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Vancouver Sun
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Abbotsford Canucks need to find road warrior mentality to keep season alive
To keep their playoff run going, the Abbotsford Canucks need two wins in three possible games in what has been the toughest road rink in the AHL this season. The Vancouver Canucks ' top farm team dropped a 5-3 decision to the Colorado Eagles on Sunday night before an announced crowd of 6,960 at the Abbotsford Centre, knotting the best-of-five Pacific Division final at 1-1. Abbotsford won the opener at home Friday by a 2-0 count . The series now shifts to Blue Arena, the Eagles' home digs located in Loveland, Colo. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Game 3 is Wednesday, Game 4 is Friday and Game 5, if necessary, would be Monday. The Eagles had the AHL's top home record during the regular season with a 26-6-2-2 mark. The Laval Rockets were next best, five points in back of Colorado at 24-9-2-1. In the overall standings, Colorado (43-21-5-3) finished atop the 10-team Pacific Division, two points in front of runner-up Abbotsford (44-24-2-2), which is why they have home-ice advantage for this series. Abbotsford was 6-2-0-0 against Colorado in the regular season, including 2-2-0-0 at Blue Arena. Abbotsford had the 32-team league's ninth-best road record, at 20-13-2-1. 'It's what playoff hockey is. If you leave the door open and you make mistakes, the opposition will capitalize on it, and that's exactly what they did tonight,' Abbotsford coach Manny Malhotra told the assembled media Sunday night. 'They didn't change anything about their game. Obviously, they upped their intensity and upped their energy, and were able to capitalize on some defensive mistakes. 'We'll look through the game again, we'll look to clean a few things up, and then it's about bringing your 'A' game. Obviously, they're going to get a lot of energy and momentum from their home crowd. Nothing changes in terms of our game plan. We have to match and exceed their level of energy and play our game better.' "It's what playoff hockey is. If you leave the door open and you make mistakes, the opposition will capitalize." Head Coach Manny Malhotra addressed the media following tonight's 5-3 loss against the Colorado Eagles. FULL MEDIA | The Eagles, who are the Colorado Avalanche's affiliate, received a 27-save effort on Sunday from former Vancouver Giants netminder Trent Miner. He was named the game's first star. Five different Eagles scored, including one-time Vancouver forward Jayson Megna into an empty net. Abbotsford goals came from centre Chase Wouters, winger Jonathan Lekkerimäki and forward Linus Karlsson. Artūrs Šilovs stopped 16 shots in the Canucks' net. Abbotsford and Colorado are two of eight teams still standing in the AHL playoffs. The winner of this series meets the winner of a set between the Milwaukee Admirals and Texas Stars. This is the fourth season that Vancouver has had its AHL team in Abbotsford and this is already the deepest the team has gone in the playoffs. SEwen@ @SteveEwen
Ottawa Citizen
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Abbotsford Canucks need to find road warrior mentality to keep season alive
Article content To keep their playoff run going, the Abbotsford Canucks need two wins in three possible games in what has been the toughest road rink in the AHL this season. Article content The Vancouver Canucks ' top farm team dropped a 5-3 decision to the Colorado Eagles on Sunday night before an announced crowd of 6,960 at the Abbotsford Centre, knotting the best-of-five Pacific Division final at 1-1. Abbotsford won the opener at home Friday by a 2-0 count. Article content Article content The series now shifts to Blue Arena, the Eagles' home digs located in Loveland, Colo. Article content Article content Game 3 is Wednesday, Game 4 is Friday and Game 5, if necessary, would be Monday. Article content The Eagles had the AHL's top home record during the regular season with a 26-6-2-2 mark. The Laval Rockets were next best, five points in back of Colorado at 24-9-2-1. Article content In the overall standings, Colorado (43-21-5-3) finished atop the 10-team Pacific Division, two points in front of runner-up Abbotsford (44-24-2-2), which is why they have home-ice advantage for this series. Abbotsford was 6-2-0-0 against Colorado in the regular season, including 2-2-0-0 at Blue Arena. Article content Abbotsford had the 32-team league's ninth-best road record, at 20-13-2-1. Article content 'It's what playoff hockey is. If you leave the door open and you make mistakes, the opposition will capitalize on it, and that's exactly what they did tonight,' Abbotsford coach Manny Malhotra told the assembled media Sunday night. 'They didn't change anything about their game. Obviously, they upped their intensity and upped their energy, and were able to capitalize on some defensive mistakes. Article content 'We'll look through the game again, we'll look to clean a few things up, and then it's about bringing your 'A' game. Obviously, they're going to get a lot of energy and momentum from their home crowd. Nothing changes in terms of our game plan. We have to match and exceed their level of energy and play our game better.' Article content "It's what playoff hockey is. If you leave the door open and you make mistakes, the opposition will capitalize." Head Coach Manny Malhotra addressed the media following tonight's 5-3 loss against the Colorado Eagles. FULL MEDIA | — X - Abbotsford Canucks (@abbycanucks) May 19, 2025 Article content The Eagles, who are the Colorado Avalanche's affiliate, received a 27-save effort on Sunday from former Vancouver Giants netminder Trent Miner. He was named the game's first star. Article content Article content Five different Eagles scored, including one-time Vancouver forward Jayson Megna into an empty net. Abbotsford goals came from centre Chase Wouters, winger Jonathan Lekkerimäki and forward Linus Karlsson. Artūrs Šilovs stopped 16 shots in the Canucks' net. Article content Abbotsford and Colorado are two of eight teams still standing in the AHL playoffs. The winner of this series meets the winner of a set between the Milwaukee Admirals and Texas Stars. Article content Article content Article content Article content
Calgary Herald
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Abbotsford Canucks need to find road warrior mentality to keep season alive
Article content To keep their playoff run going, the Abbotsford Canucks need two wins in three possible games in what has been the toughest road rink in the AHL this season. Article content The Vancouver Canucks ' top farm team dropped a 5-3 decision to the Colorado Eagles on Sunday night before an announced crowd of 6,960 at the Abbotsford Centre, knotting the best-of-five Pacific Division final at 1-1. Abbotsford won the opener at home Friday by a 2-0 count. Article content Article content The series now shifts to Blue Arena, the Eagles' home digs located in Loveland, Colo. Article content Article content Game 3 is Wednesday, Game 4 is Friday and Game 5, if necessary, would be Monday. Article content The Eagles had the AHL's top home record during the regular season with a 26-6-2-2 mark. The Laval Rockets were next best, five points in back of Colorado at 24-9-2-1. Article content In the overall standings, Colorado (43-21-5-3) finished atop the 10-team Pacific Division, two points in front of runner-up Abbotsford (44-24-2-2), which is why they have home-ice advantage for this series. Abbotsford was 6-2-0-0 against Colorado in the regular season, including 2-2-0-0 at Blue Arena. Article content Abbotsford had the 32-team league's ninth-best road record, at 20-13-2-1. Article content 'It's what playoff hockey is. If you leave the door open and you make mistakes, the opposition will capitalize on it, and that's exactly what they did tonight,' Abbotsford coach Manny Malhotra told the assembled media Sunday night. 'They didn't change anything about their game. Obviously, they upped their intensity and upped their energy, and were able to capitalize on some defensive mistakes. Article content 'We'll look through the game again, we'll look to clean a few things up, and then it's about bringing your 'A' game. Obviously, they're going to get a lot of energy and momentum from their home crowd. Nothing changes in terms of our game plan. We have to match and exceed their level of energy and play our game better.' Article content Article content "It's what playoff hockey is. If you leave the door open and you make mistakes, the opposition will capitalize." Head Coach Manny Malhotra addressed the media following tonight's 5-3 loss against the Colorado Eagles. FULL MEDIA | — X - Abbotsford Canucks (@abbycanucks) May 19, 2025 Article content The Eagles, who are the Colorado Avalanche's affiliate, received a 27-save effort on Sunday from former Vancouver Giants netminder Trent Miner. He was named the game's first star. Article content Article content Five different Eagles scored, including one-time Vancouver forward Jayson Megna into an empty net. Abbotsford goals came from centre Chase Wouters, winger Jonathan Lekkerimäki and forward Linus Karlsson. Artūrs Šilovs stopped 16 shots in the Canucks' net. Article content Abbotsford and Colorado are two of eight teams still standing in the AHL playoffs. The winner of this series meets the winner of a set between the Milwaukee Admirals and Texas Stars. Article content Article content Article content Article content
National Post
16-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Former Vancouver Giants teammates square off in Abbotsford Canucks playoff series
Tristen Nielsen's scouting report on Trent Miner could probably include Miner's favourite breakfast cereal. Article content Nielsen's Abbotsford Canucks host Miner's Colorado Eagles tonight (7 p.m.) at the Abbotsford Centre in the opening game of the best-of-five AHL Pacific Division final. Game 2 is also at the Abbotsford Centre Sunday (6 p.m.) before the series shifts to Colorado, starting with Game 3 next Wednesday. Article content Article content Nielsen is a forward wrapping up a two-year free-agent contract with the Vancouver Canucks. Miner's a goaltender who was a seventh-round draft pick of the Colorado Avalanche in 2019. They were teammates for three seasons in junior with the Vancouver Giants, and they billeted at the same home for two of those campaigns. Article content 'Great guy,' Nielsen, 25, said Thursday after practice of Miner, 'but I want to put 'em by him.' Article content The Eagles (43-21-5-3) won the Pacific Division regular season crown, finishing two points in front of Abbotsford (44-24-2-2), and Miner was a key component for the Colorado Avalanche's top farm team. Article content Miner finished fifth in the AHL in goals against average (2.12) and seventh in save percentage (. 918) during the regular season while fashioning a 22-10-6 record. Article content This season the 24-year-old from Brandon also made his NHL debut (coming on in relief in a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals on Nov. 15) and his first NHL start (a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 8). Article content Article content Article content 'It depends if you can manipulate the goalie or the goalie is manipulating you,' Nielsen said. Article content 'When you're going in, you have to read him. Is he an aggressive goalie? Is he a play-in-his-net goalie? It just depends.' Article content Colorado and Abbotsford are among the eight teams left standing in pursuit of the AHL's Calder Cup. This is the fourth season that Vancouver has had its farm team in Abbotsford, and this is the furthest that they've got into a post-season. Article content 'I feel like we can play in any weather, whether it's a really physical game or a speed game. That helps us,' Nielsen, who's in his fourth season with Abbotsford, said. 'We've got the depth. We've got the personnel.' Article content Through the first two rounds, Abbotsford was led in scoring by winger Sammy Blais, 28, who had three goals and eight points in the seven games. Fellow winger Phil Di Giuseppe, 31, was next with three goals and six points. Seven players had scored at least twice for Abbotsford, and that included Nielsen, who had that pair of tallies to go with one assist.
