Cross Country 2014

This year, Sullivan had a really successful cross country season! There were four races this year, and if you went to at least one, you could go to the Fraser Valley High School Cross Country Championships. Each race is split into 3 age groups- grade 8, junior (grade 9&10), and senior (grade 11&12), and each race is a different length depending on your age group. We had six junior girls, one grade 8 girl, and one grade 8 boy go to Fraser Valleys, which took place on Wednesday, October 22 in Coquitlam. At the race, the grade 8 boys and girls ran 3.4 km, the junior girls and boys, and senior girls all ran 4.7 km (which is equivalent to about 12 laps around a 400 meter track), and the senior boys ran 6.3 km. Sullivan's junior girls' team finished second in the race, with an average time of 19:44.26, and the fastest runner's time being 18:48.38. The top four runners now qualify to go to the Provincial Championships, which will take place at West Shore Parks in Victoria on November 1st, 2014.

Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are well under way in the second round. In the Western Conference, Chicago and Minnesota will play game 6 on Tuesday, with the Chicago leading the series 3-2. Anaheim and L.A. will play game 5 on Monday, with the series tied 2-2. Over on the Eastern side, Boston leads the series 3-2 against Montreal, and they will play game 6 on Monday. The Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Rangers will play game 7 on Tuesday, after the Rangers won two games in a row to tie the series at 3-3. Who are you rooting for?

Last Game of the Season

On Sunday, April 13th the Vancouver Canucks faced the Calgary Flames in the last game of the season. The Canucks won 5-1, with goals from Corrado, Booth, Kesler, Weber, and two goals from Daniel Sedin. Daniel Sedin left the game on a stretcher late in the second period after Paul Byron of the Calgary Flames hit him from behind. The Canucks were officially out of the playoffs after losing 3-0 against the Dallas Stars on April 8th. This is the first time in 6 years the Canucks will miss the playoffs. The Canucks are now 25th out of 30 teams in the NHL. The Canucks have also recently fired Mike Gillis, who was GM and President of the Canucks, and hired Trevor Linden as their new president.

Canucks Snap 3 Game Losing Streak

The Canucks only have 4 games left if they want to make it into the playoffs this year, and they've started on the right foot. They snapped their 3-game losing streak on Saturday against the L.A. Kings, winning 2-1, with goals from Alexander Edler and Brad Richardson. Currently, the Canucks are in 11th place in the western conference, only 6 points behind the Dallas Stars, who are in 8th place with 87 points. These last few games in the league will be exciting, with everyone trying to secure their spot in the playoffs.

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Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks finally broke their 4-game losing streak with a win over the Calgary Flames, winning 2-1. This came after Luongo was traded to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, March 4th, just before the trade deadline the next day, making Eddie Lack the new number one goalie. The Flames started off the scoring in the second period with a goal by Brian McGrattan from center ice, but not long after that Darren Archibald scored his for NHL goal, and for the Canucks, to tie the game 1-1. In the third period, Yannick Weber scored five minutes in to give Vancouver the lead, which they held on to until the end of the game, to win 2-1.

SCORING SUMMARY

    

1ST PERIOD
NONE
2ND PERIOD
02:13 CGY	Brian McGrattan (2) Slapshot - ASST: Tyler Wotherspoon (1), Ben Hanowski (1)	1 - 0 CGY
05:45 VAN	Darren Archibald (1) Wrist shot - ASST: Jordan Schroeder (2)	1 - 1 Tie
3RD PERIOD
05:00 VAN	Yannick Weber (3) Wrist shot - ASST: David Booth (8), Shawn Matthias (8)	2 - 1 VAN

                                                                                                                                                                                                

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2014 Heritage Classic

On Sunday, March 2, 2014 the Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Ottawa Senators at BC Place for the 2014 NHL Heritage Classic. The Canucks had Eddie Lack in net. They got off to a good start, leading 2-0, with goals from Kassian and Garrison. Not long after that, Ottawa tied the game at 2-2 at the end of the first period. The Senators scored two more goals in the second and third period to win the game, 4-2

Men's Gold Medal Hockey Game

On Sunday, February 23rd, at 4:30 in the morning, Canada's men's hockey team faced off against Sweden in the gold medal-deciding game on the final day of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Carey Price was in net for the Canadians, and Henrik Lundqvist for Sweden. Canada won 3-0, with goals from Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, and Chris Kunitz.

In the end, Canada placed third in the medal standings overall, with 10 gold, 10 silver, and 5 bronze, with 25 medals in total. Russia led the way with 33 medals in total, 13 gold, 11 silver, and 9 bronze. The Closing Ceremony took placed on Sunday at 8:00am, which marked the end of the very successful 2014 Winter Olympics

Canada's Men's Hockey

Canada's Men's Hockey team is off to a very good start at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. They have won all three games in the preliminary round, winning 3-1 in the first game against Norway, with Carey Price in net. Roberto Luongo gained a shut out in the game against Austria, with the Canadians winning 6-0. On Sunday, the Canadians won 2-1 against Finland in overtime, with the winning goal by Drew Doughty, which put the Canadians on top of the Group B Standings with 8 points.

GO CANADA GO! :)

Sochi 2014 Olympics

Our Canadian Olympic team has been amazing so far- but not just in the medal count! During the men's cross-country skiing individual free sprint event, Canadian coach Justin Wadsworth's athletes had been eliminated early on, so he had gone over to the finish line to watch the end of the men's free sprint semifinals. Russian skier Anton Gafarov had crashed and badly damaged his ski, and then crashed again while going down a hill. He was at least three minutes behind everyone else, and was trying hard to finish the last couple of hundred meters down the 1.7km track. Wadsworth watched as everybody just stared, and then quickly grabbed a spare ski kit and rushed over to his aid. Afterwards, Wadsworth merely stated, “I wanted him to have dignity as he crossed the finish line." 

Another act of kindness that took place was when Canadian speed skater Gilmore Junio gave up his position in the 1000m race to his teammate Denny Morrison, after qualifying for the 1000m in the 500m race, where he placed 10th, while Morrison did not. Morrison, a two-time world championship silver medallist in the 1000m, was a specialist in that event, and ended up getting the silver medal for Canada.

This, is the Olympic spirit.

Seattle Seahawks

Last Sunday, on February 2nd, the Seahawks and the Broncos met at the MetLife Stadium for the 48th annual Super Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks won with an outstanding score of 43-8, with the Bronco's only 8 points scored in the third quarter.

Vancouver Canucks

On Wednesday, January 29th, the Vancouver Canucks faced off against their rivals, the Chicago Blackhawks. The Canucks got off to a good start, with a goal by Chris Higgins, sixteen seconds into the game, to give the Canucks an early lead. Early in the second period, Tom Sestito scored to make the game 2-0 for the Canucks. Not long after that, the Blackhawks scored four times in a row with goals by Marian Hossa, Brandon Saad, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp, to put Chicago up 4-2. With 38 seconds left in the game, Brandon Saad scored his second goal of the game into the Canucks' empty net, allowing Chicago to win, 5-2.

Seattle Seahawks Win NFC

The Seattle Seahawks won the National Football Conference (NFC) title in a game against the San Francisco 49ers (23-17) on Sunday, January 19th after a rough start, with San Francisco leading 10-3 during the halftime. They will now advance to the Super Bowl- a feat they have not accomplished since 2005. The NFL Super Bowl XLVIII (National Football League Super Bowl 48) will be held at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, on February 2nd at 3:30 p.m. P.T, and the Seattle Seahawks will be facing the Denver Broncos, who had won against the New England Patriots (26-16) on Sunday as well.

Canucks Snap 3 Game Losing Streak

The Vancouver Canucks snapped their 3 game losing streak with a win on Saturday, January 18th in a bizarre game against the Calgary Flames, winning 3-2 in the shootout. The game began with a line brawl two seconds into the game, leaving each team without four players, and only four defencemen. There were no goals in the first period, which had ended with 188 penalty minutes. During the first intermission, a furious Coach John Tortorella had to be restrained after going into the tunnel that lead to the Calgary locker room. Early in the second period, Calgary's Mark Giordano opened up the scoring on the powerplay, but not long after that Ryan Kesler tied the game at 1-1. In the third, Matt Stajan of the Flames made the score 2-1, but Yannick Weber tied it up again on the powerplay. The game went on to the shootout after a goal-less OT. After goals from Colborne and Weber, Chris Higgins wins the game for the Canucks in the fifth round, and ends their 3 game losing streak. Tortorella later apologized to the players that were on the ice at the beginning of the game during the brawl, especially rookie Kellan Lain, whose first NHL game lasted a grand total of two seconds.

Canucks- First Games of January

Vancouver Canucks

On New Year's Day, the Canucks lost to Tampa Bay, with a final score of 4-2. Brad Richardson opened the scoring, putting Vancouver on top with 8:35 left in the period. Zac Dalpe scored his first goal with the Canucks after two consecutive goals from Tampa Bay, tieing the game at   2-2. Kucherov took back the lead after Chris Higgins failed to clear the zone, with another goal from the Lightning to end the game 4-2.

On Saturday, January 4th, the Canucks lost 3-1 to the LA kings, with 1 goal by the Canucks in the first period, followed by 3 goals by the Kings in the last period.

In the following week, Vancouver lost twice, losing 3-2 to the Ducks in overtime, then losing 5-4 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the shootout.

On Friday, January 10th, the Canucks finally broke their five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues, and ended St. Louis' seven-game winning streak as well. Zac Dalpe opened the scoring, and Mike Santorelli added another early in the third period. Alex Pietrangelo scored the only goal for the Blues, who lost in regulation for the first time in 11 games.    

Gr.8 Girls Seaquam Basketball Tournament

Grade 8 Girls Basketball

The Grade 8 Girls basketball team had a tournament on Friday, January 10th and Saturday, January 11th at Seaquam Secondary. On Friday they won 68-16 in their only game that day, and on Saturday they played two games. The first game was against William A. Fraser Middle School and they won 42-39. They beat Brookswood Secondary in their last game, winning 62-10.

Seattle Seahawks

NFL Playoffs



On Saturday, January 11th, the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New Orleans Saints 23-15 in the NFC Divisionals. Next, they will play against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championships to determine the champion of the National Football Conference, and to determine who will move on to the Super Bowl. The Seahawks have only been to the Super Bowl once, in 2005. Over in the AFC, the Denver Broncos won 24-17 against the San Diego Chargers, advancing to AFC Championships, and they will host the New England Patriots next, in a game that will decide the team that gets to advance to the Super Bowl.