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silverpig

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: silverpig
fvck

We almost scored, then they did... :(

I feel sad they scored but happy also because of my hockey pool.......... I am so conflicted :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

*slap*

Get your priorities straight!
 

Aquaman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: silverpig
fvck

We almost scored, then they did... :(

I feel sad they scored but happy also because of my hockey pool.......... I am so conflicted :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

*slap*

Get your priorities straight!

Hey I am racing for the lead (I am 4th out of 33) if Cloutier gets the shutout he gets 7 points :Q ONly 1 guy has Cloutier and he is leading :p

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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Flames rally to upend Canucks

Canadian Press
2/12/2004

VANCOUVER (CP) - Goaltender Roman Turek has been serenaded more than a few times by the boo-birds at the Pengrowth Saddledome this season but he silenced his critics Wednesday night.

Turek made 32 saves to backstop a Calgary rally from a 2-0 deficit as the Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2.

It was only his fourth win in 12 decisions this season but one to savour after being sidelined for 40 games with a knee injury.

``I think so, because I haven't played many games,'' Turek said when asked whether this was his best effort of the season.

The Flames, who won back-to-back games for the first time in more than a month, find themselves in a playoff position this late in the season for the first time in eight years.

Turek, who saved the victory in the final minutes with a diving glove save on Brendan Morrison during a power play, said wins like the one over Vancouver builds confidence.

``We've got a lot of games left but we're in our best position for the last seven years,'' he said. ``Every game when we beat these guys it's a big game for us.''

Jarome Iginla, with his third goal in two nights and sixth in his last four games, scored the winner 28 seconds into the third period as the Canucks couldn't get out of their end because of an industrious Calgary forecheck.

Iginla scored his 27th of the campaign by skating out of the corner and ringing his shot off the post and behind Vancouver goalie Dan Cloutier.

Chuck Kobasew and Craig Conroy each scored their third goals of the season for Calgary after Sami Salo and Jarkko Ruutu gave the Canucks a 2-0 first-period lead.

The Flames continued their domination of the Canucks at GM Place where they have five wins and a tie in their last six visits. The Canucks lost for the third time in four games in their first outing since the all-star break and missed a chance to tie Colorado and Detroit for first overall in the NHL.

Vancouver trails both clubs by two points and the Avalanche have two games in hand.

Iginla said beating Vancouver was one of Calgary's most important victories of the season.

``This is right up there and it gives us momentum as a group,'' said Iginla who also heard a few boos after a slow start to the season.

``We're so tight in the point standings and now it's back-to-back nights, to be able to win in the third period against two good offensive hockey clubs, that feels good and it's a chance to get ourselves on a roll.''

The Flames beat the Thrashers 5-2 on Tuesday night but goaltending was the difference against the Canucks, Iginla said.

``Roman pretty much won that by himself. He made that great save off Morrison in the third period when they started turning it up. You couldn't get anything by him,'' he said. ``It's great to see and he played awesome.''

The Canucks had only two shots on goal until they capitalized on a two-man advantage midway through the first period when Salo blew a hard shot over Turek's glove from the high slot.

Ruutu chipped the puck over the Calgary goalie 2:02 later.

When Turek wasn't making saves, the Flames' forecheck pinned Vancouver in its own end.

``We're a pretty quick club and when we're forechecking, it's a tough group to play against,'' said Iginla.

Morrison had his opportunity from the side of the net as Turek scrambled to get across his crease.

``It just wasn't a good enough shot,'' Morrison said. ``I shot it pretty hard but I didn't get it up high enough.''

Markus Naslund said the Canucks weren't hungry enough to provide enough support for Cloutier, who kept the score to 2-2 entering the third period with a breakaway save on Martin Gelinas.

``There's no doubt about it,'' said Naslund. ``They were hungrier at key moments.''

NOTES: Vancouver forward Matt Cooke, who suffered a knee sprain Jan. 9 after missing 13 games in December with a shoulder injury and a blood infection, has resumed practising ... Canucks defenceman Ed Jovanovski still doesn't have full range of motion in the shoulder he injured Jan. 25 sliding into the end boards and expects to be out at least another week.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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Canucks fall to struggling Thrashers

Canadian Press
2/14/2004

VANCOUVER (CP) - The Atlanta Thrashers were tired of losing and the Vancouver Canucks paid the price for that physically and on the scoreboard.

Dany Heatley had a goal and an assist and goaltender Pasi Nurminen stopped 30 shots as the Thrashers ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Canucks in a hard-hitting game Friday night.

``We got sick of losing,'' said Ronald Petrovicky, who scored as his team also stopped a 10-game winless streak (0-8-2) with only its third win in 22 (3-15-3-1) outings.

``We had a winless streak going and nobody likes that in the dressing room. Guys came out pretty hard tonight. That's what we have to do, play smart and physical hockey.''

Shawn McEachern also had a goal and an assist for the Thrashers, who continually pounded the Canucks along the boards and made sure to finish all their checks. Marc Savard rounded out the scoring while Vyacheslav Kozlov added two assists.

``(It was a) huge win for our whole team,'' said Nurminen, ``We took the body. We don't usually have enough physical play but maybe the last two games we concentrate on that. We've got to hit people and we've got to make their life tough. Maybe that's the one point that turned our game today.''

Daniel Sedin scored his third goal in four games for Vancouver, which has lost two straight. Dan Cloutier made 14 saves before he was ejected with 35 seconds left after hitting Petrovicky in the face with his blocker. Cloutier was given a match penalty, which comes with an automatic review by the NHL.

Cloutier didn't speak to reporters after the game.

``I think we're all embarrassed,'' said Canucks captain Markus Naslund. ``It was a big game for us, especially after losing to Calgary and wanting to bounce back.

``We did it to ourselves. We were undisciplined. We lost our focus. That's probably the biggest difference. We didn't play our game and we let ourselves get frustrated.''

Heatley now has two goals and four points in eight games since returning to the Atlanta lineup after recovering from injuries suffered in a car accident that fatally injured teammate Dan Snyder.

Heatley suffered a broken jaw and torn ligaments after slamming his Ferrari into a wall in an Atlanta suburb Sept. 29. Snyder died a few days later from head injuries.

``I felt very good tonight,'' said Heatley. ``I have the last three or four nights and it's starting to come together. All I can say is it's moving in the right direction and it feels pretty good.''

The Thrashers, outshot 31-19, scored once in eight power-play chances and also picked up a short-handed goal. The Canucks went 0-for-7 on the power play.

Vancouver (31-17-7-3) remains four points behind first-place Colorado, which has two games in hand.

It sure didn't look like Atlanta (27-21-6-2) was going to get a win after the first 20 minutes.

The Canucks outshot the Thrashers 13-1 and played the entire two minutes of one power play in the Atlanta zone but failed to score.

Jarkko Ruutu had a glorious opportunity when he was awarded a penalty shot after being hauled down by Ilya Kovalchuk while on a short-handed breakaway.

Ruutu seemed to have Nurminen beat on the penalty shot, but the puck went wide of the net.

Atlanta rallied in the second, scoring twice in the first four minutes. Cloutier stopped a long shot by Kozlov but Petrovicky, stationed right in front of the Vancouver goaltender, fired the rebound in for his 15th goal of the season.

Then Heatley beat Cloutier with a wrist shot to the goaltender's glove side.

Daniel Sedin pulled Vancouver to within 2-1. The Canucks had a chance to tie the game with a 42-second two-man advantage but failed to score.

Minutes later, Savard made it 3-1 after converting on a 2-on-1 short-handed break.

McEachern made it 4-1 at 6:49 of the third period during a two-man advantage.

Things turned ugly in the final minute when Cloutier went after Petrovicky. The punch got everyone on the ice in the action, with a couple of fights breaking out.

Unlike the previous night, when Nurminen dropped the gloves with Edmonton Oilers goalie Ty Conklin, the Thrashers backstopper chose to stay in his own crease.

``(I thought about it) for a second but yesterday our coach said that I'm a better goalie than a fighter,'' said Nurminen, who was still sporting a couple of welts on his face.

Petrovicky said he didn't provoke Cloutier's attack.

``I didn't say anything, he just speared me and then punched me in the head with his blocker,'' said Petrovicky. ``I guess he was a little frustrated.''

Notes: Canucks winger Matt Cooke returned to the lineup after missing more than a month with a knee injury . . . The last time these two teams squared off, last Feb. 25, the Canucks won 8-0 . . . Trevor Linden remains one point shy of becoming the Vancouver Canucks' all-time leading scorer. He is currently tied with Stan Smyl at 673 points.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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Originally posted by: Sealy
Come on Canucks!! Wish I could watch the game...but don't have ppv :( That's okay I'll be watching them live in 3 days!!!!! :D

Have a good game tomorrow :)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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Linden chases Smyl as Canucks host Ducks

The Sports Network
2/14/2004

If the Vancouver Canucks want the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs, they have a funny way of showing it.

The Canucks will try to put and end to their two-game slide at home and continue their pursuit of West-leading Colorado when they take on the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

Currently fourth overall in the conference despite having the third-most points, the Canucks are just 1-3-0-1 in February following a five-game winning streak from Jan. 21-31.

Vancouver trails Colorado by four points in the Northwest Division race with 24 games to play. The Canucks had a chance to cut the deficit in half Friday, but instead were beaten 4-1 by Atlanta, which had been winless in its previous 10 games (0-8-2).

The Canucks tied a franchise record by allowing just one shot on goal in the first period and managed 13 of their own, but did not score.

Trevor Linden is still looking for a franchise marks himself. Linden was held off the scorecard Friday and is still tied with Stan Smyl for the team record for most career points. Both players have 673 points in their careers with the franchise.

Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks.

Matt Cooke returned to the Vancouver lineup after missing more than a month with a knee injury and had a minus-2 rating with two shots in a little more than 12 minutes.

The Mighty Ducks had their modest two-game winning streak snapped with Friday's 2-1 loss to Calgary. Steve Rucchin scored for the Ducks, who have just one win in their last nine road games (1-7-0-1).

"This hurts because we need all the points we can get. It's desperation time," Ducks center Andy McDonald said.

Anaheim is 13th in the conference, 11 points out of a playoff spot with 25 games remaining.

Peter Schastlivy, acquired Feb. 4 from Ottawa, made his Anaheim debut Friday, finishing with an even rating and two shots on goal.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere, last season's Conn Smythe Trophy winner, made his second straight start in goal following a 17-day stretch in which he played just 47 minutes.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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NHL fines Cloutier $1,000 for punching

TSN.ca Staff
2/14/2004

The National Hockey League slapped a $1,000 fine on Canucks goaltender Dan Cloutier on Saturday for attacking forward Ronald Petrovicky during Vancouver's 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.

Dan Cloutier made 14 saves before he was ejected with 35 seconds left in the game after hitting Petrovicky in the face with his blocker. Cloutier was given a match penalty, which came with an automatic review by the NHL.

Cloutier didn't speak to reporters after the game.

The punch got everyone on the ice in the action, with a couple of fights breaking out. Petrovicky said he didn't provoke Cloutier's attack.

"I didn't say anything, he just speared me and then punched me in the head with his blocker," said Petrovicky. "I guess he was a little frustrated."

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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Woot :D

Going to the Big Screen to watch the Game :)

Go Canucks Go!!! :D :D :D

ps. Have fun at the game Sealy ;)

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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