December 3, 2003 Sports ¢ the other press © Canuck Corner CF Miley OP Columnist . Watching the Heritage Classic a couple of weeks back got me thinking about histo- ry—the history of Canuck-luck. As any die-hard fan of the Vancouver Canucks will tell you, it’s been a long, dry, and painful ride to finally have a team that is near the top of the league. Our beloved *Nucks have seemed cursed since incep- tion. Talk to-tche-old-time fans, and you'll soon realize that one reason Vancouverites are such fervent hockey fans is that they've endured so many years of Canuck-luck and bad bounces. It all began at the Canucks first ever entry draft. The Canucks were granted an NHL expansion franchise in 1969, as were the Buffalo Sabres. Canucks’ first General Manager, Bud Poile, and coach Hal Laycoe, joined the rest of the NHL bosses in Montreal for the Canucks’ first-ever entry draft. NHL president Clarence Campbell would spin a wheel with odd and even numbers on it to decide who would draft first overall. The Canucks had The “Johnny Canuck” WHL Logo. Fan suggestion for Canucks third jersey. 1970-1978. Should be the third jerseys. the even numbers, while the Sabres had the odds. Campbell spun the wheel and announced, “Number two!” The Canucks brass celebrated their luck to land the first pick. Then, Buffalo GM Punch Imlach yelled at Campbell, “That’s not a two...it’s an eleven!” As Canuck-luck would have it, Clarence Campbell had misread the num- ber eleven as the Roman numeral two. The Buffalo squad received the first over- all selection. The Sabres didn’t hesitate with their pick, and nabbed Gilbert Perreault. Perreault ended up playing a total of 17 seasons with Buffalo. The Canucks, dazed by the first of many bouts with Canuck- luck, took Dale Tallon. Tallon ended up being a sturdy, reliable player, but he never came close to the superstardom reached by Perreault. Buffalo soon had the vaunted “French Connection” line, while the Canucks franchise toiled in relative obscurity for years to come. This week began with more Canuck- luck, with the lads dropping both halves of a home-and-home series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Gary Roberts scored within the first forty seconds of both games. The Canucks battled back, and both games were tied in the third period, but late defensive gaffs cost the Canucks dearly. "Nuff said. The second half of “Retro-Jersey Night” followed on November 26, with the Canucks donning the “stick-in-the-rink” road jerseys in Montreal. The boys came out storming, with the “Snazzy Mortuzzi line” busting out for eight points. Markus Naslund—the “Snazzy” in the “Snazzy Mortuzzis’—had two goals and an assist to lead the ’Nucks to a 5-2 victory. The game-of-the-week was the November 27 match-up in Ottawa. The Sens have been struggling as of late, but the game still lived up to the hype. The Canucks came out flying again, and jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Former Canuck Peter Schaefer scored a late second period goal to get the Sens back in the game. Fifty-one seconds later, Jason Spezza scored again to tie the game at two going into the third period. Ottawa was all over the Canucks throughout the final stanza, but Dan Cloutier held the fort with a lit- tle help from “a goalie’s best friend,” the goal post. “Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, from glen to glen, and down the mountain side.” Markus Naslund scored the overtime winner give the Canucks a 3-2 win. Naslund had an assist to go with his goal, and is up to twenty-nine points on the year, just two back of Alex Tanguay’s NHL leading thirty-one. After playing six games in the last eleven days, the Canucks have a light week, with the only two games being a home-and-home series against Calgary. 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