I wanted to post a special shout out to Ryan Getzlaf who just passed Teemu Selanne as the Anaheim Ducks all-time leading scorer with an assist on Halloween night.
From the OC Register:
The record will show that Ryan Getzlaf broke Teemu Selanne’s franchise record for points in a career with an assist on Troy Terry’s tie-breaking goal at 10:10 of the third period, which propelled the Ducks to a 4-2 victory Sunday afternoon over the Montreal Canadiens at Honda Center.
What will be lost in the fog of time, as the days and nights pass and the games continue, will be Terry’s leap into Getzlaf’s arms in celebration of his 989th point, their teammates racing from the bench to join them, and Getzlaf’s family leaving their seats to embrace him on the bench at game’s end.
“I can’t tell you how much that means to me to be able to be in front of our fans, our ownership, my family, to be here in our building to accomplish that.” Getzlaf said after the Ducks ended a six-game winless streak (0-3-3) with their first home win since opening night Oct. 13. “That was a great thing for me.”
In time, Getzlaf is likely to join Selanne in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. As it stood Sunday, Getzlaf represented the face of the Ducks’ franchise, as Selanne once did, and as someone else surely will in the not-too-distant future. Getzlaf is in the midst of his 17th NHL season, all with the Ducks.
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