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Stick-taps and Glove-drops: Canucks vs Senators, October 10, 2017

Stick-taps and glove-drops is a recurring feature after every Canucks game giving some quick kudos and criticism before the longer I Watched This Game feature.
Stick-taps and Glove-drops

Stick-taps and glove-drops is a recurring feature after every Canucks game giving some quick kudos and criticism before the longer I Watched This Game feature. That’s right: two post-game articles for the price of one! That price is still zero dollars.

A Duncan, BC-sized stick-tap to Alex Burrows for 11 great seasons in Vancouver. The fan favourite was honoured with a brief tribute video and a lengthy standing ovation in the first period.

Stick-tap to Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who made sure they were close to the Senators bench when they tapped their own sticks in recognition of Burrows, then made their way over to Burrows during the TV timeout to pass along their own kudos.

Dropping the gloves with Jacob Markstrom, who let in a soft goal early in the first period on just the second shot of the game, a mild improvement from letting in the first shot in the season opener. But that’s not the reason for the glove-drops; instead, it’s because he absolutely robbed Burrows with an incredible glove save a couple minutes later. If you’re going to let one of those in, let it be Burrows.

Another stick-tap for Henrik Sedin, who remembered that he can do incredible things. He banked the puck off the back of the net to himself, then centred the puck, which eventually found Chris Tanev. He whipped the puck past a Thomas Vanek screen for the 1-1 goal.

 

 

Stick-tap to the Larscheiders for livening up the atmosphere in Rogers Arena. The Canucks supporter group named after the legendary colour commentator raised a ruckus all game and made the in-arena experience a little more fun.

Vanek gets a stick-tap for scoring his first goal as a Canuck. It came off a nifty little set play off a faceoff that gave Vanek plenty of time and space to shoot and a screened Craig Anderson to shoot past.

Glove-drops for Ben Hutton on Ottawa’s second goal, as he gave the puck away behind the net, then got caught puck-watching instead of getting back into position to check Ryan Dzingel.

Dropping the gloves with the Canucks power play too, as they went 0-for-4 and had just 7 shots on goal. That makes them 1-for-11 to start the season, and the one goal was scored off an individual effort by Horvat rather than a proper power play setup.

Markstrom gets a tap of the stick for some stellar work after the early easy goal against. He made 40 saves on 42 shots, then stopped three of five shooters in the shootout.

Glove-drops for the Canucks’ shooters, except for Markus Granlund, who went bar down with a gorgeous backhand. The rest couldn’t beat Craig Anderson, resulting in a 3-2 Senators win in the shootout.