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				<title><![CDATA[Sharks get measure of revenge, down Ducks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By Craig Shultz
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - Sixty minutes just doesn't seem
to be enough time to settle a game between the San Jose Sharks
and Anaheim Ducks.

Joe Thornton converted a backhanded goal in the sixth round of
the shootout to give the Sharks a hard-fought 2-1 victory over
the Ducks on Sunday, ruining the return of 2007 postseason hero
Scott Niedermayer.

Each of the three games between the two clubs this season has
ended in a shootout, with Anaheim winning the first two
meetings.  Better yet, the Sharks host the Ducks twice over the
next six days.

"There's always really good games against Anaheim," Thornton
said.  "Every game we come here or they come up to us, it's
always an exciting, low-scoring game.  We've been having a lot
of shootouts against them, so it's nice to win this one."

"Every time we play them, it seems like a playoff atmosphere,"
said center Torrey Mitchell, who scored a shorthanded goal for
San Jose.  "We play them two more times before Christmas here,
so this is a big win for us."

Niedermayer was Anaheim's captain and the MVP of the postseason
as the Ducks won their first Stanley Cup last season.  He missed
the first two months of this season while contemplating
retirement but logged over 23 minutes of ice time and recorded
eight shots on goal.

"This is exactly what I expected," Niedermayer said.  "It would
have been great to win that game.  It was an intense game and
two pretty good teams playing hard.  We just have to keep
working and trying to build to eliminate those things.  We were
right there.

Niedermayer looked as if he didn't miss any time but said he has
some catching up to do.

"You have an understanding that these guys have been out here
battling for a long time.  Somehow, I feel like I owe them a
little extra," Niedermayer said.  "They've been out here
battling right from the start of the season and I want to come
in and help them as much as I can."

Thornton, who was surprisingly the sixth choice for the Sharks
in the shootout lineup, slipped a backhanded shot high to the
stick side by Anaheim goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere for San
Jose's third tally of the shootout.

"I had seen Patty (Patrick Marleau) go down there and go far
post on (Giguere), so that is all I was thinking is go far post
and kick it off the post," Thornton said.  "I was lucky enough,
he kind of opened that up a little bit.  It went off the post
and in the net.  It's just one of those when you shoot and hope
it goes in.

Evgeni Nabokov made 30 saves to improve his record in December
to 6-2 for the Sharks, who improved to 12-3-2 on the road this
season.

"We knew that it was going to be a hard game, especially with
Niedermayer coming back," Nabokov said.  "We knew that they were
going to be all pumped up and come out hard.  It was a kind of
a playoff atmosphere, it was exciting.   We have to get ready
for the next game, it's like a mini-playoff series."

In addition to Niedermayer, Sunday also marked the debut of
defenseman Doug Weight, who was acquired from the St. Louis
Blues in exchange for Andy McDonald on Friday.  In just over 12
minutes of ice time, he assisted on the lone Ducks' goal.

Bobby Ryan, recalled from the minors on Saturday, got the Ducks
on the board first via Weight's helper.  Weight streaked down
the right wing side and sent a cross-ice pass to Ryan, who
one-timed Nabokov to the stick side at 13:41 from the left
faceoff circle.

Ryan, the No. 2 pick in the 2005 draft behind Pittsburgh
Penguins star Sidney Crosby, had a goal in the season opener,
but was sent to Portland of the American Hockey League after
appearing in just four games.

"It was nice to see Bobby score," Weight said.  "We carried on
some confidence and had some good chances from then on in.  It
was a good hockey game tonight.  'Jiggy' kept us in there.  The
penalty kill kept us in there and it gave us a shot to win the
game."

Torrey Mitchell scored a shorthanded goal to tie the game at
5:13 of the second.  It was Mitchell's first goal in 10 games,
fifth of the season and third against Anaheim.

Ducks defenseman Mathieu Schnieder lost the puck at the San Jose
blue line and Mitchell picked it up.  With Schneider draped all
over him, Mitchell fell to his knees, got up, deked and scored
to the netminder's right side off a backhander.

Anaheim killed all eight San Jose power plays, including a near
six-minute stretch in the middle of the second period.

"If we didn't win, it may have been a little bit frustrating,"
Thornton said of the power play failures.  "But we got our
chances to stick one in the back of the net and we got our two
points."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:22:57 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Scott Niedermayer to return for Ducks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[San Jose (17-10-4) at Anaheim (15-15-4)            8:00 pm EST

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - Scott Niedermayer makes his
return to the ice when the Anaheim Ducks host the San Jose
Sharks on Sunday

After missing the first two months while he contemplated
retirement, Nidermayer announced December 5 that he would
return. 

The Ducks are going to need the defenseman and reigning
Conn Smythe Trophy winner if they hope to slow down the Western
Conference's best road team.

San Jose is 11-3-2 on the road this season and has won five
straight away from home.

Center Joe Thornton leads the team with 13 goals and 25 assists.
The 28-year-old Canadian has 14 points in his last eight
games.

Anaheim has lost three of its past four, including a 5-2 defeat
to the Minnesota Wild on Friday.

Center Ryan Getzlaf leads the Ducks with 23 assists and 36
points, while right wing Corey Perry has tallied 17 goals for
the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Anaheim has two shootout victories over San Jose this season,
with the most recent one coming on November 17.

The Sharks play three of their next four games against the Ducks
in the span of six days, with the next two games being played
in San Jose later in the week.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:21:54 GMT</pubDate>
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