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Ducks set roster for Friday’s season opener

By Helene Elliott
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The Ducks set their season-opening roster Wednesday, placing defenseman Matt Smaby on injured reserve because of a torn ligament in his right thumb.

Defenseman Toni Lydman will also start the season on injured reserve because he’s recovering from surgery on his right shoulder. He’s expected to return in time for the Ducks’ home opener Oct. 14 against San Jose.

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The Ducks’ third goalie, Jeff Deslauriers, will stay with the team only for the games in Europe.

The Ducks open their season Friday against the Buffalo Sabres at Helsinki, Finland, and face the New York Rangers the next day at Stockholm.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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