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Aquaman

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Wild recall Wanvig

Associated Press
4/26/2003

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild recalled right wing Kyle Wanvig from Houston of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

Wanvig led Houston with five points in three games in the Aeros' sweep of Milwaukee in the AHL playoffs.

Wanvig, who had the winning goal in each game of the series, was called up by Minnesota twice during the regular season. He was the Wild's second-round draft pick in 2001.

Minnesota trails its second-round series with Vancouver 1-0. Game 2 is Sunday night in Vancouver.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Aquaman

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Canucks ready for Wild in Game 2

Canadian Press
4/27/2003

VANCOUVER (CP) - Playing the Minnesota Wild can be like trying to sleep while a tap drips in another room or going to a theatre and having the people in front of you talk through the whole movie.

The Wild are frustrating, irritating.

They are the person at the grocery store whose cart takes up the whole aisle and won't let you pass. They are the car on the freeway that insists on driving slow in the fast lane.

They take up time and space, impeding your progress and stopping you from getting to where you want to go.

"That's our hockey," shrugged defenceman Nick Schultz. "We want to frustrate teams."

The Vancouver Canucks overcame their frustration Friday night to win Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal when Trent Klatt scored a power-play goal at 3:42 of overtime.

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be played Sunday at G.M. Place. The series shifts to Minnesota for games Tuesday and Friday.

The Canucks did a lot of things right against the Wild. They outshoot them 39-21 - including 16-5 in the second period - and at times controlled the game. But the few mistakes Vancouver made quickly turned into a 3-1 Minnesota lead in the third.

That's the Wild's game. Play conservative. Plug up the passing lane like a filter full of dirt. Turn the neutral zone into gridlock, then use their speed to jump on loose pucks.

"It's frustrating if you let it get to you," said Klatt, a Minnesota native who once played for the North Stars before they moved to Dallas. "We knew that's the way they're going to play.

"We knew that they test your patience. They want to see you get frustrated, see you do things you're not usually characterized as doing and they feed on that."

Matt Cooke forced the overtime when he scored with just 1.2 seconds left in the third. Markus Naslund had made it 3-2 on a breakaway after Minnesota forwards Wes Walz and Marian Gaborik collided, coughing up the puck.

"We're not feeling sorry for ourselves," said Walz, who had two goals in the opener. "We're bit going to be dragging our heads around here.

"We're a resilient bunch in our dressing room. Obviously we're disappointed but we'll make adjustments. We need to learn from our mistakes."

Walz makes no apologizes for Minnesota's style. It was good enough to put the third-year franchise into the playoffs and upset the heavily favoured Colorado Avalanche in the first round.

"You can call it frustrating," he said. "We're just trying to play in-your-face hockey.

"We can't let Naslund and (Todd) Bertuzzi look fantastic out there. When they get the puck you want to be in their face and not give them room to skate."<

The Canucks are just as quick as the Wild, but are bigger and probably more talented. But if they hope to win the series, patience might be what they need most.

"We know we're going to have to be patient," said Cooke, who can be as abrasive as sandpaper during a game. "We just have to make sure we stick with our system and play hard.

"We need to chip pucks by, go straight ahead and cycle them down low because that's where we'r'e going to be effective."

Bertuzzi, who often plays like a bull in a china shop, said the Canucks must show finesse and composure.

"You're not going to change a team like that," said Bertuzzi, who has gone four games without a goal. "They won't change.

"You have to deal with it, adapt to it and make the changes."

For the Wild, it will be important not to carry Friday night's disappointment into the second next game.

"We have to forget about it," said Antti Laaksonen, who along with Walz spent much of Friday shadowing Vancouver's top line. "We have to limit those mistakes and play five-on-five.

"You can't dwell on one game whether you win or lose. It's going to be a new game Sunday and we're going to be that much hungrier."

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: oldfoof
sandorski you live in kelowna ? Where bouts?

No, I live a couple hours south of Kelowna. Just went there to basically see my grandmother, she's moving from the Okanagan to Jarvie Alberta(N of Edmonton!! :Q ).
 

oldfoof

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Woohooo , comon nucks lets steam roll :D

Btw sandorski I am going to wal-mart are the t-shirts any good? how much ?
 

sandorski

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They are Official NHL T-shirts, very good quality. They were only $12, but Bertuzzi shirts were very limited in quantity. While I was at the checkout the checkout lady(person :D ) asked me if there were any Bertuzzi shirts left, seems like they are selling like crazy. If you enter the Walmart from the parking lot entrance, the rack is off to the right near the corner of the womens/mens clothing dept, at the main aisle and the aisle that leads to the electronics/cd/dvd/games dept. If you have problems finding it, just ask one of the staff, while me and my bro were looking at the shirts one of the Walmart ladies asked us if we saw the last game then proceeded to tell us how she came home just as the end of the third was happening. She was alone and when she saw Cook score started whoop and hollering!! :) We had a good chuckle. :D
 

BCYL

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Originally posted by: sandorski
They are Official NHL T-shirts, very good quality. They were only $12, but Bertuzzi shirts were very limited in quantity. While I was at the checkout the checkout lady(person :D ) asked me if there were any Bertuzzi shirts left, seems like they are selling like crazy. If you enter the Walmart from the parking lot entrance, the rack is off to the right near the corner of the womens/mens clothing dept, at the main aisle and the aisle that leads to the electronics/cd/dvd/games dept. If you have problems finding it, just ask one of the staff, while me and my bro were looking at the shirts one of the Walmart ladies asked us if we saw the last game then proceeded to tell us how she came home just as the end of the third was happening. She was alone and when she saw Cook score started whoop and hollering!! :) We had a good chuckle. :D

Isn't it amazing how a hockey team is doing wonders for the whole city? :)
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: BCYL
Originally posted by: sandorski
They are Official NHL T-shirts, very good quality. They were only $12, but Bertuzzi shirts were very limited in quantity. While I was at the checkout the checkout lady(person :D ) asked me if there were any Bertuzzi shirts left, seems like they are selling like crazy. If you enter the Walmart from the parking lot entrance, the rack is off to the right near the corner of the womens/mens clothing dept, at the main aisle and the aisle that leads to the electronics/cd/dvd/games dept. If you have problems finding it, just ask one of the staff, while me and my bro were looking at the shirts one of the Walmart ladies asked us if we saw the last game then proceeded to tell us how she came home just as the end of the third was happening. She was alone and when she saw Cook score started whoop and hollering!! :) We had a good chuckle. :D

Isn't it amazing how a hockey team is doing wonders for the whole city? :)

Whole Province! :) I lived in Vancouver during the 94 run, it was like one big party! Up until end anyway! :D
 

BCYL

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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: BCYL
Originally posted by: sandorski
They are Official NHL T-shirts, very good quality. They were only $12, but Bertuzzi shirts were very limited in quantity. While I was at the checkout the checkout lady(person :D ) asked me if there were any Bertuzzi shirts left, seems like they are selling like crazy. If you enter the Walmart from the parking lot entrance, the rack is off to the right near the corner of the womens/mens clothing dept, at the main aisle and the aisle that leads to the electronics/cd/dvd/games dept. If you have problems finding it, just ask one of the staff, while me and my bro were looking at the shirts one of the Walmart ladies asked us if we saw the last game then proceeded to tell us how she came home just as the end of the third was happening. She was alone and when she saw Cook score started whoop and hollering!! :) We had a good chuckle. :D

Isn't it amazing how a hockey team is doing wonders for the whole city? :)

Whole Province! :) I lived in Vancouver during the 94 run, it was like one big party! Up until end anyway! :D

I know... since the Canucks enter the playoffs this season, everyone just seems more friendly... And you know EVERYONE knows about the Canucks, so you can go up to anyone and have a common topic... :)
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: BCYL
I know... since the Canucks enter the playoffs this season, everyone just seems more friendly... And you know EVERYONE knows about the Canucks, so you can go up to anyone and have a common topic... :)

Time to go pick up some chicks :)
 

BCYL

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Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: BCYL
I know... since the Canucks enter the playoffs this season, everyone just seems more friendly... And you know EVERYONE knows about the Canucks, so you can go up to anyone and have a common topic... :)

Time to go pick up some chicks :)

No kidding... Even my Dad, who hasn't watch a single game of hockey his entire life is taking interest in the Canucks now and talking to me about it... He knows which nights the games are on, and occasionally turns to game when there's nothing else on (even though he doesnt understand anything about hockey)...
 

BCYL

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Originally posted by: silverpig
WTF??? Where is your dad from d00d?

haha Asia family... older generation has absolutely no interest in hockey... the only sport he watches is golf...

It's kinda cool though... now I can talk to him about it, and get some father-son bonding going on... ;)
 

oldfoof

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Just got back from wal-mart, Only smalls are left :( bah . And i was trying to find thoes canuck flags you put on ur car. Sold out everywhere I looked !!!

Walmart
Sportchk
crapytire
and some others.

wahhhh
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: BCYL
Originally posted by: silverpig
WTF??? Where is your dad from d00d?

haha Asia family... older generation has absolutely no interest in hockey... the only sport he watches is golf...

It's kinda cool though... now I can talk to him about it, and get some father-son bonding going on... ;)

Hockey = good family stuff... Back in the day, that was the main family bonding thing of the week... watching HNIC every Saturday night.
 

silverpig

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Originally posted by: oldfoof
Just got back from wal-mart, Only smalls are left :( bah . And i was trying to find thoes canuck flags you put on ur car. Sold out everywhere I looked !!!

Walmart
Sportchk
crapytire
and some others.

wahhhh

Everyone's out of those flags...
 

Sealy

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A TRUE CANADIAN HOCKEY FAN!

It's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and a man makes his way to his seat
right at centre ice. He sits down,
noticing that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks his
neighbour if someone will be sitting there.
"No," says the neighbour. "The seat is empty."


This is incredible", said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a
seat like this for the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs
and not use it?"


The neighbour says "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me.
I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away.
This is the first Stanley Cup we haven't been to together since we got
married in 1967."


"Oh ... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find
someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbour
to take the seat?"


The man shakes his head and says, "No. They're all at the
funeral."


GO CANUCKS!!:D
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: Sealy
A TRUE CANADIAN HOCKEY FAN!

It's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and a man makes his way to his seat
right at centre ice. He sits down,
noticing that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks his
neighbour if someone will be sitting there.
"No," says the neighbour. "The seat is empty."


This is incredible", said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a
seat like this for the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs
and not use it?"


The neighbour says "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me.
I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away.
This is the first Stanley Cup we haven't been to together since we got
married in 1967."


"Oh ... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find
someone else, a friend or relative, or even a neighbour
to take the seat?"


The man shakes his head and says, "No. They're all at the
funeral."


GO CANUCKS!!:D

LOL!
 
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