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and final playoff spot.

It was an unfortunate end to a positive season. Striker Avril Gerow was named CCAA All-Canadian, BCCAA Player of the Year and CCAA Soccer Athlete of the Month for September. Gerow, a fourth-year nursing student, is a natural playmaker who can single-handedly create scoring chances. She scored a nuffiber of crucial goals this season, including all four Royal markers in a 4-3 win over the Fraser Valley Cascades on September 27.

Congratulations also go out to forward Hilda Simon and rookie midfielder Ali Hamilton who both earned BCCAA 2nd

All-Star Team honours.

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As I write this, the Canucks have just won their 10th straight game, defeating Florida 5-2. In an article last week, I said that the Canucks were troubled by inconsis- tency. Obviously, this is no longer the case, as they’re now the holders of the longest winning streak in the NHL this season.

What has helped them turn their season around? Two weeks ago, I was preparing myself for another long and unpredictable season where the Canucks would not be able to have an extended stretch of success. A lot of this has to do with the Canucks history. Only once in their history have they been undefeated in ten consecutive games and that saw them have five wins and five ties dur- ing the streak. This is different: they’ve earned 20 out of 20 points in the standings.

I certainly didn't think they would be challenging the Dallas Stars for 1st overall when the season began. (I did- nt think Dallas would be in Ist place either!) A lot of the credit needs to go to Dan Cloutier who has won a num- ber of games that they probably didn’t deserve to win. For example, the games against Carolina and Tampa Bay (Skudra played that game) could, and probably should, have gone to the Canucks opposition. Cloutier is leading the league in wins, earning his 14th win against Florida. I’ve recently heard comparisons to Grant Fuhr, which I think are quite appropriate. Like Fuhr, Cloutier isn't leading the league in goals against average, save percent- age or any personal statistic, but he is making the saves that help his team win games. As a matter of fact, he’s only ranked 20th in GAA throughout the NHL and his Save Percentage is ranked even lower, at 26th in the league. Yet he’s still got more wins than any of the goalies that have better statistics. Other than wins, the only sta-

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tistic that Cloutier leads the NHL in is goalie penalty minutes.

Other than Cloutier, the Canucks have the top penal- ty killing in the league. The Trevors, Linden and Letowski, along with Matt Cooke, Artem Chubarov, and Brendan Morrison in addition to keeping opposition powerplays off the scoreboard, present an offensive threat to the opposition. Matt Cooke is especially good at using his breakaway speed to catch opposing powerplay units unaware and, to date, has three short-handed points.

Essentially, I think that the Canucks success can be attributed to two very simple factors: their best players have been their best players and when they haven't been, others have stepped in to fill the gap. For example, the much-maligned (and deservedly so) Daniel Sedin scored two consecutive game-winning goals against Carolina and Tampa Bay.

It just seems like when this team gets on a roll, every- thing that happens to them is positive. Obviously, I don’t expect the Canucks to remain on the pace they're on now, but even if they play .500 hockey the rest of the way, they will still be well above that level on the season. Should this trend continue for much longer, the Canucks could be looking at a historic season in the franchise as they are currently on pace to finish with 105 points this season, which would certainly eclipse the team record for most wins in a season.

I dont see this streak continuing for the entire season but I think that they should finish with as many as 45-46 wins. Because of this early success, I’ve had to revise my prediction for where they'll finish, now I could see them finishing anywhere from 3rd to 5th in the tough Western conference.

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