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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When the Anaheim Ducks and the Arizona Coyotes meet Friday night at the Honda Center, both teams also will be facing a third opponent.Injuries have claimed key players on both sides. The Ducks Ryan Getzlaf and Nick Ritchie are both day-to-day after receiving hard hits during Tuesday nights 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle scratched both before Wednesday nights 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and neither participated in Thursdays optional skate.Getzlaf sustained an upper-body injury but Ritchies condition generates the greater concern. The 20-year-old left winger left Tuesday nights game late in the second period after Kings defenseman Tom Gilbert hit him in the head while checking him into the glass. Ritchie underwent the leagues concussion protocol and Gilbert received a three-game suspension Thursday for his hit, which did not result in a penalty. Carlyle said both forwards will skate in Friday mornings practice.Ritchie and Getzlaf joined right winger Corey Perry to form Anaheims top line. But against Pittsburgh, center Antoine Vermette replaced Getzlaf while Rickard Rakell moved into Ritchies spot at left wing. Expect the same formation if neither Getzlaf nor Ritchie is available Friday night.The Ducks hope to avoid the kind of ragged start that sabotaged them during their past two home games, Wednesday nights 5-1 loss and a 4-0 defeat to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Oct. 28.Its inexcusable, defenseman Cam Fowler said Wednesday night. Two stinkers in a row at home is not good for a team that expects high things, like we do. Collectively as a group, were just not there defensively.The Coyotes, meanwhile, missed four regulars in Thursday nights 3-2 shootout win over the Nashville Predators. Center Martin Hanzal and left winger Tobias Rieder missed their first games of the season because of lower-body injuries. The pair joins defenseman Michael Stone and goalie Michael Smith among the injured. Rieder remains questionable against Anaheim but none of the other three are expected to play.Replacing Hanzal against Nashville was center Christian Dvorak, who was recalled from Tucson in the AHL and scored his first NHL goal Thursday night. The 20-year-old Dvorak joins a young core that features forwards Max Domi and Anthony Duclair. Last season, Dvorak amassed 52 goals and 121 points in 59 games for the OHLs London Knights.Arizona received some good news on Wednesday, when Smith skated for the first time since injuring his left leg in the second game of the season Oct. 18 against the Ottawa Senators. Smith remains week-to-week.He looks fine out there skating, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett told the Arizona Republic. 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When basketball becomes your business, some of the most genuine and pure emotions in sports take a back seat to pragmatism. Its understandable.But then there is a night such as Wednesday, when a team, a league, a city and a sport say goodbye to someone who made them feel those emotions in a bittersweet flood as very few players could.Tamika Catchings career came to an end with the Fevers 89-78 loss to Phoenix at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. That meant tears. A whole lot of them.Thats my rock, man, Fever guard Briann January said through sobs. Shes just impacted every area of my life and always been there for me and taught me so much about being a professional, about being a good person.Ive been here eight years with her, and its amazing what she does here. People like her just dont come around often, and I am so lucky to have been around her.Dont we all feel that way, even if we didnt get to be around Catchings as closely as a teammate? Arent we all proud that she represented so completely what we want our sports heroes to represent? For 15 years in the WNBA, didnt she compete every game the way we all dream we could for even a single day?Even when Wednesdays game was essentially over, with just 13 seconds left and the Fever down by 11, Catchings waved off an attempt to sub her out for one last standing ovation.Gotta finish strong, Catchings said. I didnt want to spend 13.1 seconds on the bench knowing that I had 13.1 seconds to give everything that I could.Thats what Catchings has done ever since she first started playing basketball. The daughter of NBA player Harvey Catchings, she faced the challenge of being hearing-impaired and looked to sports as a way to avoid being mocked by other kids. It turned out that she was destined for greatness.Every game Ive played against her, shes been such a warrior, said Phoenixs Penny Taylor, who is also retiring when this season ends and faced the potential that Wednesday would be her last game. I feel happy that were going on. As a team, we worked really hard to win that game. But also, its sad because Tamika is such a great player, and you never want to see great players stop.But they all have to. Ever since Catchings announced last year that 2016 would be her final season, WNBA followers have been dreading the end. Yet there is so much to celebrate about what weve seen from a player who defined effort.Catchings had 13 points and 10 rebounds in her last game, and when it was over, she got hugs not just from her teammates but also from all the Mercury players, who showed their respect and affection.It just makes you really appreciate what shes done, Phoenix guard Diana Taurasi said. If anyone wants to play basketball and loves the game, they should use her blueprint because thats how you do it. Theres not many people Ive been around who put that much into it. I said to her, Thank you for everything.Taurasi, Catchhings and Seattles Sue Bird each won their fourth Olympic gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.ddddddddddddThats something Taurasi cherishes too.Its an honor to share the court with them, Taurasi said. I think well look back on it, and it will feel good that we did that with each other. We have so much respect for each other, and we really do like each other. Thats the other side of it too.Taurasi has spent her career with Phoenix and is the signature player of that franchise. The same has been true for Catchings in Indiana.Its going to be a change for the whole Indiana franchise now, Taurasi said. Its like, I was a Lakers fan growing up, and now Kobe [Bryant] is not there. And I dont even know if Im a Lakers fan anymore. But I think Indiana is a great organization. It will be tough, but theyll move on. This is a place people want to play.A big reason for that, of course, has been the presence of Catchings, who finishes her career as the WNBAs leader in rebounds and steals and is second in scoring.We wanted her to go on top, and its hard, said the Fevers Marissa Coleman, who was crying like everyone else in the Indiana locker room. Because shes given everything to us and this organization, and I kind of feel like we let her down. I know she doesnt feel that way, but thats how we feel. Were going to miss her. Shes one of my favorite people.Catchings was honored Sunday with a postgame ceremony that included tributes from politicians, coaches, teammates and officials from the WNBA, USA Basketball and the Fever and Pacers. It was as heartfelt and well-done a send-off as any player could hope for, and really, that is the closing memory of Catchings that everyone should hold onto.For her part, Catchings was the selfless leader right until the end.Theyll be fine, Catchings said of the Fever moving on without her. I think its always tough when you look at passing the baton in any organization. You dont replace me. You find players that step up to the plate for the good of the team to do what they need to do. ... Theyll continue to make this organization grow.Catchings reflected on the big picture of her role in the WNBA and her pride that she has been instrumental in its establishment.Were celebrating the WNBAs 20th year, and thats a big deal, she said. I remember the first year and all the people who doubted if we wouldnt make it past two years, three years, five, 10, 15. Were standing here knowing the next generation whove watched us play aspire to follow in our footsteps. And that gives me strength.Catchings recalls being a child and wishing she could play in the NBA like her dad. The WNBA launched in the summer before her freshman year at Tennessee, and she had a new dream.One of those little girls growing up now hopefully wants to be me, Catchings said. But my challenge is for her to be better than I was.That is some challenge. In Catchings, we saw the best. Wholesale NFL Womens Jerseys China Womens NFL Jerseys Nike NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys Outlet Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale NFL White Jerseys Discount Jerseys ' ' '