Phoenix Coyotes @ Vancouver Canucks Preview: Barbs' Night
by Dude, The on Feb 13, 2012 3:57 PM MST
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Tonight the streaking Phoenix Coyotes will be facingoff against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena at 8:00pm Arizona time. This will be the first time that the Yotes will be playing the Canucks away, and their second time playing the Northwest Conference leaders. The first meeting did not end well for the Desert Dogs. The Coyotes are hoping to get their sixth win a row, they are currently in their longest winning streak of the season.
The Vancouver Canucks have a very impressive season, they are 15-6-4 at home and they have not lost a game in regulation since the All-Star Break. They are coming off a shoot out loss to Calgary last Saturday and they are hoping to get back on the winning streak. Vancouver is boasting the best power play in the league, which has helped them lead the their division by 14 points.
The Yotes have been very impressive winning their past 5 games in a row, including their shut out victory their last game against the Chicago Blackhawks. Although they currently have the 8th place spot in the West, Calgary, Colorado and Dallas are biting at their heels. They are going to need a win to keep their control over the spot, and hopefully move up against L.A. and Chicago. During this season the Yotes have been 13-11-4 for away games, and they have been good on the penalty kill, ranking 8th in the NHL with a percentage of 84.2%.
Five For Winning
1. Don't take penalties. This should go without saying but you don't want the team with the best PP in the league on the power play.
2. Keep it in regulation. Honestly the Yotes don't have to worry much about giving the Canucks points, I doubt they will be competing with them for a spot, but the Canucks have been great in overtime and on shoot outs so they shouldn't let it get that far especially if they want 2 points.
3. Get an early lead and don't let up. This was what was lacking the last game against Vancouver . . . scoring. They are going to need to avenge the 5-0 loss by getting on the board and keeping a lead.
4. Control the neutral zone. The Coyotes have been great doing this the past couple games and it is one of the contributing factors to their success. If you control the neutral zone you limit the Vancouver offense and generate some of your own.
5. Shoot every puck. The Desert Dogs have an average of 3.4 goals during their last 5 games and one of the reason seems to be that they are shooting more then they had been. They need to keep this up.
Key Players:
The Coyotes point leader is currently on a 8 game point streak. Hopefully he can get another point, maybe with a nice pass to Radim Vrbata or a goal himself.
Booth scored against Phoenix last time and he has been hot since coming back from his knee injury with 4 goals and 4 assists in 10 games.
Starting Goalies:
Its been announced that Barbs will be the Yotes starting goalie tonight.
Vancouver is probably going to go with their starting goalie who has been great since the break with a record of 4-0-2.
Injuries
As always head over to Nucks Misconduct for their side of the game, because there is nothing we love more in Phoenix than reading how Canadians feel about Phoenix having a hockey team.
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lol I have nothing
against you guys having a hockey team :)
and I hope that somehow you guys get to keep your team :)
Go Canucks Go!
lol thank you
yeah it seems to be a common thing in most Canadian media to go against the Yotes. Calgary’s thread even had their score as “Quebec City VS Calgary” although we kicked their asses who cares what they think haha.
I don’t get the southern team hate myself (and to be fair I don’t see a lot of it on NM – sometimes some teasing though)
I figure that it doesn’t matter if it never snows (hell, Vancouver doesn’t get much of a winter either and during an El Nino year they pretty much get none – they had to truck in and fly in snow for the olympic venues), it doesn’t mean you can’t have a hockey team and fans that love the game :)
And places in Canada lost their teams due to lack of support (and really Calgary should not be saying anything to you because their team was struggling not that long ago)
Go Canucks Go!
yeah i bring that up to people
anytime people say that if you don’t get snow you shouldn’t get a hockey team I tell them that they may have to take away the Canucks eventually.
Well I hope its a good game, I really have nothing against you guys. Except you made 2 different Sedin dolls that seems a little much haha.
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