© Sports the other press e¢ Flash Gordon e dcsportseditor@yahoo.ca February 4, 2004 Douglas Royals Athletics Schedule for February Women’s and Men’s Basketball Friday, February 6 WOMEN-6:30pm MEN-8:15pm Kwantlen Eagles @ the Lion’s Den Friday, February 13 WOMEN-6:30pm MEN-8:15pm @ Langara Falcons Saturday, February 14 WOMEN-2pm MEN-4pm @ Malasapina Mariners Friday, February 20 WOMEN-6pm MEN-8pm @ UCC Sun Demons Saturday, February 21 WOMEN-6pm MEN-8pmn @ UNBC TimberWolves Friday, February 27 WOMEN-6:30pm MEN-8:15pm Capilano Blues @ the Lion’s Den Saturday, February 28 WOMEN-6pm MEN-8pm Langara Falcons @ the Lion’s Den Women’s and Men’s Volleyball Friday, February 6 WOMEN-6:30pm MEN-8:15pm @ CBC Bearcats Saturday, February 7 WOMEN-6pm MEN-8pMen UCFV Cascades @ the Lion’s Den Friday, February 13 WOMEN-6:30pm MEN-8:15pm Malasapina Mariners @ the Lion’s Den ° Saturday, February 14 WOMEN-1pm MEN-3pm Camosun Chargers@ the Lion’s Den Friday, February 20 WOMEN-6:30pm MEN-8:15pm UCC Sun Demons @ the Lion’s Den Saturday, February 21 WOMEN-6pm MEN-8pm CNC @ the Lion’s Den Badminton January 31-February 1 Langara @ Pinetree Coquitlam Campus Monday, February 15 BCCAA @ Kamloops Wrestling Sunday, February 1 Yakima Valley CC @ SFU Friday, February 6 Pacific University @ SFU Saturday, February 7 Central Washington @ SFU Tuesday, February 24 NCWA Regionals @ Douglas Women’s Rugby Saturday, February 7 11:30am SFU @ Queen’s Park Saturday, February 14 11:30am @ Nanaimo Saturday, February 21 11:30am Burnaby @ Queen's Park Saturday, February 28 11:30am @ UBC CF Miley OP Columnist How Swede it is. The Canuck roster ! is peppered with no less than seven 1 Swedish-born players, including the captain, Markus Naslund. Can you name them all? Bet you I can. As of | January 31, Naslund is once again i leading the NHL’ scoring race with | 63 points (29 goals, 34 assists). The t soft-spoken Naslund is one of the ! finest stick handlers to come along | in a long while, and is quickly edg- | ing out Greg Adams as my favorite ! Canuck of all time. Adams solidified his place in my { heart on May 24, 1994, when he ! beat a sprawling Felix Potvin int overtime to send the Canucks to the ! Stanley Cup finals. I was among the ! 16,150 screaming partisan fans at | the Pacific Coliseum that night, and } proceeded to high-five complete ! strangers for over two hours after the + game. That -night was pure bliss. Not only did the Canucks make it to the finals, but they did it with a come-from-behind win over the stinking Leafs. How was I to know that I'd have my heart ripped out a mere two weeks later when Nathan Lafayette snapped a shot off the post late in game seven? Watching the New York Rangers hand Lord Stanley's Cup from ex-Oiler to ex- Oiler sent me into a personal binge of pure hedonism that remains untri- valled to this day. All I remember is: I was in Seattle at the time; I tried to explain the magnitude of the event to a man named Leroy (who bought me a doughnut in an attempt to console me); and I woke up to a! (pecs Page 22 http://www.otherpress.ca ' Arvedson with Daniel and Henrik security guard poking me with a ! very hard baton. Thankfully, the rest | of that dreadful night remains locked away in the darkest recesses of my psyche. How Swede it was. The Canucks finally seemed to have discovered the fountain of secondary scoring this week after the teaming of the “Swedish Touch” line of Magnus Sedin. Arvedson has scored seven goals in his last seven games after posting only one goal in his first 30- plus games. Henrik Sedin has 20 points in his last 20 games, while Daniel has also been scoring near the point-per-game clip over the last ten games. Unfortunately, 17 min- utes into the first period of a 6-1 shellacking of the Washington Capitals Saturday night, Arvedson fell awkwardly to the ice, clutching his knee. There is no denying Arvedson’s worth as a solid two-way contribu- tor this season. His ability to stay healthy is another question altogeth- er. Arvedson managed to play more than 62 games in only three of his first six seasons in the NHL as an Ottawa Senator. If his knee injury was anywhere near as bad as it looked, it appears he'll be three for seven. Joining Arvedson in the Canucks MASH unit are Ed Jovonovski (out two weeks, shoul- der), Matt Cooke (indefinite, knee), and Mats Lindgren (indefinite, back). This week saw the Canucks con- tinue to close the gap between them and the Northwest Division leading Colorado Avalanche. After finally managing to get a win on home ice over the Tampa Bay Lightning a few days prior, the Canucks took to the ice against a rugged Nashville Predators team that included former Canadian World Juniors buzz saw Jordon TooToo. The game began on a sour note when a sliding Martin Erat rode Canucks D-man Ed Jovonovski into the end boards early in the first peri- od. Jovonovski will likely be out until after the All-Star Game on February 8 with a strained shoulder. Anytime a star goes down, it’s understood that everyone will have to chip in to pick up the slack (please excuse the “hockey talk”). In this game, Brent Sopel did just that. In a whopping 29-plus minutes of ice time, Sopel tallied two goals and added an assist to lead the Canucks to a 4-1 win. The Predators were playing their third game in four nights, and they looked it. Mike Keane set the tone early