![]() ![]() Vancouver Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko moves the puck against Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark during the first period at Rogers Arena Feb 25, 2023. Interview’s over,” he said with a smile, then walked off, drawing an uproar of laughter from reporters. Saturday was also Boeser’s 26th birthday, so Sportsnet’s Dan Murphy, remarked that his standing as longest-tenured Canuck meant he was on the wrong side of his 20s. It’s definitely weird and I don’t know what to say,” he said, smiling. “It’s weird to say that I’m in my sixth year and I’m the longest tenured Canuck. He now has 11 goals on the year.īoth actually signed their entry-level contracts before Boeser - Demko in April 2016, Brisebois in December 2015, giving him the longest-standing ties to the organization of any current Canuck - but Boeser made the NHL first, playing nine games at the end of the 2016-17 season. Photo by Anne-Marie Sorvin / USA TODAY Sports Goals around the netīoeser’s goal was a tricky finish, using quick hands to fire a backhand shot under Ullmark.īoeser downplayed the chance, even if he was happy the puck went in. ![]() Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser battles for the puck against Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Grzelcyk during the first period at Rogers Arena Feb 25, 2023. He’s a great goaltender and any NHL experience is good experience.” “He had some big saves for us tonight, especially in the first period there and I think he’s gaining confidence as he keeps playing in games,” Boeser, who is now the longest-tenured Canuck, said. “That’s a good shot.”īoeser, like the rest of his teammates, was very happy for how Silovs has found a pattern of success and has improved with every outing. Then a Texas Stars skater tried to pass back to the point - but no Star proved to be on the other end of the pass attempt and instead the puck slid all the way down into the Stars’ net. Last season, playing for AHL Rockford, he made a save. Photo by Anne-Marie Sorvin / USA TODAY SportsĬollin Delia, by the way, does have a goalie goal on his record, just not really through his own efforts. ![]() “I don’t know who it was, but it was someone in the pile that told me ‘you gotta go to the bench, you got to go through the bench,’ so I appreciate that gesture from them,” he said.īoston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark blocks a shot on net by Vancouver Canucks forward Andrei Kuzmenko during the first period at Rogers Arena Feb. He even went for a run of high-fives at the bench, like any goal scorer would. I’m trying to calm it down now to do this,” he said. Me and (Jeremy Swayman) have been talking about getting it. That’s the stuff a 2-1 hockey game with a minute left. They’ve been logging a lot of ice time but we hung in there. Some of our top guys were a little tired. I thought the second, third, actually we had Boston at one chance in the second. (Facing a) Stanley Cup winning type of team,” he said. Head coach Rick Tocchet hasn’t had many nights in charge where he’s been truly pleased by his team’s performance and even though they lost, he said he was very happy with his team’s effort and process, especially after a couple games where he’d had to lean heavily on his top players. And it’s hard to create chances against a team like that,” he said. So it’s definitely a hard team to play against. They know what they’re looking for in the offensive zone when they get control of the puck and they play the right way, they play hard, their D have good gaps. They know what they’re looking for on their breakouts. “Just their whole group, they’re so predictable. ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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