Saturday, February 07, 2004
CANUCKS 4, DEVILS 0
Yeah, I know this is two days late, but I had a ton of work to do, a'ight? This one will probably be pretty short because the game isn't too fresh in my mind, and I didn't hear a lick of it.
Before I go on, if you're actually paying attention to this post, go over to your local theater and see Miracle. When actual players off the 1980 US men's hockey team are saying Kurt Russell was spot-on in his Herb Brooks role and even has his mannerisms down, something has to be said for that. And really, Russell is the only person in the movie that had star power coming in. The players in the movie were not actors, but real hockey players that auditioned for the movie when they shot it in Vancouver. That of course gives a lot more realism to the gameplay sequences. And for any of you that have been on sports teams in your lives and end up seeing this movie, tell me how you react after the "postgame in Norway" scene.
As for this Canuck game, this was a good win, and a good strong note to finish out the road trip and head into the All-Star break. Also good is the strong play of late of the Sedin twins, who each had goals in this game. There was a shutout involving the Devils, but this time it wasn't Marty Brodeur that got it -- it was Dan Cloutier. Trevor Linden tied Stan Smyl for the all-time Canuck point lead at 673. Vancouver went 2-for-3 on the power play. Anyone seeing the SportsCenter highlights knows that the Sedins have a weird radar for each other that they use on the ice.
So this one's short...sue me.
Canuck goals: Henrik Sedin (9), Daniel Sedin (9), Brendan Morrison (16), Trevor Linden (12)
Canucks resume Wednesday at Calgary for the post All-Star break stretch. Good luck to them, and here's to a frigging Cup, because that would be awesome.
Before I go on, if you're actually paying attention to this post, go over to your local theater and see Miracle. When actual players off the 1980 US men's hockey team are saying Kurt Russell was spot-on in his Herb Brooks role and even has his mannerisms down, something has to be said for that. And really, Russell is the only person in the movie that had star power coming in. The players in the movie were not actors, but real hockey players that auditioned for the movie when they shot it in Vancouver. That of course gives a lot more realism to the gameplay sequences. And for any of you that have been on sports teams in your lives and end up seeing this movie, tell me how you react after the "postgame in Norway" scene.
As for this Canuck game, this was a good win, and a good strong note to finish out the road trip and head into the All-Star break. Also good is the strong play of late of the Sedin twins, who each had goals in this game. There was a shutout involving the Devils, but this time it wasn't Marty Brodeur that got it -- it was Dan Cloutier. Trevor Linden tied Stan Smyl for the all-time Canuck point lead at 673. Vancouver went 2-for-3 on the power play. Anyone seeing the SportsCenter highlights knows that the Sedins have a weird radar for each other that they use on the ice.
So this one's short...sue me.
Canuck goals: Henrik Sedin (9), Daniel Sedin (9), Brendan Morrison (16), Trevor Linden (12)
Canucks resume Wednesday at Calgary for the post All-Star break stretch. Good luck to them, and here's to a frigging Cup, because that would be awesome.
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