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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Vancouver Canucks fans wave towels as the team prepares to play the San Jose Sharks during Game 2 of the NHL Western Conference finals on May 18.
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One game away till no way Jose Hopes are high that history will repeat itself as the 1994 team also advanced to the finals on May 24 Fans are confident about the Canucks’ chances tonight to eliminate San Jose Scott Rintoul, co-host of the Team 1040 morning show, said what makes the Canucks’ performance more impressive is that this is the first time in the team’s history they have gone on a good playoff run when people expected them to.
“I think it’s really a testament to how they’ve built this team that it does not matter if one or two of their best players have an off night,” he said. “Somebody else usually finds a way to step to the forefront and rise to the occasion.”
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Katie Maximick, a longtime fan and Canucks hockey blogger, said if the team continues to have multi-point games, then the rest of the playoffs should be a breeze. “They showed that they’re the team to beat,” she said. “I heard that Boston fans are actually a lit-
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tle nervous now after (Sunday’s) game because of how well Vancouver played. They’re nervous now and they don’t want to face them, which is a good sign.” Maximick added it’s been much easier to win a game when the Sedins are playing the way
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they have been recently. “Do we want history to repeat itself ? Not really,” she said, noting the Canucks were on the losing side in their two previous trips to the Cup. “We want to go a little bit further than that.” PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS
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