The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout. Ryan Kesler and Kevin Bieksa scored for the Canucks while David Jones and Jay McClement scored for the Avalanche. Mason Raymond was the only player that scored in the shootout. The Avalanche outshot the Canucks 46-29. The Avalanche had the advantage in the shootout because Roberto Luongo usually struggle in the shootout and the Avalanche are 10-0 in shootouts this season. Go figure. The Canucks are now 3-0 against the Avalanche this season. Byron Bitz also got into a fight with Cody McLeod. Bitz made McLeod bleed during the fight. Bitz played his 1st NHL game in nearly 2 years. The Canucks will now head to Nashville when they will take on the Predators on Tuesday.
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February 03, 2012
Before Joe Sakic, the greatest Quebec Nordique was Peter Stastny. Over his long career Sakic uprooted Stastny as the face of a franchise that moved to Colorado. But the allure of Rookie of the Year, Stastny, and the reunion with his brothers, Anton and Marian, has always been a story line for Colorado/Quebec.
The Stastny brothers, especially Anton and Peter, were the face of the...
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February 03, 2012
Seriously…Shootouts
The Detroit Red Wings rode their patented combination of speed and skill to overcome Ryan Kesler and the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-3 shootout victory Thursday at Rogers Arena.
Kesler and the Canucks proved they can play with the best the Western Conference has to offer, but were unable to maintain an up-tempo style of play for a full sixty minutes against...
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February 05, 2012
Byron Bitz fired one shot in over eight minutes against the Avalanche on Sunday but contributed in the first period with a number of big hits and a solid fight with Cody McLeod. What did you think of his debut in a Canucks jersey? At the very least Vancouver seems to have found another "tough guy" to bolster the bottom six if Bitz can shake off the remaining rust.
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February 04, 2012
The Vancouver Canucks will travel to Colorado to take on the Avalanche on Saturday at noon. The Canucks will begin a 4-game road trip and it starts on Saturday. The Canucks have dominated the Avs this season. They shutout the Avs 3-0 on Nov. 23 in Colorado and demolished the Avs 6-0 on Dec. 6 at Rogers Arena. Roberto Luongo and Jean-Sebastian Giguere will be the starters for tomorrow...
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February 04, 2012
Mike ChambersAvs forwards Ryan O'Reilly and TJ Galiardi, right, beat themselves up mentally after their 3-2 shootout loss to the Canucks. Goalie JS Giguere is to the left.
Tough shootout loss for the Avalanche, which gains a point for the first time in five games but falls 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at the Pepsi Center. Ryan O’Reilly (missed shootout bid) and TJ Galiardi...
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February 04, 2012
Kevin Bieksa tied the game with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation and Mason Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 3-2 win over the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Raymond sent the puck through the pads of Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Roberto Luongo stopped all three shots he faced for Vancouver, which ended the Avalanche's 10-game...
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February 04, 2012
In the waning moments Saturday, the only disheartening aspect of the Avalanche's performance was that the game was close.
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February 04, 2012
Kevin Bieksa tied the game with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation and Mason Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 3-2 win over the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
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February 04, 2012
Kevin Bieksa tied the game with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation and Mason Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 3-2 win over the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
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February 04, 2012
Kevin Bieksa tied the game with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation and Mason Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 3-2 win over the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
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February 04, 2012
Greetings from the Pepsi Center, where the Avalanche is hosting the Vancouver Canucks. Defenseman Tyson Barrie, who was recalled from the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, will not make his NHL debut today. I’m told he recently boarded a flight in Cleveland. He will probably play Tuesday against the Chicago Blackhawks, given that he’s not being called...
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