Cherry Picking: Feb 20, 2013
Painting Players, Shootout Recaps & Reality Shows
Quick, get me a rewrite, Canucks salvage point
Due to the insanity that was the final 2:42 minutes of last night's game Ed Willes got to write TWO columns. Check his handy work beating his deadline. Read
Improbable comeback halts in skills competition
Dimitri Filipovic form Canucks Army takes us through last night’s furious finish in the Windy City and after tabulating the chances for each team discovered that, yup, Cory Schneider had a pretty terrific game. Read
Canucks rally falls short in 4-3 shootout loss
Another recap from last night’s tilt courtesy Sean Larson at Nucks Nation. He was also impressed with Mr. Schneider’s work. Read
The doodler’s Bieksa
So you’ve been wondering what exactly goes on during the Canucks flights across North America. There’s the obligatory card game, napping and ,apparently, there’s time for some portrait-making. Yes, you read that correctly. Now, get the rest from our Derek Jory who’s flying around with the team.ReadEveryone admit hockey families would make great reality TV contestants
And on to something completely different…Katie Baker wants to see more NHL families battling it out in televised homes, or racing around the world, or pitting the Sedin’s vs. the Lundqvist’s in an all Swedish elimination challenge. Read
Rapid Fire
- Brendan Gaunce is leading his Belleville Bulls squad to the top of the OHL’s Eastern Conference with 10 points in his last 8 games. The Bulls have won 9 of 10 and face the lowly Ottawa 67’s tonight.
- Henrik Tommernes will try and get his solid season back on track today. He’s gone 5 straight without a point. Follow along here.
- And wrapping things up today, over at the canucks subreddit, a guy named ‘stonerpete’ has a very talented wife who paints him cool Roberto Luongo portraits. Watch out Kassian, you have some competition.












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