Avalanche vs Canucks

With commitment as the hot-button discussion topic in a hockey-mad market, the Canucks showed something Thursday. Author of the article: Ben Kuzma. Published ...

In the second period, he won a race to the puck off a Hail Mary pass and was a foiled on a jam job at crease. Canada had just claimed World Junior Hockey Championship gold for the second-consecutive year with a 4-3 overtime decision over Czechia in Halifax. Rantanen, who finished with nine shots and 14 attempts, had so many good looks in the first period with four shots, he was bound to find the twine. “We weren’t doing our jobs and at some point you have to take a look in the mirror. “He’s got a nose for the net,” J.T. “My first goal was a good pass from Mikheyev and I had a lot of room to shoot,” said Kuzmenko. All-Star Game bound Pettersson then shifted The Will Show into a higher gear to set up Kuzmenko’s second goal. It’s really positive after a lot of stuff that went on in the last 48 hours. “A lot of good things happened out there and we’ve got to bottle it up. It’s why Bruce Boudreau was relieved to see his players do more than just talk the talk. We realized the task at hand and we showed up in a real quality way.” They were ripe for the picking because when you’ve deployed a league-high 38 players this season, something has to give.