First off, my apologies for the lack of posts coming your way on Wednesdays and Thursdays now. My work has me covering at a clinic in Aliso Viejo on those days, and I'm actually having to do work, which cuts into the blogging. Stay with me, though.
Last night, the Gaybe Blue (by the way, what was with that?) Pittsburgh Penguins upended my Cancuks 1-3 in Pittsburgh. It ended an amazing Vannie streak against the flightless birds. In fact, we were 7-0-1 against the Pens since November 3, 2000 (my negative 7 year anniversary). That hot streak all ended last night, though, as those cutie pies in their new arena busted our collective faces up.
What the heck happened to our Power Play? We went 0 for 5 after averaging nearly 1 goal in every 3 man-advantages. Sidney Crosby even got popped twice, and still we got nothing. That little punk even scored the opening goal, right as he jumped out of the sin bin, just 16:43 into the game. The Pens kept it coming, going up 3-0 before the halfway point of the game. While Dan Hamhuis was able to connect on a beautiful (and selfless) pass across the crease from Henrik Sedin (9:28 into the second), it was pretty much shut down night for Fleury and the Pens for the whole 60.
As chosen by the media, Fleury, Talbot, and Cros-bitch ensure an Orca-less 3 stars. The "LSF Top Star Who Didn't Score A Point" goes to Kevin Bieksa. Sure, he didn't have a good game, but he used part of his 16+ minutes of ice time to beat the crap out of Craig Adams for bumping into Luongo in the first. That's the kind of thing I respect.
Despite falling to 10-5-3, the Canucks are still on top of the division. We're +2 on Colorado, +3 on Minnie, +9 on Calgary, and +12 on Edmonton. We're still 3rd in the West, two back of Conference leading Detroit, and one back of #2 LA. I knew the Blues would start to fade.
Sorry for the brief post, but the aforementioned work at Aliso Viejo is calling. I'll bring a preview of the final game of LSF NHL Week (against the hated Hawks) tomorrow with a "My 5 Reasons" post. You're going down, Jon.
Go Canucks Go.
-- Sent from my Palm Prē
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