Pielmeier helps stream roll rival

Timo


Reign

Timo Pielmeier goes 2-1-0 as he had 33 out of 36 saves to beat the Los Angeles ECHL Affiliate in a 8-3 win at home. Pielmeier is the No 1 goalie in Bakersfield as the Ducks have called up Justin Pogge, the goalies have split games between each other. Pielmeier may of struggled in the first game absolutely do not count him out, it should be obvious considering his record as of now. He's a very good goalie and his focus is excellent, his movements are fluent.

Leafs@Ducks

Hillsy


Leafs



Justin Pogge was called up to replace an injured Giguere who aggravated his groin during the loss to the Blue Jackets. Justin Pogge was all smiles as the media from Toronto flooded over to Pogge's stall in the Ducks locker room. Watch his interview here

Leafs Mike Komisarek’s mother had Pancreatic Cancer and Ducks Saku Koivu called her every day, Komisarek said she had a smile from ear to ear after she got off the phone. Komisarek and Koivu are very good friends. Unfortunately, Komisarek's mother lost her battle. Saku Koivu made her life much easier.

The Ducks allowed 5 power play goals in their loss to the Maple Leafs the most in franchise history.

Final: Maple Leafs 6 Ducks 3

Starting Goaltender: Jonas Hiller



Hiller threw out his glove hand to make his first save of the game. Hiller made a closed butterfly save on Grabvoski. Erik Chirstensen got a tough break as the puck missed the net it looked like it was going to go in but it did not. Jonas “The Monster” Gustavsson robbed him. Hiller made two saves, the first on former Duck Francois Beauchmin the puck had gotten away from him and he gobbled up the rebound.

Petteri Nokelainen got his first goal of the season as he got the pass from Bobby Ryan who got it from Scotty.

Niedermayer passed the puck to Nokelainen and Nokelainen shot the puck through traffic, as Todd Marchant was there on the door step, to block Gustavsson from seeing the puck all the way. Noke shot it from the blue line a one timer that went in.

George Parros got into a fight with Colton Orr definitely his best fight it was quite funny as Cole pushed the ref away who fell and quickly got up.

A line brawl with both teams gear was flying off and players were going at it. Getzlaf got into it with former Duck Beauchmin. Bobby Ryan came in Getzlaf’s defense. Scott Niedermayer also got into the fight. Corey Perry got a double minor as he before the brawl. Matt Stajan tried to keep Corey Perry out of the play and Perry reacted by lifting him and throwing him to the ice.

Francois Beachmin’s shot is corralled by Hiller. Hiller prevented all attempts as the Leafs tried to stuff it into the net. Mikhail Grabovski scored on the 3 on 5 man advantage power play. James Wisniewski went to the box for slashing; a great aerial pass from Matt Sajan from Tomas Kerbele to Mikhail Grabovoski.

A shot got through and passed Hiller on yet another power play goal by the Toronto Maple Leafs, the puck went top shelf as Hiller was on his knees and could not stop the puck. Jonas Hiller makes a save on the young Luke Schenn. Schenn, a highly touted young player’s shot was gobbled up as he had shot it from the blue line.
The Ducks took yet another penalty as Nokelainen went into the box on a hooking call. Hiller tries to make a save, as he went down on his side and stuck out his leg. Saku Koivu has excellent backchecking on his stick work to prevent the game from going 3-1 after the first period.

The Ducks did not throw very many shots in the beginning of the period.
The Ducks were not winning battles, which was a bad start to the beginning of second period.

Stempiak hit Todd Marchant hard; it looked to be a clean hit but a dangerous hit as Marchant hit his head on the boards. Thank you for the helmet Todd Marchant was not injured as badly as he could of been. Scott Niedermayer went in to attack Stempiak and was called for roughing. Yet the hit looked so dirty that hit could not of been ignored there was no way it could.

Another power play goal by Niklas Hagman gave the Leafs a 3-1 lead in mid period. Hiller made a great save on Stempiak but could not save the rebound as it went under his arm by a shot from Niklas Hagman.

Finally, the Ducks convert on a power play as Bobby Ryan put it behind Gustavsson who was down in the butterfly position as the Ducks got a much needed Power play; great connection with Perry and Scotty. It was a beautiful pass from Corey Perry to Bobby Ryan a great choice by Bobby as he put it behind The Monster. You can definitely see Allaire in his play.

Hiller gloved Grabokoski’s shot right out of the air a good angle cut which kept the Ducks deficit by one. There’s absolutely no doubt that Gustavsson had been delivering for the Leafs. Lee Stempiak scores the Leafs first regular goal as James Wisniewski went down and the puck went right through Hiller’s legs. Hiller has made some excellent saves but he has been struggling throughout the game.

James Wisniewski has a bad call against him as he swings the stick but only touches the puck and nothing else. At that the Leafs went on another power play. Captain Scott Niedermayer did not like the call as it should have been.

Tomas Karbele scored on the controversial power play on James Wisniewski and it bounces off of Hiller into the back of the net. The Ducks do not have a good penalty kill as they’ve been straggling on the penalty kill the entire game against Toronto. Hiller was not happy as he swallowed hard looking up at the Jumbotron.

A frustrated Anaheim Ducks team gets into more scrums with the Toronto Maple Leafs. George Parros has picked up a Game Misconduct.

It looked like James Wisniewski had a goal but he did not get it as the Leafs defense helped Gustavsson. Saku Koivu got a minor penalty for goaltender interference. The Leafs were yet again saved on a 5 on 3 Hiller robbed with his glove to prevent the goal.

Jonas Hiller made an excellent save on Niklas Hagman but left out the rebound and Hagman gets a hat trick. Hiller could not stop the rebound.

Corey Perry got a goal from a great pass off of Brendan Mikkelson to Ryan Getzlaf a outlet pass to Corey Perry. Perry shot the puck and got it behind Gustavsson. There was little to no celebration on Perry's goal not even he had a huge celebration. He threw up his arms for less than a second knowing that this goal could and would not get the Ducks to rally on a 3 goal deficit with 6:33 seconds left in the period. However the goal was his 5th goal of the season.

The Ducks went on just their third power play on a hooking call on the Leafs. Bobby Ryan was robbed by Gustavsson on a attempted power play goal. Bobby Ryan stick handled the puck around Gustavsson, fell and tried to swipe the puck into the net but the puck went to Gustavsson as if he were a magnet. Bobby Ryan lay on the ground and it could be seen Bobby saying “How did that not get in!?”

The Anaheim Ducks are 1-5-0 at home and lose their 4th straight. The Toronto Maple Leafs got their very first win of the season.

NEW FEATURE: Post Game quotes from the Boys in the Crease:
"It’s terrible," said Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, who gave up all six Toronto scores. "We wish we knew what the problem is. Right now, we’re struggling and we can’t find a way to get out. I don’t know what it is. We have to go back to the basics. Everybody can play better, me included. I know I can play better. I hope everybody does. That is the only way we can go from here."

"Once we feel like we’re going, we take the next goal against and we’re back in the hole again," Hiller said. "I wish I had the solution. Hockey is a game of confidence and trusting each other. I don’t think that’s what we’re doing right now."


Scorers:
1st Period:
Anaheim: Petteri Noklaninen Assists: Scott Niedermayer, Bobby Ryan.

Toronto: Power Play Goal: Mikhail Grabovoski Assists: Matt Sajan, Tomas Karbele

Toronto: Power Play Goal: Niklas Hagman Assists: Tomas Kerbele, Lee Stempniak
2nd Period
Toronto: Power Play Goal: Niklas Hagman Assists: Lee Stempniak, Tomas Karbele

Anaheim: Power Play: Bobby Ryan Assists: Corey Perry, Scott Niedermayer
3rd Period:
Toronto: Lee Stempiak Assists: Matt Stajan

Toronto: Power Play Goal: Tomas Kabrele Assists: Lee Stempiak, John Mitchell

Toronto: Power Play Goal: HAT TRICK: Niklas Hagman Assist: Matt Sajan, Tomas Kaberle

Anaheim: Corey Perry Assists: Brendan Mikkelson, Ryan Getzlaf

Pogge Wins. Olympics high on list for Pielmeier

Justin Pogge allowed 3 goals on 36 shots in the win over the Victoria Salmon Kings.

The Condors went to take the series over the Salmon Kings winning 2 of 3 games. Each goaltender Pielmeier and Pogge have wins to their names. The Ducks' Dan Sexton scored and he is currently tied in first with 3 goals. McGregor Sharp scored 2 goals and Ducks Stu Bickel and Logan McMillian also scored. MacMillian had the winning goal to boast the Condors into the has Bickel scored to tie up the game. Pogge had 33 saves and he is now 2-1-0 with Pielmeier being 1-1-0. Pogge played in the the 5-0 loss against the Salmon Kings and then had the nod for the final game against Victoria. The Salmon Kings are 1-5-0-0 with two points, while the Condors are 3-2-0-0 with six points.

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Timo Pielmeier has the 2014 Olympics high on his list. Pielmeier would play for home country Germany if he is chosen to play. As of now, Timo's biggest dream is to make it to the NHL naming Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens as one of his idols:

“I think I’ll have a big chance for 2014,” said Pielmeier, outside the dressing room at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

National teams are important, added the Deggendorf native, but his biggest goal is to make it in club play in the greatest league in the world.

“I want to play in the NHL,” said Pielmeier.

“When I saw Carey Price play for Canada at the world juniors, I knew I had to come to North America to play major junior [Pielmeier did so in Quebec]. The aim now is to play well in the ECHL and get to the AHL and then the NHL.”

Timo Pielmeier is 1-1-0 with the Bakersfield Condors and had the win against the San Jose Sharks, the team who owned him and was seasoning him in with affiliate Worcestor Sharks. Timo was acquired in a trade which sent Ducks Kent Huskins and Travis Moen to San Jose.

Giguere Injury

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J.S. Giguere aggravated his groin muscle in the 6-4 loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets. A goal from the blue line off of Tyutin and a late reaction resulted in the aggravation of the injury; Justin Pogge was called up for the game against the Dallas Stars, just in case Giguere was unable suit up, the Ducks had reassigned Pogge back to their ECHL Affiliate in Bakersfield when Giguere was cleared and dressed for the Dallas game.
Jonas Hiller replaced Giguere and was pulled for the extra man as the Ducks could not hold back Columbus Rick Nash sealed the deal on an empty net; the Jackets surprised hockey fans around the league of making the playoffs. Their first playoff run in their respective history.

Pogge is a possibility of the call up against his former NHL team the Toronto Maple Leafs. The final decision will most likely come tomorrow morning. Giguere has so far ruled himself out of play for tomorrow's game.

“Uh, no,” Giguere said when asked if he could play. “Give it a couple of days rest here, and see what’s going to happen. We’re not too concerned about it, but … we have to give it time and make sure it’s ready.”

Giguere aggravated a groin muscle injury in the waning moments of Saturday’s game against Columbus when he tried to stop a shot by Fedor Tyutin.

“I didn’t see the puck until the last second, and when I saw it I threw my leg out and my groin let go,” he said.

Also in the news: Luca Sbisa the 19-year old defenseman, ,who the Ducks got as part of the deal with Joffrey Lupul in a trade to the Philadelphia Flyers which sent 2007 Stanley Cup wining defenseman Chris Pronger during the NHL entry draft on July 1, 2009 to Philly. Sbisa will be reassigned on Monday to an unknown junior team. Sbisa will not be able to come up for the remaining NHL Season.

Blue Jackets@Ducks

Jiggy



Jackets

Starting Goaltender: J.S. Giguere

Final Score: Blue Jackets 6 Ducks 4

In tonight’s game, it is Hockey Fights Cancer Night all around the entire league as hockey fights its hardest fight. Tonight’s game was a special night, as the Ducks and Blue Jackets took it to the ice. Saku Koivu has to have the most meaning out of the entire Ducks roster, if not all of the players as he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2001 and came back to hockey in 2002 to a eight minute standing ovation from the Montreal Canadiens fans. Honda Center asked Cancer survivors and those currently fighting cancer to stand. As it looked like James Wisniewski said to Koivu “Go on” Saku skated from the blue line where the team was standing. Saku looked all around the Honda Center, to see those standing. Way to go Saku!
Starting Goaltender: J.S. GIguere

GIguere looked very confident, as he gets his first start in about four games. Former Duck Sami Pahlsson was honored during the game, as he sits in a Blue Jackets uniform. He won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007.

Joffrey Lupul scored the first goal of the game from a pass to Scott Niedermayer from Ryan Getzlaf, and Niedermayer gave it to Lupul. Corey Perry saw the shot as he screened Steve Mason and jumped, as Lupul put it in the back of the net.

Giguere bounced a puck away of Nikita Filtov and gloved off a shot. Kris Russell drove the puck, he got through but Giguere gobbled it up. Giguere made another great stop on Derek Dorsett
Giguere didn’t see too much action as the Ducks kept it mostly in their attack zone. Nick Boynton had a great hit on former Duck Sami Pahlsson as Sami was caught with his head down.
Giguere handled the puck behind the net and handed it to Scotty. Giguere turned the puck aside, on the Getzlaf minor penalty (tripping) on Boyachuk. Giguere made excellent saves as he helped kill of the penalty. Giguere turned away a shot from Rick Nash to keep the Jackets scoreless on their power play.
Gigure had a smart move, as he froze the puck on RJ Umberger. Antoine Vermette scored diving between the red circles, as Giguere had a piece of it but he did not have enough to save it. Both goaltenders have gotten a piece of the puck, but it went it. The Ducks got their first power play on a trip from Vermette on Saku Koivu. Scott Niedermayer gets his first goal of the season on the power play; a rebound off of Mike Commodore.

Rick Nash scored on a spin-o-rama the shot went off of Scott Niedermayer’s skate the puck went behind J.S. Giguere. The Ducks played a sporadic game after they got the lead. Giguere smothered the puck on Sami Pahlsson to keep the game even at 2 apiece. Giguere couldn’t hold the puck, as Jakub Voracek got a blind pass from Vermette into traffic in front of Giguere. The Ducks lose it in the Jackets attack zone, but Giguere bailed the team out on a blocker save. Vermette hits the cross bar, as Jakub Varacek tips in his second goal on the rebound as Giguere didn’t know where it was.
During the intermission, Saku Koivu was interviewed as he is a cancer survivor. “Just smile every day. My close family and friends made a deal to find something positive everyday that we can laugh at.”
Saku Koivu had his first penalty as he had a high stick on Vermette. Tyutin’s shot is stopped and frozen, as Giguere left no rebound for the Jackets to score on the power play.
Giguere made an excellent save on Dorsett and covered it up as he inched out slightly more. Joffrey Lupul gets his second goal of the game from a pass off of Corey Perry to Ryan Getzlaf to Lupul. The Lupul, Getzlaf, Perry line is nothing short of amazing.
Teemu Selanne scores to tie the game on the power play from Dorsett’s tripping penalty on Joffrey Lupul; great chemistry from Ryan Whitney and Saku Koivu to ice the cake with: a great pass from Whitey to Koivu and then to Teemu.
Giguere gloved off a shot from Torres and Giguere has a huge smile on his face. His confidence is through the roof. Bobby Ryan was hit and high sticked by Rick Nash but there was no call. It’s because Bobby is a Duck.
Giguere gloves off a shot for Sam Pahlsson and brought it into his chest.
Fedor Tyutin shoots the puck from the blue line and J.S. Giguere goes down and was in pain, as he made a little attempt to save the puck. He fell forward and fell to the ice, he remained there. Giguere has had a groin injury which he said he felt good for to suit up for the game against the Dallas Stars. Jonas Hiller replaced Giguere. Giguere skated off the ice under his own power Hiller patted Giguere on the back, as he made his way down the hall ot the locker room.
Jonas Hiller scooped up a shoot and a face off was in front of him. Jonas Hiller was in net for less than two minutes in the replacement of J.S. Giguere as he was pulled for the extra man. Rick Nash scores on an empty net to seal the deal on the Ducks to give the Ducks their 3rd straight loss. The Ducks go 1-4-0 at home.

Scorers:
1st Period:
Anaheim: Joffrey Lupul Assists: Ryan Getzlaf, Scott Niedermayer
2nd Period: Columbus:
Columbus: Antoine Vermette Assists: M. Mohotte
Anaheim: Scott Niedermayer Assists Ryan Getzlaf
Columbus: Jakub Voracek Assists: Antoine Vermette, Fedor Tyutin
Columbus: Jakub Varacek Assists: Antoine Vermette, Atone Stralman
3rd Period:
Anaheim: Joffrey Lupul Assists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf
Anaheim: Power Play Goal: Teemu Selanne Assists: Ryan Whitney, Saku Koivu
Columbus: Fedor Tyutin Assists: Rick Nash, Jason Chimera
Columbus: Empty Net: Rick Nash: Mike Commodore, Steve Mason

J.S. Giguere with Todd Marchant: Reading is the Goal

The Ducks have done the Reading is the Goal for the past few seasons now, choosing different players to participate going to school(s) to promote reading and education encouraging elementary school children to keep on reading. The Ducks, who have won various nominations and awards with their program S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation & Education)

J.S. Giguere and Todd Marchant were the Ducks to host the Reading is the Goal Day they attended Mattie Lou Maxwell Elementary School in Anaheim with their wives, Kristen Giguere and Caroline Marchant; along with Ducks staff and Wild Wing. Several students were handed out binders and various other Ducks goods to further encourage education and reading.

Justin Pogge earns first loss

Matt McCue helps Poggee in front of the net.





Justin Pogge had his first loss of the season in Victoria to the Salmon Kings, who won their first game of the season against the Condors. The opposing goalie Glenn Fisher was the same where Pielmeier earned his very much needed first win of the season, after flailing in his debut.The Condors failed to convert on the power play going 0-5 and failed to find the back of the net in the entire game.

Pogge saved 32 of 35 shots in a 3-0 loss to the Salmon Kings

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