Ducks’ Patrick Eaves takes tentative first steps in first game in more than a year

ANAHEIM — Patrick Eaves finally returned to the ice Thursday after more than a year away from the game because of illness and injury. After months of recovery and rehabilitation, and with the help of too many people to count, he made his season debut, and his game was off.
Way off.
As he left the bench and jumped onto the ice in the opening minutes of the Ducks’ 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers, he heard a roar from the Honda Center crowd. Startled, he looked aroun