Thursday, December 11, 2003
AVALANCHE 1, CANUCKS 1 (OT)
Well, this overtime game isn't so bad. The Canucks were forced to call up Alex Auld from the Manitoba Moose to play net because Dan Cloutier is injured and Johan Hedberg is sore. Auld didn't do too bad, allowing only a Rob Blake goal on which Daniel Sedin was blown past by Blake.
Though the two teams began and ended the night with the same amount of points in the standings, Colorado holds the tiebreaker.
Only Vancouver goal scored tonight was by Ed Jovanovski, his 6th of the year.
David Aebischer was peppered all night by the Canucks and was easily the reason why the Avalanche didn't lose this game. The Canucks were screwed when a Brad May goal was disallowed when Aebischer did an acting job in the first period when he had actually pushed Mike Keane in the crease. End result: Keane to the penalty box. Not fair.
The radio guys also noted that the officials seemed to be a step behind in the game the entire night. They also said the Canucks had a great third period and got the crowd up and that they were the better team tonight.
Tonight's game was the 56th straight sellout for the Canucks at the Garage.
Seven visiting teams in a row have scored the first goal in their respective games at the Garage.
This was the 9th time in 13 games that the Canucks had played overtime.
Next game: Carolina at Vancouver on Sunday.
Though the two teams began and ended the night with the same amount of points in the standings, Colorado holds the tiebreaker.
Only Vancouver goal scored tonight was by Ed Jovanovski, his 6th of the year.
David Aebischer was peppered all night by the Canucks and was easily the reason why the Avalanche didn't lose this game. The Canucks were screwed when a Brad May goal was disallowed when Aebischer did an acting job in the first period when he had actually pushed Mike Keane in the crease. End result: Keane to the penalty box. Not fair.
The radio guys also noted that the officials seemed to be a step behind in the game the entire night. They also said the Canucks had a great third period and got the crowd up and that they were the better team tonight.
Tonight's game was the 56th straight sellout for the Canucks at the Garage.
Seven visiting teams in a row have scored the first goal in their respective games at the Garage.
This was the 9th time in 13 games that the Canucks had played overtime.
Next game: Carolina at Vancouver on Sunday.
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