February 4, 2004 with a handful of punishing hits, including one that knocked Nashville rookie Dan Hamhuis out of the game. Following the hit, the Preds’ Scott Hartnell rushed Keane, intent on settling the score immediately. He got a whole lot more than he bar- gained for. Despite giving up over 20 pounds and 15 years, Keane tucked his head to his chest, grabbed a hold of Hartnell with his left hand, and began feeding him with his right. A few seconds later, the woozy third year forward: was on his pants, wondering what hit him. The Canucks, buoyed by Keane’s tenacity, proceeded to rip off three second-period power play goals and never looked back. TooToo accounted for the lone Predators’ marker, whipping a low shot from the top of the cir- cle past a visibly bored Dan Cloutier in the third period. Next up, Chi-town. How sad is it to see the once proud Chicago Blackhawks’ looking like an AHL practice squad? Every player with more than three years experience and a shred of talent is on the trading block, and the Hawks are playing like it. What’s even sadder is that the team hasn't won in a fran- chise-record 17 straight road games. Why then do the Hawks always give the Canucks trouble? Like the popularity of reality TV, it’s just one of those mysteries I’ll never understand. In what turned out to be a hard-fought game, the Canucks buckled down to win 3-2. Magnus Arvedson had two goals, while Bertuzzi added his 15th late in the second period to put Vancouver up to stay. The Canucks carried the play for the better part of the first two peri- ods, but ran into some penalty trouble in the third. Chicago crept back into the game on a Kyle Cald play goal, were unable to find the equalizer against a stingy Vancouver defense. Maybe the Canucks were looking down the road towards St. Louis and the rivalry that has given us some of the best games over the past two seasons. I know I was. The hostilities between Vancouver and St. Louis have been going on for a couple of 1 years now. Hmm, I wonder why? ‘ Could it be that Todd Bertuzzi t has KO’d two of their top 1 defensemen in the last calendar year? Or could it be our three | straight wins in last year’s play- 1 offs to eliminate the Blues in ! seven? It’s probably because St. : Louis is a team stacked with ' poor-sports, inbreds, and whiny losers. Regardless of the ration- ale, any game between these two Western Conference foes prom- ises to be a good one. Johan Hedberg was a surprise starter in goal for the Canucks after missing over a month with a 1 broken hand. Forget about rust, | Johan was sharper than your psy- t cho Granddad’s hunting knife. t The Blues’ game plan obviously Sports ever possible. A minute into the | first period, Scott Mellanby ! intentionally hooked Bertuzzi’s | neck and pulled him to the ice. The hulking Canuck winger got up seeing red and proceeded to 1 miss with a wild uppercut } between a whole lot of shoving ! and dancing. The rough treat- 1 ment continued all night, and it | cost the Blues dearly. The! Canucks’ power play connected | for two third period goals en route to a 4-2 win. The game featured another stellar performance by those ! crafty Swedes—Arvedson had ' two goals, while Daniel Sedin } chipped in with a goal and two ! assists—but that isn’t what It want to talk about. St. Louis is } rapidly ‘climbing my personal ! “most-hated” list of teams, and 1 for good reason. I don't have } time to list all the reasons why, t but here is just a little taste: i Chris Osgood (or should I say, ! “So bad?”), you went off in last | year’s playoffs about the diving of { Dan Cloutier. You then proceed- ed to take a horrible dive in the very next game, and continued | e the other press © your stellar display of sportsman- ship by diving yet again this week. 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