ANAHEIM - The former name of the rink the Anaheim Ducks call home used to be called The Pond.
Where else do Ducks reside, but a pond. Ok, a lake maybe, but that's just a rather large pond when you break it down.
Either way, the manner in which the Tampa Bay Lightning started Friday's game at the old Pond made it appear as if they were skating on a partially frozen body of water.
Because as the Ducks were flying in the first period, Tampa Bay played as if the ice in which their blades skated across was mired in slush. And that was all Anaheim needed on this night to strike down the Lightning an...
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