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Roenick eyes 500th goal as Sharks battle Ducks

Nov 9, 2007 - 2:45 PM San Jose (7-7-1) at Anaheim (6-8-3) 10:00 pm EST

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - After watching Mike Modano achieve a milestone Wednesday, Jeremy Roenick will try to reach one of his own.

Roenick will look to become the third American-born player to reach the 500-goal mark when the San Jose Sharks visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday in a battle of Pacific Division foes.

The 37-year-old Roenick was held scoreless in Wednesday's 3-1 setback to the Dallas Stars. In that contest, Modano notched two goals in the first five minutes to become the all-time leader among American-born players with 1,233 career points.

Roenick, who has four tallies and seven points this season, has 499 career goals and trails only Modano (511) and Joe Mullen (502) on the all-time list among American players.

The Sharks are in desperate need of another scoring threat to complement Joe Thornton, who leads the team with 11 assists and 16 points. Milan Michalek is next on the club with just eight points this season.

The Ducks have struggled defensively, yielding 11 goals in the past two games. Goaltender Jean-Sebastian Giguere was pulled in the third period on Saturday and then replace Ilya Bryzgalov in the second session Wednesday.

After missing the start of the season recovering from a sports hernia surgery, Giguere has struggled to a 3-4-1 start with a 3-5-1 record.

Matthieu Schneider has come back strong from his fractured ankle, recording two goals and six points in his four games this season.