From the Vancouver Sun online edition (by the way, Stevie is Vancouver's
leading scorer in the pre-season, with two goals and three assists for five
points):
 
Snow proves he's the No. 1 goaltender this season
LEAFS 3 CANUCKS 1
Elliott Pap Vancouver Sun
Amid all the talk of Steve Kariya, good habits and unsigned defencemen,
the Vancouver Canucks have not had to stickhandle through a debate over
their goaltending.
 
A year ago, general manager Brian Burke was scouring the NHL for a No. 1
man before turning it over to Garth Snow almost by default. Snow proved
more than capable, recorded six shutouts and became the rightful owner
of the title.
 
There has been no debate this year, Snow showing why in Friday's 3-1
pre-season loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Snow stopped the first 23
shots he faced and held his mates in the game before Yanic Perreault
beat him on a second-period power play and Sergei Berezin added a pair
in the third.
 
With the exception of Berezin's first goal, coming off a large rebound,
Snow was in full control, played his angles superbly and eased any
concerns that last year was a fluke. He was a sitting duck on both
Perreault's opener and the second Berezin tally as his protection
vanished. Snow finished with 30 saves.
 
Meanwhile, Kariya again played well, this time on a line with fellow
rookie Artem Chubarov and veteran Alex Mogilny. They combined for
Vancouver's only goal on a second-period rush that culminated in
Chubarov's slicing a backhander past Glenn Healy.
 
Despite their third straight home-ice pre-season loss - a sign of things
to come? - the Canucks received solid efforts from all their younger
players with Chubarov, Josh Holden, Peter Schaefer, Lubomir Vaic and, of
course, the ever-dangerous Kariya, acquitting themselves well.
 
The bad news, however, is that coach Marc Crawford's strongest lineup of
the pre-season surrendered 33 shots and managed just one goal. Vancouver
is 0-3-1 in exhibition action.