PUCKNET / NHL

BACK

* Ducks are 15-25-8 (38 points)

* Tied for fourth in Pacific Division

* Tied for ninth in Western Conference

* Joe Sacco has two goals and one assist in four games

FORWARD

* Panthers, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: The Miami Herald reports Florida GM Bryan Murray continues to ask what Ottawa would want in a trade for Alexandre Daigle, the right wing who has done nothing to live up to the reviews surrounding his selection as the top pick in 1993.

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

* At Avalanche, 6 p.m. Thursday: Jeff Gordon of CBS Sportsline has narrowed to two the reasons for the Avalanche’s lethargy this season: The team misses the tough play of Keith Jones, still on the injured list, on the wing, and it gave up a lot of character and grit by trading Mike Ricci to San Jose.

https://cbssportsline.com/u/page/covers/ hockey/jan98/gordon11498.htm

OPEN

* Can this be right? A panel assembled by the Hockey News to select the top 50 players of all time has ranked Denis Potvin at No. 19. That’s ahead of Mike Bossy (20), Ted Lindsay (21), Bobby Clarke (23), Frank Mahovlich (26), Henri Richard (29) and Tim Horton (43). View the top 50 at the Hockey News site and then send your thoughts/lists to Pucknet at the e-mail address at bottom of this box. We’ll put a few comments here next week.

https://www.thn.com/weekly/50rank.htm

QUOTE

* “I said don’t lunge at them. Lunge at them and the puck will be in the net or you’ll take a penalty. Don’t lunge; match speed.” --Oiler defenseman Bobby Dollas tells Dick Chubey of the Edmonton Sun what strategy he could give his new teammates about playing against the Ducks’ Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne, his former teammates

https://www.canoe.ca/Hockey/jan14--chubey.html

* Ducks on TV: Wednesday, Thursday (KCAL Channel 9)

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