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San Jose gave their best

by Joseph Desjardins    May 25, 2011   |   Categories: Canucks

San Jose played their guts out last night but came up short, losing the game 3-2 in double overtime. Vancouver advances to final while the Sharks head home. This was not the failure of years past where they beat themselves. … Continue reading →

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McGinn sent spinning

by Joseph Desjardins    May 23, 2011   |   Categories: Canucks

Keith Ballard sent McGinn spinning head over heels with a spectacular hip check on Sunday during Vancouver’s 4-2 win over San Jose.  We’ll take this as a metaphor for the game.  Hopefully it isn’t the metaphor for the series.

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Did McGinn deserve a five minute penalty and a game misconduct?

by Joseph Desjardins    May 21, 2011   |   Categories: Canucks, Transgressions & Discipline

Nhl refereeing is a tough job.  Hockey is a fast game and decisions have to be made quickly and with certainty.  Last night the referees in San Jose decided that Jamie McGinn deserved a five minute major boarding penalty and … Continue reading →

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San Jose lost their composure and it started with Ben Eager

by Joseph Desjardins    May 19, 2011   |   Categories: Canucks

It was a 2-2 game midway thru the second last night and even though Vancouver was dominating puck possession it was anyone’s game.  Canucks scored the go ahead goal then San Jose lost it.  Bad defense, shoddy goaltending and undisciplined … Continue reading →

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San Jose is the Canadian team, not Vancouver

by Joseph Desjardins    May 17, 2011   |   Categories: Canucks, Media

While it is in the interest of CBC to promote Vancouver as “Canada’s Team” in order to keep viewership up and advertisers happy it would be more accurate if they promoted San Jose. The Sharks have seventeen Canadians on their … Continue reading →

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Red Wings vs Sharks Game 7 Notes

by Joseph Desjardins    May 13, 2011   |   Categories: American Teams

San Jose beat Detroit 3-2 to advance to the conference final. The game featured great plays and big hits with Patrick Marleau scoring the eventual winner late in the 3rd. Detroit fell behind 2-0 in the first period and spent … Continue reading →

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Sharks on verge of choking, again

by Joseph Desjardins    May 11, 2011   |   Categories: American Teams

I guess it was too hard to believe. The Sharks were up 3 games to none on the mighty Detroit Red Wings less than a week ago. One more win and they were through to the conference finals. One more … Continue reading →

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Heater gets Smoked

by Joseph Desjardins    May 5, 2011   |   Categories: American Teams

Ottawa fans may enjoy this one. Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall levelled Dany Heatley with a solid body check in game 3 of the Western Conference semi-final last night. As usual, Heatley has all but disappeared during these playoffs. He is currently … Continue reading →

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Leafs 0.3 chance of winning, Emery nomination and Ducks Weekend Horribilis

by Joseph Desjardins    April 4, 2011   |   Categories: American Teams, Leafs

Leafs and Flames almost gone According to sportsclubstats.com, after Sunday’s results (both Rangers and Sabres won) the Toronto Maple Leafs have a 0.3 chance of making the playoffs. The same site gives the Calgary Flames a 4.7 % chance of … Continue reading →

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Dallas stumbling out of the playoff picture

by Joseph Desjardins    April 1, 2011   |   Categories: American Teams, western conference

You know it’s not going well when you see Andrew Raycroft between the pipes. Dallas pulled Kari Lehtonen early in the third after letting in the fourth Sharks goal and in came Raycroft to let in a few more. The … Continue reading →

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