Official: Vancouver Canucks W00T

[Mucman]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: Mucman
I have a funky feeling that these old guys don't want to meet... they are intimidated by me so they refuse to answer all queries about an ATOT HNIC meet in Vancouver

First drink the Cheeata Poo coffee & some heinikens followed by the naked window washing on Robson street then we will talk about ATOT HNIC

Silverpig.......... maybe we will keep on winning with you in classes Keep it up

Cheers,
Aquaman

Well.... now everyone knows why I won't be going

 

[silverpig]

I miss every Tuesday and Wednesday night game...

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks blitz Barrasso, Blues

Sports Ticker
11/13/2002

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- For the first time in a month, GM Place was home sweet home for the Vancouver Canucks.

Five different players picked up a goal and an assist as the Canucks ended a six-game home winless streak with a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues, who got a four-game road trip off to a poor start.

Vancouver was 0-4-2 at GM Place since defeating San Jose in its home opener on October 12. But the Canucks were able to carry the momentum of a 3-1-0 road trip and handed the Blues just their second loss in the last 11 trips to Vancouver.

Todd Bertuzzi, Artem Chubarov, Todd Warriner, Brendan Morrison and Trevor Letowski each scored a goal and set up another as the Canucks blitzed Tom Barrasso in his St. Louis debut. Vancouver was 3-for-5 on the power play after going 0-for-8 in the last two games of the trip.

Goals by Shjon Podein and Cory Stillman staked the Blues to a 2-0 lead less than nine minutes into the game. But Vancouver scored three times in the second period to take control.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[sandorski]

After the Blues took their 2-0 lead, I told my bro that the Canucks were toast! Haha, glad to have been proven wrong!

 

[Aquaman]

Next up LA Kings 7pm PST on Sportsnet

Go Canucks GO

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks go for three

Sports Network
11/14/2002

(Sports Network) - The Vancouver Canucks will try and make it three wins in a row tonight when they welcome the Los Angeles Kings to GM Place.

Todd Bertuzzi, Artem Chubarov, Todd Warriner and Brendan Morrison each tallied a goal and an assist to lead Vancouver over St. Louis, 6-3, in the opener of a five-game homestand on Tuesday.

Trevor Letowski and Trevor Linden also lit the lamp for the Canucks, who came back from a two-goal deficit and won for the fourth time in five games.

Dan Cloutier stopped 25 shots for the Canucks and kept the deficit at two early in the first period with a pair of point-blank saves.

Linden, who has scored in back-to-back games, is now one tally shy of Stan Smyl's Canucks record of 262 goals.

Vancouver killed off 5-of-6 penalties and has stopped 78-of-86 opposition power plays through the first 16 games of the season.

Los Angeles, in the midst of the second-longest road trip in franchise history, comes into Thursday's contest with a two-game losing streak and losers in four of its last five.

The Kings fell to 1-2-0 on its current eight-game trip with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.

Adam Deadmarsh scored twice and Jaroslav Modry had a goal and an assist in the loss. Felix Potvin stopped 15-of-18 shots through the first two periods for Los Angeles before Jamie Storr came on to play the third. Storr made seven saves and took the loss.

This will be the second meeting of the season between these teams, as they skated to a 2-2 tie back on October 19 at Staples Center.

The Canucks are unbeaten in their last four (2-0-2) against LA and 3-1-2 in the last six meetings. However, in the last 16 matchups, the Kings own a 9-3-4 mark.

Vancouver has beaten Los Angeles three straight times on its home ice.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Woot 3 hours to go

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Mucman]

If it wasn't for this thread, I would never know when they Canucks play

 

[Sealy]

Yeah! Go Canucks go!!!!!

 

[Aquaman]

Woot ....... interesting 1st period I think we better bring it up a notch

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[sandorski]

Booyah 2-1

 

[sandorski]

huh, where did it.....goal!!!!!

3-1 woot

 

[silverpig]

That was a pretty good 2nd period for sure... especially for Naslund

 

[sandorski]

Thank the gods of missed opportunities, Canucks win 3-2!! woot!

 

[Sealy]

Yeah! We win!

 

[silverpig]

Sweetness. Klatt had a very good game.

 

[Sealy]

I've seen Trent 2 times around town! First was in NewPort Village and second was at DeDutch in PoCo, he was there with his 5 kids and his wife...crazy! Did'nt have the guts to say anything to him though...my claim to fame! He's a big boy!

 

[silverpig]

Sweet. I was walking around downtown last night after class (~10pm), and I could have sworn I saw Bertuzzi. He was walking kind of hunched over with a hood, so I was actually taller than him... Kinda makes me think it wasn't actually him, but that face was nearly identical.

 

[Sealy]

I forgot, I saw Todd Bertuzzi in Tim Hortons in the North Shore. He is tall, Shaun (my sweetie) was standing behind him and he was a little taller than him. Shaun is 6'2''. I also saw him at the GVO last year, we went to the celebrity golf game before the actual open. Lots of fun!

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks won't tolerate problem fans

Canadian Press
11/14/2002

VANCOUVER (CP) - The Vancouver Canucks will have zero tolerance for problem fans at GM Place, like the person who climbed on the safety netting during a recent game.

Anyone causing a disturbance will be tossed out of the building and will lose their season tickets or multi-game packages, Dave Cobb, the Canucks chief operating officer, said Thursday.

``It's zero tolerance and they do not get back in the building,'' said Cobb.

``They lose their tickets and they do not get back in.''

Trouble makers with single-game tickets will be barred from returning.

Cobb said the fan who climbed on the netting behind the Canuck goal during Tuesday's 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues has been banned from the building and the team is encouraging Vancouver police to lay charges against him.

``We're not doing business with that guy any more and he's not coming in our building,'' said Cobb.

``If anybody else attempts anything like that it will be the same thing. We encourage the police as strongly as we can to file charges and encourage the Crown to pick it up. We expect they will.''

Calls to the Vancouver police were not immediately returned.

The fan climbed onto the net, then hung upside for several minutes. Fans actually cheered him, then booed and pelted security guards who carted him off.

Cobb said the Canucks will also bill the fan for the ``several thousand dollars'' in damage he caused to the net.

``That guy could have fallen and killed himself,'' said Cobb.

``He could have fallen on somebody. He could have pulled the whole thing down. It was very dangerous.''

The incident was the latest in several involving fans invading the playing surface.

A drunken fan ran onto the field and attacked a member of the B.C. Lions during Sunday's CFL West semifinal in Winnipeg.

Earlier this year, a naked man attempted to climb over the glass and onto the ice during a Calgary Flames game. He fell and was taken off the ice on a stretcher.

In September, a father and son charged onto the field and attacked a Kansas City Royals coach during a baseball game at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Cobb said during last year's playoffs, a long-time season ticket holder threw something on the ice.

``He agreed voluntarily not to enter our building for a year,'' he said.

``We'll look at cases individually. If it were a fight, if it were violence, if he had assaulted somebody, it probably would have been harsher.''

During an Oct. 31 Canuck game at GM Place, a fight erupted in the arena's lower bowl. At the same game, a disgruntled fan threw a pumpkin on the ice.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Canuck power too much for Kings

Canadian Press
11/15/2002

VANCOUVER (CP) - Trevor Letowski isn't known for his goal-scoring prowess so he's enjoying his offensive streak while he can.

The feisty Vancouver Canucks centre extended his scoring streak to three games in a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Letowski, who went scoreless in his first 11 contests, now has four goals in his past six games.

``I try to approach each game the same way, just work hard,'' Letowski said. ``Just the last little while, it's really been bouncing my way. I thought early in the year I should have had a few, too, but it was a goose egg for a while.

``Once I got the first one, they seem to be coming a little easier now and it feels good.''

Markus Naslund scored a pair of power plays goals 34-seconds apart and Brendan Morrison added two assists for the Canucks (8-5-4-0), who have won five of their past six games. Dan Cloutier, who has backstopped the Canucks to all of their wins, made 19 saves.

Rookie Alexander Frolov and Derek Armstrong replied for the Kings (7-6-2-2), who have only one win in their past six games (1-4-0-1). Felix Potvin made 12 stops in the loss.

Letowski's goal sparked a Canucks comeback after the team played a dismal first period and trailed Los Angeles 1-0 early in the second frame.

With Cloutier pulled during a delayed penalty call, the Thunder Bay, Ont., native one-timed a pass by Matt Cooke under Potvin.

The goal not only gave the Canucks some much-needed momentum but continued another streak: Vancouver is 6-0-0-0 this season when Letowski registers a point. Last year, the Canucks and Letowski's previous team, the Phoenix Coyotes, were a combined 16-1-0-2 when he got on the scoresheet.

``It's just a funny game the way it works,'' Letowski said. ``It's just going in right now. It's fun for me because it doesn't happen like this too often so I just have to enjoy it. I feel good on the ice right now and feel confident with the puck.''

While Letowski continued his scoring streak, another came to an end for Naslund _ and he couldn't be happier about it. The Canucks captain's two goals were his first on home ice this season.

With the game tied 1-1, Mattias Ohlund faked a slapshot from the point then passed the puck to Naslund, who was stationed at the side of the net. He backhanded a pass to the front of the net but the puck ricocheted off a player in front and past Potvin.

Naslund's second goal, his 10th of the season, was a strange one. He one-timed a pass from Bertuzzi and the puck lodged between the goal's backbrace and the netting, obscuring the puck from sight. No one knew where the puck was except referee Mick McGeough, who signalled the goal.

Naslund, who is still suffering the effects of the flu, downplayed his performance, saying he'd rather his team play an all-around better game, such as in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues.

``It's always exciting to score at home but as long as we're getting the scoring I don't think it really matters,'' Naslund said. ``I'll take a game like St. Louis when we score six and we play that way, better than a game like this.''

The Kings, who outshot the Canucks 6-3 in the first period and 5-1 in the third, had some great chances to score but the players' aims seemed to be a little off.

Los Angeles had two glorious opportunities to score during a four-minute power play in the first period but both Ziggy Palffy and Aaron Miller missed open nets. Later in the game, defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky also found himself staring at a wide-open cage but shot the puck wide.

Kings head coach Andy Murray felt his team deserved at least a point in the contest, and not just because his team played well. Murray pointed to a play where, with the Kings trailing 3-1 in the third period, Palffy hit the post and the puck dropped behind Cloutier. The goaltender dropped back on the puck and was pushed into his crease but no goal was called.

``I came over and asked Mick, `Was it in,''' Murray said after the game. ``And he said it wasn't in. I have to talk some people who were back there but our guy upstairs said it was in. ...

``We deserved a minimum of a point out of here.''

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Woot

Next up NYR 7pm PST Hockey Nighrt in Canada CBC

Go Canucks GO

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

After watching a great game on the tube I went out to my regular Thursday night floor hockey and promptly scored 5 goals If I was a Canuck I would have made some happy Safeway customer 5 million dollars

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks pair brawl in practice

tsn.ca Staff
11/15/2002

VANCOUVER (CP) - Jarkko Ruutu's frustration over not playing boiled over in practice Friday when he started trading punches with his Vancouver Canuck teammate Matt Cooke.

The scrap broke out during a drill. Ruutu took exception to a slash from Cooke. The feisty Finn shed his gloves, yanked Cooke's jersey up over his head, and began throwing upper cuts before other players intervened.

Neither player was hurt.

``There's a lot of frustration on my side,'' said Ruutu, a six-foot-two, 200-pound winger who has played in just three games this NHL season.

``I haven't been playing forever. I got a two-hander and that's it.''

Cooke, an instigator on the ice, shrugged off the incident.

``I slashed his stick and apparently he didn't like it,'' he said. ``He's a guy fighting for a spot to get into a game. He'll do what it takes.''

Cooke said it's not the first time he's been involved in a fight during practice.

``It's not a big deal,'' he said. ``It's heat of the moment.''

Ruutu has been one of the forgotten Canucks this year. In 49 games last season he had two goals and seven assists and 74 penalty minutes. He also was a member of the Finnish Olympic team.

``I want to play every game. Every shift you want to be out there,'' said Ruutu, 27, Vancouver's third choice, 68th overall, in the 1998 draft.

``It's not happening. ''

Ruutu has talked to management about his concerns but hasn't asked for a trade.

``All I want is to play,'' he said. ``I'd rather play here, that's my goal. But if it's not going to happen here hopefully I'll get a chance somewhere else.''

It's the second time this year a fight has broken out at a Canuck practice. Earlier in the season goaltender Dan Cloutier was angry after a high shot and went after enforcer Mike Brown.

Brown was later put on waivers and picked up by Anaheim.

Coach Marc Crawford didn't seem concerned by the latest incident.

``I read an article in the paper today on how fighting in games is way down,'' he said.

``Maybe it's a good thing it's way up in practices. We'll start selling tickets to practices.''

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Aquaman]

Canucks split twins, go on roll

Canadian Press
11/15/2002

VANCOUVER (CP) - Near the end of practice Friday, Daniel and Henrik Sedin stood chatting for a couple minutes, maybe doing a little catching up.

Then Henrik headed off to the Vancouver Canucks dressing room to shower and change while Daniel returned to the ice for some extra work.

The Canucks have been on a roll, winning five of their last six NHL games, and will take a 8-5-4-0 record into Saturday's game with the New York Rangers (8-9-2-0).

The Swedish twins, once thought inseparable, have played on separate lines for the last three games. The move partly reflects the opposite progress in the careers of the 22-year-olds since general manager Brian Burke did some wheeling and dealing on draft day in 1999 to make them the second and third overall picks.

Centre Henrik, taken third, is playing between Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi on Vancouver's top line. Left-winger Daniel has dropped to the grinding unit of Artem Chubarov and Trevor Linden.

``It's not a big deal this year,'' Henrik, who has nine assists and no goals, said about not having Daniel on his wing for one of the few times of his career.

``We have to get used to not playing with each other. It was tough in the beginning, we've played together for a long time. Maybe it will make us more balanced players.''

Henrik had nine goals and 20 assists as a rookie. Last year he improved to 16 goals and 20 assists.

Daniel scored 20 goals in his rookie season, then slipped to just nine last year after undergoing off-season back surgery. He came to camp healthy but has managed just one goal and five assists this year.

``The last seven or eight games hasn't been the way you want it to be,'' said Daniel, who was a healthy scratch for the Canucks' 4-2 win in Denver back on Oct. 4.

``You have to keep on working hard. Hopefully you get some goals and some confidence. I feel great but you just have to get some bounces, some easy goals to get your confidence back.''

Confidence is something the Canucks have plenty of. They've also got some hot goaltending from Dan Cloutier, production from their top players and some secondary scoring.

Among the things going right for the Canucks:

- Naslund, the Canucks captain who was so sick with the flu he didn't practice Monday, has eight goals in his last six games.

- Centre Trevor Letowski, who was held scoreless in the month of October, has a goal in each of the last three games.

- Vancouver has scored five power-play goals in its last eight chances.

- The Canuck penalty killing leads the league, allowing just eight goals in 91 opportunities for a 91.2 percentage.

Linden said there's nothing magic in what the Canucks have done.

``We've just simplified things,'' he said.

``We're playing straight ahead, straight forward, and are trying to get lots of pucks at the net.''

The Sedins have been under close scrutiny since their arrival. During their first two seasons they rarely played apart. Even earlier this year, their line along with hardnosed Trent Klatt was one of the most consistent.

But when the Canucks went on a 1-4-4 slide the Swedish brothers were labelled the Sedin Sisters by some angry callers to radio phone-in programs.

Coach Marc Crawford said the versatility of centre Brendan Morrison, plus the improved play of Klatt, Todd Warriner, Matt Cooke and Letowski resulted in shifting the brothers around.

``It's something I haven't experimented with much this year,'' Crawford said.

``Part of that is maturity of the Sedins.''

Linden said the brothers have received more than their share of abuse from the Vancouver fans and media.

``They are young guys right now,'' he said.

``They are not even fully developed from a physical standpoint.''

Cheers,
Aquaman