Luongo Will Start Game 7 For Canucks
Despite being pulled from two games, and giving up the game-winning game in overtime of a third, Vancouver's Roberto Luongo will start in the deciding game of the Blackhawks-Canucks first round series.
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Despite being pulled from two games, and giving up the game-winning game in overtime of a third, Vancouver's Roberto Luongo will start in the deciding game of the Blackhawks-Canucks first round series.
The Chicago Blackhawks made history during their 4-3 overtime victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Michael Frolik scored the franchise's first penalty shot goal in the playoffs and team set up a Game 7 matchup.
In his very young NHL career, just 12 games to be exact, the Chicago Blackhawks' Ben Smith has already made a lasting impression, and mainly because of his overtime goal against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.
A year after winning the Stanley Cup a year ago, the Chicago Blackhawks found themselves in a 3-0 hole to the top-seeded Vancouver Canucks.
When Ben Smith netted the game winner 15:30 into the overtime of Game 6 between the Canucks and Blackhawks, it ended one epic chapter only to open up another.
Three periods of hockey wasn't enough time for the Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks to settle Game 6.
Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook will be back in the lineup for Sunday night's Game 6 against Vancouver after missing the previous two games as he recovered from a hit to the head from the Canucks' Raffi Torres.
Buffalo blew a three-goal lead against the masters of the postseason comeback. Tyler Ennis wouldn't let the Sabres blow the game.
Even when the Chicago Blackhawks trailed Vancouver 3-0 in their opening-round playoff series, captain Jonathan Toews was convinced the Canucks were a beatable team.
The Chicago Blackhawks were supposed to be Nikolai Khabibulin's team. Then it was supposed to be Cristobal Huet's team, then Antti Niemi's, then Marty Turco's, and that was only over the course of three seasons.
