Friday, December 26, 2003
CANUCKS 2, FLAMES 0
Lo and behold, Dan Cloutier suddenly has two shutouts in his last three games, with the last shutout coming a mere six days ago. Tonight before a Boxing Day crowd in Calgary, he stopped 31 shots, and fended off an Oleg Saprykin penalty shot in the 3rd period that sailed wide. Later in the 3rd, Denis Gauthier got into a scrum with the Canucks' Bryan Allen. Allen got the two-minute roughing penalty, whereas Gauthier was tagged roughing (2 min), kneeing (5 min), and a game misconduct (10 min). Impressive indeed.
Make no mistake, Calgary has been hot lately, and for the Canucks and Cloutier to shut them down (and out) is no easy task. Calgary was held pointless for only the second time in 18 games, a span over which they are 12-2-2-2. The Canucks had a hot first month of the season, then treaded water. Suddenly they are 5-1-3 in their last nine games.
Scoring goals tonight for the Canucks were Mattias Ohlund (6th, on a power play), and Brendan Morrison (13th).
Interesting game stat note: Canuck defenseman Brent Sopel rattled off seven shots to lead all shooters, even though I doubt many people care who shot the most at the end of the night if they didn't score a goal.
Canucks tomorrow night at the Garage (CBC telecast for HNIC) against Edmonton.
Make no mistake, Calgary has been hot lately, and for the Canucks and Cloutier to shut them down (and out) is no easy task. Calgary was held pointless for only the second time in 18 games, a span over which they are 12-2-2-2. The Canucks had a hot first month of the season, then treaded water. Suddenly they are 5-1-3 in their last nine games.
Scoring goals tonight for the Canucks were Mattias Ohlund (6th, on a power play), and Brendan Morrison (13th).
Interesting game stat note: Canuck defenseman Brent Sopel rattled off seven shots to lead all shooters, even though I doubt many people care who shot the most at the end of the night if they didn't score a goal.
Canucks tomorrow night at the Garage (CBC telecast for HNIC) against Edmonton.
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