happy belated new year!!

it's okay, you had no need to worry about me, i survived new year's :P
i haven't updated this in a week, so there's quite a few things to update.

game recaps:
dec 31: canucks 4, st. louis 3.  after going down 3-1 after 2 periods like i described before, the canucks came back in the 3rd to take it to overtime, where ehrhoff got the winner.  andy murray (blues coach) was fired before their next game.  make that 2 coaches that canucks games have pulled the trigger on so far this year :P
jan 2: canucks 3, dallas 1.  luongo was god in this matinee.
jan 5: canucks 7, columbus 3.  lots of speculation went into this game about how much longer hitchcock (blue jackets coach) would have his job.  after columbus opened with 2 goals, rypien got a goal that sparked a huge comeback, with a HAT TRICK FOR BURROWS!!!!!!!!

 unfortunately, hitchcock hasn't lost his job yet, but the speculation continues as to whether or not our game had an impact.

jan 7 (last night) : canucks 4, phoenix 0.  What A Game.  i should have kept a live log going!  let me think, what all happened?

-pyatt destroyed rome.  after a huge hit, rome fell to the ice and bloodied his head.  not pretty.  he didn't come back to the game.

-salo ended up with mitchell's stick in his face during the 2nd period.  he also got bloodied.  with the losses of bieksa and schneider still fresh in our minds, we all panicked.  luckily, he came back all stitched up for the 3rd period.

-luongo got the shutout :)

-2ND CONSECUTIVE HAT TRICK FOR BURROWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  seriously, burrows now has hat tricks in 2 consecutive games.  this is the 3rd time in canucks history that this has been done, the last time being back in the 1986-1987 season (before i was born!!).

   

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team updates:

-after losing schneider to manitoba and bieksa to injury, lukowich was recalled to the canucks.  originally sent to manitoba at the beginning of the season, he's been playing with the texas stars.  he is expected to play tomorrow night against calgary.

-demitra is taking slapshots now, sounds like he's getting even closer to returning.

-hodgson has been given a cortizone shot, so he's sidelined for another long time.

-after last night's craziness, evan oberg has been called up today from manitoba.  he will likely fill in temporarily as 7th d-man until rome comes back.

-conference standings.  the fun thing is the NW race.  that's right, vancouver and calgary are tied for the lead at 55 points (they have the current tiebreaker, having played 1 less game), with colorado just behind at 54.  calgary plays columbus tonight, so if the flames lose, the 1 game in hand will disappear, and the next tiebreaker is wins (where we win!).  colorado plays carolina tonight, so they may also have a say in the overnight standings.

now for the real fun: tomorrow night's game is on cbc, at 7:00 pm pacific, at GM Place.  this is what we've been waiting for: Canucks vs. Flames =]  here's my preview: it's going to be a barn-burner!!