Abbotsford Canucks | Season Starting

[Blue and Green]

Nice sequence from Young in goal to start the period and a brouhaha ensues.

Stopped a flurry of close-in shots after Klimovich and Woo stared at each other in the neutral zone, each thinking that the other was going to play the puck.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Someone executed a nice body slam, might have been Klimo.

Young with a nice shoulder save there.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

A shout out to Clinton Tractor with all your implement needs.

 

[orcatown]

Young looking better

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Felton and Pettersson now paired on the blueline as Abby presses.

 

[orcatown]

Pettersson fumbling with puck some. Too bad on the set up from Klimo

 

[Blue and Green]

Bains looking better in this period. Moving his feet more.

 

[Blue and Green]

I should mention in fairness to Aman that his wingers tonight are Mueller and Nielsen who are third-line calibre, not second-line.

 

[orcatown]

Bains looking better in this period. Moving his feet more.

Yes

Stream down

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

And the notorious FLO technical issues arrive once again at the worst possible momet.

 

[Lindgren]

Felton is signed as organizational depth. Like that centre from Germany a few years ago-- can't remember his name, Marc something-- signed at age 24 out of NCAA, too. Guys who don't turn pro until they're 24 are longshots to become NHLers.

Friedman, Woo and McWard were ahead of him and Kudryavtsev was taking quite a few shifts on the right side, too.

Friedman, Woo, and McWard have more-or-less proven they don't have NHL upside. Felton almost certainly doesn't either, but the proof isn't there.

They signed McWard as "organizational depth," I presume, and then gave him a good look alongside Hughes. Why?

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Big save by Young on Cale Flueery keeps it tied late.

Friedman, Woo, and McWard have more-or-less proven they don't have NHL upside. Felton almost certainly doesn't either, but the proof isn't there.

They signed McWard as "organizational depth," I presume, and then gave him a good look alongside Hughes. Why?

Older college signings do hit once in a while. Doug Lidster didn't leave Colorado College until he was 24 and I think did a stint with team Canada before finally arriving here.

 

[Blue and Green]

Excellent backcheck by Bains, bad luck for the puck to go out of play on him. PP for CV late in the game.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Aman just put us down 5 on 3. Late third, tie game.

 

[orcatown]

Abby two man short - not good by Aman.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Firebirds celebrate a power play goal, referees having a conversation. No goal, net off.

 

[orcatown]

Shouldn't count

 

[Blue and Green]

Shouldn't count

Yep, McCormick was the one who knocked the net off its post.

 

[Scumbag Frank]

They showed a kid in the crowd with a Sundin #13 Canucks jersey and I'm all for it

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

Fluery hits net from the blueline. Power play goal with 35 left on the clock.

4-3 'Birds...

 

[orcatown]

Doubt Mueller should ha ve been out on pk - couldn't clear the puck.

 

[NailsHoglander]

At least they're on the same page as the Canucks

 

[Megaterio Llamas]

And technical issues for the last 25 seconds. They really do have to fix these problems.

 

[orcatown]

25 seconds left and the feed goes off - give me a break.

 

[Megaterio Llamas]