Alright, lets breakdown a week in hockey! It has been a while since I have been able to get a post up. Working on the next 4 episodes of "Hockey Talk with Courtney" and I am also proud to say that I will be volunteering at the Canucks Autism Network Family Festival being held April 1st at Jack Poole Plaza here in Vancouver. Come down from 10:00-3:00 pm for an awareness walk, face painting, VERA's burgers and surprise guests!
After this week there are now 5 teams that have clinched a playoff spot. The New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis BLues and the Vancouver Canucks. All of these teams will be going to the playoffs but the Canucks are the only team that has clinched their Northwest Division. With Calgary's lose to Dallas yesterday Vancouver got the top spot and solidified it even more with an OT win over the Colorado Avalanche last night!
After this week there are now 5 teams that have clinched a playoff spot. The New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis BLues and the Vancouver Canucks. All of these teams will be going to the playoffs but the Canucks are the only team that has clinched their Northwest Division. With Calgary's lose to Dallas yesterday Vancouver got the top spot and solidified it even more with an OT win over the Colorado Avalanche last night!
Mason Raymond and Henrik Sedin Saturday night in Colorado
It has been an interesting week for the Vancouver Canucks. They started a 4 game road trip after a win last Saturday at home in Vancouver against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The most beautiful part of that game would have been Alex Edler's goal at 12:38 in the 2nd period. It is what they call "Coast to Coast" meaning skating from one end of the rink to the other. Edler got past all 5 Blue Jackets and potted it in the net with a great goal to watch. You can check out Edler's goal below!
The Canucks picked up 5 of a possible 8 points on the trip. They lost to the Minnesota Wild 2-0. Cory Schneider stopped 32 of 33 shots and Minnesota netted an empty netter with 3 seconds left in the 3rd period. Vancouver lost to Chicago in OT. Jannik Hansen scored the opening goal of the game 27 seconds into the 1st period. This game was one to watch after Daniel Sedin left the game following an elbow to the mouth by Duncan Keith. In Keith's defense D. Sedin hit him just earlier but Keith's hit was dirty. D. Sedin flew back to Vancouver the following morning and Keith got a 5 game suspension. Mason Raymond who was a scratch in the game against Minnesota took the message and scored the opening goal against Dallas on thursday. Kevin Bieksa scored the 2nd goal in the 2-1 finish. Finally, last night's game vs the Colorado Avalanche featured 3 great goals by the Canucks. The Avalanche had a 2-0 lead well into the 2nd period. Then Mason Raymond scored to get Vancouver on the board only to be followed by Chris Higgins 14th goal of the season 1:35 seconds later. Tie 2-2. Into OT and Higgins potted his 15th goal of the year. Vancouver wins 3-2. Watch all 3 Vancouver goals below!
Sidney Crosby and Penguins!
The Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Ottawa Senators 8-4 last night. It was the first regulation loss for Pittsbrugh since a 6-2 lost to the Buffalo Sabers February 19th. The Pens were on an eleven game winning streak until they lost to the Flyers March 18th in OT. Scott Hartnell scored for the Flyers with 1 second left in OT. Pittsburgh came back to win their next 2 games 8-4 against the JETS and 5-1 against the Predators. Then last night the tables turned in a 8-4 loss to Ottawa. In all of this Sidney Crosby made his 2nd comeback this year. Crosby returned to the line up March 15th vs the New York Rangers. SInce his return, Crosby has picked up 11 points in six games One goal and ten assists! Wow! Crosby does it like no other! Watch Crosby pass to Matt Cooke last night.
 The Eastern Standings, teams currently in a playoff spot. The Buffalo Sabres hold down the fort in the east. Buffalo has slowly but surely been moving up the points chart for the past couple of weeks. Cody Hogdson has scored his 1st couple of goals as a Sabre and the team is making their fans proud! 1st New York Rangers 101 points 2nd Boston Bruins 89 points 3rd place Florida Panthers 86 points 4th place Pittsburgh Penguins 98 points 5th Philadelphia Flyers 96 points 6th New Jersey Devils 90 points 7th Ottawa Senators 86 points 8th Buffalo Sabres 84 points |  The Western Standings, teams currently in a playoff spot. The Nashville Predators hold the 5th spot in the west right now. Preds led by Captain Shea Weber are looking like a stronger and stronger team every year. Last year they set a franchise record making it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. They were out in game 6 by the Vancouver Canucks but this year don't be surprised to see the Preds go to Round 2 again and possiby Round 3! 1st St. Louis Blues 101 points 2nd Vancouver Canucks 99 points 3rd Dallas Stars 87 points 4th Detroit Red Wings 95 points 5th Nashville Predators 94 points 6th Chicago Blackhawks 92 points 7th Phoenix Coyotes 87 points 8th Los Angles Kings 86 points |
Tonight's line up looks like this:
Edmonton vs Columbus at 12:00
Minnesota vs Washington at 2:00
NY Islanders vs Florida at 2:00
New Jersey vs Pittsburgh at 4:00
Nashville vs Chicago at 4:30
Boston vs Anaheim at 5:00
St. Louis vs Phoenix at 6:00 Enjoy! X
Edmonton vs Columbus at 12:00
Minnesota vs Washington at 2:00
NY Islanders vs Florida at 2:00
New Jersey vs Pittsburgh at 4:00
Nashville vs Chicago at 4:30
Boston vs Anaheim at 5:00
St. Louis vs Phoenix at 6:00 Enjoy! X
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