Ewen Supplies Goal, Muscle for Ducks : Hockey: He beats Fuhr for a rare goal and then battles the Blues’ McRae for good measure.

Ask Mighty Duck right wing Todd Ewen if he remembers his last goal prior to Wednesday night and you get a blank stare for an answer.

“I don’t remember, but should I?” Ewen asked. “It has been a while, I guess.”

Try two seasons.

Ewen scored his first goal since March, 1994, in the Ducks’ 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues Wednesday night at The Pond, ending a seven-game losing streak to a team Ewen once played for.

“I live in St. Louis in the off-season and it’s always nice to beat them,” said Ewen, who played for the Blues from 1986 to 1990.

Ewen was never mistaken for a scoring threat when he was with the Blues, and the same holds true for his three seasons in Anaheim.

But Wednesday night, he beat Grant Fuhr, who was excellent in goal, stopping 26 shots, including several spectacular, sprawling saves. Winger Todd Krygier and Paul Karyia added goals in the third period for the Ducks.

Ewen scored at 11:13 in the second period when he skated behind the Blues’ defense, and received a perfect pass from Garry Valk, who took a feed from Bob Corkum, on the right side and slammed it past Fuhr. It was his first goal in 35 games, dating back to March 26, 1994, against Hartford.

He missed 18 games last season because of injuries and illnesses, and was shut out for the first time in his 10-year career.

Ewen nearly added another goal in the second period, but Fuhr stopped his breakaway shot just moments after the Ducks’ Guy Hebert turned back Shayne Corson at 17:10.

Ewen’s goal was his second benchmark accomplishment of the week. In Sunday’s 7-2 rout of Calgary, he passed the 1,500 mark in penalty minutes, becoming the 72nd NHL player to do so.

In that game, Ewen beat up Calgary’s Sandy McCarthy and Paul Kruse. He went for the tough-guy hat trick Wednesday night, roughing up St. Louis left wing Basil McRae in the first period.

The fight started after Fuhr stopped a point-blank shot by Ewen. McRae followed with a shove, and Ewen retaliated by pulling McRae’s jersey over his head and landing five well-placed right hooks.

“McRae had his gloves off before I knew what had happened,” Ewen said. “I was watching the shot and he was all over me.”

Duck Coach Ron Wilson said Ewen’s fighting skills are almost as valuable as his scoring. The former occurs more often than the latter.

“He gets in a fight and never loses,” Wilson said. “That always picks up our bench.

“Tonight, he was rewarded with more ice time and he got a beautiful goal out of it.”

Ewen smiled when told of Wilson’s comments.

“I don’t know,” he said. “There are 20 guys here who are capable of sparking a team at any part of the night.”