Thursday, March 30, 2000
Ducks lose last shot at playoffs
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LOUISVILLE, Ky — Dan Boyle scored a pair of goals, and Chad Cabana had a goal and an assist to lead the Louisville Panthers to a 6-2 victory over the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Wednesday in the American Hockey League.
Dave Duerden, Marcus Nilsson and Nick Smith also scored for Louisville, which improved to 8-3-0-0 in its last 11 games. Sean Gauthier made 22 saves to raise his record to 20-11-2.
Bob Wren and Frank Banham had goals for the Mighty Ducks, whose third straight loss eliminated them from being in the Calder Cup playoffs for the second time in three seasons.
The Mighty Ducks host the Hershey Bears at 7:35p.m. Friday.
Cincinnati ....... 0 1 1—2
Louisville ....... 2 3 1—6
First period: Scoring—1. Lou,Cabana 10 (Nilsson, Tetarenko), 8:29.2. Lou, Duerden 23 (Boguniecki, Reichert), 10:14.Penalties: Ferguson, Cin (fighting), 12:34; Hicks, Lou (fighting), 12:34; Legault, Cin (obst. tripping), 17:33.
Second period: Scoring—3. Lou, Boyle 12 (Brousseau, Boguniecki), 1:05.4. Lou, Nilsson 8 (Tetarenko, Cabana), 2:16.5. Cin, Wren 20 (Young, Laplante), 2:56.6. Lou, Boyle13 (Duerden), 9:58. Penalties: Wren, Cin (roughing), 5:50; R. Thompson, Lou (double-minor, roughing), 5:50; Boguniecki, Lou (high-sticking, slashing), 13:55; R. Thompson, Lou (cross-checking), 14:22; Chouinard, Cin (interference), 17:26.
Third period: Scoring—7. Cin, Banham 18 (Chouinard, Miller), 5:22.8.Lou, Smith 5 (Ferguson, Brousseau),8:11.Penalties: None.
Shots on goal: Cincinnati 7-9-8—24; Louisville 10-16-13—39. Power play conversions: Cincinnati 0-for-4; Louisville 0-for-2. Goaltenders: Cincinnati, Naumenko (29:58; 23 shots, 18 saves; record 17-24-7), Miller (16 shots, 15 saves); Louisville, Gauthier (24 shots, 22 saves; record 20-11-2). Referee:Joe Ernst. Linesmen: John Campbell, Kevin Lord. A—3,421.
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