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April 19th - Game Day Playoff ReCap
Goalie:
Miikka Kiprusoff
(Kipper) for Calgary Flames
Goalie:
Alex Auld (Auldy) for
Vancouver Canucks
National Anthem: performed by
Mark Donnelly
1st
Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Calgary Goal Jarome Iginla (assists Craig
Conroy, Matthew Lombardi) 12:50 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal
Matt Cooke (assists Markus Naslund, Ed Jovanovski) 7:32 of the 3rd
Calgary Goal Jarome Iginla (assists Jordan Leopold, Craig Conroy) 10:14 of
the 3rd
Vancouver Goal Matt Cooke (assists Markus Naslund, Mattias Ohlund)
19:54 of the 3rd
1st Overtime: Calgary Goal Martin Gelinas (assists
Jarome Iginla, Stephane Yelle) 1:25 of OT
FINAL: Calgary 3 - Vancouver 2
after first Overtime
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 28 - Calgary 28
Trevor Linden and Stephane Yelle took
the opening face off. Linden won the draw
as Martin Rucinsky had an
early chance for Vancouver.
There was some early Calgary pressure 90
seconds into the period.
Mattias Ohlund had the first shot on goal for
the Canucks about 3 minutes into the 1st Period.
Jarome Iginla had a
chance from the high slot with a save by Alex Auld.
Oleg Saprykin applied
pressure about 5 minutes into the game.
Mike Keane played physical with a
big hit on Robyn Regehr behind the Calgary net
as the Canucks tried to
create some offense.
Ville Nieminen got a boarding penalty for a big hit
on Bryan Allen
and the Canucks went on the powerplay.
The Canucks had
a high shot over Kiprusoff's net,
then Daniel Sedin with a redirected
shot stopped by Kiprusoff,
and Sami Salo getting on shot on goal before
the Calgary penalty expired.
Brent Sopel had a shot right on net.
Jarkko Ruutu took a penalty for roughing on Martin Gelinas.
The Calgary
powerplay face off was in the Calgary zone,
and Martin Rucinsky cleared
the puck.
Cooke, Morrison and Allen tried a 3 on 2 shorthanded attempt
but were stopped by the Calgary defense.
Mike Keane got tangled up with
Steve Montador as Keane got physical in the 1st Period.
In the last
minute of the 1st Period,
Martin Gelinas
was brought down to the ice by Sami Salo.
Gelinas went to the net and
Auld covered up.
Ed Jovanovski had a shot and Jarkko Ruutu was tackled by
Marcus Nilson near the end of the 1st.
Starting the 2nd Period, a long
shot was tipped wide by Cooke,
with continued good work from behind the
net by Cooke.
Rhett Warrener with a rebound on a slapper forced Alex Auld to make
the save.
Jarkko Ruutu had a shot on Kiprusoff while Gelinas had a shot
on Auld.
Auld was slightly out of position but made the save.
Then, a
Vancouver chance with Rucinsky to Sopel to Keane towards the Calgary net.
Ed Jovanovski made a good defensive play on Shean Donovan
as Jovo put his
stick into play and took Donovan off the puck while he was going to the
Canucks net.
The 2nd Period continued with lots of icing the puck both
ways
as of half way into the period.
Craig Conroy received a penalty
for hitting Brent Sopel from behind.
On the Canucks powerplay, Ed
Jovanovski shot the puck on net
after getting a pass from Brendan Morrison
from behind the net.
The shot may have been blocked or stopped by
Kiprusoff.
Daniel Sedin was stopped as the twins played give and go.
Conroy came out of the box as the penalty expired and made a beauty backhand
pass
to Jarome Iginla who made it 1-0 for Calgary at 12:50 of the 2nd.
Matt Cooke received a Goalie Interference penalty,
and the Flames had 1
shot on goal on their powerplay.
Jarkko Ruutu had a shot on goal, and
Steve Montador
received a penalty for slashing him as Ruutu appeared injured.
Brent Sopel tried a big shot with traffic in front of the Calgary net
but
his stick broke on the shot.
Mike Keane had a chance to tie the game on a
pass from Sopel to Linden and off his skate
after Matt Cooke was cross
checked from behind.
Rhett Warrener received a penalty for holding Trevor
Linden's stick.
Going into the 3rd Period, the Canucks had 2 shots on the
powerplay.
Then, Brendan Morrison skated down the right side on a set
play generating speed,
as he cut to the middle with a tip by Markus
Naslund as Cooke was tied up by Leopold.
Jovanovski was skating in with a
Ruutu chance to score.
Matt Cooke made it 1-1 with passes from Markus
Naslund and Ed Jovanovski at 7:32 of the 3rd.
Matt Cooke received a
costly double minor as Andrew Ference came in and
hit Cooke from behind,
forcing his stick high on Rhett Warrener.
Calgary took the lead at 2-1 on
a powerplay goal by Jarome Iginla.
Jarome Iginla continued his effort as
he made a great move while Sami Salo tried to defend.
Marcus Nilson and
Jordan Leopold had a 2 on 1 and Alex Auld made the save.
The Canucks had
good pressure in the last 4 minutes of the 3rd Period.
Andrew Ference
received a penalty for slashing on Henrik Sedin
after his stick broke on
the slash.
The Canucks were on the powerplay with Morrison and Conroy
taking the draw
in the Calgary zone. The puck was not kept in the
zone.
The Canucks got the puck again and Alex Auld came out for the extra
attacker
while Trevor Linden was on the ice.
The Canucks called a time
out with 1:16 to go in the 3rd.
Linden and Yelle took the draw, and
Linden wins.
The whistle goes and they do it again with 2 seconds added
to the clock.
This time, Yelle wins the draw.
Mattias Ohlund got a
shot and with traffic in front of the net,
Ed Jovanovski got a high stick
on Warrener.
Jarome Iginla had an empty net chance but missed,
and the
puck went right to Markus Naslund who made a nice play to get the puck to
Matt Cooke
who scored to tie the game at 2-2 with 5.7 seconds left in the
3rd Period.
The 1st Period of Overtime started with 12 seconds to go in
Ference's penalty
and 1:33 to go in Jovanovski's penalty.
With 9
seconds left to go in the Flames powerplay,
Alex Auld made saves on
Iginla and Yelle, and after the third rebound attempt,
former Canuck
Martin Gelinas won the series for the Flames at 1:25 of the first OT.
The Flames celebrated their first
Stanley Cup Series Win in 15 years.
April 17th - Game Day Playoff ReCap
Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff for Calgary Flames
Goalie: Alex Auld for
Vancouver Canucks
National Anthem: performed by Jann Arden
1st Period:
Vancouver Goal Jarkko Ruutu (assists Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin) 18:01 of
the 1st
2nd Period: Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assist Henrik
Sedin) 5:32 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Brad May (assists Geoff Sanderson,
Artem Chubarov) 6:42 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Geoff Sanderson (assists
Mattias Ohlund, Markus Naslund) 10:15 of the 2nd
Calgary Goal Oleg Saprykin
(assists Robyn Regehr, Craig Conroy) 10:31 of the 2nd
Calgary Goal Ville Nieminen
(assist Mike Commodore) 12:38 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Calgary Goal Chris
Clark (assist Robyn Regehr) 1:14 of the 3rd
Calgary Goal Chris Clark
(assists Robyn Regehr, Marcus Nilson) 12:56 of the 3rd
1st Overtime: NO
Scoring
2nd Overtime: NO Scoring
3rd Overtime: Vancouver Goal Brendan
Morrison (assist Markus Naslund) 2:28 of 3rd OT
FINAL: Vancouver 5 - Calgary 4 after
Triple Overtime
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 52 - Calgary 40
The Game started out with some early
pressure by the Canucks
only 16 seconds into the Game when Matt Cooke went
to the net and provided the screen
as Mattias Ohlund took a shot on
Miikka Kiprusoff.
An early penalty was called as Brad May was called for
Goalie Interference at 0:44 into the 1st Period.
Ohlund was good at clearing
the puck on the penalty kill.
Mike Commodore got aggressive on Brad May in
front of the Calgary net
and received a Crosschecking Penalty about 4
minutes into the period.
Markus Naslund had a shot on the powerplay, as
did Mattias Ohlund while Daniel Sedin
and Geoff Sanderson went to the
net.
Kryzsztof Oliwa took a Charging Penalty after a big hit from behind
as
Artem Chubarov went crashing into the boards.
On the powerplay,
Sami Salo had a shot on Kiprusoff as Naslund arrived late to the net.
Denis Gauthier had a big hit on Martin Rucinsky.
With under 3 minutes to go in the 1st Period, Trevor Linden went to
the net with Brad May
with
Matt Cooke to Sami Salo who had a long range shot on Kiprusoff.
Jarkko
Ruutu made a nice play with the Sedins around the Calgary net
to score at
18:01 of the 1st, assisted by Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
Linden took a high
stick and Craig Conroy went to the penalty box with 1:18 to go in the 1st.
Geoff Sanderson took a shot and hit the side of the net near the end of the
period on the powerplay.
The Canucks territorially dominated in the
opening period and their powerplays also helped them.
Starting the 2nd
Period, Ed Jovanovski was skating with Markus Naslund trying to get another
Goal.
The penalty expired and going the other way, Chris Clark made a
nice drop pass
to Craig Conroy who got a shot a Alex Auld.
Matt Cooke
and Geoff Sanderson had a 2 on 1 as they skated towards Miikka Kiprosoff's
net
and Cooke got a good shot on Goal.
Markus Naslund did some good
work behind the net to get a pass to Martin Rucinsky,
resulting in a shot
on Goal and Kiprusoff making the save.
Daniel Sedin made a nice play with
a curl and drag and a perfect short side shot
over the top of Kiprusoff's
right shoulder, with his brother Henrik drawing the assist at 5:32 of the
2nd.
The Canucks scored again only 70 seconds later as the pass went to
Brad May
and he put the puck past Kiprusoff on a wrist shot stick side.
A speedy Geoff Sanderson made it 4-0 for the Canucks from Ohlund and Naslund
as Sanderson's quick release beat Kiprusoff to the far side going under his
glove and into the net.
The Flames had the next goal come under a lengthy
video review
as it looked like the puck may have been knocked into the
Canucks net by a high stick.
The decision was ruled inconclusive and Oleg
Saprykin was credited with the Calgary Goal.
The Flames were gradually
mounting their come back in the Game
as Ville Nieminen got the puck after
Mattias Ohlund missed it
and Sami Salo was trying to defend with no
stick. Nieminen got the Goal with Commodore assisting.
Matt Cooke
had a break, streaking to the net and getting another shot on Kiprusoff.
Martin Rucinsky took a high sticking penalty after his stick came up high
but
didn't really make contact on Jordan Leopold.
Calgary went on the
powerplay but the Canucks kept them to no shots on goal with the
man-advantage.
With 5/10 of a second left in the 2nd Period, Martin
Rucinsky went to the Calgary net,
the net became dislodged and his shot
went sliding into Kiprusoff.
In the first minute of the 3rd Period, a point shot went to Marting Gelinas who was in front
of the Canucks net and Alex Auld made a good save on the redirect.
At
1:14 of the 3rd, Chris Clark shot the puck with Gelinas near the net
on
what looked like a redirect through Alex Auld's legs. Robyn Regehr got
the assist.
With around 10 minutes to go in the 3rd, Cooke, Naslund and
Morrison
created a scoring chance but Kiprusoff made the save.
Linden
skated with Daniel Sedin who tried to put the moves on Kiprusoff.
The
Flames came back to tie the Game at 4-4 at 12:56 of the 3rd after the puck battle was won
by Martin Gelinas and Chris Clark put the puck in past Auld after Regehr's
shot was deflected.
Matt
Cooke had another shot on Kiprusoff, while Stephane Yelle took a bad angle
shot on Auld.
In the 1st Overtime, Shean Donovan tried a backhand on a
wrap around attempt
but Alex Auld made the save with his paddle down.
Henrik Sedin and Trevor Linden had another chance with around 4 minutes to
go in the 1st OT.
With 35 seconds to go in the period, Ohlund pulled down
Donovan by the sweater and received a penalty.
After the face off in the
Vancouver zone, Ed Jovanovski had a big hit on Oleg Saprykin.
The 2nd
Overtime started and after Ohlund's penalty expired,
Martin Gelinas had a
breakaway but was stopped by Goalie Alex Auld.
Ville Nieminen hit the
post with around 11:00 to go in the 2nd OT.
Stephane Yelle had a big shot
on Alex Auld, with a bigger save by Auld.
Trevor Linden won a defensive
draw in the Canucks zone with around 7 minutes to go in the period.
Kiprusoff saw some fast and furious action around his net as the Canucks
tried to score.
Linden faced off against Yelle in the Canucks zone, but
this time, Yelle won the draw.
The Canucks cleared the puck with help
from Rucinsky and Chubarov.
The Game Winner came on a terrific individual
effort in the 103rd minute of play
when Brendan Morrison beat his check
and tucked the puck in the net
as Kiprusoff was on his belly.
Markus Naslund drew the assist.
The Canucks tied the Series against
the Flames tonight.
It was the Canucks longest Playoff Game to date.
April 15th, 2004 - Game Day Playoff
ReCap
Goalie:
Miikka Kiprusoff for Calgary Flames
Goalie:
Alex Auld for Vancouver Canucks
National Anthem: performed by Mark Donnelly
1st Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Calgary Goal Craig Conroy (assists
Mike Commodore, Jarome Iginla) 3:50 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Henrik
Sedin (assists Sami Salo, Mattias Ohlund) 16:19 of the 2nd
3rd Period:
Calgary Goal Jarome Iginla (Andrew Ference, Craig Conroy) 5:37 of the 3rd
FINAL: Calgary 2 - Vancouver 1
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 33 - Calgary 20
Calgary continued playing their
'crash the net' style this game in their playoff series with Vancouver.
Brendan
Morrison received a penalty for tripping Martin Gelinas at 4:12 of the 1st
Period.
The Flames went on the powerplay, and Jordan Leopold was stopped
by Goalie Alex Auld.
The Canucks had a 5 on 4 powerplay late in the 1st
Period as
Goalie Miikka Kiprusoff made a huge reaction save down low
on a push with his left skate and over to make the save on Geoff Sanderson.
Tyler Bouck was skating tonight as a high energy player on the forecheck.
Cooke, Morrison and Naslund may some nifty plays together.
Shean Donovan
wrestled down Brent Sopel drawing a penalty with around 5 minutes to go in
the 1st.
Sopel then shot a one-timer right on net with Kiprusoff making
the save.
Calgary was on the powerplay in the last minute of the 1st and
Craig Conroy crashed the Canucks net.
The end of the 1st Period had some
rough stuff
as Martin Rucinsky knocked Stephane Yelle into the Canucks
bench
with a little help from Jarkko Ruutu, who received a double minor
penalty for roughing,
with Chris Clark and Mike Commodore coming in and
receiving 2 minutes each for roughing.
Later after another Calgary
penalty and while Vancouver was on the powerplay,
Ed Jovanovski shot the puck as
Martin Rucinsky redirected the shot
into the chest and off the glove of
Kiprusoff.
The Flames penalty expired and Martin Gelinas came back on.
Geoff Sanderson then received an Interference penalty and it was the Flames'
turn for another powerplay.
Craig Conroy scored after Alex Auld stopped
the puck with the end of his glove,
but overplayed the shot as Conroy had
the wide open net.
Commodore and Iginla drew the assists.
Back on the
5 on 5, Chuck Kobasew had a shot kicked out by Alex Auld.
Calgary had a
close call as Denis Gauthier went diving into his bench
to avoid a
Too-Many-Men on the ice Penalty.
Brendan Morrison took a good shot from a
bad angle with a nice save made by Kiprusoff
with around 9:00 to go in the 2nd
Period.
The Canucks had some good puck pressure down low as Ed Jovanovski
shot the puck
and Kiprusoff made the save, then a tip by Daniel Sedin with
Trevor Linden around the net,
and Kiprusoff making another save off
Henrik Sedin.
Ed Jovanovski and Geoff Sanderson skated together as
Sanderson made a drop pass
to Jovanovski who got a good shot on net.
Chris Clark took a penalty for slashing Linden.
Jovanovski had another
chance going to the net.
The Canucks tied the Game at 16:19 of the 2nd after Sami Salo shot
the puck from the point
and the puck went past Daniel Sedin, off Henrik Sedin's shoulder
and into the net while both Sedin's were standing in front of the Calgary net.
In the last 20 seconds of the 2nd, Daniel Sedin had a hot shot go high and
wide.
Early into the 3rd Period, Brendan Morrison wins a draw with the
puck
going to Markus Naslund who had a good chance with his quick
release.
The Flames 'crashed the net' again as Andrew Ference had his
shot deflected
by Jarome Iginla as Martin Gelinas was in the goal crease,
who was bumped
by Mattias Ohlund and Alex Auld got pushed.
The net came off the post and back down again
as the puck was going in
resulting in a video review. It was ruled a Goal for Calgary at 5:37
of the 3rd.
Ed Jovanovski combined his offensive play with his physical play
tonight as he had a huge hit
on Shean Donovan.
Markus Naslund had another shot stopped by Miikka
Kiprusoff as the puck was stopped under his pad.
Jovanovski tipped the
puck wide and had another shot deflected wide by Matt Cooke.
With 1:35 to
go in the Game, Calgary found themselves icing the puck.
Alex Auld came
out of his net for the extra attacker in the final minute of play.
Ed
Jovanovski had one final shot on Goal with under 10 seconds left in the
Game,
but the Flames hung on for the win after having only 2 shots on
Goal in the 3rd Period,
while the Canucks had 12 shots in the 3rd, but
were unable to beat Kiprusoff to tie it.
April 13th, 2004 - Game Day Playoff
ReCap
Goalie:
Miikka Kiprusoff for Calgary Flames
Goalie:
Johan Hedberg for Vancouver Canucks
National Anthem: performed by Heather Liscano
1st Period:
NO Scoring
2nd Period: Calgary Goal Stephane Yelle (assist Chris Clark)
0:58 of the 2nd
Calgary Goal Chris Clark (assists Denis Gauthier, Miikka
Kiprusoff) 16:06 of the 2nd
Calgary Goal Shean Donovan (assists Martin
Gelinas) 16:33 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Calgary Goal Jarome Iginla
(unassisted) 18:13 of the 3rd
FINAL: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 0
Shots on
Goal: Calgary 32 - Vancouver 20
It was an entertaining high energy
first period with no goals scored.
With only 58 seconds into the 2nd
Period, Stephane Yelle beat Brent Sopel to a lose puck and put it past Hedberg.
Brendan Morrison was being knocked
around in the Game,
while a speedy Geoff Sanderson got a good shot on
Kiprusoff
who kicked out the puck with his right pad.
Brad May received a Goaltender Interference penalty and Calgary went on the
powerplay.
Oleg Saprykin got a couple of shots on Johan Hedberg
before the
Canucks killed the penalty and May came back on.
Jarome Iginla tested
Hedberg and Martin Gelinas skated around Hedberg's net.
At 14:55 of the
2nd Period, Henrik Sedin received an Interference Penalty.
As Calgary was
on the powerplay, Chris Clark shot the puck towards the Canucks net
as
Martin Gelinas was in the goal crease and the puck found its way
in.
Denis Gauthier and Miikka Kiprusoff drew the assists.
Only 27
seconds later, the Flames made it 3-0 as Shean Donovan crashed the net
with Martin Gelinas drawing the assist.
The
Flames continued with their puck pressure and good defensive play in the 3rd
Period.
At 11:37 of the 3rd, Craig Conroy bumped into Hedberg and
received a Goaltender Interference Penalty.
Markus Naslund had a good
shot on Kiprusoff who made the save.
The Canucks pulled Hedberg for the
2-man advantage before the penalty to Calgary expired.
Saprykin had
another shot and Hedberg had a close call as Jordan Leopold shot the puck
wide by an open net.
With 4:40 left in the 3rd, Hedberg came out again
for the extra attacker.
Trevor Linden was hit hard by Denis Gauthier and
Ed Jovanovski had a chance but shot the puck wide.
The Flames scored an
empty net goal by Jarome Iginla, unassisted at 18:13 of the 3rd,
making
it a 4-0 final score for Calgary.
Miikka Kiprusoff made 20 saves and
it was his 1st NHL Playoff Shutout.
April
11th - Game Day Playoff ReCap
Goalie:
Miikka Kiprusoff for Calgary Flames
Goalie:
Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks
Goalie:
Johan Hedberg for Vancouver Canucks, Goaltender
change 19:30 of the 1st
National Anthem: performed by Heather Liscano
1st Period:
NO Scoring
2nd Period: Calgary Goal Chris Simon (assists Matthew
Lombardi, Jarome Iginla) 1:04 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund
(assist Ed Jovanovski) 2:10 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Matt
Cooke (assist Brendan Morrison) 1:29 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 2 -
Calgary 1
Shots on Goal: Calgary 31 - Vancouver 25
The Calgary Flames returned to play
Game 3 against the Canucks to a loud and enthusiastic crowd in Calgary,
competing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for their first
home playoff game in nearly 8 years.
The fans were into it and as both teams
were raring to go,
the Flames were called for icing the puck only 8
seconds into the Game.
Ville Nieminen tried a wrap around attempt on Dan
Cloutier,
and going the other way Brendan Morrison went streaking to the
net,
was hauled down on a diving defensive play by Denis Gauthier, and Miikaa
Kiprusoff kept the puck out.
The Flames started storming Dan Cloutier's net
as he made some acrobatic sprawling saves
off Chris Simon and Craig
Conroy off the post with about 4 minutes to go in the 1st Period.
Conroy
hit another post off the short side with about 2 minutes to go in the
period,
and after Cloutier made another save off Oleg Saprykin,
Cloutier appeared to have injured himself, leaving the game with 29.2
seconds left to play in the 1st Period.
Goalie Johan Hedberg then stepped
in to take Dan Cloutier's place.
Hedberg made back to back saves off Oleg
Saprykin starting the 2nd.
Calgary found themselves scoring a Goal
early in the 2nd Period with good puck pressure
as Chris Simon was set up
by Matthew Lombardi and Jarome Iginla as the Canucks
started to leave
their own zone, creating a 2 on 0 for the Flames.
At the other end, Miikka
Kiprusoff made a huge save on Naslund as Morrison gave him a nice backhand
pass.
Matthew Lombardi received a penalty but the Flames had a short
handed chance
as Ville Nieminen got a shot away on Hedberg as he skated
towards the net with Marcus Nilson.
Only 66 seconds after the Calgary
Goal, Markus Naslund made it 1-1 on the powerplay
on a give and go with
Ed Jovanovski at 2:10 of the 2nd.
After Martin Rucinsky received a high
sticking penalty,
Trevor Linden and Jarkko Ruutu came out on the penalty
kill.
Linden and Morrison raced towards the Calgary net with Linden
getting a
short handed shot
while Morrison looked for the rebound to come to him.
Jarome Iginla had a chance to score but was hooked by Naslund just in time
to prevent a goal.
This created a 4 on 4 as both teams were serving time
for penalties.
Trevor Linden proceeded to win another face off, and a
Sami Salo blast was stopped by Kiprusoff.
Starting the 3rd Period with
the Canucks hard work down low, Matt Cooke came fresh off the bench on a
change
pushing himself through to the net after he received a nice pass
from Morrison,
and scored what turned out to be the Game Winning Goal for
the Canucks at 1:29 of the 3rd.
The Canucks continued their offensive
efforts as Daniel and Henrik Sedin
worked hard at keeping the puck in
along the boards in the Calgary zone.
With around 13 minutes to go in the
3rd, Chris Simon was left all alone
in front of Hedberg but he fanned on
the shot.
Hedberg made the save on a long shot with his glove behind his
stick, as his stick broke making the save.
The Canucks then iced the puck
for a stop in play.
With 8:44 to go in the 3rd, there was traffic in
front of the Vancouver net
with a pile up in front as Mattias Ohlund fell on Chris
Simon and Hedberg kept the puck out.
As Brad May skated into the Calgary
zone, on an outside in move, he lost an edge, crashed the net,
and cut
his face going into the goal post.
Brendan Morrison received a penalty
for holding Jarome Iginla
and the Flames went on the powerplay with
around 5 minutes to go in the Game.
Johan Hedberg made another good save
on a redirected shot by Jarome Iginla.
Going the other way, Sami Salo
found himself skating with Artem Chubarov
as Salo got a short handed shot
on Goal.
Then a pile up in the Canucks goal crease resulted in
Chris
Simon roughing things up with Jarkko Ruutu and each getting penalties.
The Flames were on the powerplay with 2 shots on Goal before Morrison came
back on.
After the penalties were over, Vancouver took an icing call as
time was winding down.
Linden won another key face off near the
circle by Hedberg.
With about a minute to go in the 3rd, Kiprusoff went
to the bench for the extra attacker.
The puck went out of play with the
face off going into the Canucks zone to the right of Hedberg.
Calgary
called their time out to plan the play.
Matthew Lombardi was facing off
against Trevor Linden as Linden won the draw.
Things got physical as
Jarome Iginla took exception to Mattias Ohlund's hit
from behind on him
and they started to fight.
The Canucks had two attempts at the empty net,
and with 11.4 seconds left
on a 4 on 4 with the face off in the Calgary
zone, the Canucks skated to tally a 2-1 win.
Goalies:
Dan Cloutier made 11 Saves.
Johan
Hedberg made 19 Saves.
Miikka Kiprusoff made 23 Saves.
April 9th - Game Day Playoff ReCap
Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff for Calgary Flames
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks
National Anthem: performed by Mark Donnelly
1st Period: Calgary Goal Jarome Iginla (assists Jordan
Leopold, Chris Simon) 3:06 of the 1st
Calgary Goal Matthew Lombardi
(unassisted) 3:56 of the 1st
2nd Period: Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund
(assists Martin Rucinsky, Sami Salo) 9:41 of the 2nd
3rd Period: NO
Scoring
FINAL: Calgary 2 - Vancouver 1
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 26 -
Calgary 24
Lots of chances for both teams,
starting the Game around 2 minutes in
with a Naslund tip by the post off Kiprusoff.
Henrik Sedin was blocked by Matthew Lombardi.
From behind
the net, Jordan Leopold passed to Jarome Iginla,
Dan Cloutier was bumped
and the puck seemed to go into the net off Brent Sopel.
Only 50 seconds
later, Matthew Lombardi beat Dan Cloutier after Calgary won the face off,
putting the Flames ahead by 2-0 in the 1st Period.
The Canucks performed
well on the penalty kill
as Mike Keane split the Flames defense and sent
the puck the other way down the ice
as the Flames tried to apply the
pressure.
Marcus Nilson received a penalty for hooking, then Ville
Nieminen knocked off Cloutier's net
and received a penalty for it giving
Vancouver a 5 on 3 powerplay for 56 seconds.
Trevor Linden did well
winning face offs, but as he took another draw, his stick came up high
and he received a penalty for high sticking.
Vancouver was on the 5 on 4
powerplay when Ed Jovanovski stood near the net by Miikka Kiprusoff,
who
seemed to stumble as Markus Naslund shot the puck into the net past him.
Sami Salo skated well beating out an icing call on a race into the Canucks
zone against Chuck Kobasew.
Geoff Sanderson fired a shot right into the
glove of Kiprusoff as he made a good save.
Mattias Ohlund and Jarome
Iginla matched up tonight against each other.
Ed Jovanovski played well
on defense and with his physical play.
With 3:57 to go in the 2nd Period,
Toni Lydman was stopped by Cloutier who made a good save.
Chris Simon
took a dive and Mattias Ohlund got called for tripping creating a 4 on 4.
Martin Rucinsky had a 2 on 1 with Brent Sopel develop but the play was
broken up.
Going the other way, Jordan Leopold was stopped on a back
hander against Cloutier.
About 2 minutes into the 3rd Period,
Cloutier
stopped Ville Nieminen as he fired another shot, then he made a big glove save
off Oleg Saprykin, keeping the Canucks in the game.
The Canucks were good
with puck pressure from Geoff Sanderson to Marek Malik,
but were stopped again
by Kiprusoff with around 11 minutes to go in the game.
Mike Keane and
Trevor Linden tried to keep the puck in along the boards behind the Flames
net
but they got knocked around by Robyn Regehr and were taken off the
puck
as the Flames put up a good defensive effort tonight.
Matt Cooke
and Brendan Morrison tried to create some
more offense but were stopped at
the Calgary net.
As Mattias Ohlund was about to receive a holding
penalty,
Marcus Nilson got a scoring chance but Cloutier came up with a
huge save.
Calgary went on the powerplay again.
Jarome Iginla had
another chance as he hit the post with his shot but the puck stayed out.
Vancouver wound up having two short handed chances.
Brent Sopel stole the puck and Martin Rucinsky was stopped by Kiprusoff with
his right pad.
With around 5 minutes to go, Brendan Morrison won the draw
cleanly on the face off
creating a give and go with Markus Naslund but
the puck stayed out.
With about 3 minutes to go in the 3rd Period, Toni
Lydman got his stick up high on
Geoff Sanderson, giving Vancouver a
powerplay and a chance to tie the game with time running down
and a face
off in the Calgary zone.
From behind the net, Naslund centered the puck
to Rucinsky as Calgary defended.
As the penalty was almost over and the
face off was in the Calgary zone again,
Cloutier came out of his net for
the extra attacker, and Sopel shot the puck
after he received a nice pass
from Ohlund.
The Canucks applied the pressure around the Flames net until
the end
but could not score the equalizer in the last few seconds of the game.
April 7th - Game Day Playoff ReCap
Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff for Calgary Flames
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks
National Anthem: performed by Mark Donnelly
1st Period: Vancouver Goal Martin Rucinsky (assists Ed
Jovanovski, Markus Naslund) 2:34 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Sami Salo
(assists Brendan Morrison, Markus Naslund) 5:24 of the 1st
2nd Period:
Calgary Goal Chris Simon (unassisted) 4:38 of the 2nd
Calgary Goal Oleg
Saprykin (assists Matthew Lombardi, Jordan Leopold) 5:06 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Henrik Sedin (assists Daniel Sedin, Mattias Ohlund) 12:47 of
the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Mattias Ohlund (assists Brendan Morrison, Matt
Cooke) 17:51 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison
(assists Markus Naslund, Ed Jovanovski) 5:26 of the 3rd
Calgary Goal
Krzysztof Oliwa (assists Jordan Leopold, Craig Conroy) 6:14 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 5 - Calgary 3
Shots on Goal: Calgary 29 - Vancouver 22
Mark Donnelly opened the home game
with a
spirited rendition of the Canadian National Anthem
encouraging the fans
to sing to the tune of "O Canada".
At 2:06 of the 1st Period, Ville
Nieminen took a hooking penalty for Calgary.
On the Vancouver powerplay,
Markus Naslund got the puck to Ed Jovanovski who shot the puck,
and
Martin Rucinsky tipped the shot into the net as the puck trickled in past
Miikka Kiprusoff.
A couple of minutes later, Naslund from behind the net
to Morrison
to Sami Salo, who shot the puck into the net for a 2-0
Canucks lead.
Dan Cloutier received a penalty for falling into Chuck
Kobasew
but the Canucks performed well on the penalty kill.
Jarome Iginla
rushed the net, attempted shots and skated around the crease
with Craig
Conroy shooting towards Dan Cloutier's net.
The Canucks got into penalty
trouble giving the Flames a 5 on 3 powerplay.
The puck went off Mattias
Ohlund's stick, took a funny bounce off the glass to an open Chris Simon
who made it an unassisted goal with the 2-man advantage.
Oleg Saprykin
tied the game at 2-2 with the one-man advantage 28 seconds later.
Henrik
Sedin gave the Canucks the lead again on nice passes from Daniel Sedin and
Mattias Ohlund.
On a delayed penalty, as Cloutier was run over, the
Canucks had
the extra man on and opened up the lead on the rush.
Mattias Ohlund made it 4-2 for the Canucks with Brendan Morrison and Matt
Cooke drawing assists.
Brendan Morrison did a wonderful job winning the
draw on the face-off,
with the puck going back and forth between Sami
Salo and Ed Jovanovski, back to Markus Naslund,
again to Brendan Morrison who
scooped up the rebound
and put the puck behind Kiprusoff to make it 5-2
Canucks.
The Flames responded quickly to Morrison's goal only 48 seconds
later
as Krzysztof Oliwa went inside post and in past Cloutier making it
5-3 as a final score
giving the Canucks the win for the first game of the
playoffs against Calgary.
Trevor Linden played his 100th
Career Playoff Game tonight.
beginning of playoffs
end of regular season
April 3rd - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Ty Conklin for Edmonton Oilers
Goalie: Jussi Markkanen for
Edmonton Oilers, Goaltender change starting the 3rd Period
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: Vancouver Goal Mike Keane (assists Mattias Ohlund, Brent Sopel)
11:32 of the 1st
Edmonton Goal Brad Isbister (assists Alexei Semenov,
Fernando Pisani) 15:01 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund (assists
Brendan Morrison, Matt Cooke) 17:48 of the 1st
2nd Period: Vancouver Goal
Mike Keane (assists Brad May, Marc Bergevin) 13:42 of the 2nd
Vancouver
Goal Brendan Morrison (unassisted) 19:28 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Igor
Ulanov (assists Adam Oates, Mike York)
Vancouver Goal Mattias Ohlund
(assists Trevor Linden, Jarkko Ruutu) 17:44 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 5
- Edmonton 2
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 27 - Edmonton 26
Vancouver started out with early
chances as Artem Chubarov made a pass
to Martin Rucinsky who created a
scoring opportunity.
Shawn Horcoff had a chance for Edmonton but was
stopped by Brent Sopel with around 13 minutes to go in the 1st.
Trevor Linden won a
face off, Mattias Ohlund made the shot and Brent Sopel got the rebound
to
Mike Keane who got his 7th Goal of the Season at 11:32 of the 1st Period.
The Oilers got the next Goal as Brad Isbister beat Cloutier through a screen
glove side.
Ed Jovanovski and Steve Staios kept busy throwing hits on
each other.
Then a give and go from behind the net from Cooke to
Morrison to Naslund who made a sharp angle shot
gave Naslund his 35th
Goal of the Season. The Goal came under video review
after the whistle
blew but was ruled it was a Goal.
With around 13 minutes to go in the
2nd, Naslund got a good shot on Ty Conklin.
At the other end, Radek
Dvorak centered the puck for Raffi Torres making a point blank shot
on
Dan Cloutier who came up big to make the save.
Jovanovski continued his
defensive play by knocking down Ryan Smyth.
The Canucks had a 3 on 1 develop as Mike Keane got his second Goal of the
night
and 8th Goal of the Season when he elected to shoot the puck,
assisted by Brad May and Marc Bergevin at
13:42 of the 2nd.
Trevor Linden continued being good at winning face offs
tonight.
The Canucks were good with puck pressure, speed and forecheck.
Brendan Morrison got his 22nd Goal of the Season on an unassisted Goal
past a
screened Conklin as Cooke was skating near him.
The Oilers started off
the 3rd Period with a Goaltender change bringing in Jussi Markkanen.
As
Radek Dvorak tried to split the Canucks defense, Brendan Morrison went the
other way
getting a shot on Markkanen who steared the puck wide.
Sami
Salo took a penalty for Vancouver resulting in an Edmonton Goal
after a give
and go between Igor Ulanov and Adam Oates.
Markus Naslund was left all
alone as he broke towards the net
but was stopped as Markkanen made a good
save.
Edmonton got away with having Too-Many-Men on the ice as no penalty
was called.
Morrison, Ohlund, Cooke and Naslund made a good effort as
they tried to create more offense.
Martin Rucinsky received a double
minor penalty for crosschecking and using an illegal stick.
Igor Ulanov
received a penalty for slashing.
The Oilers had a 5 on 4 and Petr Nedved
thought he had a Goal, but he didn't.
Raffi Torres crunched Mike Keane
into the boards drawing blood
and received 5 minutes for boarding and a
Game Misconduct for it.
The Canucks had a powerplay and with a nice pass
by Linden from Ruutu to
Mattias Ohlund who scored his 14th Goal of the
Season with 2:16 to go in the 3rd Period.
The Canucks claimed their first NHL
division title in 11 Years after closing the regular season with a win.
April 2nd - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Vesa Toskala for San Jose Sharks
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: Vancouver Goal Mattias Ohlund (assists Brendan Morrison, Markus
Naslund) 1:29 of the 1st
San Jose Goal Todd Harvey (Niko Dimitrakos,
Wayne Primeau) 11:27 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Matt Cooke (assist Brendan
Morrison) 11:58 of the 1st
2nd Period: Vancouver Goal Henrik Sedin
(assists Daniel Sedin, Brad May) 1:52 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver
Goal Artem Chubarov (assists Mike Keane, Sami Salo) 19:36 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 4 - San Jose 1
Shots on Goal: San Jose 34 - Vancouver 26
The first Goal came early at 1:29 of
the 1st Period as Naslund passed to Morrison
and Morrison made a nice pass to
Mattias Ohlund who went around the Sharks net
on a wrap around, and put
the puck top corner on the short side past Goalie Vesa Toskala
for his
13th Goal of the Season.
The Sharks came back to tie the Game at 1-1 after
they won the face off and Todd Harvey put the puck into
the net after
picking up the rebound on a shot sending Dan Cloutier sprawling as he
tried to make the save.
The Canucks took the lead again only 31 seconds
later on a San Jose turnover
with another nice pass by Brendan Morrison
to Matt Cooke who scored his 11th Goal of the Season.
Vancouver took a
Too-Many-Men on the ice penalty while they were good on defense
as Ed
Jovanovski split the Sharks defense getting the puck out on the penalty
kill.
In the last few seconds of the 1st Period, Markus Naslund got the
puck to Jovanovski
who got a good shot on Toskala before the period was
over.
The Canucks started the 2nd Period on the powerplay with Dan
Cloutier losing his stick
but they were able to get the puck out with no
damage done.
Brad May was in the corner by the Sharks net as he passed to
Daniel Sedin
who got the puck to his brother Henrik who scored his 11th
Goal of the Season at 1:52 of the 2nd.
Marek Malik appeared shaken as he took a high stick
that went undetected.
Brad May received a slashing penalty and
shortly after, Malik received a high sticking
penalty himself on Nils Eckman
giving San Jose a 2-man advantage.
Ed
Jovanovski found himself breaking a stick as he tried to defend on the
penalty kill.
After the first penalty expired, Morrison had a short
handed shot on the Sharks going to the net with Ohlund.
Matt Cooke was
good on the penalty kill getting the puck out to Morrison.
With about 7
minutes to go in the 2nd, the Sharks got away with having Too-Many-Men on
the ice
as the play was called offside.
Cooke had another chance to
score after the Canucks won the face off, Sami Salo
shot the puck
and Cooke hit the post beating Toskala off the stick side,
with the puck
going past him short side off the post and out the other side staying out.
At the other end, Alex Korolyuk got a shot away as Alyn McCauley redirected
the puck
and Cloutier made a nice save.
Daniel Sedin got the puck to
Geoff Sanderson who got a nice shot on Toskala who made the save.
Matt
Cooke got another shot on Toskala in the last 2 minutes of the Game.
Naslund then took a tripping penalty as Jonathan Cheechoo went down drawing
the penalty.
San Jose pulled their Goalie to give them a 2-man advantage
in the dying seconds
but with 24 seconds left in the 3rd, Artem Chubarov
shot the puck from his own side of center
and got the empty net Goal for
his 12th Goal of the Season giving Vancouver the 4-1 Win.
It was Dan Cloutier's 100th Win as a
Canuck tonight.
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