Whitecaps start off on a losing note in USL Final

  The Vancouver Whitecaps lost to the Montreal Impact  3-2 on Saturday night and could now face the thought of losing the USL Final. The game was played at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby and was a serious battle between the two Canadian clubs.

 

     The Impact took the lead in the 45th minute off an own goal before Vancouver Striker Marcus Haber tied it up in the 56th. The Impact went ahead again courtesy of a shot by Peter Byers that beat keeper Jay Nolly before the  Caps pulled it even yet again, this time off a shot by Marlon James. The Impact got one more goal by former Whitecap Eduardo Sebrango.

 

     The Whitecaps pulled off surprise after surprise in the earlier rounds after defeating 2nd ranked Carolina before they defeated their North-West rival and commissioners Cup winners (for 1st place in the regular season) Portland. The next game will be at Saputo Stadium in Montreal next Saturday. The Final is based on total goals over both games.

Canucks squeak past Stars in Shootout as Lions beat Eskimos

      It was a good weekend for Vancouver sports teams as the Vancouver Canucks and BC Lions both defeated all comers in the past 3 days. The Lions moved to 500% for the first time this season with a 34-31 win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Friday night. With the win the Leos move to 7-7 and get ready to face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers next week.

 

      The Canucks also picked up a win, defeating the Dallas Stars 4-3 in a shootout. With Vancouver holding a 3-1 lead early in the 3rd the Stars came back to send the game to Overtime. When that didn’t settle the teams they moved to shootout, which the Canucks won courtesy of goals from Kyle Wellwood and Ryan (leg kick) Kesler and saves from Roberto Luongo on Brad Richards and Mike Ribeiro. The Canucks next game is on Friday against the Flames in Calgary.

 

     The Vancouver Giants also impressed this weekend, after losing 2-1 to the Kelowna Rockets on Friday they defeated the Medicine Hat Tigers 5-4 the following night. The new Abbotsford Heat of the AHL (farm team of the Calgary Flames) also played, losing 2-1 to the San Antonio Rampage in their season opener last night (I’m not even going to pretend I like them so don’t get offended if I start speaking against them in my entries).

Canucks find a way to win, big time

     After a dismal 0-3 start, the Vancouver Canucks finally seem to be getting back on track. Roberto Luongo remained solid for most of the game as the Canucks steamrolled over the Montreal Canadians by a score of 7-1.

 

     Mason Raymond scored a beauty in the 1st period before Henrik Sedin added two in the 2nd. Other goals included Ryan Kesler’s beautiful breakaway goal and Steve Bernier’s tap in on the power-play. Micheal Samuelsson and Alex Burrows scored the others. The Canucks dominated for large stretches of the game while Montreal seemed to struggle with stopping Vancouver’s offence might which had been so small in the previous games.

 

     The Habs got their goal of a mistake by Roberto Luongo, who let the bad angle shot by Andrei Kostistin beat him through the legs. The Canucks will play the Dallas Stars on Sunday at the Garage. BC Lions coach Wally Bouno dropped the puck in the ceremonial faceoff.

Canada drops game to US, loses Tournament

   Team Canada failed to produce enough offense on Sunday night and ended up losing the game 2-1 to the USA, it was the final of the Hockey Canada Cup but even though the Canadians could have played a lot better,even though the Hockey Canada staff didn’t think it was that big a deal, of course when you think about it there could be trouble on the horizon for Canada who have already lost to the Americans in almost every final of a major event in the past two years.

 

     With the Olympic Games so close it’s time for Canada to start producing goals against their biggest rival in Women’s Hockey. They will get a chance to do that in November when they will participate in the 4 Nations Cup with the same teams that they played with in Vancouver. The Tournament begins on November 3rd through the 8th. Go to www.hockeycanada.ca for more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Canada drops game to Yanks, will play Swedes in semis

    In the end, all that counts is the final result and in the game that what mattered. Canada fell 4-2 to a good US squad and will face Sweden in the Semi-Final. In the other game the Swede beat Finland 3-2 to take 3rd place.

 

    Megan Aghosta and Brianne Jenner got the goals for the Canucks and Shannon Szabados got the loss in net. A crowd of about 6,000 turned up for the exciting North American grudge match, beating the total amount that attended Canada’s two easy wins over the Swedes and Finns. Go to www.Hockeycanada.ca for more!!

 

Canada scores 17 goals to stay unbeaten

    Team Canada took the high road to open up the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup, defeating Sweden 7-0 before thumping Finland 10-2. They still have to face the USA, who lost to the Finns 3-2 in their opening game but managed to crawl back in the race for 1st place with a 7-0 win over the Swedes.

 

    All 4 teams will progress to the Semi-Finals but it is crucial to be placed with a suitable opponent, if Canada defeats the US and Finland beats Sweden then the Americans will be facing Finland again in the Semis.

 

     After their 2 wins Canada looks pretty comfortable which could be a added boost come the Olympics when their playing in front of 20,00 people instead of 2,00. Shannon Szabados got the start for the Canadians against Sweden and veteran Kim St Pierre got the call against the Finns.

    

    Go to www.hockeycanada.ca for more info on both games, plus for only 6.95 you can watch all the games except the Final streamed live on the web. The Final will be played on TSN, check out the Olympian every day for more info on the Hockey Canada Cup.

Do you need tickets to the Hockey Canada Cup?

     Save-On Foods is selling Women’s Hockey Tickets at $10.00 apiece. The Tourney finishes on Sunday September 6th. Get them before they sell out. Schedule is at www.hockeycanada.ca/hockeycanadacup. Games are at GM Place. This is great for people who don’t have Olympic tickets but want to see Olympic caliber hockey!

 

Are we ready?

     In the last 12 months VANOC has been working round the clock to finish everything that needs to be finished before the big event comes are way in February, but are we ready?

 

     The stadiums and event centers are all completed, a massive boost for the preparation team. But there are still problems such as transportation issues and how so many people can all get around a relatively small downtown core.

 

    Another issue is Whistler, the new Highway will make things easier for your trip to the village but once you’re there you may face some problems. First of all, it is a village after all and with the amount of people that will be there for all the Skiing and racing events it might be a tinsy bit hard to get around when the roads will be thronging with tourists and athletes from all over.

 

   But we shouldn’t worry about those kind of things, it’s what makes this whole event one big party and we’ve got to celebrate it the right way.

C’s out of luck

    The Vancouver Canadians surrendered 7 runs in the top of the 8th on the way to a 12-4 loss to the Eugene Emeralds. The loss drops Vancouver to 34-34, an even 500%. It also puts them out of the pennant race in the Northwest Leagues West Division, The 1st place Salem Kiezer Volcanos defeated the Everett Aquasoxs to take a firm hold at the top of the standings.

 

    With 8 games left in a pretty miserable season for the C’s its time to start thinking about what next year might bring. Vancouver got 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st and held their lead until Eugene scored 2 of their own in the 3rd. Then they scored a run in the 5th only to have the C’s answer with 1 in the 6th.

 

    In the 8th the Emeralds had already scored 2 runs before loading the bases and letting Dean Anna blast a ball over the right field fence to give Eugene a 9-3 lead. They scored one more in that inning before the C’s got one back in the bottom half of the 8th.

 

    Eugene got another 2 runs in the 9th before retiring Vancouver batters in quick succession. In total, the Emeralds hit 3 home runs in a supposed non-hitters park. The C’s continue their series with the Emeralds today and tomorrow. Go to www.canadiansbaseball.com  for more info.