Saturday, March 20, 2004
BLACKHAWKS 4, CANUCKS 3 (OT)
The Canucks scored first to break a six-game streak of not scoring first. Then Johan Hedberg misplayed a puck outside his net. A goal resulted. The Canucks pretty much lost the game right there. Then as they do a lot, they come back to get at least a point out of it. They have something like 21 points in the standings (I told Jeremy the stat earlier) when trailing going into the third period. Basically, the summary of all of this: the Canucks had a measuring-stick game last night against Dallas and definitely did not measure up. The game tonight was against Chicago, who sucks horribly. Good teams make quick work of bad teams. By the time it was all said and done, the Canucks went to overtime in three of the four games this year against a pathetic Chicago Blackhawk team. Oh yeah, Tyler Arnason netted a hat trick.
Canuck goals: Brendan Morrison (19), Matt Cooke (8), Trevor Linden (14)
It's official; I'm not going back to capitalize or sort out my postgame notes until the Canucks win again. Here come Dan, Tom, and John.
dan: van came from 3-1 down to force ot
morrison pp...van broke 6gm streak of not scoring first
hedberg deflected played puck to arnason for first goal
hedberg pulled for auld, sharp for rest of game
cooke on pp
delayed pen, cooke set up linden
3 of 4 chi.van games in ot this yr
canucks 3-1 season series
89 pt, 7 gm left
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dan: sure, points, but lost to chi...gotta be worried. equal to playing norfolk...van led 1-0, some positives, but showed fragility...unraveled with the hedberg mistake...auld as bright spot, but didn't look good on the gamer...van guaranteed to not match last yr's pt total
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dan: people are going to be worried
tom: they should be...team not close to a-game...unable to beat team 26 pts out of playoffs...good teams manage to put weak sisters away...impressed coming back from 2 down...auld looked pretty good...look fragile now though, hedberg play turned game
tom: it did...3 goals in just over 5 mins...concerned, but not into full worry until seeing them at home, time betw games on homestand...if no signs of upward, concern changes to worry
dan: home record not very good
john: 8-12-6 at home after 9-0-1 start
tom: auld stops 17 of 18, gave canucks chance to come back...someone needs to step up even with these injuries
dan: they say you learn a lot from teams in times like this...
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tom: linden with big goal, good work by cooke too
john: j ruutu gone by 2nd per, maybe another injury, only played 5 shifts, canucks trailed chi in 3 of the games this yr
tom: weak sister...van had difficult time w/them...only one win since bertuzzi susp...maybe we built the team up a little too high?
john: wants to see impact of jovo return...since he left 10-9-3-3
dan: glad they only told us jovo would be out 2 wks...imagine how long
if they would have said 2 mo...
Columbus at Vancouver on Sunday.
Canuck goals: Brendan Morrison (19), Matt Cooke (8), Trevor Linden (14)
It's official; I'm not going back to capitalize or sort out my postgame notes until the Canucks win again. Here come Dan, Tom, and John.
dan: van came from 3-1 down to force ot
morrison pp...van broke 6gm streak of not scoring first
hedberg deflected played puck to arnason for first goal
hedberg pulled for auld, sharp for rest of game
cooke on pp
delayed pen, cooke set up linden
3 of 4 chi.van games in ot this yr
canucks 3-1 season series
89 pt, 7 gm left
--
dan: sure, points, but lost to chi...gotta be worried. equal to playing norfolk...van led 1-0, some positives, but showed fragility...unraveled with the hedberg mistake...auld as bright spot, but didn't look good on the gamer...van guaranteed to not match last yr's pt total
--
dan: people are going to be worried
tom: they should be...team not close to a-game...unable to beat team 26 pts out of playoffs...good teams manage to put weak sisters away...impressed coming back from 2 down...auld looked pretty good...look fragile now though, hedberg play turned game
tom: it did...3 goals in just over 5 mins...concerned, but not into full worry until seeing them at home, time betw games on homestand...if no signs of upward, concern changes to worry
dan: home record not very good
john: 8-12-6 at home after 9-0-1 start
tom: auld stops 17 of 18, gave canucks chance to come back...someone needs to step up even with these injuries
dan: they say you learn a lot from teams in times like this...
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tom: linden with big goal, good work by cooke too
john: j ruutu gone by 2nd per, maybe another injury, only played 5 shifts, canucks trailed chi in 3 of the games this yr
tom: weak sister...van had difficult time w/them...only one win since bertuzzi susp...maybe we built the team up a little too high?
john: wants to see impact of jovo return...since he left 10-9-3-3
dan: glad they only told us jovo would be out 2 wks...imagine how long
if they would have said 2 mo...
Columbus at Vancouver on Sunday.
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