Ian Laperriere News and Photos
Stanley Cup Playoffs 2006
Western Conference Semifinals – Game 4
Avalanche 1 - Mighty Ducks 4
Anaheim Mighty Ducks goalie Ilya Bryzgalov blocks a shot from Colorado Avalanche center Brett McLean as Anaheim center Rob Niedermayer prepares to sweep the puck away while Colorado right wing Ian Laperriere and Anaheim defenseman Joe DiPenta look on during the third period of an NHL hockey playoff game in Denver, Thursday, May 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
(Photographed by David E. Klutho)
Ian Laperriere, Sean O'Donnell, Brett McLean and Ilya Bryzgalov (Photographed by David E. Klutho)
"We came out flying. We kept going," Laperriere said. "That's the kind of game we needed to bring, but we didn't get the result we wanted. We couldn't score against the big boy. It's tough to take, because everybody gave everything."
(Longmont Daily Times-Call, 5/12/06)
Teemu Selanne and Ian Laperriere (Photographed by David E. Klutho)
Ian Laperriere, Francois Beauchemin, and Rob Niedermayer (Photographed by David E. Klutho)
Rob Niedermayer, Ian Laperriere and John-Michael Liles (Photographed by David E. Klutho)
Ryan Getzlaf and Ian Laperriere (Photographed by David E. Klutho)
"For sure, you don't want to lose four in a row," forward Ian Laperriere said.
"It is disappointing no matter what. You're out of the playoffs, and you're going home."
(Longmont Daily Times-Call, 5/12/06)
Colorado Avalanche center Joe Sakic, right wing Milan Hejduk and right wing Ian Laperriere look on as time runs out in the Avalanche's 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Mighty
Ducks in Game 4 of an NHL hockey Western Conference second-round playoff series in Denver on May 11, 2006.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
As Colorado Avalanche left winger Antti Laaksonen, and right wingers Ian Laperriere and Dan Hinote look on from the team box as time runs out in the Avalanche's 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in Game 4 of their NHL hockey Western Conference second-round playoff series in Denver, Thursday, May 11, 2006. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Members of the Colorado Avalanche at the end of the game. Anaheim won 4-1 to sweep the series. (Photo by Joe Mahoney/Rocky Mountain News)
"There's positives for sure (in the season)," said Ian Laperriere.
"The big negative is we didn't win the Cup."
(Colorado Springs Gazette, 5/12/06)