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Best Game Of The Year … Canucks UP 2-0
Posted on 5 Mar 2010 by Mark Gage.
It wasn't the Canucks best game of the year; it was the best Hockey Game of the year! Unfortunately if you live in Canada east of the Alberta Border you didn't get to see the best period of the 2008/09 season as you were still watching the Pens and Flyers battle it out in OT. I'm sure that was exciting, but I guarantee it didn't match what the Blues and Canucks were doing at GM Place here in Va...
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Canucks No Longer M.I.A.
Posted on 6 May 2009 by Mark Gage.
It took 3 games for the Canucks, the real Vancouver Canucks, to show up in this series and show up they did. Whether it was the long layoff between series or getting too high on themselves with their sweep of the Blues combined with the relative ease in which they got early leads against the Hawks in the first 2 games, or a combination of all of the above, the team that looked primed for a long...
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No Excuses … Just Desserts Served Up
Posted on 3 May 2009 by Mark Gage.
For the second game in a row the Canucks failed to put away the Black Hawks when they had the chance, and they have no one to blame except themselves. In Game #1 they were very lucky to win after giving up a 3-goal lead in the third period, while last night they couldn't capitalize on an early 2-goal lead and were then ventilated for 5 straight before losing 6-3 to a Chicago team that seem...
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Thank You!
Posted on 1 May 2009 by Mark Gage.
The Rust vs Rest debate, while really a no-brainer when given a choice between the two, was front-and-centre in Thursday night's 5-3 win for the Canucks over the Blackhawks in the first game of their Western Conference Semi-Final … there was rust alright, but surprisingly, it was almost as prevalent in the Hawk's game as it was the Canucks who had the 8 full days off between gam...
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Canucks Sweep Their Way Into Round #2
Posted on 22 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
On paper 4 games to none looks pretty damn good, but as is often the case in Sports, the final score does not a complete story tell … this was probably the closest 4-game sweep in the Stanley Cup Playoff history and felt more like a 7-gamer. Make no mistake, the better team in this opening round series was fully deserving of being the first team to get to the second round, but this was an...
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PP & PK Very Special … Canucks Up 3 Zip
Posted on 20 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
Breaking down the first round match up between the Canucks and Blues the stats told us that of all the categories, it was Specialty Teams where St Louis had a distinct advantage as they had the 8th best Power Play and 3rd best Penalty Killing units in the league while Vancouver plodded along at 16th with a man up and a man down. As you've heard in this space numerous times, stats can be ve...
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Best Game Of The Year … Canucks UP 2-0
Posted on 18 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
It wasn't the Canucks best game of the year; it was the best Hockey Game of the year PERIOD! Unfortunately if you live in Canada east of the Alberta Border you didn't get to see the best period of the 2008/09 season as you were still watching the Pens and Flyers battle it out in OT. I'm sure that was exciting, but I guaranty it didn't match what the Blues and Canucks were d...
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Team-Win Gives Canucks Game #1
Posted on 16 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
While it wasn't very pretty, and the Referees were far too prominent on the night for both team's liking, the Canucks continued to do what they did in the final two games of the regular season … play a very solid team-game and get the job done. GM Place was jacked for this one as the expectations are as high as they have ever been in this city, and some may have liked to see a l...
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Canucks Vs Blues … 2 Hottest Teams Going In
Posted on 14 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
Almost a be careful what you wish for thing if anyone thought getting the St Louis Blues as Vancouver's 1st round opponent was better than a lot of the alternatives. If playing well going in is as important as a lot of pundits seem to think, then the Canucks will definitely have their hands full. Of course, the only team hotter than the Blues since the All Star break is the Canucks, and wh...
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Who Woulda Thunk It?
Posted on 12 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
The Vancouver Canucks North West Division Champions when, after gaining one point in a 4-3 OT loss to Minnesota on Jan 31st, they were 12 points behind Calgary and had played 2 more games than the Flames? While not quite worthy of miracle status, it's pretty damn close in today's NHL game where about 40% of the losing teams still get a point in the standings. Yesterday in Colorado the...
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Back To Basics
Posted on 10 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
Coming on the heels of the extremely entertaining 4-1 win over Calgary 2 days earlier this was a snooze-fest in comparison, but the 1-0 win over the Kings last night was exactly what most of us wanted to see from the Boys. As they pursue home-ice in the playoffs wins are obviously important, however of far more importance to a prolonged Spring on the Left Coast is having the team play the way t...
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Luongo Keeps Division Hopes Alive
Posted on 8 Apr 2009 by Mark Gage.
“Vintage Panther game,” chuckled the captain, referring to his Florida days when he would routinely face 40 shots. “If I can make those saves early, I can get in a comfort zone. You feel it right away. We’ve worked extremely hard to get where we are. But we’ve got to make sure we tidy up so that once Game 82 is done, we’re ready to go for Game 1 [of the playo...
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