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SPORT-SCAN DAILY BRIEF NHL 3/25/2020 Anaheim Ducks Nashville Predators 1172847 Greatest Game I Covered: Bobby Ryan’s goal and the 1172874 Greatest Game I Covered: Bobby Ryan’s goal and the start of a rivalry start of a rivalry 1172848 Greatest Game I Covered: The Comeback on Katella 1172875 The 5 biggest ‘what-ifs’ about the 2019-20 Predators that could go unanswered Boston Bruins 1172849 The ice sheet at TD Garden has been melted New Jersey Devils 1172850 TD Garden ushers laid off three days after Bruins 1172876 Devils, Sixers owner Josh Harris realizes he was a fool, announce fund for workers says employees will get full pay during coronavirus s 1172851 TD Garden part-time workers officially laid off 1172877 Why is Kyle Palmieri excited about Devils’ future? Jack 1172852 Who are the best left wings in Bruins history? Ranking the Hughes and much more Top 10 1172878 Should Devils return for meaningless games? Scorer- 1172853 Did the Bruins make the right call by letting Noel Acciari turned-handyman Kyle Palmieri talks coronavirus walk? 1172879 NJ Devils, 76ers owners reverse course on salary 1172854 At home with Torey Krug and Charlie Coyle, adjusting to reduction amid coronavirus shutdown NHL’s new reality 1172880 From Chico to Goose: The best (or only) Devils player to wear each number Buffalo Sabres 1172855 Dylan Cozens plans to use long offseason to 'make the New York Rangers jump' to the Sabres 1172881 Filip Chytil’s Rangers potential skyrockets after ending drama Calgary Flames 1172882 What we learned in 2019-20: Artemi Panarin and Mika 1172856 Flames prospects Pelletier, Zavgorodniy look to future Zibanejad give NY Rangers two stars after junior season ends 1172857 Flames staffers Chris Snow, Jordan Sigalet taking Ottawa Senators precautions during pandemic 1172883 Ottawa Senators player becomes first NHLer to test positive for COVID-19 Carolina Hurricanes 1172884 'Hang onto your Sens tickets,' says team 1172858 Hurricanes sign brothers David, Jason Cotton to entry- 1172885 Senators game goes on, but novel coronavirus hitting San level contracts Jose tourism industry hard 1172886 Senators continue to battle Melnyk's ex-pilot over $13,000, Chicago Blackhawks despite labour board ruling 1172859 NHL Classic: Blackhawks-Blues Game 2 of 2014 Western 1172887 GARRIOCH: The NHL sits down with general managers to Conference Quarterfinal discuss state of pause 1172860 Top 15 Blackhawks playoff games during 9-year postseason streak Philadelphia Flyers 1172861 What the Blackhawks are getting in defenseman prospect 1172888 JOBS Slava Demin 1172889 Top 10 goals in Flyers playoff history 1172890 The 10 best (most rewatchable) Flyers games of 2019-20 Colorado Avalanche 1172862 Nuggets/Avalanche ticket holders in limbo amid postponed Pittsburgh Penguins seasons for coronavirus pandemic 1172891 Beaver County Ice Arena wins $100,000 in renovations in Penguins contest Dallas Stars 1172892 NHL is considering a September Stanley Cup. How will 1172863 Stars’ Best of the Season: Jamie Benn pounds the 2021 be impacted? Coyotes into boards, on the scoreboard 1172893 Penguins will take over the NHL Network on Wednesday 1172864 Diners, moonshine and dives: Stars-adjacent stories for every Western Conf. city San Jose Sharks 1172894 Sharks' Evander Kane working on EK9 clothing line while Detroit Red Wings NHL is paused 1172865 Top U.S. prospect Jake Sanderson waits in Whitefish for NHL future to unfold St Louis Blues 1172866 NHL offers free game replays online 1172895 Hochman: What I miss today about sports — Blues goalie Jordan Binnington Edmonton Oilers 1172896 From the Stanley Cup to ‘Hamm-ing’ it up, my top 1172867 This and That: Pause proves costly for both Oilers' Mike moments as a Blues writer Smith and Flames 1172868 The 5 games that define Leon Draisaitl’s Hart Trophy- Tampa Bay Lightning worthy season 1172897 The Lightning will stream game simulations on Twitch 1172869 Final Oilers report cards: Second-half impact defines a successful season Toronto Maple Leafs 1172898 There are still Maple Leafs goals, if you listen Los Angeles Kings 1172899 The 4 biggest Maple Leafs ‘What Ifs…’ that will likely go 1172870 Greatest Game I Covered: Wayne Gretzky’s Game 7 unanswered this year magic in Kings’ win over Toronto Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild 1172910 Canucks at 50: The Luongo era ends, as do the almost- 1172871 Wild signs college free agent Mitchell Chaffee to two-year great Canucks contract 1172911 Ben Kuzma: Canucks physician plays 'stay-at-home' card 1172872 Twin Cities sports bars forced to reimagine their role with as COVID-19 cases mount no live sports 1172873 Wild sign college free agent Mitchell Chaffee to entry-level contract Vegas Golden Knights 1172900 NHL extends self-isolation period to April 6 1172901 How Golden Knights prospects fared this season 1172902 Golden Knights sign college free agent defenseman to AHL contract 1172903 How NHL restricted free agency works and affects the Golden Knights Washington Capitals 1172904 NHL 20 Capitals simulation: Backstrom's hat trick sparks Caps to win over defending champion Blues 1172905 That time Capitals' Jakub Vrana was laughed at for eating a sundae before one of his 1st NHL games 1172906 In their own words: A timeline of Kempny’s struggles through the 2019-20 season 1172907 With NHL season paused, a ranking of Capitals' best wins of 2019-20: No. 14 1172908 Capitals’ offseason: What to expect with the pending free agents? Websites 1172912 The Athletic / LeBrun: NHL assessing logistics for playing games through August 1172913 The Athletic / NHL stars offer insights on being ‘creative’ during COVID-19 quarantine workouts 1172914 The Athletic / Duhatschek: If you started from scratch, which 32 cities would get NHL teams? 1172915 The Athletic / Canadian minor hockey faces uncertain start, shorter season in face of COVID-19 1172916 Sportsnet.ca / Oilers all-time Dream Team for Game 7 of Stanley Cup Final 1172917 Sportsnet.ca / Canadiens well-positioned to deal with salary-cap realities in 2020-21 1172918 Sportsnet.ca / Five intriguing Senators prospects to WATCH: Josh Norris developing fast 1172919 Sportsnet.ca / Flames all-time Dream Team for Game 7 of Stanley Cup Final 1172920 Sportsnet.ca / Top 11 (purely hypothetical) NHL compliance buyout candidates 1172921 Sportsnet.ca / Wayne Gretzky concerned for father during COVID-19 pandemic 1172922 TSN.CA / Pain and perspective: Andre Tourigny talks lost 67's season, Rossi's potential and 2021 WJC 1172923 USA TODAY / Sixers, Devils back down on temporary salary cuts for employees 1172924 USA TODAY / Report: NHL is slashing salaries of league office employees Winnipeg Jets 1172909 Who could the Jets lose to Seattle in the 2021 expansion draft? SPORT-SCAN, INC. 941-284-4129 1172847 Anaheim Ducks FYI, I moved out here five years ago to cover hockey, after the Kings’ dynasty ended and as Anaheim tried to make some runs to the Stanley Cup. The Ducks came close, making the Western Conference final twice Greatest Game I Covered: Bobby Ryan’s goal and the start of a rivalry but lost both times. So ultimately a lot of the biggest/best/highest stakes hockey games I’ve covered out here have involved Anaheim losing. Again, sorry Ducks fans. By Josh Cooper Mar 24, 2020 Others (some of which include non-local teams) are … • The Comeback on Katella (Game 5 between the Ducks and Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 2017 playoffs). Our Eric Stephens There was no way the Ducks were going to lose this game. beautifully documented that game here. Some form of those words was said to me in the press box at Honda • Game 2 of the 2015 Western Conference final between the Ducks and Center on April 22, 2011, after Bobby Ryan’s spectacular goal in the third Chicago Blackhawks that went to triple OT and included Andrew Shaw’s period of Game 5 between the Nashville Predators and Anaheim Ducks header no-goal. put the home team up 2-1. • The 2006 Torino Olympics medal round men’s hockey game between Granted, this tally only came 40 seconds into the period, but it was just Canada and Russia, a 1-0 victory for Russia in which then-NHL rookie one of those goals that looked so incredible that it would excite Anaheim Alex Ovechkin scored the game-winner. to an extreme degree, while crushing the Predators. • The 2008 SEC championship game between Alabama and Florida. Tim Instead, it would be a precursor to a back-and-forth third period that led Tebow just completely took over that game in the fourth quarter. to the Ducks going up 3-2 at the 14:16 mark. • Alabama vs. LSU football at LSU in 2008 — if you’ve never been to a The series was tied 2-2 and the Predators — and then-coach Barry Trotz game at LSU, go (when we’re allowed to again, of course). — had never made it out of the first round of the postseason at that point in their respective histories. Overall, it was a really big deal for the • The 2004 NCAA men’s basketball tournament second-round franchise and for Trotz. They were always just seen as good, but never gamebetween Vanderbilt and N.C. State. Vanderbilt was down 10 points good enough to hang with the NHL’s big boys. At the time I was The with 2:44 left and came back to win in regulation. You can actually see Tennessean’s Predators beat reporter, tasked with documenting this me squirming on press row, in the linked video, because I was so moment. nervous. Back then the Ducks were considered one of the league’s better The Athletic LOADED: 03.25.2020 franchises, having won a Stanley Cup just four years earlier and having retained a lot of core components from that group.