PUCKNET / NHL

BACK

* Ducks are 24-39-11 (59 points)

* Tied for sixth in Pacific Division

* Tied for 12th in Western Conference

* Only eight games to go

FORWARD

At Coyotes, 6 p.m. today: Phoenix is trying to stay in the Stanley Cup playoff picture. “You keep looking at the scoreboard and watching teams like Edmonton and San Jose creeping up on us,” Rick Tocchet told the Arizona Republic. “We’ve got 10 games left, and we’re going to have to win our share of them if we’re going to get in.”

https://www.azcentral.com/sports/coyotes/coyoteindex.shtml

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Flames, 5 p.m. Sunday: Brian Sutter is paying close attention to his team. “Of the last 18 games our team has played, there are only two that i didn’t like,” he told the Calgary Sun. “We don’t like it. It happened. Put it behind you.” Any questions?

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/apr1--johnson.html

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Oilers, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Bill Huard, Mike Grier and Mats Lindgren have a name for their line. “I look at the fourth line as an energy line,” Huard told the Edmonton Sun. “We have to create energy every time we’re out there. We may only get out there a few shifts, but you have to keep the tempo up.”

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/apr1--hedm.html

At Sharks, 7:30 p.m. Thursday: Joe Murphy, who spent a great deal of this season on the St. Louis Blues’ injured list, is not happy to be sitting out games with San Jose. “I want to play. These are such important games. But at least now I know what it is and I can stop worrying about what’s going to happen. I can concentrate on getting ready to roll,” Murphy told the San Jose Mercury News after being suspended for one game.

https://www.sjmercury.com/sports/sharks/docs/sha040198.htm

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OPEN

It’s playoff time in the Western, Ontario and Quebec leagues as the juniors begin their march toward the Memorial Cup. Keep track of the action from Kamloops to Halifax as the playoffs progress on Slam! Hockey.

https://www.canoe.ca/JuniorHockey/home.html

QUOTE

“I never won a Stanley Cup. I never won an Olympic medal. I was in Sarajevo. I thought I might have had a chance with this [Czech Olympic team] but then I was demoted. I was so happy for them, but I was a little disappointed inside. You saw happy faces and couldn’t be a part of it.”

--Edmonton’s Frank Musil discusses his up-and-down career in the NHL and his country’s success in Nagano with the Edmonton Sun.

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/mar30--barnes.html

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Ducks on TV:

Tonight, Wednesday (Fox Sports West 2)

Sunday, Thursday (KCAL Channel 9)

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