Day: November 14, 2021

PREVIEW | Canucks at Ducks

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CANUCKS AT DUCKS PREVIEW

TV: SNP

Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of four meetings between the Canucks and Ducks this season: Nov. 9 (3-2 OTL), Nov. 14 (road), Dec. 23 (home), Dec. 29 (road).
  • Vancouver is 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs Anaheim (1-2-2 in their last 5).
  • The Canucks have a 50-47-9-7 all-time record in 113 games against the Ducks. Vancouver holds a 23-21-7-4 record as the visiting team againstAnaheim.
  • Brock Boeser (0-2-2) and Quinn Hughes (0-2-2) share the team lead in scoring vs Anaheim this season.
  • Among active Canucks skaters Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career points vs Anaheim with 23 points (5-18-23) in 53 games.
  • Jaroslav Halak has faced the Ducks 20 times in his career (11-6-2) and has a .911 SV% and 2.48 GAA.
  • Thatcher Demko has appeared in one game against the Ducks in his career, owning a .821 SV% and 5.01 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Brock Boeser has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 11 games.
• Conor Garland has nine points (2-7-9) in his last 12 games.
• Nils Höglander has five points (4-1-5) in his last five games.
• J.T. Miller has 12 points (6-6-12) in his last 11 games.
• Bo Horvat has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 11 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 11 points (1-10-11) in his last 11 games.
• Elias Pettersson has seven points (2-5-7) in his last 11 games.

LAST MEETING: NOV. 9/21: VAN 2 vs ANA 3 (OT)

J.T. Miller cut Vancouver’s deficit to one goal at 13:29 in the third period, extending his point streak to five games (5-2-7)…Elias Pettersson tied the game with his first career shorthanded goal at 19:05 in the third period to force overtime…Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser each registered multi-point games (0-2-2)…Vancouver set a season-high in shots (43)…Elias Pettersson led all Canucks in shots (6)…Tucker Poolman led the team in blocked shots (4)…Bo Horvat set a season-high in face-off wins (21) and TOI (26:11)…Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED: NOV. 13/21: VAN 4 at VGK 7

J.T. Miller opened the scoring at 3:09 in the first period to extend his point streak to seven games (6-3-9)…Nils Höglander recorded the assist…Tanner Pearson increased Vancouver’s lead with his second goal of the season at 5:56 in the first period…Conor Garland and Brad Hunt (first point as a Canuck) collected assists on the play…Nils Höglander knotted the game with an unassisted tally at 17:15 in the second period and scored again at 3:12 in the third period to register his first career three-point game (2-1-3)…Tyler Myers and Quinn Hughes each recorded assists on the goal…Brock Boeser led all Canucks in shots (6)…Tyler Myers and Vasily Podkolzin each registered five hits…J.T. Miller went 11/11 on face-offs…Thatcher Demko faced 38 shots.

LAST 5 vs ANAHEIM


•Nov. 9, 2021: VAN 2 vs ANA 3 (OT)

•Feb. 16, 2020: VAN 1 vs ANA 5

•Nov. 1, 2019: VAN 1 at ANA 2 (OT)

•Mar. 26, 2019: VAN 4 vs ANA 5

•Feb. 25, 2019: VAN 4 vs ANA 0

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Madison Bowey recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 12

• Jack Rathbone recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 10

• Travis Hamonic loaned to Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 10
• Luke Schenn placed on injured reserve, Nov. 10

MILLER’S POINT STREAK

Collecting points in seven straight games (6-3-9), J.T. Miller will look to match a career-best eight-game point streak (5-6-11 from Nov. 21-Dec. 7/19) when the Canucks visit the Ducks on Sunday.

ELEVEN ON THE DOT

Going 11-for-11 in the face-off circle on Nov. 13 at VGK, J.T. Miller became the third player in Canucks history to win 100 percent of face-offs in a game with a minimum of 10 face-offs taken, joining Brandon Sutter (10/10, Feb. 4/16) and Byron Ritchie (10/10, Feb. 19/06).

CROSSING THE FINNISH LINE

Now 15 games into his Canucks tenure, Juho Lammikko‘s next game will be his 100th career game in the NHL, making him the fifth Finnish player in franchise history to play his 100th career game in a Canucks uniform (Jyrki Lumme, Petri Skriko, Jarkko Ruutu, Markus Granlund).

PETEY’S PRODUCTION

Potting his first career shorthanded goal to force overtime on Nov. 9 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson (22 years, 362 days) tied Patrik Sundstrom for second most goals (68) by a primary centre in Canucks history before the age of 23, trailing only teammate Bo Horvat (71).

AT FACE VALUE

Bo Horvat leads all NHL skaters in face-offs taken (366) and face-off wins (211) so far this season. Among centremen with at least 200 face-offs taken, Horvat’s face-off percentage (57.7%) ranks t-8th League-wide.

THE ICEMAN QUINN-ETH

Despite missing one game this season, Quinn Hughes has led the Canucks in time on ice (TOI) in 11 of 15 games so far this season, including eight of the last nine. Averaging 25:26 in TOI so far this season, Hughes currently ranks 11th in the NHL for TOI/GP.

ON THE COUNT OF THREE

Quinn Hughes collected his first three-point outing of the season (0-3-3) and seventh career three-assist game on Nov. 7 vs DAL, with all assists coming on the power play. At 22 years old, Hughes ranks t-7th all time among NHL defencemen for most games (7) with three or more assists before the age of 23.

POWERING THROUGH

After failing to score a power play goal in their previous four contests (0-for-17), the Canucks combined for three power play goals (Miller x2, Pettersson) on six opportunities on Nov. 7 vs DAL, marking Vancouver’s first game with three or more power play goals since Jan. 20/21 vs MTL.

KEEPING PACE

Registering two assists during Vancouver’s 3-2 overtime win on Nov. 2 vs NYR, Conor Garland became the first player to record at least 10 points (3-7- 10) in 10 games to start his Canucks tenure since Tyler Toffoli (6-4-10) and J.T. Miller (4-7-11) in 2019.20

Slovakia National Women’s Hockey Team Finishes Final Olympic Qualification Group E With 7-1 Win Over Korea

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Women’ s Final Olympic Qualification Group E Tournament For 2022 Winter Olympics

by Martin Merk|14 NOV 2021

Slovakia finishes the Women’s Final Olympic Qualification Group E in third place after beating Korea 7-1 in what was a farewell game for both teams who had started the tournament winless.

“We were not under pressure and enjoyed the game and to score goals and end the tournament with a win. I think we did a good job today and played well,” said Lucia Istocyova, who same as Nicol Lucak Cupkova scored two goals.

“But we came here to qualify for the Olympic Games but now we have to focus on the World Championship and learn to play simpler in the D-zone.”

Slovakia dominated the game against the young Korean team in all ends and periods and outshot their opponent 36-12.

After two losses in two games both Slovakia and Korea were looking to end the tournament with a winning experience in their first-ever encounter in an IIHF-sanction senior women’s hockey game.

After the initial results in Lulea and considering that Slovakia has always played at least one tier higher than the Koreans in the Women’s Worlds, the Slovaks entered the game as favourites and started that way. With early goals within a span of 106 seconds from Tatiana Korenkova and Lucak Cupkova the team in blue had the start they wished for.

At 10:55 captain Lucak Cupkova scored again. She got the puck from behind the net on the right side and scored from a short angle. Istocyova netted the puck on a power play at 13:17.

The Koreans were outshot but the direction of the game wasn’t as lopsided as against the tournament favourites during the previous days.

With 2:41 left in the period, their K-pop goal song could finally be played. Jiyeon Choi intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and beat Slovak netminder Laura Medvidova for Korea’s first goal of the tournament.The Slovak players pose for a team photo after the win.PHOTO: FREDRIK SUNDVALLThe Slovaks were next on the scoring sheet in the middle frame. At 13:30 Livia Kubekova saw her penalty shot blocked by Inhye Jang but 16 seconds later she scored the 5-1 marker with a shot from central position. Late in the period Julia Matejkova scored on the power play.

“We are happy that we won after the losses. It was not easy because we had different goals. It’s a good game for the future and a good start for the preparation for our next World Championship,” said Slovak head coach Tomas Segin.

Istocyova added her second marker of the game after a power play in the third period for the final score of 7-1.

Slovakia will play at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A in Angers where they will meet Sweden and host France again in a battle for promotion to the top division. Norway, Austria and the Netherlands also play in the group.

In Korea ice hockey practices have just restarted a few weeks ago after a lengthy ban for indoor team sports due to Covid-19. The Koreans hope to use this tournament against higher-ranked opposition to learn for the future. They will play one tier below in the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B in Katowice, Poland.