Saturday, November 01, 2003
CANUCKS 4, COYOTES 1
The Canucks turn in a much better performance than the night before and (stretching it here, but...) avenge the late tie that they had when the Coyotes were at the Garage.
Goals scored tonight by Trevor Linden, Jiri Slegr, Brendan Morrison, and Markus Naslund.
Slegr scoring is a good thing for him, not just because of, well, scoring goals, but because he wasn't getting a lot of playing time (we're talking being a multiple-time healthy scratch here) until Brent Sopel got injured (though frankly, he should have been getting more time regardless). It appears to me now that Slegr is making the most of his ice time, and that's always a good thing.
Two goals here involving the top line; good to see them start warming up. Though he didn't score any goals, the first star at American West tonight went to the Todd Bertuzzi, he of the new contract. Apparently he had a play where he was behind the net with the puck, passed it to himself off the back of the net, held the stick with one hand while fending defenders off with the other arm, and then managed to set up Brendan Morrison for a goal. Also on the top line, Markus Naslund has the team lead with six goals this year.
Assist count tonight: two each for Bertuzzi, Marek Malik, and Magnus Arvedson. One each for Ohlund and Dan Sedin.
Marek Malik is a simply unreal plus-14 this year. Morrison and Naslund are plus-10 each.
The Canucks have reeled off a seven-game unbeaten streak (5-0-2).
On the second night of a back-to-back on the road, although Cloutier did do great last night and good tonight -- what the hell does Hedberg have to do to get some time in net? Is there any better time than on the tail end of a back-to-back to put in the backup goalie? It just seemed right to have Hedberg in net tonight, biono. Crawford went with the hot goalie, though, and it didn't bite him, so I guess there's only so much room for criticism.
Four games next week for the Canucks. Monday v Detroit, Wednesday at Nashville, Thursday at Saint Louis, and Saturday v Minnesota. A nice little four-games-in-six-days stretch. Schedule makers are not nice sometimes. And it must be said that the Canucks probably face the same bitch-ass travel that the Mariners do every year.
Photos: one, two, three, four, five
Goals scored tonight by Trevor Linden, Jiri Slegr, Brendan Morrison, and Markus Naslund.
Slegr scoring is a good thing for him, not just because of, well, scoring goals, but because he wasn't getting a lot of playing time (we're talking being a multiple-time healthy scratch here) until Brent Sopel got injured (though frankly, he should have been getting more time regardless). It appears to me now that Slegr is making the most of his ice time, and that's always a good thing.
Two goals here involving the top line; good to see them start warming up. Though he didn't score any goals, the first star at American West tonight went to the Todd Bertuzzi, he of the new contract. Apparently he had a play where he was behind the net with the puck, passed it to himself off the back of the net, held the stick with one hand while fending defenders off with the other arm, and then managed to set up Brendan Morrison for a goal. Also on the top line, Markus Naslund has the team lead with six goals this year.
Assist count tonight: two each for Bertuzzi, Marek Malik, and Magnus Arvedson. One each for Ohlund and Dan Sedin.
Marek Malik is a simply unreal plus-14 this year. Morrison and Naslund are plus-10 each.
The Canucks have reeled off a seven-game unbeaten streak (5-0-2).
On the second night of a back-to-back on the road, although Cloutier did do great last night and good tonight -- what the hell does Hedberg have to do to get some time in net? Is there any better time than on the tail end of a back-to-back to put in the backup goalie? It just seemed right to have Hedberg in net tonight, biono. Crawford went with the hot goalie, though, and it didn't bite him, so I guess there's only so much room for criticism.
Four games next week for the Canucks. Monday v Detroit, Wednesday at Nashville, Thursday at Saint Louis, and Saturday v Minnesota. A nice little four-games-in-six-days stretch. Schedule makers are not nice sometimes. And it must be said that the Canucks probably face the same bitch-ass travel that the Mariners do every year.
Photos: one, two, three, four, five
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