Vancouver Canucks: A Whole Lotta Firsts and More

October 18th, 2010 by Nucks IceMan Leave a reply »
Not sure where to start here with all that took place last night, but I'll start with the most unexpected. Yes, that would be Andrew Alberts with his first goal of the season. I mean, he has already tied his total goal output for two of the last three seasons. 

With that, he now has a total of six goals in his 344 NHL games played to date, so he's good for the whole season. But hey, he' s playing some very fine defensive hockey, which was why he was picked up by Mike Gillis in the first place.

As if to cue the rest of his team mates, Mason Raymond notched his first of the season on a power play, and before the first period had finished, the Canucks had scored two goals.

This breakout for a few other Canucks continued in the second period, with Mikael Samuelsson scoring his first goal to go along with the two assists he had on the Canucks first two goals. Even Tanner Glass got in on the action with his first point, an assist on Samuelsson's goal.

Glass was not content with his first point and made sure he got his first shot on goal this season, but did have to wait for the final seconds of the game to register that.

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