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ANAHEIM — Teemu Selanne walked to halfway crystal and wrapped Ryan Getzlaf successful a carnivore hug connected Friday nighttime astatine Honda Center, 1 Ducks fable embracing a Ducks fable inactive successful the making during a pregame ceremony. Selanne was connected manus to observe Getzlaf eclipsing his franchise scoring record.
Selanne being Selanne, helium spent clip talking astir Getzlaf with reporters and past made a TV quality betwixt the archetypal and 2nd periods of the Ducks’ crippled against the Arizona Coyotes. Selanne being Selanne, helium honored Getzlaf by wearing his No. 15 jersey.
One day, not agelong aft Getzlaf retires from the Ducks, Selanne expects No. 15 to bent alongside his No. 8, and the retired jerseys of Paul Kariya (No. 9) and Scott Niedermayer (No. 27) successful the Honda Center rafters.
“It’s going to beryllium great,” said Selanne, whose Ducks grounds of 988 points was surpassed by Getzlaf connected Sunday with an assistance successful a triumph implicit the Montreal Canadiens. “All the large achievements are up of him, retired number, Hall of Fame. The numbers aren’t important until you’re done.”
Selanne said helium suspected the 36-year-old Getzlaf has a greater appreciation for the game, for his teammates, for each helium has accomplished successful his 17 seasons successful the NHL, each with the Ducks, present than helium would person had arsenic a younger man. Selanne surely felt that mode arsenic the seasons passed.
“The older you get, the much you look astatine the large picture,” Selanne said.
SILFVERBERG UPDATE
Jakob Silfverberg sat retired for the 3rd consecutive crippled Friday aft helium tested affirmative for COVID-19 past Saturday and was placed into the NHL’s protocol. He’s expected to beryllium sidelined for astatine slightest 10 days, which means helium could beryllium mislaid to the Ducks for astatine slightest 5 games.
So far, Silfverberg is the lone player, manager oregon unit subordinate to trial affirmative for COVID-19. Everyone successful the Ducks’ enactment has been vaccinated. It’s chartless however Silfverberg, a 31-year-old close wing, contracted the coronavirus.
“I deliberation the awesome happening here, successful ‘Silfy’s’ case, is done the subordinate being diligent, on with the magnitude of investigating we do, we conscionable had a affirmative trial successful our dressing country and it’s lone 1 guy,” Ducks manager Dallas Eakins said. “It’s not five. It’s not six. I deliberation we got this 1 super-early.”
It’s besides a reminder for everyone successful the enactment to beryllium cautious.
“We don’t adjacent privation guys getting colds,” Eakins said. “I don’t privation them getting the flu. Anything. The amended we tin enactment distant from thing and lavation our hands, absolutely, we privation a steadfast team. The world is this stinking virus, you conscionable don’t cognize wherever it’s going to get you.”
PROSPECT REPORTS
Jacob Perreault, a close helping who was a first-round draught prime successful 2020 (27th overall), led the Ducks’ AHL team, the San Diego Gulls, with six points successful 5 games going into their location matchup against the Bakersfield Condors connected Friday, and helium was their co-leader with 4 assists. …
Sasha Pastujov, a close helping who was a third-round enactment this past July (66th overall), had a team- and league-leading 10 goals and 19 points successful 11 games for the Guelph Storm of the junior-level Ontario Hockey League. He was named the OHL Player of the Month for October. …
Henry Thrun, a defenseman who was a fourth-round prime successful 2019 (101st overall), led Harvard with 8 points, including 7 assists, successful 2 games. Blake McLaughlin, a third-round prime successful 2018 (79th overall), led the University of Minnesota with 9 assists and 11 points successful 8 games.
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