Scott Niedermayer leads the top-seeded ’06-’07 Ducks through to the Semifinal Round in an easy five-game series win. (via spokeo.com)
Andy McDonald started the scoring in the series, giving the top-seeded ’06-’07 Ducks a 1-0 lead early in the second period of Game 1. Then, Ryan Getzlaf tied the game for the 8th-seeded ’12-’13 Ducks 10 and a half minutes later. McDonald scored his second of the game early in the third to give the ’06-’07 Ducks a 2-1 lead and then almost three minutes later, Rob Niedermayer surprisingly scored a PP goal to make it a 3-1 lead. The ’12-’13 Ducks got one back, another goal from Getzlaf, but the top seed held on for a 3-2 win. The ’06-’07 Ducks dominated the next game to take a 2-0 series win as a goal and an assist from defenseman Scott Niedermayer led offensively while goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 36 of 37 shots against. The ’12-’13 Ducks held a 1-0 lead for about 50 minutes of game time before Teemu Selanne tied the game for the ’06-’07 Ducks in the third period, which eventually forced overtime. The next goal didn’t come for another 24+ minutes as Bobby Ryan scored the OT winner 34 seconds into the second overtime for the ’12-’13 Ducks. Then, on the back of four goals in the first period, the ’06-’07 Ducks took Game 4 by a final of 6-4. Both (Scott) Niedermayer and Selanne posted a goal and three assists to lead them to a 3-1 series lead. The top speed then finished off the ’12-’13 Ducks with a 4-1 win in Game 5 with Travis Moen‘s two goals leading the way.
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’12-’13 Ducks | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| ’06-’07 Ducks | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 ANA – 3 ’12-’13 ANA – 2 (1-0 ’06-’07 ANA)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: C – Andy McDonald (’06-’07 ANA) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 5 S
2nd Star: C – Ryan Getzlaf (’12-’13 ANA) – 2 G 0 A 2 P Even 3 S
3rd Star: RW – Teemu Selanne (’06-’07 ANA) – 0 G 2 A 2 P +1 2 S 2 PIM
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’12-’13 Ducks | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| ’06-’07 Ducks | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 ANA – 5 ’12-’13 ANA – 1 (2-0 ’06-’07 ANA)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Jean-Sebastien Giguere (’06-’07 ANA) – W 1.00 GAA .973 SV% (36 SV’s)
2nd Star: D – Scott Niedermayer (’06-’07 ANA) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 5 S
3rd Star: C – Ryan Getzlaf (’06-’07 ANA) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 4 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | 2nd Overtime | Total | |
| ’06-’07 Ducks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ’12-’13 Ducks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’12-’13 ANA – 2 ’06-’07 ANA – 1 (OT) (2-1 ’06-’07 ANA)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Jonas Hiller (’12-’13 ANA) – W 1.00 GAA .976 SV% (40 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Jean-Sebastien Giguere (’06-’07 ANA) – OTL 2.00 GAA .949 SV% (37 SV’s)
3rd Star: LW – Matt Beleskey (’12-’13 ANA) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 2 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’06-’07 Ducks | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 |
| ’12-’13 Ducks | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 ANA – 6 ’12-’13 ANA – 4 (3-1 ’06-’07 ANA)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Scott Niedermayer (’06-’07 ANA) – 1 G 3 A 4 P +3 4 S
2nd Star: RW – Teemu Selanne (’06-’07 ANA) – 1 G 3 A 4 P +3 3 S 2 PIM
3rd Star: LW – Dustin Penner (’06-’07 ANA) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +3 2 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’12-’13 Ducks | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| ’06-’07 Ducks | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’06-’07 ANA – 4 ’12-’13 ANA – 1 (4-1 ’06-’07 ANA)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Travis Moen (’06-’07 ANA) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 4 S
2nd Star: D – Scott Niedermayer (’06-’07 ANA) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +3 4 S
3rd Star: G – Jean-Sebastien Giguere (’06-’07 ANA) – W 1.00 GAA .967 SV% (29 SV’s)
Up next in the 4-5 matchup is the ’14-’15 Ducks and the ’13-’14 Ducks!
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