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February 28th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Chris Osgood for St. Louis Blues Goalie: Johan Hedberg for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: NO Scoring 2nd Period: Vancouver Goal
Artem Chubarov (unassisted) 4:54 of the 2nd 3rd Period: Vancouver Goal
Mattias Ohlund (assists Markus Naslund, Henrik Sedin) 15:55 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 2 - St. Louis 0 Shots on Goal: St. Louis 31 - Vancouver
29
A physical Game with lots of chances but no scoring in
the 1st Period. A bad clearing attempt by Goalie Chris Osgood resulted
in an unassisted Goal by Artem Chubarov in the 2nd Period for the Canucks.
Chris Pronger took a roughing penalty in the 3rd Period resulting in a
powerplay Goal for Vancouver by Mattias Ohlund, assisted by Markus Naslund
and Henrik Sedin. Bryan Allen knocked over Goalie Johan Hedberg's net with
3.4 seconds left in the Game giving Pavol Demitra a penalty shot. Johan Hedberg
stopped Demitra's shot, preserving his Shutout. Hedberg had his 9th
Career Shutout and 2nd Shutout of the Season tonight.
February 26th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Vesa Toskala for San Jose Sharks Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: San Jose Goal Scott Thornton (assists
Jonathan Cheechoo, Vincent Damphousse) 12:17 of the 1st 2nd Period:
Vancouver Goal Brent Sopel (assists Nolan Baumgartner, Brendan Morrison)
13:07 of the 2nd 3rd Period: San Jose Goal Marco Sturm (unassisted) 4:42
of the 3rd Vancouver Goal Mattias Ohlund (assists Brent Sopel, Artem
Chubarov) 16:54 of the 3rd Overtime: Vancouver Goal Brent Sopel (assists
Markus Naslund, Sami Salo) 2:14 of OT FINAL: Vancouver 3 - San Jose 2
after Overtime Shots on Goal: Vancouver 36 - San Jose 21 It was
defenseman night for the Canucks tonight. The Sharks put up a fight to
score twice and take the lead early in the 3rd Period as the Canucks tried
to defend. Two Canucks who
play on Defense Positions scored the Goals for Vancouver. Brent Sopel had a good night
scoring 2 Goals, including the Game winning Goal, and also had an assist
on Mattias Ohlund's Goal. Markus Naslund came back to play this evening
with an assist after recovering from a concussion sustained in the
February 16th Game.
Naslund
took a shot on Goalie Vesa Toskala in Overtime and had the rebound go to
Brent Sopel who put the puck in the net for the win after San Jose took a
Too-Many-Men on the ice penalty.
February 24th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Manny Legace for Detroit Red Wings Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Marek
Malik,
Nolan Baumgartner) 12:33 of the 1st Detroit Goal Henrik Zetterberg
(assists Brett Hull, Ray Whitney) 17:26 of the 1st 2nd Period: Detroit
Goal Kris Draper (assists Mattieu Schneider, Steve Yzerman) 6:36 of the 2nd Vancouver
Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Marek Malik, Nolan Baumgartner) 9:43 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Henrik Sedin, Todd Bertuzzi)
13:02 of the 3rd Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assist Brendan Morrison)
19:26 of the 3rd FINAL: Vancouver 4 - Detroit 2 Shots on Goal:
Vancouver 33 - Detroit 30
What a wonderful night for Daniel Sedin scoring his
first NHL Hat-trick and an empty net Goal near the end of the Game to score 4
Goals tonight for the Canucks. Todd Bertuzzi buzzed around the Red Wings net
and helped create scoring chances for Vancouver. Marek Malik and Nolan
Baumgartner were both in on assisting with two of Daniel Sedin's Goals. Chris Chelios left
the Game in the 2nd Period with a bruised shoulder after Bertuzzi was bumped and
fell into Chelios who was in an awkward position. Dan Cloutier was solid in net allowing only two Goals with
Henrik Zetterberg and Kris Draper scoring for Detroit.
February 21st - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Tommy Salo for Edmonton Oilers Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver
Canucks 1st Period: Edmonton Goal Fernando Pisani (assists Shawn Horcoff,
Ryan Smyth) 1:45 of the 1st Vancouver Goal Marek Malik (assist Todd
Bertuzzi) 2:02 of the 1st Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Henrik
Sedin, Todd Bertuzzi) 18:25 of the 1st 2nd Period: Edmonton Goal Adam
Oates (assists Marc-Andre Bergeron, Ryan Smyth) 14:40 of the 2nd Vancouver Goal Artem Chubarov
(assists Jarkko Ruutu, Fedor Fedorov) 15:47 of the 2nd 3rd Period:
Edmonton Goal Ales Hemsky (assists Adam Oates, Ethan Moreau) 4:21 of the 3rd
Overtime: Edmonton Goal Eric Brewer (assist Ryan Smyth) 3:56 of OT FINAL:
Edmonton 4 - Vancouver 3 after Overtime Shots on Goal: Edmonton 38 - Vancouver 21
Tyler Bouck and Steve Staios got into a fight in the
first minute of the Game. The first two Goals of the Game came 17 seconds
apart by Fernando Pisani for the Oilers and Marek Malik with his 2nd Goal
of the season for the Canucks. Fedor Fedorov, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Todd Bertuzzi
and Artem Chubarov were strong tonight with Dan Cloutier making some acrobatic
saves including a great save on Shawn Horcoff in the 2nd Period.
Edmonton tied the Game in the 3rd Period, and with less than a minute left
in regulation time Jarkko Ruutu took a holding the stick penalty as he
grabbed Eric Brewer's stick. The
Canucks had a good penalty kill and survived the 4 on 3 Edmonton powerplay
as the penalty carried over into Overtime. Ryan Smyth celebrated his 28th
Birthday tonight with a total of 3 assists including one on the Game winning
Goal by Eric Brewer for Edmonton.
February 19th - Game Day ReCap Goalie: Dwayne Roloson for Minnesota Wild
Goalie: Starting Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks Goalie: Johan Hedberg
for Vancouver Canucks, Goaltender Change 3:26 of the 2nd Period 1st Period: Minnesota Goal
Marc Chouinard (assists Andrei Zyuzin, Sergei Zholtok) 3:56 of the 1st Minnesota Goal Antti
Laaksonen (penalty shot) 14:55 of the 1st Minnesota Goal Andrew Brunette
(assist Alexandre Daigle) 19:07 of the 1st 2nd Period: Vancouver Goal
Todd Bertuzzi (assists Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin) 1:37 of the 2nd
Minnesota Goal Marc Chouinard (assists Alexandre Daigle, Andrew Brunette)
3:26 of the 2nd Minnesota Goal Alex Henry (assists Marian Gaborik, Wes
Walz) 7:43 of the 2nd Minnesota Goal Marian Gaborik (assists Antti
Laaksonen, Wes Walz) 11:59 of the 2nd 3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Mattias
Ohlund (assist Brendan Morrison) 14:47 of the 3rd FINAL: Minnesota 6 - Vancouver 2
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 28 - Minnesota 22
The Minnesota Wild seemed to have their way with the
Canucks tonight. After the first Wild Goal, Antti Laaksonen was awarded a
penalty shot after being taken down by Marek Malik on a short handed
break away. Laaksonen was able to beat Cloutier on the shot putting
the Wild ahead 2-0. By the end of the 1st Period, Minnesota was ahead
3-0. Todd Bertuzzi scored in the 2nd Period assisted by
Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. Goalie Dan Cloutier started the first 2 Periods but was
replaced with Johan Hedberg after the 4th Wild Goal. Minnesota put in two
more Goals after the goaltender change. Marc Chouinard scored twice tonight, with other
Goals and assists by Laaksonen, Gaborik, Brunette and Alex Henry who got his
1st NHL Goal against Johan Hedberg. Mattias Ohlund scored assisted by
Brendan Morrison towards the end of the 3rd Period. Vancouver found
themselves playing in a catch up Game tonight against a good Minnesota team.
February 16th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: David Aebischer for Colorado Avalanche Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: NO Scoring 2nd Period: NO Scoring 3rd
Period: Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (unassisted) 2:09 of the 3rd FINAL:
Vancouver 1 - Colorado 0 Shots on Goal: Colorado 22 - Vancouver 21 The
positive thing about this Game was that the Canucks beat Colorado, in
regulation time. The
only Goal in the Game came after Todd Bertuzzi took out Karlis Skrastins and
Derek Morris behind the net creating the chance for Daniel Sedin who put
the puck in the net behind Goalie David Aebischer. The hard working
Canucks suffered a blow to the team after a nasty hit by Avalanche rookie
Steve Moore sending Markus Naslund to the ice with a head injury.
Moore claims he was just finishing his check and there was no penalty
call on the play from the so called "officials".
February 14th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Jean-Sebastien Giguere for Anaheim Mighty Ducks Goalie: Johan
Hedberg for Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: NO Scoring 2nd Period:
Anaheim Goal Keith Carney (assist Sergei Fedorov) 3:00 of the 2nd 3rd
Period: Vancouver Goal Artem Chubarov (assists Tyler Bouck, Bryan Allen)
6:54 of the 3rd Anaheim Goal Petr Schastlivy (assists Sergei Fedorov,
Kurt Sauer) 12:50 of the 3rd FINAL: Anaheim 2 - Vancouver 1 Shots on
Goal: Vancouver 35 - Anaheim 33
Both teams poured it on in a playoff style Game.
The first Goal came by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
Artem Chubarov scored with the help of Tyler Bouck and Bryan Allen.
Anaheim pulled ahead 2-1 and Sergei Fedorov had his 1000th Career Point
tonight.
February 13th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Pasi Nurminen for Atlanta Thrashers Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: NO Scoring 2nd Period: Atlanta Goal
Ronald Petrovicky (assists Slava Kozlov, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre) 1:47 of the 2nd
Atlanta Goal Dany Heatley (assists Slava Kozlov, Pasi Nurminen) 3:59 of the
2nd Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Marek Malik, Bryan Allen) 12:30
of the 2nd Atlanta Goal Marc Savard (assist Shawn McEachern) 15:23 of the
2nd 3rd Period: Shawn McEachern (assists Andy Sutton, Dany Heatley) 6:49
of the 3rd FINAL: Atlanta 4 - Vancouver 1 Shots on Goal: Vancouver 31
- Atlanta 19
Well played through the 1st Period, the Canucks shots
on Goal were Vancouver 13 - Atlanta 1. Jarkko Ruutu was hauled down on a
short handed breakaway and was awarded a penalty shot only to be stopped by
Goalie Pasi Nurminen who kept the Thrashers in the game with some good saves
tonight. After the 1st Period, the game seemed to turn around with
Atlanta coming on strong. Some penalty action in the last minute of the
Game with major penalties going to Ronald Petrovicky, Bryan Allen, and Dan
Cloutier.
February 11th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Roman Turek for Calgary Flames Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver
Canucks 1st Period: Vancouver Goal Sami Salo (assists Markus Naslund,
Mattias Ohlund) 11:40 of the 1st Vancouver Goal Jarkko Ruutu (assists
Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin) 13:42 of the 1st Calgary Goal Craig Conroy
(assists Steve Reinprecht, Jarome Iginla) 17:52 of the 1st 2nd Period:
Calgary Goal Chuck Kobasew (assists Toni Lydman, Roman Turek) 8:43 of the
2nd 3rd Period: Calgary Goal Jarome Iginla (assists Denis Gauthier, Steve
Reinprecht) 0:28 of the 3rd FINAL: Calgary 3 - Vancouver 2 Shots on
Goal: Vancouver 34 - Calgary 29
A
competitive game to the end. Two Vancouver Goals scored in the 1st
Period,
and getting feisty with a Brad May and Steve Montador fight shortly after.
Both Goalies Dan Cloutier and Roman Turek made some great saves. Dan
Cloutier stopped Martin Gelinas as he tried to score for Calgary tonight. The Flames came
back to score and take a 3-2 lead early in the 3rd Period. Calgary took a
2 minute penalty late in the 3rd Period to give Vancouver a Power Play.
Brendan Morrison was set up to make what looked to be a sure goal but was
robbed by Goalie Roman Turek. The Canucks pulled their Goalie for the
extra attacker and applied the pressure until time ran out but the Flames
managed to hang on for the win.
February 5th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Martin Brodeur for New Jersey Devils Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: Vancouver Goal Henrik Sedin (assists Daniel
Sedin, Mike Keane) 1:11 of the 1st 2nd Period: Daniel Sedin (assist
Henrik Sedin) 3:51 of the 2nd Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison (assists
Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi) 13:46 of the 2nd 3rd Period: Vancouver
Goal Trevor Linden (assists Todd Bertuzzi, Markus Naslund) 11:52 FINAL:
Vancouver 4 - New Jersey 0 Shots on Goal: New Jersey 24 - Vancouver 22 The
Canucks team effort tonight can be summed up in one word: "wow".
Canucks Head Coach Marc Crawford and every Canuck fan has got to be pleased
with their performance tonight. Highlights include Goals by Henrik Sedin,
Daniel Sedin, Brendan Morrison and Trevor Linden's
Goal as he tied Stan Smyl at 673 points as the all time leader in Canucks
points. Goalie Dan Cloutier had his 13th Career Shutout.
February 3rd - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Rick DiPietro for New York Islanders Goalie: Johan Hedberg for
Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: NO Scoring 2nd Period: Vancouver Goal
Martin Grenier (assists Trevor Linden, Tyler Bouck) 1:58 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Wade Brookbank (assist Daniel Sedin) 12:25 of the 2nd New York
Goal Dave Scatchard (assist Kenny Jonsson) 14:24 of the 2nd 3rd Period:
Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Henrik Sedin, Todd Bertuzzi) 12:53 of
the 3rd New York Goal Mariusz Czerkawski (assist Michael Peca, Kenny
Jonsson) 15:45 of the 3rd
New York Goal Arron Asham (assists Mariusz Czerkawski, Michael Peca) 16:52 of the 3rd New York Goal
Michael Peca (assist Mariusz Czerkawski) 18:02 of the 3rd Vancouver Goal Henrik Sedin
(assist Todd Bertuzzi, Daniel Sedin) 18:38 of the 3rd Overtime: New York Goal Adrian
Aucoin (assists Cliff Ronning, Trent Hunter) 0:36 of OT FINAL: NY
Islanders 5 - Vancouver 4 after Overtime Shots on Goal: New York Islanders 28 -
Vancouver 25 A mix of Goals
and Assists by Canucks newcomers, Canucks with us a while, and ex-Canucks. Canucks
newcomers Wade
Brookbank and Martin Grenier both scored tonight. Wade Brookbank scored
his 2nd Goal of the Season assisted by Daniel Sedin, and Martin Grenier scored
his 1st Goal with
assists going to Trevor Linden and Tyler Bouck, who has been skating on the
team lately. This time, it was the New York Islanders who staged a
comeback in the Game. After being down 3-1 in the 3rd Period as Vancouver
was trying to protect their lead, The NY Islanders scored 3 quick late
3rd Period Goals to take a 4-3 lead. Henrik Sedin, Daniel
Sedin and Todd Bertuzzi combined to score tonight and were in on the Game
tying Goal at 4-4. Trevor Linden tried to lift Janne Niinimaa's stick and
in doing so received a 4 minute penalty on the play as his stick came up high
on Niinimaa in the last minute of the 3rd Period. The Canucks hung on for
a tie sending the Game to Overtime but were scored on during the 4 on 3
Islander Power Play. The Game winning NY Islander Goal came by a former Canuck
Adrian Aucoin, assisted by a former Canuck Cliff Ronning and by Trent Hunter.
February 2nd - Game Day ReCap Goalie: Mike Dunham for NY Rangers
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks 1st Period: Vancouver Goal
Brendan Morrison (assist Markus Naslund) 8:15 of the 1st New York Goal
Jaromir Jagr (assists Martin Rucinsky, Boris Mironov) 10:13 of the 1st 2nd Period: New York Goal
Bobby Holik (assists Jaromir Jagr, Brian Leetch) 11:41 of the 2nd New
York Goal Alexei Kovalev (assist Brian Leetch) 19:46 of the 2nd 3rd
Period: Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund (assists Brendan Morrison, Todd
Bertuzzi) 2:40 of the 3rd Vancouver Goal Todd Bertuzzi (assists Brent
Sopel, Brendan Morrison) 9:48 of the 3rd New York Goal Bobby Holik
(assist Brian Leetch) 17:19 of the 3rd FINAL: NY Rangers 4 - Vancouver 3
Shots on Goal: New York Rangers 31 - Vancouver 30
Vancouver and New York scored in the 1st Period. Brad May and Dale Purinton got into a fight in the 2nd Period, and
Cloutier made some great saves including one off Jan Hlavac shortly after
the fight. Morrison, Naslund, Bertuzzi and Sopel staged another 3rd
Period comeback to tie the Game at 3-3 but a Vancouver giveaway in front of
Goalie Dan Cloutier resulted in the Game winning Goal for the NY Rangers.
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