Recap: 1/19/2006 Sharks vs Canucks

After two Canucks/Sharks games in two consecutive weeks, and one win a piece, the two teams met once again for the rubber-match Friday night at the Wave Twin Center. The Sharks had to play their best to beat the mighty Canucks, and they stepped up to the plate and managed to win 2-1. The Canucks will have to be content with the single victory last week, and will now turn their attention to getting in shape for the playoffs as the two teams are destined to meet again in a couple months in the B-Central Division final.

The game was a close one - both teams played a hard-fought battle. The Sharks got about a billion shots on Chris, but he managed to shut the door until the game’s half-way point. The Shark’s aggressive play eventually wore down the Canucks, who were playing with a shortened bench. The Sharks notched two goals in the second period, but the Canucks did not quit. In the third period, they made some adjustments, pulled up their socks, and managed to out play the Sharks for the rest of the game. But alas, only one goal was scored as Dan finally busted out of his scoring slump to put one past the Sharks goaltender. The Canucks got a bunch of chances to tie it up, but could not seem to find the twine. Just wait till playoffs… we’ll get ’em next time.

Unfortunately, due to a lack of highlight material from the Canucks, this week's video is a bit of a Shark's highlight reel. Ah well... that's what we get for losing. Next week against the Vipers we should be able to get a few H.O.N. candidates to make up for it.