Anaheim

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks cleared another difficult barrier in their brief history as they finally defeated the Detroit Red Wings on the 13th try. Teemu Selanne and Garry Valk scored the tying and go-ahead goals 22 seconds apart midway through the second period of a 3-1 victory last night in Anaheim. It gave Valk, Bobby Dollas, Joe Sacco and Guy Hebert particular satisfaction, because they have been Mighty Ducks from the team's beginning in 1993. "I know it means a lot for the team and it means a lot for me personally," said Dollas, whom the Ducks selected from Detroit's roster in the 1993 expansion draft.

This was a big deal to Dominic Roussel, starting in goal for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim against the Flyers. The day before the game, he laughed it off, told California reporters he "got my revenge a couple of years ago," in 1996, when Roussel started for Winnipeg against his old Flyers teammates and won, 4-1. "Got that out of my system," Roussel said Tuesday. But last night, a few hours before the game, Roussel acknowledged 1996 wasn't the end of the story. "It's a pretty big deal," Roussel said.

Pat Maroon finally breathed a sigh of relief yesterday. His pro career will continue in the Anaheim organization. More than 3 weeks after being sent home from the Phantoms because of "behavioral" and "attitude" issues, Maroon was traded. The Flyers sent him and forward David Laliberte to Anaheim for former Flyer Danny Syvret and prospect Rob Bordson. "I am looking forward to putting this behind me," said Maroon, a forward. "I don't have any hard feelings. I'm excited for a fresh, new start.

The Wings broke a five-game losing streak with a 14-9 win against Anaheim last night at the Wachovia Center in front of 13,153 fans. Eight players contributed for the Wings, led by Ryan Ward and Jeff Ratcliffe with three goals each. Goalie Dallas Eliuk earned the win with 32 saves. "This is what we've wanted all season," Wings coach Adam Mueller said. "We moved the ball around and had a nice, unselfish attack. I couldn't be happier. " The Storm took the early lead in the first quarter with a goal by Chris Panos.

These Disney scripts just keep getting more and more unbelievable. First, they gave us Angels in the Outfield, the 1994 movie (a remake of a 1951 film) about heavenly beings providing divine intervention for the California Angels. Now, the folks at Disney - which owns the Anaheim team - have given us Angels in the World Series, the 2002 edge-of-your-seat thriller that stars a different player every day. In Game 5 of the American League Championship Series yesterday, the man of the hour was Adam Kennedy, a 26-year-old second baseman who did an uncanny impersonation of Reggie Jackson and triggered Anaheim's series-clinching 13-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Nicklas Lidstrom had three assists and Chris Osgood made 25 saves to help Detroit beat visiting Anaheim last night, 3-1. Henrik Zetterberg, Mathieu Schneider and Kris Draper scored for the Red Wings, who have won four straight and six of seven. Osgood, who has been Manny Legace's backup this season, got his second straight win in his second consecutive start. Teemu Selanne scored for Anaheim, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. Zetterberg scored on the Red Wings' first shot just a minute into the game, when he beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere with a low wrist shot for his 34th goal.

The Flyers yesterday signed right wing Brian Wesenberg, whom they acquired in a March trade with Anaheim. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wesenberg, 19, scored 25 goals and added 33 assists for 58 points and 161 penalty minutes in 66 regular-season games with the Guelph Storm, of the Ontario Hockey League last season. In two seasons with Guelph, he scored 42 goals and had 60 assists, for 102 points and 242 penalty minutes in 132 regular-season games. The 6-3, 180-pound native of Peterborough, Ontario, was selected in the second round (29th overall)

Instead of campaigning to ban South Park for young children, maybe all these parent groups ought to consider banning games in which the Flyers have to play the dregs of the NHL. That kind of contest consistently seems to bring out the worst in the Flyers. Such as last night's 3-3 overtime tie against the not-so-Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The game was so bad that the Ducks were icing the puck early in the final period. That may have been because they don't have a defense in front of the net. Several things haunted the Flyers.

You could see the look of relief on many of the Flyers' faces yesterday during their afternoon skate at Oceanside Arena in Tempe. Their 4-3 victory late Wednesday over the lowly Mighty Ducks of Anaheim might not have registered as an NHL classic, but it snapped a three-game losing streak. "It was a huge, huge win, and I don't know if people realize that," said center Joel Otto, who expects to return to the lineup tonight when the Flyers face Keith Tkachuk, Jeremy Roenick and the Phoenix Coyotes.

Good things came in bunches for the Flyers last night at Arrowhead Pond against Disney's Mighty Ducks. They actually won a road game, 4-3. They also scored a power-play goal. Better yet, John LeClair and Mikael Renberg finally got their first goals of the season. Oh, did was it mentioned that the Flyers broke a three-game losing streak and even had to come from behind? Yep, they trailed by 3-2 going into the final period. Kjell Samuelsson, who scored against the Kings on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, nearly tied the game in the opening minutes of the third period, but the puck was spinning on the goal line, not across it. No problem.

Chris Pronger is just as concerned with Mike Richards' back as he is his own. Pronger's back issues are medical. Richards' are figurative. In the wake of the Flyers' disappointing, second-round sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins, a lot of chatter has taken place as to whether Richards is best suited to be the Flyers' captain. Pronger, who knows a thing or two about the demands and rewards of NHL captaincy, jumped to Richards' defense. Well, Pronger is 2 weeks removed from back surgery, so he didn't actually jump, but you get the idea.

Chara sits as Bruins lose again Michael Cammalleri and Mathieu Darche scored in the first 2 minutes, 20 seconds of the game and Carey Price stopped 34 shots Saturday night to lead Montreal to a 3-1 victory over the host Boston Bruins, who played without captain Zdeno Chara, out because of dehydration. Boston has never, in 26 tries, won a playoff series after losing the first two games.   Red Wings hold on, beat Coyotes Pavel Datsyuk scored and added two assists in the first period alone - including a marvelous move to set up a goal by Darren Helm - and the host Detroit Red Wings held on for a 4-3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes to take a two-games-to-none lead in their first-round series.

Pat Maroon finally breathed a sigh of relief yesterday. His pro career will continue in the Anaheim organization. More than 3 weeks after being sent home from the Phantoms because of "behavioral" and "attitude" issues, Maroon was traded. The Flyers sent him and forward David Laliberte to Anaheim for former Flyer Danny Syvret and prospect Rob Bordson. "I am looking forward to putting this behind me," said Maroon, a forward. "I don't have any hard feelings. I'm excited for a fresh, new start.

Flyers Notes As the Flyers faced Anaheim on Thursday night, coach Peter Laviolette was hoping that a gap between early-season games worked to his team's benefit. The Flyers had four days between games. They practiced on two of those days and had several team meetings. "We tried to use the time to our advantage for different things," Laviolette said. The off days gave injured players such as Blair Betts (knee) a chance to heal. "And you get an opportunity to work on some things you think you can do better, whether it's discipline, whether it's the power play," Laviolette said.

The Flyers don't want history to repeat, don't want to need an agonizing shoot-out win on the last day of the regular season just to sneak into the playoffs. "We want to take a different course," coach Peter Laviolette said. With that in mind, the Flyers will open the 2010-11 season Thursday by christening Pittsburgh's spiffy new Consol Energy Center. They then will play in St. Louis on Saturday before their home opener Monday against Colorado. "We want a good start," said goalie Brian Boucher, who is expected to start Thursday's opener.

Sean O'Donnell is what you call an extremely valuable elder statesman. He's the 15-year veteran in the Flyers' locker room who has forgotten more about hockey than some of the younger players know. O'Donnell also knows how it feels to win a Stanley Cup and how falling a game short of winning it hurts. That's why the Flyers, who beat the New York Islanders, 3-1, in Wednesday's exhibition game at the Wells Fargo Center, signed him to a one-year, $1 million contract with incentives on July 1. The organization will look for the soon-to-be 39-year-old to provide leadership, an intimidating defensive presence, and depth to a team with a goal of bringing the Cup home.

The Flyers announced Tuesday that all 82 regular-season games and three preseason games will be televised during the 2010-11 season. Here is the TV schedule: CSN: Comcast SportsNet TCN: The Comcast Network VS: Versus Sept. 21 New Jersey 7 p.m.          TCN Sept. 29 NY Islanders 7 p.m.          TCN Oct. 1 Buffalo 7 p.m.             CSN Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.          VS Oct. 9 at St. Louis 8 p.m.          CSN Oct. 11 Colorado 7 p.m.             CSN Oct. 14 Tampa Bay 7 p.m.          CSN Oct. 16 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.          CSN Oct. 21 Anaheim 7 p.m.             CSN Oct. 23 Toronto 7 p.m.             CSN Oct. 25 at Columbus 7 p.m.          CSN Oct. 26 Buffalo 7:30 p.m.          VS Oct. 29 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.          TCN Oct. 30 NY Islanders 7 p.m.          CSN Nov. 1 Carolina 7 p.m.             CSN Nov. 4 NY Rangers 7 p.m.          CSN Nov. 6 at NY Islanders 7 p.m.          CSN Nov. 7 at Washington 5 p.m.          CSN Nov. 11 at Carolina 7 p.m.          CSN Nov. 13 Florida 7 p.m.             CSN Nov. 15 Ottawa 7 p.m.             CSN Nov. 16 at Montreal 7 p.m.          VS Nov. 18 Tampa Bay 7 p.m.          CSN...

Former Flyers defenseman Danny Syvret signed a 1-year, two-way contract yesterday to join the Anaheim Ducks. Syvret, an unrestricted free agent, will earn $600,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 in the AHL. He also fielded offers from Montreal, Pittsburgh, Nashville and San Jose. Syvret, 25, scored the Flyers' only goal in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park last Jan. 1. In 21 games with the Flyers last season, Syvret posted two goals and two assists before sustaining a knee injury in January that kept him out of the NHL for the rest of the year.

What: 2010 NHL entry draft Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles When: Round 1, today, 7 o'clock; Rounds 2-7, tomorrow, 1 p.m. TV: Versus for all 7 rounds FLYERS PICKS: First round: Property of Anaheim Second round: Property of Los Angeles. Third round: 89th overall Fourth round: 119th overall Fifth round: 149th overall Sixth round: 179th overall Seventh round: 209th overall Sent to Anaheim on 6/26/09 in trade for Chris Pronger. . Sent to Los Angeles on 7/1/08 with Denis Gauthier.