Sunday, March 9, 2014

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
                                                                                                                                                                                                

Sunday, March 2, 2014

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