Apr 25, 2013; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller (1) is congratulated by Anaheim Ducks left wing Pat Maroon (62) during the second period at Rogers Arenahe Anaheim Ducks won 3-1.Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports

Vancouver, BC - The Anaheim Ducks dominated early despite resting their main stars after clinching their second Pacific Division Title. Jonas Hillerhad a shutout going deep into the final frame.

Apr 25, 2013; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Anaheim Ducks left wing Matt Beleskey (39) watches as he scores against Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo (1) (not pictured) during the second period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports

First Period:

The Ducks dominate all facets of the game early and often. They out-shot the Vancouver Canucks by six but went 0-1 on the power play opportunity after Alexandre Burrows was called for hooking near the five minute mark of the first.

Second Period:

Anaheim finally got on the board and opened the scoring on Matt Beleskey‘s power play goal at the 6:44 mark. Brad Staubitz netted what would become the game winner 100 seconds later for his first of the season. The Ducks continued to pull away in the shot and hit totals.

Third Period:

The final frame saw the Vancouver nearly catch the Ducks in SOG’s and netted their only tally of the game with 3:18 left in the game on Jason Garrison‘s eighth of the year. Andrew Cogliano iced the game in the closing minute of the game.

Roster Scratches:

Team	Player	Type
	Bryan Allen	Healthy
	Frederik Anderson	Healthy
	Teemu Selanne	Healthy
	Radek Dvorak	Healthy
	Ryan Getzlaf	Healthy
	Luca Sbisa	Lower Body Injury
	Saku Koivu	Healthy
	Bobby Ryan	Flu
	Tom Sestito	Healthy
	Steven Pinizzotto	Healthy
	Christopher Tanev	Lower Body Injury
	Dale Weise	Healthy
	Kevin Bieksa	Lower Body Injury
	Cam Barker	Healthy
	Cory Schneider	Lower Body Injury

Game Statistics:

SCORING BY PERIOD:

SCORING	1	2	3	TOTAL
	0	2	1	3
	0	0	1	1

SOG:

SHOTS	1	2	3	Total
	11	14	5	30
	5	4	20	29

Hits By Period:

Hits	1	2	3	TOTAL
	5	10	6	21
	5	6	2	13

Power Play Efficiency:

Prd
1st	0-1	0-0
2nd	1-2	0-1
3rd	0-0	1-3
Total	1-3	1-4

Other Statistics:

	Stats
21	HITS	13
35	FOW	28
2	GIV	4
8	TAK	4
16	BLK	14
8	PIM	6

Three Stars:

Star	Team	Pos/Name	Stats
		LW Matt Beleskey	1 G, 0 A, Even, 3 SOG
		D Jason Garrison	1 G, 0 A, Even, 2 SOG
		D Cam Fowler	0 G, 1 A, +2, 1 SOG

The Ducks will return home for the final game of the regular season against the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. PST.

Apr 1, 2013; Dallas, TX, USA; Anaheim Ducks center Andrew Cogliano (7) skates in the Dallas Stars zone during the game at the American Airlines Center. The Ducks shut out the Stars 4-0. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Every year, each NHL team has a nominee for the Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. The respective chapters of the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) for each team selects the nominees. This season, the Anaheim chapter of the PHWA nominated Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano for the Masterson.

Cogliano is enjoying a career season and his streak of career games played in a row continues. His points-per-game this season (0.48) is second best in his career and his goals-per-game (0.26) is the highest it has been in his career. His streak is now at 456 consecutive games, which is third best out of all current NHL players, behind Jay Bouwmeester (633) and Henrik Sedin (627). Oh, by the way, he has never missed a single game in his entire career. So, that streak started back in his rookie season with the Edmonton Oilers, until now.

As much as I would like to see Cogs win the Masterson, I do not think he stands much of a chance against Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding. It’s been a pretty big story around the NHL for over a year. Last fall, Harding was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Here is what WebMD.com has to say about MS:

“Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neuroimmunologic (both the nervous system and the immunological system are involved) disorder of the central nervous system involving the brain, spinal chord and optic nerves. By means of a mechanism not clearly understood, the protective fatty, insulating substance called myelin sheath that covers the nerve is destroyed. The inflammatory attacks that produce the characteristic scarring (plaques or patches) of the myelin sheath occur randomly, vary in intensity, and at multiple sites. The course of the disease may advance, relapse, remit, or stabilize. The randomness of the location of plaques or patches affects the nerve’s ability to transmit information (neurotransmission) and causes a wide range of neurological symptoms, which may vary from person to person.”

My favorite teacher from high school suffered from MS and it was tough to see him struggle with it at times. He was on a bunch of medication to help counteract his pain. Much like the common saying, “he had good days and bad days.” He once told us about how he knew that he would be in a wheel chair much earlier than he had ever thought. So, I know a little bit about how people have to deal with it. I must say that it is very impressive that Harding continues to play. So, I do hope that he wins and it certainly seems like he will. The winner will be announced during the 2013 NHL Awards Show after the Stanley Cup Finals.

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