February 18, 2004 Sports e the other press © wishes are going to have to remain in the dream world. Just to rub salt in Nucks fans wishful wounds, the line accounted for all but one of the Western Conference's four goals. Sakic recorded a hat-trick, Naslund— who was also named the Western teams’ captain—added three assists, while Bertuzzi chipped in with two assists. Although the Eastern Conference squad won the game 6-4, Sakic was named the MVP. After going in to the break by laying a devastating 4-0 whop- pin’ on the defending champion New Jersey Devils—in New Jersey, no less—the Canucks seem to have taken an All-Star “broken” rather than an All-Star “break”. In their first two games back since the break, the’ Nucks have been outworked by a game Calgary Flames team, and out lucked by the lowly Atlanta Thrashers. February 11 saw the Canucks leap out to a 2-0 first period lead over the Calgary Flames. Calgary carried the play early until a string of penalties gave the Canucks several back-to-back power plays, including two five- on threes. Sami Salo ripped a slap shot past a helpless Roman Turek to stake the Canucks to a 1-0 lead mid way through the first. Exactly two minutes and two seconds later, just as the last Calgary penalty was expiring, Jarkko Ruutu managed to flip a wobbling puck over Turek to stretch the lead to two. Four minutes later, Flames forward Craig Conroy was the benefactor of a slick pass from Steven Reinprhect, and snapped the puck into the top corner to cut the lead in half. Calgary contin- ued to apply pressure with their quick skating and hard work. They pulled even on a Chuck Kobasew power play goal in the second, and took the lead when Jarome Iginla snapped a shot past Cloutier only 28 seconds into the final frame. Calgary looked like the hungrier team all night long, constantly winning the battles for loose pucks despite playing their second game in as many nights. The *Nucks rallied in the last ten minutes, applying ample pres- sure in an attempt to stage yet another’ third period comeback, but fell short. With the 3-2 win, the Flames pulled to within eight points of Vancouver in the Northwest Division. Next up for the Canucks was a Friday the 13th meeting with the struggling Atlanta Thrashers. If the Canucks weren't suffering from triskaidecaphobia— fear of the number 13—going into the game, they certainly were com- ing out of it. Canuck-luck, along with a few glaring bad habits, hung like a dark cloud above GM Place throughout the game. The first period saw the Canucks dominate, outshooting the lowly Thrashers thirteen (there’s that number again) to one. Pasi Nurminen stood on his head, and held the Canucks scoreless despite their slew of shots. To the dismay of the 69th straight sell- out crowd at the Garage, the rink tilted the other direction for the remaining two periods. Atlanta played a tough, physical, and often cheap brand of hockey all night. Constant scrums, slashes, and gloved punches seemed to have the desired effect, as the Canucks fell into retaliating and reacting rather than dominating the weaker Thrashers. Ronald Petrovicky and Dany Heatley each scored in the sec- ond period before Daniel Sedin tipped in a Marek Malik pass to give the Canucks some life. Just three minutes later, Marc Savard scored a short-handed goal to give Atlanta back their two-goal cushion. A depleted and frustrated Canucks team spent the third period running around trying to kill the Thrashers. Instead, they ended up with a bunch of bone- headed penalties, including Bertuzzi and Ruutu each taking one on the same play to give Atlanta full two minute, two- man advantage. Thrashers’ cap- tain Shawn McEachern potted his own rebound to put the A-T- L up 4-1. The ’Nucks finally boiled over in the final minute. After a whis- tle deep in Vancouver territory, Dan Cloutier decided this would be a good time to punch Petrovicky in the chops with his blocker. the melee that ensued, Petrovicky ended up squaring off with Canucks’ Defenseman Bryan Allen. Allen proceeded to pummel Petrovicky with a barrage of punches before the refs mercifully stepped in to break up the beating. For throw- ing the initial blocker-punch, Cloutier ended with a $1000 fine from the NHL. Going into the Hockey Night In Canada game against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, the Canucks trailed Colorado by six points in the Northwest. The first period had Vancouver con- tinuing to be snake bit in the In goal-scoring department. J.S. Guguere was in rare form throughout the opening stanza, stopping all 11 Canucks’ shots. Recent call-up Martin Grenier BP finally had an NHL fight, laying the smackdown on an out- matched Cam Severson. Johan Hedberg got the call in goal for the Canucks, and looked solid throughout the game. Trevor Linden continued to chase Stan “The Smyl for Vancouver's all-time scoring lead. Going into the Valentine's Day tilt with the Ducks, Linden sat tied with Smyl at 673 points in a Canuck uniform. Anaheim opened the scoring early in the second on Keith Carney’s second goal of the sea- son. Sergei Federov became the first Russian-born player to record 1000 NHL points on the goal. The 60-foot slap shot beat Hedberg cleanly, even though he had clear view of the puck. Bad goal, Johan, bad freaking goal. To Hedberg’s credit, he did stop Steve Rucchin on a short-handed breakaway in the dying seconds of the period. Vancouver couldn't win a face-off or clear the puck from their zone throughout the Steamer” second period. The shots were 15-G in the middle frame. Vancouver looked well on their way to a third consecutive loss before a great hustle play got them back into the game. Tyler Bouck managed to get to outrace an Anaheim defenseman to negate an icing. The puck then bounced out front to Artem Chubarov, who managed to beat Giguere and score. The Canucks looked to be back in the game until the smooth skating Sergei Fedorov slipped past three Canucks and centered the puck to Petr Schatlivy who flipped it over a spread-eagled Hedberg. Getting scored on in the third period hurts. Getting scored on by a guy whose name begins with “schat” really hurts. The Canucks had a few late chances, including a post off the skate of Daniel Sedin, but couldn’t find the equalizer for the third game in a row. The game ended 2-1. After dropping three straight at home, Vancouver heads out for three on the road, beginning in Colorado, before making stops in Minnesota and Edmonton. The game in Colorado will be crucial to any hopes the Canucks have of challenging for the Northwest Division title. With only 23 games remaining in the regular season, Vancouver can ill afford any more three game los- ing streaks. Despite their poor efforts since the All-Star break, the Canucks still look poised to make a run in the post-season. It’s high time for Brian Burke to play “Let's Make a Deal” before the NHL trade deadline, which is less than a month away. That’s all for this week. As always, go *Nucks. Classifieds Students advertise for free! For free student classifieds up to 30 words, email: the_editor57@hotmail.com with your name, student number, desired section, and put “classified” in the subject line. Staff and Student Organizations Receive 50 percent off our Fast Cash Ad rate. Fast Cash Ads 3 lines 3 times for $20 (30 words max). Open rate of $5 per manager at 604.525.3542. Pictures Classifieds pictures are $10 each printing for all of the above cate- gories. 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