Quick write-up on the Ducks inking forward Ryan Poehling to a four-year contract extension.
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Quick write-up on the Ducks inking forward Ryan Poehling to a four-year contract extension.
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Per Elliotte Friedman, Poehling’s AAV is $3.75 million.
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Ducks have signed forward Ryan Poehling to a four-year contract extension.
www.nhl.com/ducks/news/d...
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Ducks have tomorrow off, which means they have just one skate remaining before Friday’s trade deadline.
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Ducks postgame video vs. #Isles (03/04)
Ville Husso: youtu.be/ftlracXUN2o
Cutter Gauthier: youtu.be/cQkoHZG10-U
Joel Quenneville: youtu.be/nIIFLL5-hnM
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Ducks head coach Joel Quenneville on Frank Vatrano:
“He went through a really tough time—and knowing Frankie from before. We know what he's all about. Great teammate. I think he’s loved everywhere he goes and everybody he touches in this game.”
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And they're both vocal guys in the locker and on the ice. They try to make our young guys' jobs easier. Just super happy they're able to jump right in and get on the scoresheet.” (2/2)
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Gauthier on Vatrano+Ryan Strome making an impact in their return to the lineup:
“It’s huge. These guys are veterans on our team. They've seen it all. It’s hard to jump right back in the lineup after six weeks of not playing hockey and make a big impact like that. (1/2)
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Super happy with the way he handled himself, coming back in the lineup and playing a hard game and was able to get the empty netter and play a big role on Poehling’s goal.” (2/2)
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Cutter Gauthier on Frank Vatrano scoring in his return to the lineup:
“Super happy that he's healthy and back and was able to recover in a timely manner, right before these last 20 games or so. (1/2)
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Cutter Gauthier on Ville Husso:
“Stepping right in since I think it was January, a true testament to his character, his skills and his ability to perform. It doesn't matter who's in the net for us, we're super confident in both of our goalies. Super happy for him.”
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Cutter Gauthier on tonight’s performance:
“We didn't like how we played the other night against Colorado… I thought it was a great response from all the guys. Full 60 minutes to get that win and keep moving in the right direction.”
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Did Husso think about a potential goalie goal with the net open that early?
“A little bit, especially when the game was 4-1. But they didn’t really dump the puck, so just try to stay focused and try to make the next save.”
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Husso on the team hunkering down when Roy pulled Rittich for the extra attacker midway through the third:
“We did a great job. I don't think there was any shots from the middle, really, from the house. Guys did hell of a job and got that fifth goal right there.”
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Ville Husso on tonight’s performance:
“When you score five goals in the game, you should win, and I think we played a pretty good game overall... Very, very big team win.”
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Tonight’s 3 Stars:
🌟 Ville Husso
⭐️⭐️ Cutter Gauthier
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jacob Trouba
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Final: Ducks 5, Islanders 1.
Goals came from Gauthier (x2), Sennecke, Poehling and Vatrano.
Ville Husso made 42 saves in net.
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Per Ducks PR, Cutter Gauthier is the first Duck in franchise history to score five consecutive team goals (March 1-4). Since the start of the 2020-21 NHL season, only three other players have done so: Kiefer Sherwood, Brad Marchand and Adrian Kempe.
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Ducks milestone moments tonight:
-Leo Carlsson collects his 50th point of the season
-Cutter Gauthier compiles his first career 30-goal season in the NHL, reaches 100 NHL points
-Beckett Sennecke scores his 20th goal of the season, reaches 50 points as NHL rookie
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Ducks warmup lines vs. #Isles:
Kreider-Carlsson-Gauthier
Killorn-McTavish-Sennecke
Vatrano-Poehling-Strome
Johnston-Washe-Viel
LaCombe-Trouba
Zellweger-Gudas
Mintyukov-Moore
Husso
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Ville Husso leads the Ducks out for warmups. He starts tonight against the Islanders. Frank Vatrano (shoulder) returns to the lineup.
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Per the NHL media website, Frank Vatrano (shoulder) has been activated from injured reserve.
In a corresponding move, Mikael Granlund (upper-body) has been placed on injured reserve.
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Ducks postgame video vs. #GoAvsGo (03/03)
Joel Quenneville: youtu.be/ITRrFLkd3pM
Alex Killorn: youtu.be/xgc0ZCuzTto
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Alex Killorn noted how fortunate they’ve been to come back in some of these games and praised their resilience.
But…
“We’ve got to find a way to get some leads and have some better starts so we don't have to rely on doing that at the end of the game.”
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More Killorn:
“They played last night and we really didn't take advantage of that in terms of making their D break pucks out and (putting) pucks behind them and (making) it hard on them. It was just too easy of a night for them.”
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More Killorn:
“They played last night and we really didn't take advantage of that in terms of making their D break pucks out and (putting) pucks behind them and (making) it hard on them. It was just too easy of a night for them.”
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Alex Killorn on tonight’s performance:
“A lot of these games, we've been able to come back. But against a team like that, can't spot them two goals. They're just too good... After they scored those two, we fought back a little bit, but it just wasn't enough.”
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Alex Killorn on tonight’s performance:
“A lot of these games, we've been able to come back. But against a team like that, can't spot them two goals. They're just too good... After they scored those two, we fought back a little bit, but it just wasn't enough.”
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Final: Ducks 1, Avalanche 5.
Anaheim’s lone goal came from Cutter Gauthier.
Ducks’ five-game winning streak is snapped, their first home loss since Jan. 2.
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Ducks warmup lines vs. #GoAvsGo:
Kreider-Carlsson-Gauthier
Killorn-Poehling-Sennecke
Viel-McTavish-Harkins
Johnston-Washe-Moore
LaCombe-Trouba
Zellweger-Gudas
Mintyukov-Helleson
Dostál
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