Vancouver Canucks Hockey Stuff

The Canucks season is over.

After a crazy end to end game, that saw the Canucks down 3-1 early in the second period, they came back and took a 4-3 lead, then a 5-4 lead with just 7 minutes left in the 3rd period, but doing as they had done in the last few games, the Canucks could not hold the fort, and the fast young Blackhawks team came back and tied the game at 5-5, and added two more to seal the deal.  Penalties killed the Canucks tonight, giving up 3 powerplay goals on 4 blackhawk powerplays.

The turning point in the playoffs for the Canucks?  Game 4, with 2:44 left in the 3rd period, the Canucks had a 2-1 lead.  2:44 left to take a 3-1 lead in the series, they fail.  Chicago scored with 2:44 left in the third and score shortly in overtime to take the win.  This was the turning point for the Vancouver Canucks and they never did fully recover from game 4. 

The Chicago Blackhawks will move on to the Western Conference Championships, to meet the winner of the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks series.

Who will be on the team next year?  Some notable names that may not return include Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Mattias Ohlund, and Mats Sundin.  This was not the year for the Canucks.  We, as fans, are still waiting.

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Canucks slip to 2nd in Northwest battle

I don’t have alot of time to blog tonight, so this one will be short and sweet.  The Canucks were down 2-0 after the first period, and climbed to a 4-2 lead early in the second period.  The Sedin twins and Alex Burrows had another great game again, providing alot of highlights and action in the Ducks zone.  The Ducks did however, tie the game up at 5-5 before the end of the second period.  The game ended up going to the shoot-out, and after Pavol Demitra missed  and hit the post on the Canucks first shot attempt, they never did score.  Ducks win it in the shoot-out.  If you ask me, they need to shake up the 2nd and 3rd lines.  Demitra looks more and more like a slug out there, and the only player making a whole lot of action happen on the 2nd line is Ryan Kesler.  I’m not “feeling it” when it comes to the 2nd line right now.  The third line, on the other hand, is playing great.  Maybe promote Wellwood up to the 2nd and send Demitra to the third, I’m not sure.  Just something has to be done.

The Calgary Flames played the Dallas Stars as well, and won in regulation.  With the Canucks now tied in points with the Flames, the Canucks slip to 4th in the Western Conference and 2nd in the Northwest Division.  With the single point though, the Canucks do clinch a playoff spot.  The Canucks play the Flames on tuesday, which could end up being, the must win game of the season.  It sure is matching up to be that way.

The Canucks play again on saturday night April 4 on the road against the Edmonton Oilers, the game starts at 7:00pm, and can be seen on tv on CBC, and listen live online streaming radio at Team1040.ca

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Vancouver Loses 4-2, puts me to Sleep.

No Kidding.  After a great first 7 minutes in the first period where the Canucks were all over the Blues, Vancouver took a few too many penalties, and St Louis rallied behind that.  I t was 2-1 for the Blues just 6 minutes into the 6nd period when Backes scored a nice breakaway shorthanded goal on Luongo.  This is right about when I fell asleep.  It sure didnt seem like I missed much, as I woke up with the Canucks down 3-2 with Vancouver trying to kill off a 5 on 3.  Then, Andy McDonald scored, and that was about the end of the game.

Burrows got a goal for the Canucks in the second frame to tie the game up, but obviously, not enough to pull out what was a crucial win in the points race for the Vancouver Canucks.  They still sit in 5th in the Western Conference with Columbus breathing down their neck.  They need to go into Colorado tomorrow and WIN.

Tomorrow’s game is on Pay Per View PPV and starts at 6:00 pm, live online streaming radio at Team1040.ca.

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