Mighty Ducks move on, eliminate Flames

Thu., May 4, 2006

Associated Press The Spokesman-Review

CALGARY, Alberta – Teemu Selanne and Ruslan Salei scored, Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 22 shots and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks eliminated the defending Western Conference champion Calgary Flames with a 3-0 victory in Game 7 on Wednesday night.

The sixth-seeded Ducks made it a clean sweep in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs for the lower-seeded teams.

Anaheim will face the seventh-seeded Colorado Avalanche in the second round with the first game Friday night in California.

Eighth-seeded Edmonton plays fifth-seeded San Jose in the other semifinal.

“Not many people in the hockey world believed we could win this series,” Selanne said.

Jeff Friesen also scored.

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