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Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet Meets Media Ater Return To Vancouver Wednesday:

“Playoffs are a game-to-game thing. You have to have a short memory.”

🗣️ Head Coach Rick Tocchet meets with the media as the #Canucks return to Vancouver. pic.twitter.com/zSHsY7vjaG
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) May 15, 2024

Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet Speaks At Media Availability After Edmonton Loss Tuesday night:

Head Coach Rick Tocchet meets with the media following Game Four against the Oilers.@theprovince | #Canucks pic.twitter.com/QFFi4SkWSq
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) May 15, 2024

Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet mad…mad…mad…mad and more mad!! after Game 4 result and Vancouver’s poor effort by a number of players:

Media tried hard to be positive with Tocchet. He wasn't having it. Mad at the winning goal. Mad at the power play. Mad at the "five or six" passengers. Mad at Petey.
— Jason Brough 🙁 (@SadClubCommish) May 15, 2024

Elias Pettersson meets with media on Wednesday and knows he hasn’t been a difference maker but wants to be:

“I want to be the difference maker.”

🗣️ Elias Pettersson speaks with the media following last night’s game versus the Oilers. pic.twitter.com/Y7Xm4Z4gG5
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) May 15, 2024

Pettersson faces media questions and faces tough questions in accountable position:

Elias Pettersson was the player Canucks presented to media for day-off press conference. Not sure who arranged it or if Rick Tocchet was involved, but that accountability is a positive sign. One small step.
— Iain MacIntyre (@imacSportsnet) May 15, 2024

Quinn Hughes difference maker on ice but those around him not doing enough to help and capitalize with his play:

Scoring chances with Quinn Hughes on the ice at 5-on-5 tonight:

Canucks 11 – Oilers 3

Scoring chances without Quinn Hughes on the ice at 5-on-5 tonight:

Oilers 18 – Canucks 5#LetsGoOilers #Canucks
— Noah Strang (@noahstrang_) May 15, 2024

Canucks Coach Rick Tocchet on Elias Pettersson:

Tocchet today. Also has a bit more to say on EP40. Says in fairness he may not be getting the help he needs, but also could be driving play more on his own. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/gg4qU68svt
— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) May 15, 2024

Canucks Hughes excels in NHL playoffs:

#Canucks Quinn Hughes has the 2nd highest career assists per game by a defenceman in postseason history pic.twitter.com/rgYDIowgjp
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) May 14, 2024

Dakota Joshua a stud on ice for Canucks:

Dakota Joshua tonight – 1 goal, provides screen on another goal in 18min.

9 hits – he now has 29 hits in 4 games in this series.

He is 2nd in the NHL in hits.

He has 7 points in 10 games.

He is not 1 of the 5-6 passengers Tochett was talking about.
— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) May 15, 2024

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By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

May 14, 2024

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Carson Soucy has been suspended for one game for cross-checking Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid during Game 3 of the teams’ Second Round Series in Edmonton on Sunday, May 12, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced.

The incident occurred at the 20-minute mark of the third period of the game the Canucks won to take a 2-1 series lead. Soucy was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking.

The Vancouver Canucks will employ a “next man up” philosophy, according to coach Rick Tocchet, after defenseman Carson Soucy was suspended one game Monday for cross-checking Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid in the facial area.

“We’ve been doing it all year,” Tocchet said.

Mike Zeisberger, NHL.com Staff Writer

Defenseman Noah Juulsen will enter the lineup for Vancouver tonight against the Oilers.

Both Carson Soucy and Connor McDavid commented on the incident and suspension:

“Obviously, there wasn’t any intent to get a player up that high, so I kind of think it was an unfortunate incident,” Soucy said. “I think we can just leave it at that.”

“They play a physical brand of hockey. It’s fun to be a part of,” the Edmonton captain said, tongue planted firmly in cheek.

Mike Zeisberger, NHL.com Staff Writer

Soucy will be missed by Vancouver as he has 4 assists and is plus-3 in 9 games in the Playoffs. He had 6 points and a +/- rating of +10 rating in the regular season.

Source: nhl.com