Ducks Re-Assign Pogge

Justin Pogge vs the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pre-grame warm up.


The Ducks have re-assigned goaltender Justin Pogge, who served as an emergency call up for Hiller. Giguere, who aggravated his groin in the 6-3 loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets on October 24, 2009 and missed six games . Jonas Hiller played all six games and his record is 3-2-1 including his first season shutout in a 0-4 win over the visiting Nashville Predators on November 4, 2009. Hiller has a mediocre 2.76 Goals Against Average (GAA) and a .919 save percentage, he has appeared in twelve contests and his current record is 6-5-1 Giguere has played three games before he aggravated his injury and his current record is 0-2-1 he has a cringing 3.64 GAA and a .895 save percentage.

Pogge was re-assigned to the Ducks Eastern Conference Hockey League (ECHL) Affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. Pogge has appeared in four contests with the Condors and has played three full games, where he has gone 2-1-0. In one contest, he replaced the struggling Timo Pielmeier: Pielmeier is another big Ducks goaltender prospect.
Pogge has a 2.10 GAA and a .923 save percentage.

The re-assignment of Pogge to the Ducks shows the sign that J.S. Giguere has been cleared to play, by the team doctors and himself for this upcoming road trip, the first road trip game is against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday. It is unclear who will play in the crease in New Jersey, as it always is the Ducks do not know who's playing goal until the earliest the night before the game. The Ducks take the road after a near blown 0-4 lead over the Phoenix Coyotes but the Ducks stood by the winning goal of Mike Brown, who has been promoted to the 3rd line from the 4th line, the Ducks won the contest 3-4.