VANCOUVER — It was a whirlwind day for Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko. Nearly eight months after he was injured in the first game of Vancouver's playoff run, Demko returned to the crease Tuesday for his first start of the season.
Nearly eight months after he was injured in the first game of Vancouver's playoff run, Demko returned to the crease Tuesday for his first start of the season.
Demko stopped 21 of the 25 shots he faced as the Canucks fell 4-3 to the St. Louis Blues in overtime. Demko backstopped the Canucks to a playoff run last season. He posted a 35-14-2 record with a .918 save percentage, a 2.45 goals-against average and five shutouts in regular-season action and played in the all-star game for the second time in his career.
The 28-year-old goalie from San Diego, Cali., has been working his way back from the rare injury ever since.“Obviously, I was out for a long time. You have anxiety about things like that," he said."And, admittedly, there's a couple of times during the game where I'm thinking about it a little bit, just to kind of work through those things. And that's just part of the mentality of the game day and just building that confidence back up.
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