PUCKNET / NHL

BACK

* Ducks are 25-40-12 (62 points)

* Sixth in Pacific Division

* 12th in Western Conference

* Only four games left

FORWARD

Avalanche, 7:30 p.m. Monday: Everybody has a theory on what Colorado needs to do to break out of a slump and build momentum toward the Stanley Cup playoffs. “What we need is a contribution from everyone,” Avalanche Coach Marc Crawford told the Denver Post. “It can come in a physical sense or the obvious points--the goals and the assists. Or, the great saves from the goaltender, the real solid play from the defense. That’s what we’re after.”

https://www.denverpost.com/hockey/avs0406.htm

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At Oilers, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Lost amid the discussion of big names missing games because of head injuries is the story of Edmonton defenseman Kevin Lowe, who missed 67 games this season because of an inner-ear infection. He returned this week. “I didn’t get dizzy out there all that often,” Lowe told the Edmonton Journal. “I got rapped in the head a few times.”

https://www.southam.com:80/edmontonjournal/oilers97/040798oil1.html

OPEN

Will Eric Lindros stay in Philadelphia or bolt after this season? A Philadelphia report started this ball rolling and Slam! Hockey tries to sum up what one newspaper column sparked.

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/apr8--car.html

QUOTE

“Ten to 12 members of our organization will have seen him play. When the time comes to decide whether to offer him a contract or let him go back in the draft, we’ll have the answers to our questions.” --Islander General Manager and Coach Mike Milbury tells the Canadian Press he still cannot make up his mind on Jean-Pierre Dumont, the forward he drafted in 1996.

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/apr8--isl.html

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Ducks on TV: Monday (Fox Sports West 2)

Wednesday (KCAL Channel 9)

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Ducks on Radio: All games on KRLA-AM, (1110)