1975 New York Islanders, who beat Pittsburgh in the quarter-finals; and Toronto, which beat Detroit in the 1942 Stanley Cup final. ... The only team to win the Cup and be swept in the playoffs the following year was the 1952 Maple Leafs. They lost to eventual Cup winner Detroit in 1953. ... Anaheim RW Steve Thomas played in his 150th post-season game. He has 51 goals and 49 assists. Thomas, a 19-year veteran, has played more seasons without winning a Stanley Cup than any active player except Tampa Bay's Dave Andreychuk and Toronto's Phil Housley. Both Tampa Bay and Toronto are still in the playoffs.
Cheers,
Aquaman
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I completely understand what you are saying and I'm not blaming Cujo for the loss, just that second goal. I posted that immediately after he gave up that goal by trying to handle the puck on the boards and gave it away. Everyone knows he can't handle the damn puck and he came that far out of the net to try it, I was pissed :|.
I would agree. However, I think if Hasik, Roy or Brodeur was playing for Detroit, then the series would not be 3-0. It would probably be 1-2 or even 2-1.
When Cujo meets a hot goalie, he has trouble matching.
hope not everyone is all o sudden jumping on the ducks wagon.
i can't believe they are down 0-3, but i'm gonna keep faith in my boys, or rather really really old hockey players... say take cujo out and put in manny and get to work GO WINGS!!
i can't believe they are down 0-3, but i'm gonna keep faith in my boys, or rather really really old hockey players... say take cujo out and put in manny and get to work GO WINGS!!
Surprising Ducks seek series sweep
The Canadian Press
4/15/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Mighty surprising, those Ducks.
After being swept by Detroit in their only two earlier trips to the NHL playoffs, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are one victory away from sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. With goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere swatting, smothering and otherwise stopping the Red Wings' shots with his stick, glove and feet in the first three games, the Ducks go into Wednesday night's Game 4 with a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
A sweep by Anaheim, which went four-and-out against Detroit in the 1997 and 1999 playoffs - the Ducks did beat Phoenix in seven games in the opening round in '97 - would be a major upset. The only team to win the Stanley Cup and be swept in the first round the following year was the Toronto Maple Leafs, who lost four straight to eventual Cup winner Detroit in 1952.
Giguere, who has stopped 133 of 137 shots, is the major reason Anaheim has won the first three games. But the Ducks also have played tenacious defence and capitalized on their scoring chances against Detroit goalie Curtis Joseph.
"It's a little bit surprising where we are," Anaheim's Steve Thomas said. "But it's because of the way we've played."
The Red Wings are more than a little surprised.
"I don't think we ever thought we'd be behind 3-0," Detroit coach Dave Lewis said.
While the Ducks remain cautious, with coach Mike Babcock saying winning a fourth game is always the biggest challenge, the Red Wings still seem to have at least a measure of confidence.
Last year in the first round, they came back from a 2-0 deficit to win four in a row against Vancouver and went on to their third Stanley Cup title in six years.
Detroit's Sergei Fedorov, who said after the second game that the Red Wings were desperate and dangerous, claimed the mood is different heading into Game 4 at Anaheim.
"I think we're very, very angry. We're angry that we haven't scored on all the opportunities we've had. We'll take care of that," Fedorov said. "On offence, we've generated enough chances to score four or five goals a game. We will find a way to win."
The underdog Ducks so far are following in the footsteps of the baseball team that plays just up the street. The Anaheim Angels stunned the New York Yankees in the opening round of the playoffs last season and went on to win their first World Series in the club's 42-year history.
"We looked at their winning for the first time, and franchise history, and that gave everybody here hope," the Ducks' Paul Kariya said. "I think that got us off on the right foot and convinced us we could do it."
The Ducks and the Angels are owned by the Walt Disney Co., which has both up for sale.
If the Red Wings win Game 4 in Anaheim, the series would shift to their ice for a fifth game Saturday.
"The bright side is, we just have to win one game and we can take them back to Detroit," Fedorov said. "We will have a Game 7 mentality going into Wednesday night's game."
The Ducks are well aware of that.
"One thing about playing this team, there's no way we're going to be overly confident," Anaheim's Adam Oates said. "We have so much respect for them."
Cheers,
Aquaman
The Canadian Press
4/15/2003
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Mighty surprising, those Ducks.
After being swept by Detroit in their only two earlier trips to the NHL playoffs, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are one victory away from sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings. With goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere swatting, smothering and otherwise stopping the Red Wings' shots with his stick, glove and feet in the first three games, the Ducks go into Wednesday night's Game 4 with a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
A sweep by Anaheim, which went four-and-out against Detroit in the 1997 and 1999 playoffs - the Ducks did beat Phoenix in seven games in the opening round in '97 - would be a major upset. The only team to win the Stanley Cup and be swept in the first round the following year was the Toronto Maple Leafs, who lost four straight to eventual Cup winner Detroit in 1952.
Giguere, who has stopped 133 of 137 shots, is the major reason Anaheim has won the first three games. But the Ducks also have played tenacious defence and capitalized on their scoring chances against Detroit goalie Curtis Joseph.
"It's a little bit surprising where we are," Anaheim's Steve Thomas said. "But it's because of the way we've played."
The Red Wings are more than a little surprised.
"I don't think we ever thought we'd be behind 3-0," Detroit coach Dave Lewis said.
While the Ducks remain cautious, with coach Mike Babcock saying winning a fourth game is always the biggest challenge, the Red Wings still seem to have at least a measure of confidence.
Last year in the first round, they came back from a 2-0 deficit to win four in a row against Vancouver and went on to their third Stanley Cup title in six years.
Detroit's Sergei Fedorov, who said after the second game that the Red Wings were desperate and dangerous, claimed the mood is different heading into Game 4 at Anaheim.
"I think we're very, very angry. We're angry that we haven't scored on all the opportunities we've had. We'll take care of that," Fedorov said. "On offence, we've generated enough chances to score four or five goals a game. We will find a way to win."
The underdog Ducks so far are following in the footsteps of the baseball team that plays just up the street. The Anaheim Angels stunned the New York Yankees in the opening round of the playoffs last season and went on to win their first World Series in the club's 42-year history.
"We looked at their winning for the first time, and franchise history, and that gave everybody here hope," the Ducks' Paul Kariya said. "I think that got us off on the right foot and convinced us we could do it."
The Ducks and the Angels are owned by the Walt Disney Co., which has both up for sale.
If the Red Wings win Game 4 in Anaheim, the series would shift to their ice for a fifth game Saturday.
"The bright side is, we just have to win one game and we can take them back to Detroit," Fedorov said. "We will have a Game 7 mentality going into Wednesday night's game."
The Ducks are well aware of that.
"One thing about playing this team, there's no way we're going to be overly confident," Anaheim's Adam Oates said. "We have so much respect for them."
Cheers,
Aquaman
I still have my fingers crossed.
The Wings have had ZERO luck/bounces/breaks in this series. Absolutely nothing has gone their way.
Hopefully they can turn it around tonight. The series isn't over and if any team can come back to win the series after being down 0-3, it is the Wings.
LET'S GO RED WINGS!
The Wings have had ZERO luck/bounces/breaks in this series. Absolutely nothing has gone their way.
Hopefully they can turn it around tonight. The series isn't over and if any team can come back to win the series after being down 0-3, it is the Wings.
LET'S GO RED WINGS!
bunker
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Originally posted by: Wingznut
You nailed it!
God I hope so!! It's only been done twice and the last time was the 1975 Islanders. Lewis just so happened to be a player on that team so maybe it will bring us some good Karma
.I'm just not looking forward to getting up for work tomorrow morning. Damn west coast teams!
Originally posted by: murphy55d
Repeat!
hit the showers! the fat lady has sang!
this thread is now ***OFFICIALLY DEAD***
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