Vancouver-area team earlier this week. Wearing NHLPA jerseys and Canucks helmets and pants, Hamhuis and Bieksa participated in all of the team's drills. At one point, Bieksa drew up a drill on the coach's rink board. "You want to help them out as much as you can," Bieksa said. "It's tough in one practice, but the one drill just kind of gave them a couple of pointers. We were doing a three-on-two drill, one that Dan and I thought was tough to defend." Both Hamhuis and Bieksa were impressed with the pace of the practice. "They were really good," Hamhuis said. "We were impressed. They can skate really well and they made some nice plays out there. It was a good practice and we had a lot of fun. I might steal some of those drills." "When we first got out there we were kind of sitting at the side, just watching the first drill, and the kids were just buzzing around," Bieksa added. "And we kind of looked at one another and said, 'okay, are you ready for this?' It was definitely a quick pace out there. "It definitely wasn't easy out there. It was hard work and a couple of times during the scrimmage we were gasping for air when we came off. They were impressive." The Storm, obviously, had a blast, although goalie Chris Gharakhanian admitted he had some butterflies when he saw Bieksa teeing up a shot from the point. "Bieksa was right at the point