It’s been said that the Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win in ALL sports, which when you look at home many rounds and games a team must play, and everything that must fall into place, makes a lot of sense. Health of the team, positional play by key members, the team in synch, [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Apr.11 – It took to the very last game of the year, with a whole lot of meaning, a scoreless draw in regulation but the 1 point was all they needed to secure the NW Division Title and home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. [...]
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When the Canucks were going bad (Why the Canucks are losing-Jan.14) it was because they were not playing that D scheme and yes Luongo was not up to his high standard. If Luongo can keep up his play of the last two games and the team can get back to this scheme, which will be [...]
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April 8 – At least for now. The game last night against the Calgary Flames sure clarified my previous blogs question about Roberto Luongo and his play. I don’t know if any of the superlatives would do justice to describe how he played, but I’ll use phenomenal, Brodeur like, as he stopped 46 of 47 [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Apr.6 – Colorado Avalanche 4, Vancouver Canucks 1. It is now an official losing streak, with the 4-1 Avalanche win over the Canucks now 3 games and counting. This is where it started on Dec. 2 (3 games and counting blog). What a way to go into the [...]
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Apr.4 – With the warmer weather (at least no snow since Monday) and sunshine, the golf course beckons tomorrow, so something different in this blog. As this is the first game of a back to back coming up, I will be blogging on a period by period basis to finish tonight. The Edmonton Oilers, battling [...]
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