NHL Playoff Preview: Canucks vs. Blackhawks
April 30, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Chicago Blackhawks, NHL Playoffs, Schedule, Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks eliminated the St. Louis Blues in four games and have been on a nice, long break waiting for the second round to begin. Meanwhile, the quarterfinal series went all the way to Game 6 for the Chicago Blackhawks who, ultimately, beat the Calgary Flames. Now, they will face off in the semi-finals and I think this could end up being a very interesting pairing.
Both teams are very annoying to play against. The Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel (Vancouver), have an undeniable chemistry on the ice and really have the ability to score. Meanwhile, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, like much of the Blackhawks, are young and fast. Watching the Blackhawks is like watching a swarm of bees buzzing all over the place.
Hopefully, this series will be the goaltending showdown that everyone is expecting as Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo takes on Chicago’s Nikolai Khabibulin, who won the Stanley Cup in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Here’s the game schedule:
- Thursday, April 30 at Vancouver, 9:00 p.m. CBC, VERSUS
- Saturday, May 2 at Vancouver, 9:00 p.m. CBC, VERSUS
- Tuesday, May 5 at Chicago, 8:00 p.m. CBC, VERSUS
- Thursday, May 7 at Chicago, 8:00 p.m. CBC, VERSUS
- *Saturday, May 9 at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m CBC, VERSUS
- *Monday, May 11 at Chicago, 9:00 p.m. CBC, VERSUS (JIP)
- *Thursday, May 14 at Vancouver, TBD CBC, VERSUS
* if necessary
image: TSN
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