Saturday, January 27, 2001
Mighty Ducks 5, Louisville 4
Jonas Ronnqvist scored two goals and Jason Williams added a goal and an assist, leading the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 5-4 win over the Louisville Panthers Friday night at the Gardens.
Maxim Balmochnykh and B.J. Young also scored for the AHL Ducks, who have won seven of their last eight games and nine of their last 11. Chris O'Sullivan extended his consecutive game point streak to eight with an assist. Gregg Naumenko stopped 31 shots to improve his record to 13-7-0.
Center Bob Wren was sent back to Cincinnati by NHL Anaheim. Wren, 26, was scoreless in one game for Anaheim after being called up Jan.22.
Louisville ....... 0 1 34
Cincinnati ....... 1 3 15
First period: 1. Cin, Williams 10 (Aalto), 15:23.
Second period: 2. Cin, Ronnqvist 2 (O'Sullivan, Aalto), 4:17. 3. Cin, Ronnqvist 3 (Zinger, Williams), 10:28. 4. Lou, Harder 1 (Ratchuk), 14:11 (shg). 5. Cin, Young 14 (McDonald, Podhradsky), 16:07.
Third period: 6. Cin, Balmochnykh 3 (Suursoo, Zinger), 2:26. 7. Lou, Korolev 1 (Harder, Jardine), 4:55.8. Lou, Shvidki 13 (Emma, Brousseau), 6:27.9. Lou, Emma 17 (Brousseau), 12:55.
Shots on goal: Lou 9-14-12=35; Cin 10-11-7=28. Power plays: Lou 0-for-7; Cin 0-for-5. Goalies: Lou, Gauthier (23 saves), Bach (0 saves); Cin, Naumenko (31 saves). Att: 4,634.
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