The Vancouver Canucks - Road to the Stanley Cup

Exastick · 04-17-2010, 03:35 PM

This is going to be a dynasty on the Vancouver Canucks. Through the history of this club, the Stanley Cup has never been brought to Vancouver. In this dynasty, I will aim to bring the Stanley Cup to Vancouver.

Difficulty Setting: Medium (May be changed if game begins to get too easy)

Period Lengths: 5 Minutes

Season Lines:

Line One

Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows

Line Two

Pavol Demitra - Ryan Kesler - Mason Raymond

Line Three

Steve Bernier - Kyle Wellwood - Mikael Samuelsson

Line Four

Jannik Hansen - Rick Rypien - Ryan Johnson

Defensive Pairing 1

Sami Salo - Willie Mitchell

Defensive Pairing 2

Kevin Bieksa - Christian Ehrhoff

Defensive Pairing 3

Shane O'Brien - Alexander Edler

Number One Goaltender

Roberto Luongo

Backup Goaltender

Andrew Raycroft

Exastick · 04-18-2010, 06:25 PM

7-2

Canucks Steamroll Over Flames 7-2 in Season Opener

When it was all said and done, the Vancouver Canucks had fired the puck 7 times
into their opponent's net.

The Calgary Flames team just could not keep up with the speedy second line of the
Vancouver Canucks. The second line combined for a total of 3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points, and
ended up +6.

"We just didn't skate very well," commented Flames captain Jarome Iginla. "They saw
openings, blitzed past us, and kept firing good chances at Kipper." Iginla was one of the
players that was on the disappointing first line that just managed a total of 6 shots on net.

The Flames starting goalie, Miikka Kiprusoff, was pulled after allowing 7 goals on
29 shots. His replacement, Curtis McElhinney, stopped all 7 shots that were shot at him.

"It wasn't Kipper's fault. We just kept allowing odd man rushes and even
breakaways," remarked Flames defenseman Jay Bouwmeester. "We can't let this happen if we are
going to go for the Stanley Cup."

Canucks coach Alain Vigneault was impressed with his secondary scoring. "It wasn't just
our second line. Our third and fourth lines were also chipping in. But I believe that our
first line needs to work a bit harder if we are going to become successful."

Star netminder Roberto Luongo also had a solid outing, posting 26 saves on 28 shots.

Three Stars:
1st Star - Pavol Demitra (2G, 1A)
2nd Star - Ryan Kesler (1G, 2A)
3rd Star - Steve Bernier (1G, 1A)

Goals:
1st Period
4:52 Demitra (Kesler, Ehrhoff)
11:12 Johnson (Rypien, Mitchell)
12:32 D. Sedin (Burrows, Mitchell)

2nd Period
7:22 Bourque (Unassisted)
9:32 Bernier (Samuelsson, Wellwood)
10:44 Dawes (Prust)
18:22 Kesler (Demitra, Bieksa)

3rd Period
3:49 Demitra (2) (Kesler, Ehrhoff)
7:13 Wellwood (Bernier)

Exastick · 04-18-2010, 06:43 PM

Exastick · 04-18-2010, 07:17 PM

4-0

Luongo Shuts Out Avalanche

Roberto Luongo was named 2nd Star as he posted 19 saves for the win.

The Canucks got into some early penalty trouble, but were able to kill all four penalties,
including back-to-back 5 on 3 chances for the Avalanche. Luongo was solid in net, as 13 of the
19 shots were triggered on odd-man rushes.

"I just tried the keep the puck out of the net. I knew my D-men were going to be there for
the rebound and I knew that they could hit. That made the odd-man rushes easier," said
Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo.

On the other end of the ice, Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj saved 26 shots while allowing 4 goals.
The Canucks 2nd line kept with their hot streak, combining for two of the four goals.

Three Stars:
1st Star - Ryan Kesler (2G, 0A)
2nd Star - Roberto Luongo (19 Saves)
3rd Star - Henrik Sedin (1G, 0A)

Goals:
1st Period
2:56 Kesler (Demitra, Luongo)

2nd Period
7:44 Bernier (Samuelsson, Edler)

3rd Period
4:14 Kesler (Bieksa)
4:41 H. Sedin (D. Sedin, Salo)

Exastick · 04-18-2010, 07:21 PM

Exastick · 04-18-2010, 10:10 PM

Any comments are greatly appreciated :D

mRmoK · 04-19-2010, 10:38 PM

Canucks will win the cup this year :D

Exastick · 04-19-2010, 11:06 PM

Hopefully. It's 1-1 right now and it would be good if we could get this game...

Won't be posting any updates until Thursday or later, please tell me if there's anything you want me to work on or you know a program that can organize this stuff.

Thanks!

mRmoK · 04-19-2010, 11:49 PM

Love the way you're doing your stuff right now, and no i don't know any kind of organizer program for this. Sorry, but keep up the good work ! :D

Exastick · 04-20-2010, 05:01 PM

Thanks! Good to know that at least one person is actually reading this :P

Exastick · 04-25-2010, 09:52 PM

1 - 3

Great Play By Mason Keeps Columbus In Game

After just 19 seconds from a goal by Rick Rypien late in the third period, Columbus finally gave a push back. Brassard roofed a shot right over Luongo's right shoulder to ruin his shut-out bid and give some life to the Blue Jackets.

The play started with a face-off win for Columbus. After a defensive lapse by Shane O'Brien, Brassard found himself with some room and roofed it right over Luongo. This was the start of the push by the Blue Jackets, who managed to hit the post 4 times in the third period after that goal.

"Brassard just ripped that shot over my shoulder," said Luongo, who had 17 saves on the night, "And right after that, I guess both the defense and I kind of lost the momentum." They indeed did, with the Blue Jackets just missing a "W" in this matchup if the shots were just a few millimeters better.

Early in the game, Mason was peppered with shots and odd man rushes as the Columbus defense looked asleep. Mason however, only allowed one goal in the first period and kept his team in the match-up.However, two of the goals scored on him during this game were both from bad angles, with one shot careening off both of his pads, his skate, and in.

Three Stars:
1st Star - Mason Raymond (1G, 0A)
2nd Star - Henrik Sedin (1G, 0A)
3rd Star - Rick Rypien (1G, 0A)

Goals:
1st Period
2:09 Henrik Sedin (Burrows, Mitchell)

2nd Period
-No Scoring-

3rd Period
6:56 Raymond (Demitra, Luongo)
14:00 Rypien (Ehrhoff)
14:19 Brassard (Russell)

Exastick · 04-25-2010, 09:57 PM

Exastick · 04-27-2010, 11:04 PM

7 - 8

Clutch Goal By Burrows Saves Canucks' Game

The Montreal bench went silent with 23 seconds left on the clock. The red light was flashing, the crowd was cheering and the Canucks were celebrating.

Alexandre Burrows had just scored top shelf on Montreal goaltender Carey Price after a feed from Ryan Kesler at the top of the right circle. The Canucks had gone on the powerplay just seconds earlier. "It feels great to score the winning goal, but we also have to check on our defense. It let us down tonight," criticized Burrows.

And that he was right about. After jumping to a quick two goal lead in the first, the Canucks saw their lead disappear time and time again as the Canadiens managed to score three goals in the second and four goals in the third. With just 23 seconds left, Alexandre Burrows sealed the win for his team.

"It looks like the chemistry of our team isn't just quite right yet. We're going to have to revise our lines and make a few tweaks." said Canucks coach Alain Vigneault. And this might be great news for young players in the Canucks' farm team, the Manitoba Moose.

Three Stars:
1st Star - Alexandre Burrows (2G, 2A)
2nd Star - Ryan Kesler (1G, 2A)
3rd Star - Henrik Sedin (1G, 1A)

Goals:
1st Period
1:43 Burrows (H. Sedin, Luongo)
6:26 Demitra (PP) (Kesler)

2nd Period
7:36 Kesler (SH) (Burrows, Luongo)
8:39 H. Sedin (D. Sedin, O'Brien)
9:56 D'Agostini (Spacek, Pacioretty)
10:52 Moen (Mara)
12:30 Hansen (Johnson, Rypien)
18:52 Plekanec (Hamrlik)

3rd Period
4:13 Gomez (Gionta, Cammalleri)
5:29 Plekanec (PP) (Bergeron)
10:33 Wellwood (Samuelsson, Edler)
13:19 Pouliot (Unassisted)
16:05 Gomez (Cammalleri)
17:42 D. Sedin (Salo, Burrows)
19:57 Burrows (PP) (Kesler, Ehrhoff)

Exastick · 04-27-2010, 11:06 PM

Exastick · 04-27-2010, 11:07 PM

Done 'till like, Thursday or something....huge video project coming up and I have piano on Wednesday.

[EDIT] Oh, I'm going to post the new lines soon though....might be a while because I'm lazy :P

DartArrowz · 04-29-2010, 06:03 PM

Did u mod ur NHL 09 difficulty or is it default?

Exastick · 04-29-2010, 08:03 PM

It's on Medium.

DartArrowz · 04-29-2010, 09:14 PM

Oh... was just wondering coz i'm looking for a mod that'll make it more challenging and seeing that the comp scored 7 i thought u might have modded urs

Exastick · 04-29-2010, 11:01 PM

Luongo just had a really bad night....D'Agostini's shot was scored from center ice.....

Exastick · 05-08-2010, 01:59 AM

Probably only doing one season on this because I'm planning on updating my rosters...