The complete LSF sweep.

A four goal fourth period was the only thing that could offset an 0-3 start, as the 'Nucks demolished the Maple Leafs 5-3 to complete Tommy's LSF NHL Week sweep and send Andrew to a tear filled pillowcase at bed time. I was able to listen to the game on the Maple Leafs Radio Network thanks to a new app on my Palm Pre (sweet!), and let's be honest, I turned it off after the Leafs went up 3-0. Boy, did I miss a thrilling finale.

Roberto Luongo got chased from the game early, after allowing 3 goals on 8 shots. Are you kidding me? What happened to our mighty captain. On a day like "Hockey Day In Canada," he really didn't impress the Canadian Olympic team staff to the fact that he should start over Marty. Andrew Raycroft, however, may have made a case to replace Luongo on the Canadian roster (I'm joking really, but his success was funny). Ray Ray stopped all 13 shots that he faced (that's right, the Leafs only put 13 shots on goal in the final two periods, including just 3 shots in the 2nd...3!!!) and saved the day, setting up the amazing Vannie comeback. After Kessel (0:52 and 3:49) and Mayers (19:55) started the Leafs off hot, they went amazingly silent. Then, i t was the Vancouver top line going bonkers to get us the big win. Burrows nailed a shorthanded goal after a Samuelsson high stick at 9:29, and we headed into the third period down 1-3. Then it was some Sedin twin magic. A Sedin goal scoring sandwich featured Daniel as the bread (3:27 and 17:56) and Henrik as the meat (5:32) against Toskala (now former Maple Leaf keeper, Toskala) to grab the lead. Alex Burrows was then able to seal the deal with his 25th of the year on the empty net. Poor, poor Toronto. My man AB lead the way with 4 points (2 goals and 2 assists), Daniel had 3 points, Hank had 2, and Alex Edler was the unsung hero (finishing at +4). What a freaking game. After losing, the Leafs decided to make their team even more douchey by trading for Dion Phaneuf and JS Giguere. No one is really talking about how they've lost Matt Stajan in the deal (16 goals and 25 assists), and I think that will be a bigger deal than people believe (how about you, Do Do?). Plus, any team that has Phaneuf is an enemy in my book. A totally docuhey enemy. Can't wait until next year, babies.

Meanwhile, the Orca don't really need a trade to make their team Stanley Cup ready, as they have rolled off 7 straight wins, including this big one to start their 14 game Olympic road trip. At 34-18-2 (70 points), the Vannies are #3 in the West (-8 of Chicago and -11 of San Jose) and lead the division by a strong 4 points over finally fading Colorado. This road trip will officially decide how this season is going to go. Of course, no one is really talking about how after the road trip the Canucks have the most games at home before the end of the year than any other team. We should be able to finish strong no matter how this trip goes. Being #3 in the West right now, though, is so much fun. By the way, Toronto is officially worse than Carolina, and only Edmonton is worse than Toronto. Man, this is a really great year. Game 2 of 14 on the Road Trip from Hell features the Canucks and the Habs on Groundhog Day. Montreal are 25-25-6 this season, with a -9 goal differential and a 3-4-3 record over their last 10 games. The Canucks will try and get their winning streak to 8 while sending the Habs to a four game losing stretch. With the Canadiens only sitting 1 game over .500 at home, I think we should be able to pull it off.

Here is a page that features the Burrows shortie and a pretty funny picture of Brian Burke.