Ducks Dazzle, Raise Money at Annual Fedorin Cup

  By AJ Manderichio AnaheimDucks.com The tension hung in the air right before the final shooter skated on the ice.

The 19th Annual Fedorin Cup, an annual charity hockey game held at THE RINKS – Anaheim ICE, always features a venerable who’s-who list of current and former Anaheim Ducks. While the game centers around raising money for cancer research, the current and former pros – and the amateur players scattered amongst them – don’t want to lose.

Team USA, a squad featuring alumni Todd Marchant and Teemu Selanne (who must have registered with his Coto de Caza address), trailed Team Canada by one in the deciding round of the shootout. Score, and the game continued. Miss, and it was over.

Selanne darted from the bench, collecting the puck from center ice in one motion. Quickly speeding in on netminder Tom Spiers, Selanne hit the brakes at the top of the crease, looking to sneak a quick chip shot into the net.

Spiers denied the Finnish Flash, drawing cheers from the crowd (and a good-natured jab or two from Selanne) with a double-pad stack to clinch an 11-10 win for Team Canada.

The score on this night, though, hardly mattered.

The idea for the Fedorin Cup spawned from a postgame brainstorming session after a rec-league game. Rick …

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