How about them Canucks!
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You got that right, they were the dirty rats that knocked out the Habs! Dastardly bunch!
You have a memory like an elephant, hope I never get on your bad side.
On the other hand I'm almost as sad that Calgary just won a game!
Slumping Coyotes try to snap slump vs. CanucksThursday, 11.13.2014 / 10:46 PMNHL.comPrintE-mailShare with :
Arizona Coyotes vs. Vancouver CanucksCOYOTES (6-9-1) at CANUCKS (12-5-0)
TV: FS-A+, SNP
Season series: The Arizona Coyotes won three of five games against the Vancouver Canucks last season. All five games were decided by one goal, including three that went beyond regulation. Forward Antoine Vermette scored six goals for the Coyotes, including a hat trick in a 5-4 overtime loss in Vancouver on Jan. 26 and the game-winner in a 1-0 home victory March 4. Defenseman Kevin Bieksa and forward Chris Higgins led Vancouver with two goals each.
Coyotes team scope: Arizona has followed up its three-game winning streak with three consecutive losses, the latest a 5-3 defeat against the Calgary Flames on Thursday. The Coyotes rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game on Joe Vitale's second goal of the season, but the Flames scored the next two goals to hand the Coyotes a loss in the opener of their three-game trip through Western Canada. Devan Dubnyk might be in goal Friday after Smith took the loss in Calgary. Vermette's power-play goal in the second period ended the Coyotes' 0-for-20 drought with the man advantage. After being ranked as high as second in the NHL, Arizona's power play has dropped to 16th at 19.4 percent. "If the power play's working, something else isn't working," captain Shane Doan said. "When the power play's not working, something else is. We got to get on the same page; everyone's got to get on the same page."
Canucks team scope: Vancouver, which has won five of seven games in November, expects to have forwards Radim Vrbata and Derek Dorsett back in the lineup. Vrbata, who played six seasons with the Coyotes, has sat the past two games because of a leg injury. He has six goals and seven assists in 15 games in his first season with the Canucks. Dorsett has missed two games because of an upper-body injury. Bieksa and defenseman Luca Sbisa sat out practice Thursday. Bieksa wasn't feeling well but is expected to play, coach Willie Desjardins told the Vancouver Sun, and Sbisa is day-to-day after missing the past two games because of a lower-body injury. The Canucks recalled Bobby Sanguinetti from the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League on Thursday, giving them nine defensemen on their roster. The 26-year-old has seven points in 14 games with Utica this season. In 45 NHL games over three seasons with the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes, Sanguinetti has two goals and four assists and is minus-6; he hasn't played in the NHL since April 27, 2013.
Arizona Coyotes vs. Vancouver CanucksCOYOTES (6-9-1) at CANUCKS (12-5-0)
TV: FS-A+, SNP
Season series: The Arizona Coyotes won three of five games against the Vancouver Canucks last season. All five games were decided by one goal, including three that went beyond regulation. Forward Antoine Vermette scored six goals for the Coyotes, including a hat trick in a 5-4 overtime loss in Vancouver on Jan. 26 and the game-winner in a 1-0 home victory March 4. Defenseman Kevin Bieksa and forward Chris Higgins led Vancouver with two goals each.
Coyotes team scope: Arizona has followed up its three-game winning streak with three consecutive losses, the latest a 5-3 defeat against the Calgary Flames on Thursday. The Coyotes rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game on Joe Vitale's second goal of the season, but the Flames scored the next two goals to hand the Coyotes a loss in the opener of their three-game trip through Western Canada. Devan Dubnyk might be in goal Friday after Smith took the loss in Calgary. Vermette's power-play goal in the second period ended the Coyotes' 0-for-20 drought with the man advantage. After being ranked as high as second in the NHL, Arizona's power play has dropped to 16th at 19.4 percent. "If the power play's working, something else isn't working," captain Shane Doan said. "When the power play's not working, something else is. We got to get on the same page; everyone's got to get on the same page."
Canucks team scope: Vancouver, which has won five of seven games in November, expects to have forwards Radim Vrbata and Derek Dorsett back in the lineup. Vrbata, who played six seasons with the Coyotes, has sat the past two games because of a leg injury. He has six goals and seven assists in 15 games in his first season with the Canucks. Dorsett has missed two games because of an upper-body injury. Bieksa and defenseman Luca Sbisa sat out practice Thursday. Bieksa wasn't feeling well but is expected to play, coach Willie Desjardins told the Vancouver Sun, and Sbisa is day-to-day after missing the past two games because of a lower-body injury. The Canucks recalled Bobby Sanguinetti from the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League on Thursday, giving them nine defensemen on their roster. The 26-year-old has seven points in 14 games with Utica this season. In 45 NHL games over three seasons with the New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes, Sanguinetti has two goals and four assists and is minus-6; he hasn't played in the NHL since April 27, 2013.
No can do - am severely allergic to aspirin.
But appreciate the sentiment just the same.
Anyways, no hockey for me tonight. Watched Syracuse basketball instead as they whipped Kennesaw State. Coach Boeheim won his 949th game. Not too bad at all considering how some of his best players leave college early for the pros.
one could see as the first period went along that this was going to be one of those games where it would
be very difficult to score a goal, firstly because dubnik was sharp, secondly because tippet is one
coach who is very very defensive minded and has all of his teams focused on that part of the game, even
though they haven't done anything this season so far, they were playing that style of game.
then hanzel scored, i said to my husband 'that' if arizona scores one more goal, canucks won't be able
to catch up, a goal against them tonight seems almost impossible, well 2nd one went in, and canucks
lost all focus immediately including miller, and in went the 3rd one.
canucks haven't really tested dubnik seriously, he has been very sharp, but nothing miraculous, so
i'm wondering if canucks will score even one tonight.
they have to screen him, get a tip in, or a point shot goal, he has seen everything, hasn't been
tested at all, just shot at.
canucks will be totally pi***d off if they lose this one, anyway stuff happens, and it is tonight.
we thought that goal was scored with a high stick, very surprised when they called OK.
now that arizona has 4 goals, they cAn just defend, and check check check, and canucks will have to play
more offensive to try to catch up, goodluck with that, theyaren't sharp tonight.
this game will hAve All the moaners and groaners with lots to say.
oh well, i'm glad i watched chicago play detroit, that was a 'real' hockey game, so i've had my fill of
hockey allready tonight.
GO CANUCKS GO, i hope
detroit and chicago had a good one tonight, detroit won. cAnucks are playing A stinker tonight.
sorry about the aspirin thing, how about ibuprofen, sp?
be very difficult to score a goal, firstly because dubnik was sharp, secondly because tippet is one
coach who is very very defensive minded and has all of his teams focused on that part of the game, even
though they haven't done anything this season so far, they were playing that style of game.
then hanzel scored, i said to my husband 'that' if arizona scores one more goal, canucks won't be able
to catch up, a goal against them tonight seems almost impossible, well 2nd one went in, and canucks
lost all focus immediately including miller, and in went the 3rd one.
canucks haven't really tested dubnik seriously, he has been very sharp, but nothing miraculous, so
i'm wondering if canucks will score even one tonight.
they have to screen him, get a tip in, or a point shot goal, he has seen everything, hasn't been
tested at all, just shot at.
canucks will be totally pi***d off if they lose this one, anyway stuff happens, and it is tonight.
we thought that goal was scored with a high stick, very surprised when they called OK.
now that arizona has 4 goals, they cAn just defend, and check check check, and canucks will have to play
more offensive to try to catch up, goodluck with that, theyaren't sharp tonight.
this game will hAve All the moaners and groaners with lots to say.
oh well, i'm glad i watched chicago play detroit, that was a 'real' hockey game, so i've had my fill of
hockey allready tonight.
GO CANUCKS GO, i hope
detroit and chicago had a good one tonight, detroit won. cAnucks are playing A stinker tonight.
sorry about the aspirin thing, how about ibuprofen, sp?
acetaminophen does the trick for me - I take a 325mg pill & it works real well for me
glad you enjoyed watching puck tonight
Hopefully the Rangers or Isles will be on this weekend so that I can catch at least match. I'm more of a college basketball fan but try to watch as many New York games from either sport as I possibly can.
glad you enjoyed watching puck tonight
Hopefully the Rangers or Isles will be on this weekend so that I can catch at least match. I'm more of a college basketball fan but try to watch as many New York games from either sport as I possibly can.
i love basketball from a way back when i played all thru school, but my grandson, who is a pro golfer, lives
in florida, loves basketball, he would talk that sport with you all night.
The Canucks wildly outshot Arizona but they got shut out by a hot goaltender. I looks like the Canuck's coach doesn't like to change the goaltender. Arizona only had about twenty shots on Miller but five of them went in. I taped the game so maybe I can watch it a few more time to see if there is something obvious.
i was glad he didn't put lack in, in the last period, miller and the rest of the team, by that time, had lost
their focus, so he left him in there to sweat it out with the rest of the team, now lack can go into a new
game of his own.
sure, they had lots of shots on their goalie, but if you do watch it again, concentrate on how many of those
shots were dangerous, i remember the majority of them as routine saves for any goalie. no screen set ups, no
heavy work around their goalie, no big rushes to their net, and nothing much from the point, maybe a few, but
they should have realized that they needed to screen him, so he couldn't see the shots, or the shot would
deflect off of something.
they can mull over that game, and regather themselves, so they don't lose their focus again in another game
where they just aren't putting the puck in the net, the game is 60 minutes long, their concentration must
also be 60 minutes long.
Talloola, JLM
Maybe they just had a rotten game. Arizona had only 23 shots on Miller but five of those went in. The Canucks had over thirty shots and none went in.
I remember a game back in Toronto's heyday in the early sixties. Toronto was heading for another Stanley Cup and Boston were in the league basement. The game ended 8 - 0 for Boston.
Maybe they just had a rotten game. Arizona had only 23 shots on Miller but five of those went in. The Canucks had over thirty shots and none went in.
I remember a game back in Toronto's heyday in the early sixties. Toronto was heading for another Stanley Cup and Boston were in the league basement. The game ended 8 - 0 for Boston.
yeah, just a rotten game, i agree, arizona has been so bad, probably thought they wouldn't have to work
that hard, but those kinds of teams work their butts off, especially when they are playing a top team,
i remember when canucks were a bottom dwelling team, they use to beat detroit nicely, cause their pride
would rise up, they didn't want to be embarrassed, and detroit didn't seem to recognize the canucks as a
team to worry about.
Last night's game just confirms what Talloola has told us all along, on any given night any team can win a game and any team can lose a game. At the beginning of the game when it was announced that Miller had won all 7 previous contests against AZ, I have to admit for a second I had a funny feeling! Hope I don't get those feelings too often!
One more point about the Canucks and the Coyotes: Did you notice that three of Arizona's goals came from one man... Martin Hanza...
Sure did. He stole two goals there, the one he shouldn't have got off the high stick and the one immediately afterward - he caught the Canucks in shell shock, after the 2nd goal was allowed. That second goal was the catalyst, if that hadn't have counted Canucks would likely have won the game.
yeah, that was a fluky thing for him, but it did happen.
and, as i mentioned earlier, his third goal caught cAnucks still paralized from
his second goal, which i also think should not have counted.
he is a big tall guy, about 6'6" tall, and his stick is allready being held in
a higher position, and to me it looked definitely higher than the crossbar,
but all of the officials couldn't agree to change the original call, as a
goal.
none of those things are excuses to lose focus, but they are unfortunate.
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Pitt > Rangers 3-2 in shoot out
Doggone it! Thought Rangers had won but the replay showed that a shoot out goal was illegal and Pitt won in the next round.
Another loss for the Broadway Blues - nothing new here, sad to say.
Argh!!
Doggone it! Thought Rangers had won but the replay showed that a shoot out goal was illegal and Pitt won in the next round.
Another loss for the Broadway Blues - nothing new here, sad to say.
Argh!!