Sunday, January 18, 2004
MIGHTY DUCKS 2, CANUCKS 1
When I managed to spill the Papa John's garlic butter (it came with the pizza eaten by a geology classmate and I) on my couch, I thought that that would be the worst moment of the night.
Then I saw this score on the ESPN2 BottomLine. Come on. What the hell. It's the frigging Ducks. This Canucks home funk is plain sickening; I've only been following the team with regularity for about a year or two, and this is ticking me off like a Mariners 2-for-56 funk with runners in scoring position would.
Let's see what the Ducks had going for them going into the game. The Ducks were winless in eight games in the new year. Vaclav Prospal was overpaid in the offseason and was in a 17-game goal drought. JS Giguere has sucked all year. The Ducks were also 0-6-2 in their last 8 games in Vancouver.
Tonight? The Ducks won and snapped both of the team streaks in the last paragraph. Prospal snapped that goal drought. Jiggy nailed down the game.
Vancouver is in a spectacular 2-for-27 run on the power play.
Henrik Sedin scored his 6th goal of the year for the Canucks. Twin brother Daniel was blocked by Jiggy's pad on a penalty shot which would have tied the game at 2-2 late in the second period.
Not a good way to start the homestand. There's four games left in it. At least Colorado lost tonight.
Vancouver traded defenseman Jiri Slegr to the Bruins for "future considerations" and recalled Ryan Kesler, returning the US-born contingent to the Canuck roster. Happy trails to Jiri Slegr, who I thought wasn't used enough by the Canucks, especially when Sopel was out there giving the puck away a bunch. And it's not like Jovanovski has been too good lately either. Anyway, here's to hoping Slegr gets more ice time in Beantown.
The Dallas Stars come to Vancouver on Monday. Can they have another road trip? Please?
Then I saw this score on the ESPN2 BottomLine. Come on. What the hell. It's the frigging Ducks. This Canucks home funk is plain sickening; I've only been following the team with regularity for about a year or two, and this is ticking me off like a Mariners 2-for-56 funk with runners in scoring position would.
Let's see what the Ducks had going for them going into the game. The Ducks were winless in eight games in the new year. Vaclav Prospal was overpaid in the offseason and was in a 17-game goal drought. JS Giguere has sucked all year. The Ducks were also 0-6-2 in their last 8 games in Vancouver.
Tonight? The Ducks won and snapped both of the team streaks in the last paragraph. Prospal snapped that goal drought. Jiggy nailed down the game.
Vancouver is in a spectacular 2-for-27 run on the power play.
Henrik Sedin scored his 6th goal of the year for the Canucks. Twin brother Daniel was blocked by Jiggy's pad on a penalty shot which would have tied the game at 2-2 late in the second period.
Not a good way to start the homestand. There's four games left in it. At least Colorado lost tonight.
Vancouver traded defenseman Jiri Slegr to the Bruins for "future considerations" and recalled Ryan Kesler, returning the US-born contingent to the Canuck roster. Happy trails to Jiri Slegr, who I thought wasn't used enough by the Canucks, especially when Sopel was out there giving the puck away a bunch. And it's not like Jovanovski has been too good lately either. Anyway, here's to hoping Slegr gets more ice time in Beantown.
The Dallas Stars come to Vancouver on Monday. Can they have another road trip? Please?
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