Vancouver Canucks Hockey Stuff

The Vancouver Canucks look to extend their unbeaten preseason streak with a win tonight over the San jose Sharks in San jose.  The Canucks come off a big win Monday night against the Calgary Flames.  The Canucks had a 3 goal lead in the game, only to go down 4-3 in the third period.  Daniel sedin tied the game with a dazzling goal with .02 seconds left in the period.  Going into overtime tied 4-4, the Canucks pulled out the comeback win with the shootout winner courtesy again to Daniel Sedin.

The San Jose Sharks are 2-2 with both wins in OT and the shoot-out.  The Canukcs played the Sharks earlier last week where they pulled ahead with a 6-2 win while playing in San Jose.  Danny Heatley made his Sharks debut on Saturday night in their 5-4 OT win against the Phoenix Coyotes.

Roberto Luongo will play his second  full game of the preseason tonight, while getting a 97.6 save percentage during his two preseason performances.

Tonights Canucks game will be seen on Sportsnet at 7pm, or live streaming online at Canucks.com.

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Canucks Beat Sharks, Make it Six Straight Preseason Wins

A 5 point night for the Sedin twins capped off a good night for the Canucks as they managed to keep the San Jose Sharks down and out to complete their 6th straight win and keep their preseason record perfect.  It was a see-saw game on the scoreboard again, with both teams trading goalsback and forth after the Sharks got on the board 17:25 into the first period.

Shots in tonight’s game were much more even as well as penalties.  The Sharks outshot the Canucks, with a margin of 33-20.  In the penalty department, the Canucks were able to keep the Sharks off the board while killing their penalties, making them go 0 for 7.  The Canucks, on the other hand, made good use of their power play time, going 2 for 6 on the power play.

Curtis Saford played in goal, receing the third star for his efforts, especially blanking the Sharks on the thirteen shots they put his way in the third period.

Goals were scored by these Canucks tonight: Steve Bernier PP Goal (Sami Salo, Daniel Sedin), Daniel Sedin PP Goal (Kevin Bieksa, Henrik Sedin), and Henrik Sedin (Kevin Bieksa, Daniel Sedin).

The Canucks next and last preseason game is on Sunday against the Anaheim Ducks at GM Place at 7PM.

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Canucks remain undefeated in pre-season, beating Sharks 3-2

The San Jose Sharks couldn’t get a goal past Roberto Luongo through two periods where they could only amass 14 total shots.  Cory Schneider played as the Canucks netminder for the third period, and while he did let in 2 goals, he also faced a whopping 23 shots on net!

With the Canucks win tonight, they are now undefeated in the preseason with a 3 and 0 record, defeating the Oilers twice, once at home, and once on the road, and now the Sharks on the road.  Victory may not be a long lasting effect though, as the Canucks face off against the Anaheim Ducks tomorrow  night at 5pm pacific time. 

Goal scorers in tonight’s game included Pavol Demitra, Jason Krog, and Jannik Hansen.  All three Canucks goals came on specialty units, with Krog’s goal, assisted by Hansen, being scored while shorthanded.   The Canucks finished 2 for 7 on the powerplay, and the Sharks were 1 for 8, including 4 back to back powerplays in the third period.

You can catch the Canucks next game on Sportsnet at 5:05pm Pacific time tomorrow against Brian Burke’s Anaheim Ducks.

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Four players have been released from the Vancouver Canucks, leaving 41 players now on the roster as the team head to California for it’s next two pre-season games.

Right winger Juraj Simek will be heading down to the Manitoba Moose, and defenceman Yann Sauve will be going back to Saint John in the Quebec junior league.  Another Canucks defenceman Taylor Ellington returns to the WHL Everett Silvertips.

Canucks prospect goaltender Karl Goehring was released and will attend the Manitoba Moose training camp.

The Canucks are in San Jose tonight to Play against the Sharks in a 2 game california road trip.  The game is not televised however is available on Team 1040, which you can listen to live online at team1040.ca.

The Vancouver Canucks have won both of their pre-season game’s, both against the Edmonton Oilers, one being a great shoot-out win with many prospects on board.  The second game, a 2-1 win over the Oilers, featured Cody Hodgson in his first NHL game.  Hodgson is fighting for a roster spot along with a few other players.

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