True to form, Carlyle refused to say whether Jean-Sebastien Giguere or Jonas Hiller will lead the team on the ice in San Jose Thursday.

He did say that he has confidence in both, referring to them as Goalie 1A and 1B, without saying which was which. Carlyle did express confidence in Hiller, despite the younger goalie’s lack of NHL playoff experience.

“It doesn’t bother me one bit,” Carlyle said. “When we started Jonas Hiller in the early part of the season, we knew he wasn’t a raw rookie. He’s played in tense situations. He’s played in world championships. He’s played in club championships. He’s played at a higher level than the American Hockey League. He’s been on the world stage so any player who has been there can use those experiences and then fall back to that.

“Once you get by the first two minutes, everything becomes kind of numb anyway. It becomes more and more old hat. That’s why you practice and work on the same things so it becomes natural.”

[Source: Ducks.FreedomBlogging.com]

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