Friday, January 02, 2004
AVALANCHE 4, CANUCKS 2
I'd been waiting for the recap of the Canuck game to finally appear via SportsLine, but even though the game end before the Sonic game, the basketball recap was attainable before the hockey recap. That said, I'll fly by the seat of my pants for this Canuck post with the stat sheet alone while I wait for the recap to reload.
The Canucks had a 1-0 lead after the first period after a Markus Naslund power play goal (warm up that power play, good sign). At the 1:55 mark of the second period, Colorado tied the score and the Canucks never saw the lead again.
The Canucks got a great road win earlier in the week when they stole a game from the Avs in Denver and managed to hold Colorado's high-octane power play scoreless. Such was not the case tonight, as the Canucks were bitten twice by the Avs on the power play: at the beginning of the second quarter by Rob Blake, and midway through the third period by Milan Hejduk.
Colorado scored twice in the second period on the Blake goal, and a goal by Alex Tanguay. The eyebrow-raising number on the stat sheet is that the Canucks were outshot 19-5 in the second period. Part of this may be due to the quick succession of penalties against the Canucks at the start of the 2nd period. Brent Sopel was nicked for a holding penalty 43 seconds in, and 37 seconds afterward, Todd Bertuzzi was sent to the box for a too-many-men penalty. Looks like the Rob Blake goal was scored on the ol' 2-man advantage.
Naslund got his 19th goal on the power play. The other Vancouver goal was some secondary scoring by Brad May (2nd goal) assisting by his mates on that particular checking line, Jiri Slegr and Trevor Linden.
The score was tied 2-2 after May's goal, but then Cloutier did his ol' giving-up-goals-in-twos deal with the Hejduk and Sakic goals. This is all stat sheet, though, so I don't know if there were flubs by the defensemen or not.
No word on whether Peter Forsberg punched Dan Cloutier in the nuts tonight. More will come when I get a hold of the recap...
Here's the "more" part. The Hejduk power play was a result of Cloutier getting tagged for delay-of-game for knocking the net off its moorings. This was only the third time in 13 games that the Canucks failed to get at least one point in the standings. After having no goals in his first 34 games this year, Brad May suddenly has two goals and an assist in his last three games.
The Canucks play at Calgary tomorrow, but alas, I'll be back in Ellensburg tomorrow night, so I won't see them on the CBC. Damn.
The Canucks had a 1-0 lead after the first period after a Markus Naslund power play goal (warm up that power play, good sign). At the 1:55 mark of the second period, Colorado tied the score and the Canucks never saw the lead again.
The Canucks got a great road win earlier in the week when they stole a game from the Avs in Denver and managed to hold Colorado's high-octane power play scoreless. Such was not the case tonight, as the Canucks were bitten twice by the Avs on the power play: at the beginning of the second quarter by Rob Blake, and midway through the third period by Milan Hejduk.
Colorado scored twice in the second period on the Blake goal, and a goal by Alex Tanguay. The eyebrow-raising number on the stat sheet is that the Canucks were outshot 19-5 in the second period. Part of this may be due to the quick succession of penalties against the Canucks at the start of the 2nd period. Brent Sopel was nicked for a holding penalty 43 seconds in, and 37 seconds afterward, Todd Bertuzzi was sent to the box for a too-many-men penalty. Looks like the Rob Blake goal was scored on the ol' 2-man advantage.
Naslund got his 19th goal on the power play. The other Vancouver goal was some secondary scoring by Brad May (2nd goal) assisting by his mates on that particular checking line, Jiri Slegr and Trevor Linden.
The score was tied 2-2 after May's goal, but then Cloutier did his ol' giving-up-goals-in-twos deal with the Hejduk and Sakic goals. This is all stat sheet, though, so I don't know if there were flubs by the defensemen or not.
No word on whether Peter Forsberg punched Dan Cloutier in the nuts tonight. More will come when I get a hold of the recap...
Here's the "more" part. The Hejduk power play was a result of Cloutier getting tagged for delay-of-game for knocking the net off its moorings. This was only the third time in 13 games that the Canucks failed to get at least one point in the standings. After having no goals in his first 34 games this year, Brad May suddenly has two goals and an assist in his last three games.
The Canucks play at Calgary tomorrow, but alas, I'll be back in Ellensburg tomorrow night, so I won't see them on the CBC. Damn.
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