Avalanche 4, Canucks 2, Final - Apr. 1, 2008

Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks
nhltoday.com 4/1/2008 — The Canucks' struggles against the Avs this season are just one reason why Vancouver has yet to clinch its sixth playoff berth in seven seasons. They are in eighth place in the Western Conference, one point ahead of Nashville and two in front of Edmonton. The remaining three games for the Canucks are all at home. The Avs have 91pts, three more than Vancouver. The Avs, though, had their ...

Notes: Game 81, Colorado at Vancouver
inthecheapseats.com 4/2/2008 — The Avalanche didn’t get a playoff spot handed to them tonight. St Louis took a 3-0 lead against the Predators but Nashville clawed back in it, tied it in the 3rd and won the game in OT. The Avs need to win clinch now, and are facing a Canucks ...

Colorado and Vancouver: The difference between a good team and a decent team
hockey-madness.blogspot.com 4/2/2008 — The Canucks proved to be merely 'decent' tonight in a 4-2 loss tonight against the Avs. 'Decent' is putting it nicely. Up 2-0, the Avs found life on the powerplay and scored 3 goals in just over 5 minutes to erase Vancouver's lead. The Canucks had ...

No Foolin! — In The Cheap Seats

Avalanche Clinch Playoff Spot with Win Over Canucks — Avs Talk - A Colorado Avalanche Blog

Canucks No Longer Control Their Destiny — KK Hockey

Avalanche 4 Canucks 2 — CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG

Game 81: Avalanche 4, Canucks 2 — Mile High Hockey

Babcock would prefer to avoid a trans-continental first round — Snapshots

Avs now playoff bound — The Hockey Herald

Post-Clincher Snippets — Mile High Hockey

Avs secure playoff spot, beat Canucks (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 4/2/2008
Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scored 35 seconds apart in the second period and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Tuesday night to clinch a playoff spot. After falling behind 2-0 early in the second, John-Michael ...

Avalanche clinch playoff spot with comeback win — USATODAY.com NHL - Top Stories 4/2/2008
Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scored 35 seconds apart in the second period and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Vancouver ...

NHL | Avs beat Canucks, secure West playoff spot — The Seattle Times: Sports 4/2/2008
Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scored 35 seconds apart in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks...

Hejduk, Wolski score to lift Colorado to 4-2 win over Vancouver — NHL.com News in English 4/2/2008
VANCOUVER - The Colorado Avalanche were the first team in NHL history to earn 95 points and still miss the playoffs last season. This year it went down to the penultimate game of their regular season, but now they're back at the post-season ...

One Down Two More to Go, with the Canucks Lost, Will the Team Make the Playoff? — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
 Last Saturday the Vancouver Canucks put on the best effort the fans were longing to see whole season long.  A 6-2 win over division rival Calary Flames with Markus Naslund scoring the game winning goal and Trevor Linden scoring the game ...

Avalanche 4, Canucks 2 — NYT > Hockey 4/2/2008
The Colorado Avalanche didn't want to have to wait around until their last game of the season to secure a playoff spot.

Avalanche vs. Canucks: The Stick That Broke the Canuck's Back — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
Oh, how fragile a team can be.  All it took was one stick to break the back of the Vancouver Canucks.  This was 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 ...

One Down Two More to Go: With the Canucks Loss, Will the Team Make the Playoffs? — Bleacher Report - NHL 4/2/2008
 Last Sunday the Vancouver Canucks put on the best effort the fans were longing to see whole season long.  A 6-2 win over division rival Calary Flames with Markus Naslund scoring a much needed hard working goal and Trevor ...