Hi all -- thought you might enjoy reading this. The downside to the
article is reading about Felix Potvin in goal. Wonder what that will do to
Garth Snow.
Dan and I had the pleasure of seeing two Maine alumni at the Fleet Center
this week (unfortunately at the expense of the Bruins). Mike Dunham earned
#1 star of the game in Nashville's defeat of the B's on Tuesday; and Eric
Weinrich got an assist on Montreal's second goal tonight (and played a
decent game). He's wearing #22 for the Bleu, Blanc et Rouge (must be a
popular number for former Maine defensemen when they get to the NHL -- like
Bob Beers).
Hope all of you have a very Happy Holiday season.
>End of Game Report
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>
>VANCOUVER 6, WASHINGTON 3
>
>VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Steve Kariya had a great
>birthday and gave Felix Potvin something to celebrate as well.
>
>Kariya celebrated his 22nd birthday with two goals, snapping a
>13-game scoring drought, to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 6-3
>victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.
>
>Potvin, acquired in Sunday's trade with the New York Islanders,
>stopped 31 shots in his Canucks debut, and ended his own
>eight-game winless stretch (0-6-2), going back to Nov. 19.
>
>As nice as the goals were, Kariya said his birthday wish was a
>Vancouver victory. The Canucks snapped a 0-6-1 skid and won for
>only the second time in 14 games (2-9-3).
>
>"It was great win for us and hopefully it'll turn things around
>and we can kind of relax a bit going into the holidays," said
>Kariya, whose ice time had been dropping while his slump grew
>longer.
>
>"Lately, I don't think I've been getting a lot of shots on goal.
>Today, I got quite a few. And if you want to score in this
>league, you've got to give yourself a lot of opportunities," the
>rookie said.
>
>Kariya's performance ignited the Canucks' best offensive output
>in more than two months and snapped a string of 12 straight games
>in which Vancouver had failed to score three or more goals in
>regulation. Vancouver has only scored six goals once this season,
>and that came in an overtime victory.
>
>Nearly lost in all the goal scoring was Potvin's first game with
>the Canucks.
>
>After giving up three goals on the first 12 shots he faced,
>including the first goal on a James Black breakaway 1:17 into the
>game, Potvin settled down. In the third period, he kept
>Washington scoreless despite four power-play opportunities and a
>13-2 shots advantage.
>
>"No doubt there was a bit of nervousness," Potvin said. "But once
>I got into it -- that's the best part about it -- it all went
>away."
>
>Olaf Kolzig had his third straight poor performance, stopping
>only 17 Vancouver shots. Kolzig has given up 16 goals in 149
>minutes of play.
>
>The loss spoiled the night of Capitals' captain Adam Oates, who
>was playing in his 1,000th game.
>
>"The win would've been more special," Oates said. "A couple of
>the goals were not so much breakdowns but more bad breaks."
>
>
>VANCOUVER CANUCKS 6, Washington Capitals 3
>
> 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL
> --- --- --- -----
>Washington 1 2 0 3
>Vancouver 2 3 1 6
>
>
>FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Washington, Black 5 (Sacco), 1:17. 2,
>Vancouver, Holden 1 (Hawgood), 4:59. 3, Vancouver, Aucoin 8
>(Bertuzzi), 6:02. PENALTIES: Gonchar, Was (interference), 2:05;
>O'Sullivan, Van (roughing), 2:05; Nikolishin, Was (ob.-hooking),
>16:34.
>
>SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: 4, Vancouver, Naslund 11 (Bertuzzi,
>Messier), :30. 5, Washington, Black 6 (Halpern, Sacco), 4:53. 6,
>Washington, Nikolishin 3 (Klee, Zednik), 5:49. 7, Vancouver,
>Cassels 9 (Mogilny, O'Sullivan), 12:23. 8 Vancouver, Kariya 7
>(Mogilny, Jovanovski), 19:09. PENALTIES: York, Van (roughing),
>13:35.
>
>THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: 9, Vancouver, Kariya 8 (Holden,
>Brashear), 8:32. PENALTIES: Baron, Van (high-sticking), 5:04;
>Baron, Van (closing hand on puck), 9:53; Brashear, Van (holding),
>13:04; Holden, Van (elbowing), 19:12.
>
>
>SHOTS ON GOAL
> 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
> --- --- --- -----
>Washington 6 15 13 34
>Vancouver 11 10 2 23
>
>
>POWER PLAY: Washington 0 of 5; Vancouver 0 of 1. GOALIES:
>Washington, Kolzig 9-13-5 (23 shots-17 saves). Vancouver, Potvin
>6-14-3 (34-31).
>
>Referee: Dennis LaRue. Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Brad Lazarowich.
>
>A: 14,088 (18,422).
>
>
>
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Lindsay A. Huntoon
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Providence or Bust in 2000
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