From: kitson@geop.ubc.ca (Denise Kitson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re:Canucks 3-0
Date: 13 Oct 1992 21:24:17 GMT
Organization: Geophysics & Astronomy, U.B.C. Vancouver, Canada
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Keywords: Canucks

It looks like the Canucks have finally broken their Oilers jinx, although it would
have been nice for them to do it a little bit sooner i.e. like back in May.  However,
on to the game...

Neither team played particularly spectacular hockey, for the most part there were a
lot of missed passes and sloppy play.  Vancouver looks to have three solid scoring
lines:  Momesso-Ronning-Linden;  Ward-Adams-Bure; and Courtnall-Nedved-Sandlak.
Nedved's line particularly stood out as having the best chances in the game.  The
Oilers stuck to Bure like glue, he didn't get much chance to weave his magic except
in the penalty box, he had three minor penalties on the night.  Overall a good effort from the Canucks who had all the chances in this game.

The Canucks blew out the Winnepeg Jets 8-1 Monday night to move to 3-0 for the
season.  Bure scored 4 times, 2 of them shorthanded, added an assist, and briefly
held the lead in penalty minutes.  Bure tied club records for points in a period(4),
goals in a period(3) and shorthanded goals in a game.  Robert Dirk played his first
game of the regular season after missing two weeks with a shoulder separation,
replacing the rookie Jiri Slegr on defence.  Special teams were a key for this game,
as was Pavel Bure.  The Jets, however, did practically no hitting, the defense was
poor as was the goaltending, and frustration was obviously a factor in the later
stages of the game.  Following are game summaries:

Edm 2 at Van 5

First Period
(1) Mellanby Edm 1 (Richardson, Beranek) 2:48
(2) Nedved Van 1 (Courtnall,Lidster) 13:20
(3) Wright Edm 1 (Beranek, Glynn) 15:38
(4) Courtnall Van 1 (Fergus, Odjick) 16:51

Second Period
(5) Adams Van 2 (Plavsic, Bure) 5:23 pp

Third Period
(6) Momesso Van 1 (Ronning, Linden) 0:11
(7) Courtnall Van 2 (Nedved, Lidster) 2:33

Shots on goal
Edm 6-7-9=22
Van 12-9-13=34

Ranford (L, 0-3-0)  McLean (W, 2-0-0)
power play:  Edm 0-6  Van 1-6

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Win 1 at Van 8

First Period
(1) Ronning Van 2 (Diduck) 1:29 pp
(2) Courtnall Van 3 (Sandlak) 10:44

Second Period
(3) Bure Van 2 (Adams) 5:26 sh
(4) Adams Van 3 (Bure, Ward) 9:36
(5) Bure Van 3 (Adams, Ward) 14:03
(6) Bure Van 4 (Lumme) 17:33

Third Period
(7) Housley Win 2 (Selanne, Steen) 5:23 pp
(8) Linden Van 1 (Momesso, Ronning) 7:00 pp
(9) Bure Van 5 18:15 sh

Shots on goal
Win 10-4-10=24
Van 13-13-13=39

Essensa (L, 1-2-0) McLean (W, 3-0-0)
power play:  Win 1-7 Van 2-6
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