Detroit police say a woman was accidentally hit by a chair swung by Ducks general manager Bob Murray after Anaheim's loss to the Red Wings in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series.

As they stumbled through the regular season, the Anaheim Ducks started making the type of roster moves that could've signaled they were entering a rebuilding phase.

The defending Stanley Cup champions were at home, but the Detroit Red Wings were hardly safe late in the third period. Dan Cleary's tiebreaking goal with 3 minutes left lifted the Red Wings to a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night and into the Western Conference finals for the third straight year and eighth time in 14 seasons.
Just in time for Mother's Day, a mother duck has been reunited with two of her babies who fell into a storm drain in Manchester, N.H.

When it comes to the NHL conference semifinals, the buzz is about the Alex Ovechkin-led Washington Capitals squaring off against the Sidney Crosby-led Pittsburgh Penguins.
Anaheim Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski has been cleared by doctors and released from an Orange County hospital earlier than the team initially expected.
Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski left the ice on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital after being struck in the head by Detroit forward Tomas Holmstrom's elbow.
Anaheim Ducks forward Mike Brown was ejected from the team's 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night for a hit that bloodied Jiri Hudler.

The third overtime was only about a minute old when Anaheim's Todd Marchant flicked a wrist shot through traffic toward the net.

Joe Thornton circled the net in overtime and slid a pass in front. Patrick Marleau and Devin Setoguchi blindly hacked at the puck until Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller back-heeled it into his own net.

Although the San Jose Sharks wouldn't go down without a fight or two, the Anaheim Ducks can take a punch as impressively as they took this playoff series from the NHL's best regular-season team.

The Anaheim Ducks collectively kept their celebrations to a murmur, refusing to show any postgame excitement Sunday night except for the first career playoff goals by three of their youngest forwards.

Viktor Tikhonov scored in the fourth round of the shootout and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 on Saturday night.

Joe Pavelski and Jonathan Cheechoo scored the tying and go-ahead goals during power plays, and the San Jose Sharks set a franchise record with their 52nd victory, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Sunday night.

Ryan Getzlaf set up goals by Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry and Teemu Selanne, and the Anaheim Ducks stayed in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race with a 5-2 victory over the NHL-leading San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

Corey Perry scored the only shootout goal, and the Anaheim Ducks overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 on Thursday night.

Scott Niedermayer had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks jumped above the postseason cutoff line in the Western Conference with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
Eleven hundred more ducks died after landing on a toxic waste pond in northern Alberta last year than was originally estimated, a Canadian oil sands official acknowledged Tuesday.

Bobby Ryan scored twice and the Anaheim Ducks beat Colorado 4-1 on Sunday to remain in the thick of the fight for a playoff spot and send the Avalanche to their seventh consecutive defeat.





