Thursday, November 20, 2003
CANUCKS 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 (OT)
The Canucks came back from being down 2-0 after the first period and 2-1 after the second period to wrestle this one away from the Blackhawks with three unanswered goals, the third of which nailed down the game.
Scoring goals for the Canucks tonight were Ed Jovanovski, Bryan Allen, and Sami Salo.
Jovo continues his great play from the blue line a mere two days after his insane 10-shot game against the Habs. Bryan Allen finally got his first point of the year and bailed the Canucks out of a third-period deficit. Sami Salo netted the gamer. The Canucks blueline is nuts. In the last two games, the defensemen (all of whom are Jovanovski, Ohlund, Malik, Sopel, Salo, Allen, Slegr) have scored seven of the eight Canuck goals, and they lead the NHL in points from defensemen. Tonight, the blueline play picked up the slack where the top two lines couldn't get anything going. For the second game in a row, the Canucks came back from a 2-0 deficit to win.
Jason King picked up an assist to extend his point streak to 4 games. Johan Hedberg did a good job in net tonight, stopping 30 of 32 shots.
The Canucks are now 9-0-1-0 on home ice.
Big BIG day for hockey on Saturday. At 1pm, the Heritage Hockey Classic will occur at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Hockey OUTDOORS. It starts with an alumni game, and WAYNE GRETZKY WILL SUIT UP. He never does these types of games, and he'll never do another one. And you can hear everything on Mojo Radio of Vancouver, from the Heritage Classic MegaStars game between the Habs and Oilers. At 4, the current NHLers of the same teams play the first NHL outdoor game. The outdoor rink. You bet.
Here's the two teams in that Heritage Classic...
Edmonton
Captain: Wayne Gretzky, Goal: Grant Fuhr, Bill Ranford, Andy Moog
Forwards: Glenn Anderson, Ron Chipperfield, Dave Hunter, Jari Kurri, Ken Linseman, Dave Lumley, Dave Semenko, Craig Simpson, Esa Tikkanen
Defencemen: Jeff Beukeboom, Paul Coffey, Lee Fogolin, Randy Gregg, Charlie Huddy, Kevin Lowe, Marty McSorley, Craig Muni
(There were also rumors that Mark Messier would suit up)
Canadiens
Captain: Guy Lafleur, Goal: Steve Penney, Richard Sevigny
Forwards: Benoit Brunet, Guy Carbonneau, Cam Connor, Russ Courtnall, Lucien Deblois, Yvon Lambert, Kirk Muller, Mark Napier, Chris Nilan, Stephane Richer, Steve Shutt, Bobby Smith
Defencemen: Jean-Jacques Daigneault, Gilbert Delorme, Gaston Gingras, Guy Lapointe, Craig Ludwig, Larry Robinson
(Pat Roy was invited to play and declined)
Check out this stacked Oilers team of yore...
And it doesn't stop there...
At 7pm, the Toronto Maple Leafs will be in Vancouver facing the Canucks in a huge matchup, which you can hear as always on CKNW.
Game on.
Scoring goals for the Canucks tonight were Ed Jovanovski, Bryan Allen, and Sami Salo.
Jovo continues his great play from the blue line a mere two days after his insane 10-shot game against the Habs. Bryan Allen finally got his first point of the year and bailed the Canucks out of a third-period deficit. Sami Salo netted the gamer. The Canucks blueline is nuts. In the last two games, the defensemen (all of whom are Jovanovski, Ohlund, Malik, Sopel, Salo, Allen, Slegr) have scored seven of the eight Canuck goals, and they lead the NHL in points from defensemen. Tonight, the blueline play picked up the slack where the top two lines couldn't get anything going. For the second game in a row, the Canucks came back from a 2-0 deficit to win.
Jason King picked up an assist to extend his point streak to 4 games. Johan Hedberg did a good job in net tonight, stopping 30 of 32 shots.
The Canucks are now 9-0-1-0 on home ice.
Big BIG day for hockey on Saturday. At 1pm, the Heritage Hockey Classic will occur at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Hockey OUTDOORS. It starts with an alumni game, and WAYNE GRETZKY WILL SUIT UP. He never does these types of games, and he'll never do another one. And you can hear everything on Mojo Radio of Vancouver, from the Heritage Classic MegaStars game between the Habs and Oilers. At 4, the current NHLers of the same teams play the first NHL outdoor game. The outdoor rink. You bet.
Here's the two teams in that Heritage Classic...
Edmonton
Captain: Wayne Gretzky, Goal: Grant Fuhr, Bill Ranford, Andy Moog
Forwards: Glenn Anderson, Ron Chipperfield, Dave Hunter, Jari Kurri, Ken Linseman, Dave Lumley, Dave Semenko, Craig Simpson, Esa Tikkanen
Defencemen: Jeff Beukeboom, Paul Coffey, Lee Fogolin, Randy Gregg, Charlie Huddy, Kevin Lowe, Marty McSorley, Craig Muni
(There were also rumors that Mark Messier would suit up)
Canadiens
Captain: Guy Lafleur, Goal: Steve Penney, Richard Sevigny
Forwards: Benoit Brunet, Guy Carbonneau, Cam Connor, Russ Courtnall, Lucien Deblois, Yvon Lambert, Kirk Muller, Mark Napier, Chris Nilan, Stephane Richer, Steve Shutt, Bobby Smith
Defencemen: Jean-Jacques Daigneault, Gilbert Delorme, Gaston Gingras, Guy Lapointe, Craig Ludwig, Larry Robinson
(Pat Roy was invited to play and declined)
Check out this stacked Oilers team of yore...
And it doesn't stop there...
At 7pm, the Toronto Maple Leafs will be in Vancouver facing the Canucks in a huge matchup, which you can hear as always on CKNW.
Game on.
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