The Phoenix Coyotes hope to neutralize Anaheim’s...
The Phoenix Coyotes hope to neutralize Anaheim’s top line of Paul Kariya, Steve Rucchin and Teemu Selanne with a line centered by former Duck Bob Corkum.
Corkum and wingers Shane Doan and Darrin Shannon will try to muscle the Kariya-Rucchin-Selanne line, the league’s most productive with 114 goals during the regular season.
“They’re so fast, they can poke the puck off your stick and be gone with it,” Corkum told a Phoenix reporter. “You’ll never stop that line completely because it has so much speed. The most important thing against them is not to turn the puck over in the neutral zone and allow them transition opportunities.”
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The Ottawa Senators might be the darkhorse team in this year’s playoffs, but the Mighty Ducks’ series against the Phoenix Coyotes has the potential to be the best of all the opening-round matchups, according to members of a panel of Canadian and U.S. hockey commentators convened Monday by the NHL.
“If I could pick one series [to watch], give me Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne, Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk and the speed in that series,” said Bill Clement.
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