Monday, January 19, 2004
STARS 3, CANUCKS 2
Well, the Canucks played a pretty great third period. The problem is, they played a crappy first period. Not a good thing against a trapping team like the Dallas Stars.
The Canucks' infinitely frustrating home ice funk continues; the Canucks are winless in their last seven games at the Garage (0-5-2).
The Canucks trailed 2-1 after one period of play. The Vancouver goal was the 9th goal of the year for Trevor Linden, his first goal in 18 games. Brendan Morrison scored the other Vancouver goal (Turco played a puck that could have been iced) on the power play, his 14th of the year.
Sami Salo ended up with two assists in the game.
Vancouver outshot the Stars 10-5 in the 3rd quarter, but it wasn't enough.
The Canucks have started out their important key homestand with two losses.
The Canucks unfortunately continue again at home on Wednesday against Tampa Bay.
This is frustrating as hell. In case you haven't noticed, I haven't bothered to cover the Sonics' last few games because let's face it, they're enigmatic as hell and don't do anything they're supposed to do. You don't lose to Cleveland AT HOME. With the Canucks, I thought I had something the first month of the year, I think they've just been treading water since [later edit: I've been vindicated! Tom Larscheid just used the phrase "treading water" on the postgame show!], but this home thing is beyond ridiculous. It's infuriating.
[more later edits: Todd Bertuzzi has no goals in 10 games, by the way. 13 goals in his last 67 games overall. Yipe. This is the Canucks' first three-game losing streak since...last year's playoff series against the Wild when they blew the 3-1 series lead. UGGGHHH!! Tonight's postgame topic on CKNW: should we take the word "elite" out of the conversation when describing the Canucks?]
The Canucks' infinitely frustrating home ice funk continues; the Canucks are winless in their last seven games at the Garage (0-5-2).
The Canucks trailed 2-1 after one period of play. The Vancouver goal was the 9th goal of the year for Trevor Linden, his first goal in 18 games. Brendan Morrison scored the other Vancouver goal (Turco played a puck that could have been iced) on the power play, his 14th of the year.
Sami Salo ended up with two assists in the game.
Vancouver outshot the Stars 10-5 in the 3rd quarter, but it wasn't enough.
The Canucks have started out their important key homestand with two losses.
The Canucks unfortunately continue again at home on Wednesday against Tampa Bay.
This is frustrating as hell. In case you haven't noticed, I haven't bothered to cover the Sonics' last few games because let's face it, they're enigmatic as hell and don't do anything they're supposed to do. You don't lose to Cleveland AT HOME. With the Canucks, I thought I had something the first month of the year, I think they've just been treading water since [later edit: I've been vindicated! Tom Larscheid just used the phrase "treading water" on the postgame show!], but this home thing is beyond ridiculous. It's infuriating.
[more later edits: Todd Bertuzzi has no goals in 10 games, by the way. 13 goals in his last 67 games overall. Yipe. This is the Canucks' first three-game losing streak since...last year's playoff series against the Wild when they blew the 3-1 series lead. UGGGHHH!! Tonight's postgame topic on CKNW: should we take the word "elite" out of the conversation when describing the Canucks?]
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