The Vancouver Canucks bounced back from a tough stretch with a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canucks faced travel delays and a cancelled game due to weather, but they showed resilience and determination on the ice.
The team then embarked on a slow crawl through Toronto 's notorious traffic — with a police escort — to its downtown hotel.
There was time for a meal, a quick nap, and not much else. A gutsy effort under Saturday's bright lights soon followed. Hughes had a goal and an assist as Vancouver blanked the sluggish Maple Leafs 3-0 after their initial fight was cancelled Friday due to inclement winter weather following a 2-0 loss to theHockey players are notorious creatures of habit, but the travel woes didn't impact a group that desperately needed a win. Vancouver entered 1-3-3 over its last seven and had registered a solitary regulation victory as part of 2-4-5 slide since mid-December.
Saturday hearkened back to playing junior hockey — where arriving in a new town or city on game day is the norm — for the Canucks.Vancouver, which has been plagued by inconsistent play and reports of a rift between Pettersson and fellow star forward, will now look to build on Saturday's effort as the club aims to regain its footing in the Western Conference playoff race.
"A lot of heart," Tocchet said."This is a resilient group — takes a lot of punches and it gets back up. This is one of those times."The Leafs were serenaded by a chorus of boos at the final buzzer after a sub-par effort on home ice that followed Thursday's 6-3 road loss in Carolina.
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