Wow. What a crazy, crazy game hockey is, and none crazier than the game last night, Vancouver Canucks against Chicago Blackhawks. The Hawks were a desperate team, coming into the game placed 9th in the West, while the Canucks held a 7-point conference lead over Detroit.
Dave Bolland appeared to open the scoring midway through the first, but it was mysteriously called as a goalie interference because some Blackhawk skated through the crease. It was a horrible call, but as I'm a Canucks fan, hey, I'll take it. Then, Hodgson took a shot, there was a rebound, Glass passed to Ehrhoff coming off the bench and Ehrhoff scored on a long slapper. Video replays showed the puck did come outside the blueline, but the goal stood. The score stayed 1-0 after the first, but the Hawks came out hard in the second and scored a couple goals to put them up 2-1. Samuelsson tied it on a power play towards the end of the second period, and it was tied 2-2 heading into the 3rd period.
Canucks opened the period strongly, testing Marty Turco, and Chris Tanev scored his first NHL goal. Unfortunately, it was on his own net as he tried to glove it down and it ended up behind Luongo, who by the way, played spectacularly in this game. The twins, fairly quiet up to this point, came alive as Henrik put one past Turco on the power play to tie it 3-3. But they weren't done yet. Daniel tipped one past the goalie with 4 minutes left in regulation for a 4-3 lead that they wouldn't relinquish. Chicago got a late power play but was unable to convert on all 5 attempts that game. It was a big test for the Canucks, but they ground it out and got 'er done. That closes out the season series for the Canucks and Blackhawks, each team has 2 wins but Canucks win it on account of a shootout loss.
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