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Ducks dominating Blackhawks in Anaheim matinee

By Helene Elliott
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Went to the Honda Center to see the won-eight-in-a-row Blackhawks face the Ducks, figuring the game would provide good material for a future column on the Blackhawks’ surge toward the top in the West.

They had won seven straight before winger Marian Hossa made his Chicago debut after undergoing off-season shoulder surgery. Their eight-game win streak included two victories over the league-leading Sharks -- the second a 7-2 rout -- and one ech over formidable teams such as the Flames, Kings and Canucks.

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So what has been happening here in Anaheim?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere has been outstanding in goal, Teemu Selanne has scored twice, and the Ducks have been turning Chicago’s defense inside out while building a 3-0 lead in the third period.

It continues a dramatic turnaround for the Ducks, who had plummeted to the bottom of the West standings before winning three straight and four of five.

Go figure.

More later from Robyn Norwood at www.latimes.com/sports

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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