Posted on April 29th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Nothing that I predicted in my last article came to fruition, as Vancouver shut-out Nashville 1-0. The Pred’s forgot to show up and left their goaltender, Pekka Rinne, alone to plug the leak in the dam. Vancouver Canucks was the water waiting to break down the dam with [...]
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Posted on April 28th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson This is going to be a short article due to the fact that the game is starting in about 30 minutes. A reporter mentioned the other day that the Nashville Predators are a structured team. That is valid because when you don’t have a lot of offensive weapons, [...]
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Posted on April 27th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It took 60 minutes of regulation time and 05:22 of overtime in game seven, to finally exorcise the Chicago Curse that had been haunting the Canucks for 19 play-off games and two seasons. Nothing came easy for the Canucks, who outplayed the Hawks for most of the game [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I wrote a couple of articles ago about why the Canucks had lost games five and sixth and now it’s time for my thoughts on game seven. In game six they played one of their best games of the series. They were physical, had 85 shots [...]
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Posted on April 25th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson This was the best game the Canucks played against the Blackhawks since games one and two of this series, even if they did lose in over-time. This is something to build on for that all important seventh game in Vancouver on Tuesday. Vancouver brought their hard hats with [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Much has been written about why the Canucks have failed in the last two games, being outscored 12-2. Half of their special teams have not been special, as the Penalty Kill is ranked 11th out of 16 teams. The Power Play on the other hand is third, so [...]
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