The Avs over the Canucks: The Stick That Broke the Canuck's Back

Oh how fragile a team can be.  All it took was one stick to break, to break the back of the Vancouver Canucks.  A game in which all the stars seemed to align in the first period.  The Canucks took a two goal lead in the first only to give it up to the Colorado Avalanche again.  That was the major turning point in this game, and it was deja vous.  The Canucks looked good at the start, winning battles in the corners and getting to pucks first.  They looked liked a team that was starting to understand.  Starting to understand the type of game that the Vancouver Canucks have to play.  If they aren't going to score, they at least have to out work the other team.  It worked.  Until the real turning point in the game.  Willie Michel was going for the one timer on what looked like a good chance a third goal was coming, and his stick shattered.  The Canucks panicked,  couldn't get organized and scrambled on the way back to let a goal in.  ... (link)