Friday, October 06, 2006
Canucks 3 Wings 1
The best thing that could happen to Alain Vigneault happened last night: they won. Nothing instills confidence in a new system than a good, solid road win.
And the Vancouver Canucks played the perfect road game en route to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. They played an "aggressive trap" and were in the Wings players' faces all night. They created turnovers in the neutral zone and turned them into scoring opportunities.
And when the Wings got into their zone? Roberto Luongo was there. He was brilliant in stopping 27 of 28 shots, many of the spectacular kind.
"Better get used to that," Jim Hughson said.
We just might.
About the game around the blogosphere:
Postscript: I know this is a somewhat short wrap-up. I have a post-game recap template on the go which I can hopefully start using after tonight's game.
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And the Vancouver Canucks played the perfect road game en route to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. They played an "aggressive trap" and were in the Wings players' faces all night. They created turnovers in the neutral zone and turned them into scoring opportunities.
And when the Wings got into their zone? Roberto Luongo was there. He was brilliant in stopping 27 of 28 shots, many of the spectacular kind.
"Better get used to that," Jim Hughson said.
We just might.
About the game around the blogosphere:
- Alanah from VCOE didn't drunken liveblog the game, but posts here thoughts after watching the game on "tape-delay".
- Jes Gőlbez from Hockey Rants does the same.
- Zanstrom from Waiting For Stanley was just as impressed as I was at the team's hustle and commitment to defense.
- James Mirtle probably says it best, "Luongo has arrived". Amen.
- Christy from Behind The Jersey wraps up the game from the Detroit point of things.
Postscript: I know this is a somewhat short wrap-up. I have a post-game recap template on the go which I can hopefully start using after tonight's game.
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Comments/Questions: Feel free to post in the comments section or email me at gocanucksgo10 (at) hotmail (dot) com.
Technorati Tags: NHL, hockey, Vancouver, Canucks, Roberto+Luongo
3 Comments:
That sure was fun to watch, wasn't it? We know they won't all be that way, so we'll just enjoy the warm buzz of victory right now. Thanks for the recap and links around the Canuckosphere.
That game was so good that I didn't even watch any of the Leafs/Sens!
Vignault goes through 4 lines much like Lindy Ruff does.
1) Only 'Nucks fans were happy with last night's game. They used the dreaded 'T' word to win.
2) Not that anything is wrong with using a trap when your team strengths are defense and goaltending, but the same fans that were booing that system when employed by other teams are now happily on board when its their team that's using it successfully.
3) If this continues the Vancouver fans will have a lot to be happy about while the rest of us sit back and yawn.
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