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Ducks Quiet

by Paul on 05/20/06 at 07:09 AM ET
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from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,

There was no real feeling that the outcome was in doubt. The scoreboard said it wasn’t secure until Todd Harvey scored into the empty net to win 3-1. But the feel was different. That was part of it. The other part were all those empty seats and lack of atmosphere. For the longest time, it looked and felt like a regular-season game here last night, not a Game 1. Nobody booed O Canada. Nobody said peep. It was so quiet you could hear a puck drop. One fan yelled out ‘Let’s Go Oilers.’ Nobody sang the U.S. anthem. “It’s not Edmonton,’’ seconded Ethan Moreau. “When it comes to loud, San Jose was a close second. We felt it, too. It’s not like home.’’ “We just seemed to be a half a step off or away from finishing on some chances tonight,’’ said Scott Niedermayer. “They played well. Obviously we’ll have to be better if we want to win the next game. I thought our first period was the best and then we sort of stopped skating.’’

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