Finally, the Canucks can play victory music. It was because it had been so long since the Vancouver Canucks had won a hockey game, the players had completely forgotten what the winning music sounded like when it played in the locker room. It wasn’t until Thursday that I realized I was hearing David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.”
Canucks Employ an Old Winning Song
The Canucks use a victory song that was produced decades before any of their current players were even born.
They had to wait almost six months and play eight games before hearing it again, but they had earned it by snapping a season-opening losing skid of seven games with a victory against the Seattle Kraken that was both brutal and tough. This victory gave them a 5-4 win.
The win was the 600th of Bruce Boudreau’s career in the National Hockey League as a head coach. Due to how the season began, we began to speculate whether or not the Canucks would reach that particular milestone.
Boudreau told reporters after the Canucks became the last club in the NHL to record a win, “Honest to God, I haven’t been thinking about it since probably the third game,” after the Canucks became the victorious team.
“All I wanted was to bring home the victory for the men and make them smile,” she said. And let’s keep our fingers crossed that this particular negative run comes to an end. It hasn’t yet sunk in, but that game was quite taxing on everyone’s energy levels.
But if there’s one thing I can say about the boys, it’s that they didn’t hold anything back. That’s what I mean by shot-blocking.
I am aware that it must be challenging to be in the position of having the lead with no previous victory. But there’s no question that they wanted to come out on top.
When Conor Garland Scored, They Were Ecstatic
They wanted it so badly that when Conor Garland scored a goal with an empty net from his blue line to make the score 5-3 with 1:25 left, he celebrated it as if it had been a game-winning goal in the playoffs.
And when Jaden Schwarz scored six-against-four for Seattle with 29.7 seconds left – because, well, this is the Canuck way – Vancouver wanted it hard enough that J.T. Miller put his ankle in front of Andre Burakovsky’s shot in the closing seconds of the game.
As players came off the bench to celebrate, the group victory embraces served as a healing circle around Miller. This occurred because the teammates saw one of their leaders, Miller, lying on the ice in agony.
Defenseman Tyler Myers grinned and said with a laugh, “A lot of guys were shouting ‘get up.'” “It went on for far longer than we had hoped” (to win). However, we prevailed over them in a fierce struggle and took the first one.
We had the momentum, but they had the momentum at the time. You’re right; certain areas might need some work. But we kept fighting and emerged from the third the manner we wanted to, and we’ll keep building on it.”
Miller said that the challenges that needed to be overcome to win were “unbelievable.” “That’s insane. ” To win, it needed every last bit of strength and stamina that we could muster. In that respect, it served as a really valuable education for us. In the NHL, it’s not easy to come out on top. This is the minimum requirement.”
The Canucks are 0-5-2 despite opening the third period six times up or tied.
Elias Pettersson bunted Luke Schenn’s bouncing point shot past Kraken goaltender Martin Jones at 1:16 of the third period.
By then, the Canucks had blown a 1-0 and 3-2 lead. Thatcher Demko, who had let in a few goals, made 13 stops in the third to retain their advantage.
Pettersson Observed Schenner’s Tie-Breaker
Pettersson witnessed Schenner shoot the tie-breaker. “I attempted to divert it over the goaltender after it hit someone, and it went in. Like a tip goal. We’ve got horrible bounces. Today was wonderful.
Ilya Mikheyev scored Vancouver’s first two goals on broken plays. They were his first since signing a four-year, $19-million-US deal in the summer.
Andrei Kuzmenko scored his first goal since opening night on a night when Vancouver’s power play went 2-for-2.
Mistakes outnumbered Kraken rushes and puck misplays. In three or four losses, the Canucks performed better. They were feisty Thursday and due for some bounces. When you’re 0-5-2, winning is everything.
“A lot of emotion,” Miller remarked. “We’ll accept anything now.”
Minutes after the Canucks took the lead in the first period, Miller made sure his team was pumped up by fighting Seattle defenseman Carson Soucy. When Vancouver Canucks winger Nils Hoglander took a hard punch from Adam Larsson, Tanner Pearson stepped in to confront him.
Finishing Line
Boudreau said that “just to hear that music in the room… and know how hard they’ve practiced” was inspiring. Yet they have never stopped believing. It’s only one game, but the team’s morale has never been worse.
We’ve never gone into a game thinking, “Oh, woe is me. “, so I believe this was a wonderful reward for them.
Myers said, “And the good news is, we get to play again tomorrow night and give it another go.”
This Friday, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be at Rogers Arena. As of late, Vancouver has been dominant.