Saturday Evening News

It was a beautiful day in southern California, so I did what all good Californians do and went to the beach. Well it was fortuitous as when I went to Fashion Island for some post beach shopping I ran into Ilya Bryzgalov and his family. I did not bother him for an autograph or anything. It was just fun seeing him in normal life enjoying the day with his wife and kids. One note, he was not wearing that infamous shirt he had on when he had his day with the cup. Combine that with the Ducks winning tonight and you have got a perfect day for an Anaheim Duck fan.

So here are some links to coverage of tonights victory over the Kings. One unfortunate injury was a mild ankle sprain to Mathieu Schneider. Other than that it was a fun game to listen to.

Here is my picture of the game, courtesy of Getty


The official Ducks recap

FINAL		1	2	3	T
	Ducks	1	1	1	3
	Kings	1	1	0	2

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By Adam Brady
AnaheimDucks.com

The Ducks got the opening goal from Drew Miller just 1:10 into the first.

LOS ANGELES – The Ducks avenged their preseason-opening loss by edging the Kings 3-2 Saturday night at Staples Center. Ryan Getzlaf scored a power play goal with 5:32 left in the third period to give Anaheim a 3-2 lead that held up until the final horn.

With the Ducks on the power play after a Kevin Westgarth hooking minor, Getzlaf fired a wrist shot from the left circle that blazed past Kings goalie Jonathan Bernier for the game-winner.

Unlike in the preseason opener Thursday night, the Ducks got on the board first in a much-improved first period. Just 1:10 after the opening faceoff, Anaheim’s Drew Miller tried a wraparound the was thwarted by goalie Jason LaBarbera, but Miller put the rebound past him.

Exactly 13 minutes later, Michael Cammalleri got one back on the power play, with Todd Bertuzzi in the box for tripping. Cammalleri’s shot from the low corner deflected off Ducks starter Jonas Hiller and Cammalleri followed it up while falling to the ice.

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MVN has their take on the game

The Ducks continued their busy week with a short road trip to the Staples Center for round 2 with the Kings. The pre-season action gave a foretaste of the upcoming season opening games between these two teams in London on September 29 and 30. As with all games between these two rivals, things get a little chippy and it was another hard fought game.

Round two between these teams saw 11 veterans in the line-up for the Ducks vs. 8 veterans on Thursday. Ducks players seeing action in both games were Maxim Kondratiev, Chris Pronger, Brandon Segal, Jason King and Ryan Carter. Rob Blake was the only Kings player on the ice for both games. This was the first look at new Ducks acquisitions, Todd Bertuzzi and Mathieu Schneider. Bertuzzi played on a line with Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. Bertuzzi is a likely candidate to replace Dustin Penner on that line. Schneider only played half the game after leaving early in the second period with a mild ankle sprain.

The first period had Jonas Hiller in goal for the Ducks and Jason LaBarbera in goal for the Kings. Drew Miller got the Ducks on the board early at 1:10. After a third power play attempt, the Kings finally were able to tie things up on a goal by Mike Camalleri.

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The Canadian press has the AP Coverage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Getzlaf scored the go-ahead goal on a screened 25-foot wrist shot with 5:32 left in the third period and the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 Saturday night in an exhibition game.

Skating on their archrival's rink for the first time since winning the Cup - in front of a mostly hostile crowd of 11,107 - the Ducks also got goals from Andrew Miller and Jason King. Getzlaf's goal came against Jonathan Bernier, who relieved Jason LaBarbera midway through the game.

Michael Cammalleri and Tom Preissing scored for the Kings, who beat the Ducks 5-4 Thursday night in the NHL's pre-season opener. Los Angeles had a winning pre-season record in each of the previous 17 years, but finished the regular season with a losing record in nine of those seasons and also missed the playoffs nine times during that stretch.

This was the only game on Saturday's schedule, as was the case on Thursday night when the Kings beat the Ducks 5-4 at Anaheim. Nine other teams begin their exhibition season on Sunday, including Phoenix with a road game against the Ducks.

The game marked the Ducks debut of defenceman Matthieu Schneider and right wing Todd Bertuzzi, both of whom joined the team as free agents. Schneider, who spent almost three full seasons with Los Angeles, became the 19th player to play for both Southern California teams. The Ducks are his seventh NHL club.

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