PUCKNET / NHL

BACK

* Ducks are 24-37-10 (58 points)

* Tied for fifth in Pacific Division

* Tied for 10th in Western Conference

* F Teemu Selanne hits 50-goal mark

FORWARD

At Avalanche, noon Saturday: Colorado’s Uwe Krupp gives the trade for Tom Fitzgerald a high rating. Krupp told the Denver Post, “Let me tell you, this guy is a great pickup. He scores goals and can hit like a horse.”

https://www.denverpost.com/hockey/hock487.htm

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Coyotes, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Mark Janssens is happy he had very little time to dwell on his trade from the Islanders to Phoenix. “It was probably the best thing, getting here late and getting tossed into the fire,” he told the Arizona Republic. “If you get traded and sit around for three days, you tend to think too much and overanalyze things.”

https://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/035yoteside.shtml

OPEN

It’s NCAA regional action in college hockey beginning today and running through Sunday. The top-seeded teams are Michigan State, Boston College, Boston University and defending champion North Dakota. Rounding out the field are Ohio State, Yale, Clarkson, Colorado College, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Michigan and Princeton. The finals are next weekend in Boston.

https://uscollegehockey.com/tournament/1998/brackets.html

QUOTE

“It’s a result of poor judgment by Bobby Smith, a general manager who is extremely intelligent when it comes to worldly matters, but not so gifted when it comes to what are known as ‘hockey smarts.”’

--Toronto Sun’s Al Strachan blames Smith for all the problems in Phoenix

https://www.canoe.com/Hockey/mar24--strachan.html

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Saturday (KTTV Channel 11)

Wednesday (Fox Sports West 2)

Ducks on Radio: All games on KRLA-AM, (1110)