Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas (2024)

March 11, 2001

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Fort Worth Star-Telegrami

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Fort Worth, Texas

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Sunday, March 11, 2001

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50

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6C Sunday March 11 2(K)1 star telegram com HOCKEY BASEBALL EMPTY POND Fans not flocking to see not-so-Mighty Ducks Where can I Pf0SS PaSS week? See Friday's Star Time for the latest listing of participating Press Pass restaurants plus discounts on entertainment and special services! Or check on the Web at wwwstar-telegramcompresspass Dont have a Press Pass? Dial 817-335-4837 for information on how to get yours StSTtelegraill fTT? Dole Hansen Says: "Donate your car truck boat or van A local charity helping kids I TAN! FT WOR TH CAN ACADEMY li Dale Hanen Write Off The Car Not The Kid a $1000000 MARCH fr MATCHPLAY GIVEAWAYl ipEWiACCOU NT BONUS Lines Player VS Player Matchups WAGER BY PHONE OR NET 1 800305351 7 www5dimescom Basketball Baseball Hockey Soccer XFL Golf Matchups NASCAR Horse Racing 107AM ighCaliberlnc the Montreal Canadiens play Wednesday The Associated PressJoHN Hayi Once a sold out ticket the Mighty Ducks now play to an empty arena Public Invited Jo Buy Sellfjradejor Just Browse! I MondayFriday Before 9 After 2pm ARE YOU A 2001 PREFERRED PLAYER? 1 (SPECIAL DISCOUNTS APPIY-ASK FOR DETAILS) I SENIORS (55 AND UP) $23 BEFORE NOON (MON FRI) (WITH LUNCH AND RANGE 27) AH prices include one-ho If cart plus tax Nat valid wrtft other offer promotions or discount I Offer expires 33101 Must present ad to receive offer Cotiared Shirts Required I Visit 9affqc0m for additional promotions class Paul Kanya who teamed with Selanne to provide Anaheim one of the top scoring duos said he will miss his hnemate tough obviously very good friends on and off the ice and we had a lot of good years together here and a lot of Kanya said these things happen in sports so you have to deal with Gauthier believes that getting a goalie and a younger player Fnesen is 24 and Selanne 30 wdl help the team a huge move for this franchise with Teemu and Guy gone but we needed a Gauthier said tune to look at the team going forward not look to the Shields believes the future looks bnght think going to see the full impact of this trade until down the line not going to go out and score five goals a game and be as flashy as Shields said work hard to keep the puck out of the net and it always look pretty So for the average fan not going to see the results right away expect the fans to be disappointed and sad that gone but we just ask them to give us a chance When we start to contribute and become a better team and start winning and the fans start coming back gomg to prove that this trade was well worth time and I think going to end up feeling like they made the right 1 LOST CREEK Tee Times GOLF CLUB ALEDO TX lairan Saturday Sunday Holidays Before 2 I After 2pm 817 244 3312 The Ultimate Hoops Contest Pick your winners' Be a winner! Coming Monday March 12 in the Star-Telegram 1995-96 when all but three of their games were sellouts Tickets sold also is not necessarily an accurate reflection of the crowd size with many scats particularly in the lower luxury suite areas often vacant The arena appeared less than hall full at some games this season Twice this season the Ducks have plunged to new club lows in tickets sold- 11134 on Oct 8 against St Louis and 10961 on Jan 31 against Nashville unfortunate Obviously the fans have something to be upset defenseman Jason Marshall said remember back to the days when it was sold out every night and it was outstanding Center Tony Hrkac said tough But when a losing team you expect people to show up all the The Ducks are certainly a losing team last in the Western Conference with one of the worst records Also the once-novel Disney theme with mascot and even the whimsical team name from the movie seems to have grown stale first they were trying to get families and kids to come but after a while that wears off Now they need to concentrate on hard-core hockey said longtime fan Steven Wahhn they put a good team on the ice people will come Unlike some other parts of the country if a not good people here go to Ducks general manager Pierre Gauthier who traded fan favorite Nash From Page 1 His pitches lacked style but not speed He was clocked at 95 mph a huge Latino said raw untrained and needs to learn a lot but his potential is Teammates had to teach him how to make long-distance calls and even how to send out for food Teemu Selanne to San Jose on Monday said the solution to the dwindling attendance is obvious win believe that the way to bring our fans back and it happens quickly here in Southern California is to build a winning hockey Gauthier said fans will be very supportive if the team gets to the playoffs The Ducks have made the playoffs just twice and were swept by Detroit in the first round in 1999 and the second round 1997 The players realize they given fans much reason to show up you get better people will show Hrkac said look at any city that has a losing year and attendance is down The people want a winning team so you just have to get Marshall said: have to find a way to turn it around and give back to our fans because been very patient We just have to play better and win more games Then hopefully come back and be that same atmosphere The bold moves may cost them even more fan support They got wing Jeff Fnesen goalie Steve Shields and a conditional draft pick for the immensely popular Selanne then waived goalie Guy Hebert the only original Ducks player left think all still in Marshall said the day after the trade guys are irreplaceable been here since the start of the team and just a know how to order Williams said sure he never ordered it at home His father fed Nash is due to report to the Devil rookie camp on Sunday Public relations director Rick Vaughn said been a tremendous surge of interest in a player who never even played high school ball guess there are 25 30 people want to talk to him the first Vaughn said not the biggest rookie story we have Josh Hamilton the No 1 Few fans watch Anaheim and By KfnPufrs Tlie Associated Press ANAHEIM Calif The quacking has quieted around the frozen Pond The Mighty Ducks have gone south In an arena where sellout crowds once gleefully rattled the ratters with squawking duck calls the Arrowhead Pond seems almost eerily silent dunng many Anaheim Mighty Ducks games One of glamour franchises after its 1993 NHL debut and through much of the rest of decade the Disney-owned Ducks have deteriorated mto just another loser playing against a backdrop of rows of empty seats the place was packed for every game and it was a cool thing to do to come here But lost its said Phil Reed a still-loyal Ducks fan The Ducks have had a full house only twice this year both times against Los Angeles when about as many fans wore Kings jerseys as Ducks gear Anaheim is averaging 13260 tickets sold per game this season for their 17174-seat arena compared with an average of 17155 in EmmittSmithjL DexterCoald MffFootbaU NPL Players Darren Woodson Cowboys Chad Hennings Cowboys Mark Stepnoski Cowboys College Coaches -Texas Oklahoma SM Miami 1 North Texa June 13 16 Ages 8 18 Visit ()tif Website www forever sp lor fr rotl tc 11 1 800 799 7981 forRPM Week' Texas Happy Hour oil to am SaturaaW ni j- NASCAR roars intoTexas MotorSpeedway draft pick 1999 is a very big story But Toe is certainly big considering what done and where A story on Nash in USA Today sparked calls from all the TV networks and Oprah Winfrey and book and movie offers said his agent Jerry Reynolds now everyone wants him to be able to concentrate on learning to play Reynolds said a good story but it become a great one until a happy featuring the sport's fastest-rising stars In i race thatregulres luck cunning and lots I horsepowerijha drivers tight hr the only position that mattersTK number WGnaf flue Dow means to the 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