Vancouver Canucks take a beating!

On November 16th 2011, at Rogers arena, The Vancouver Canucks squared off against long time rival the Chicago Blackhawks for their second game (against each other) of the season. The game got off to a good start but you could tell that the energy in Rogers arena had quite the difference from when the two rivals had squared off previously. Just 10 days before The Canucks had destroyed the Blackhawks 6-2.

At the end of the first period the game remained tied at 0-0
Being at the game myself it seemed to me that the Canucks were not playing to their full potential. In fact it looked as if they were sleep. Now I am not judging because we all have off games and there is no way i could even moderately keep up with those players but the game i saw was quite sad from a fans point of view.

During the second period the boys picked it up and managed to score 1 goal 38 seconds into the period giving the arena a life and enthusiasm i had not yet seen that night. The goal was scored by number 36 Jannik Hansen, assisted by Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
But the Hawks quickly tied up the game with a goal scored by Andrew Brunette 5 minutes and 12 seconds into the second period while they had a one man advantage. This goal along with the third goal of the game scored by Patrick Kane were what put the crowd on the edge of their seats. At the end of the second period the score was 2-1 Chicago.

Third period was pretty evenly matched until about 10 minutes in when the Hawks picked up the speed and scored 2 quick goals scored by Jonathan Toews, and Patrick Sharp. The Game was almost over and you could see the crowd being to slowly become less and less enthusiastic, with about 5 minutes left a few people here and there began to leave the arena, and when the hawks player Steve Montador scored their final goal of the game at 16:43 you could see Rogers arena emptying quite quickly.

Overall a devastating loss for all the Vancouver fans, The Canucks face off against The Senators Tonight, Sunday November 20th at 6:00pm.