Rick Tocchet and Casey DeSmith ready to hold the fort with starting goalie out week-to-week
Rick Tocchet may have lost his starting goaltender in Thatcher Demko for three-to-four weeks with an apparent knee injury but the Canucks head coach certainly hasn’t lost his sense of humor.
“He’s well-liked. I’ve been in the league some 40 years or whatever, but when you like the goalie, you tend to block more shots for the guy. I don’t know why. I’ve had some goalies where I’m not a big fan of the guy. I’m not saying I kind of veered out of the way but when you like a goalie, you’ll really dive in ,” said Tocchet drawing some laughs from the assembled media. “Those guys love Casey.
“So if a guy doesn’t dump it in tomorrow and it’s a three-on-one you’re going to say he doesn’t like the guy.” “I’m not worried about that at all,” answered Tocchet, adding that the upcoming time off for Demko was actually a positive given his workload this season. With Demko out of the lineup, the Canucks have summoned Arturs Silovs from their AHL farm team in Abbotsford where the 22-year-old Latvian was enjoying a solid season posting a 2.74 GAA to go along with a .907 save percentage in 32 games.
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