Luongo again
is the difference for Canucks
Michail Boncea (HV)
Minnesota Wild came into the Vancouver
Canucks game with the second ranked penalty kill and
fourth ranked power play in the NHL. But the game
will not go into their favor since there were way
too many weird penalties that produced more then 80%
of the offence, with the Sedin line leading the charge.
Most of the night it felt not only to the fans, but
to the players playing and the media covering the
game that it was at best, very hard to distinguish
where the line between fair and foul was. Vancouver
Canucks got the needed break when Pascal Dupuis goal
was not allowed since Roberto Luongo fell backwards
inside the net on top of the puck and the video review
was not able to clearly see the puck being inside
the net. The video review of this play took so long
to be finished that it felt like it took forever.
Once again Roberto Luongo play made the difference
into the game since midway through the game Minnesota
Wild were leading 17-7 in shots and by the end of
the game Minnesota Wild outshoot the Vancouver Canucks
29-18. First goal was scored by Vancouver Canucks
player Trevor Linden in the first period at 15:30
with the assists going to Daniel Sedin and Henrik
Sedin. Second goal of the game was scored by Minnesota
Wild player Pavol Demitra in the second period at
2:29 with the assists going to Kim Johnsson. The third
and last goal of the game was scored by Vancouver
Canucks player Mattias Ohlund in the third period
at 9:04 with the assists going to Henrik Sedin and
Daniel Sedin. After the game during the post game
interviews Daniel Sedin of Vancouver Canucks said
“that the Vancouver Canucks play difference is the
players are now more used to each other and are getting
scoring from different players from the team”. During
the Vancouver Canucks Rory Fitzpatrick interview he
said “that he doesn’t feel any more pressure but enjoys
it, with the NHL fans rallying to vote for him and
to send him to the All Star game since he didn’t start
it and he doesn’t really know why they started it
for him”. When asked is there any message that he
wants to send to the fans he said “he thinks is great
and said thanks to all the fans for putting the time
and effort into it. He went on and said he hopes everyone
is having fun and whatever their point is, that they
will get it across to the NHL, if they want to change
the way NHL vote is he guesses”. During the Vancouver
Canucks Head Coach media conference he said that Vancouver
was lucky to get the win since they were outplayed
and outshoot by Minnesota Wild. He also specially
praised once again Roberto Luongo play and the fact
that his solid play especially during the second period
that Vancouver Canucks were still into the game and
then manage to win it by the end of the game.
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© Michail Boncea (HV)
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