The trip to "Hockeyville" was a successful one for the Vancouver Canucks, as they topped the New York Islanders 2-1 on Monday night in Terrace. Both teams iced lineups with very few veterans, and it was one of the Canucks top prospects who stole the show. No, not Cody Hodgson - who was out of the lineup with a back injury - but rather Sergei Shirokov. Shirokov has been impressive thus far in training camp, and proved today that he can do it in a game as well. Vancouver's 6th round pick in the 2006 draft scored both of the Canucks goals, while Jon Sim scored for the Isles. Corey Schneider earned the win for the B.C boys by stopping every shot he faced in the 2nd half of the game, while Andrew Raycroft played well, but allowed one goal in the first half. Both goalies are fighting for the chance to backup starting goalie Roberto Luongo this year.
Terrace earned the label as "Hockeyville" by beating out numerous other small town Canadian cities in a nationwide promotion put on by the NHL.
Vancouver is back in action on Thursday in Anaheim.
Our take: It was a pretty sloppy game, which is to be expected for the first preseason game of the year. Shirokov looked great which is good news for Canuck fans, while both goalies also looked on top of their game. Other than Shirokov, no-one really displayed anything amazing. Expect some cuts soon.
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