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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Sami Salo will not suit up for tonight’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks.  It was speculated that Sami Salo might play.  He travelled to Chicago to be with the team, and skated in yesterdays team sakte.  However, he did not skate this morning, and will not play tonight.  His injury has not been disclosed, but it is speculated to be a lower body injury, possibly a groin injury.  This means that the team will remain the same for tonights game as it was in the last game, a 3-1 Canucks win.

The Vancouver Canucks play the Chicago Blackhawks tonight in Game 4 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  The game is at 5pm PST and you can watch it on cbc, and listen to it via live streaming radio at The Team1040.ca/player

With a win tonight the Canucks can take a 3-1 series lead, and go home to possibly win the series on saturday night.

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Tonight the Canucks play the Blackhawks in Chicago at 5pm PST.  Sami Salo will not play tonight, however he has flown to Chicago and could possibly rejoin the team for game four in Chicago.  Ossi Vannanen will replace Salo on the Canucks blueline.  Pavol demitra is out with an undisclosed injury, and will be replaced in tonights game with Taylor Pyatt, who has not played a game since a personal leave late in the regular season. 

Tonight’s game will be live on CBC at 5pm, and you can listen to the game live streaming online on Team1040.ca/player  The canucks will try to come out and gain a 2-1 series lead, after losing to the Blackhawks 6-3 on saturday night, creating a series tie at a game apiece.  Game 3 is 30 minutes away!  GO Canucks GO

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I won’t be in town over the weekend, so I won’t be able to blog about the next two Canucks games.  Hopefully by the time I blog on thursday, the Canucks will be up 3-0 in the series!  For now, Here’s a selection of photos from Game one at GM Place, taken by the Vancouver Canucks, as featured on Canucks.com
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