Canucks Corner

Stephanie Smith, OP Sports Editor

‘ie Canucks and the Wild went
into overtime on February 14. Again.
And you know what? This doesn’t bug
me, because I know that the Canucks,
in OT, will come away with two points.
Sami Salo did it, again, last night
scoring a beautiful goal to wrap the
game up and take home the win.

The Canucks have settled nine
games this season in overtime, and
have been successful eight of those
times. Sami Salo especially has been
excellent. On February 14, he scored his
third overtime goal, which is just one
goal shy of a league record held by five
players, including teammate Markus
Naslund.

Why is this though? Why are the
Canucks so good in overtime? Is it
because they have more room to play
that wide open style of hockey that
they love? Is it because they are a
quick skating team with good puck
possession? Is it both of these things?
Whatever the case, as long as they keep
it up, I am not worried. I do however
wish they could get the job done in
regulation time, and stop putting points
into the division, but as long as they
come away with the two points, I can’t

complain too much.

Last week I wrote about consistency.
About how the Canucks can beat the
best teams in spectacular fashion, and
yet blow it against a bottom feeder team
like Chicago. Since then they have only
played twice, but they won both those
games. They narrowly avoided disaster
against the Thrashers, beating them 3-2
and then there was the aforementioned
overtime win against the Wild. So if
they can keep this up, they’ll be fine.
But they have a game against the
Blackhawks again on the 16th, so we’ll
have to wait and see.

They could do one of two things;
atone for their sins and blow out the
Blackhawks, or settle for a repeat and
be embarrassed by them. The latter
would of course, just prove what I
said last week, that the Canucks are
consistently inconsistent. But as always
I would like them to prove me wrong. I
would like them to pull off the win and
show that they aren’t just going to sit
back during a game that should be an
easy win. They even against teams that

are sitting near the bottom, that they can

bring a good game to the table and take
a win from it.
Here’s hoping.

Douglas Sports
Corner

Calendar of Upcoming Games

Badminton:
CCAA Nationals. Tournament takes place in Richmond, Thursday March 8
— Saturday March 10.

Baseball:

Doubleheader vs. Pierce CC. Exhibition game, takes place at Pierce Saturday
March 3 — 1:00pm.

Doubleheader vs. Seattle University. Exhibition game takes place in New
Westminster Wednesday March 7 — 3:00pm.

Men’s Basketball:

BCCAA Provincials. Tournament takes place in Abbotsford Thursday March 1

— Saturday March 3.

CCAA Nationals. Tournament takes place in Truro, Nova Scotia Wednesday March
14 — Saturday March 17.

Women’s Basketball:

BCCAA Provincials. Tournament takes place in Abbotsford Thursday March 1

— Saturday March 3.

CCAA Nationals. Tournament takes place in Edmonton, AB Wednesday March 14
— Saturday March 17.

Women’s Golf:
Lewis-Clark State Invite. Tournament takes place at Clarkson Country Club
Monday March 19 and Tuesday March 20.

Men’s Golf:
Lewis-Clark State Invite. Tournament takes place at Clarkson Country Club
Monday March 19 and Tuesday March 20.

Men’s Volleyball:

BCCAA Provincials. Tournament takes place in Kelowna Thursday Feb. 22
— Saturday Feb 24.

CCAA Nationals. Tournament takes place in Nanaimo Thursday March 8

— Saturday Match 10.

Women’s Volleyball:

BCCAA Provincials. Tournament takes place in Kelowna Thursday Feb. 22

— Saturday Feb. 24.

CCAA Nationals. Tournament takes place in North Vancouver Thursday March 8
— Saturday March 10.

Wheelchair Basketball:
BC-CWBL Finals. Tournament takes place in Prince George Saturday March 16
— Sunday March 18.

Wrestling:

NCWA Regional. Location TBA. Takes place Saturday Feb. 24

NCWA Nationals. Tournament takes place in Garland, TX Thursday March 8
— Saturday March 10.

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