Northwest Division - CLINCHED

Canucks 4
Sharks 3

I'M LOVING IT ! San Jose Sharks were gamers today. It was certainly an entertaining game. The Canucks were up 2-0 5 minutes into the first on goals by Matt Cooke, and Taylor Pyatt. San Jose never gave up though. Helped greatly by two five on 3's they stormed back in the second to tie the game. Tie game going into the third - Bieksa was the hero, scoring on the powerplay. with 10 minutes or so left in the game. It was a tense 10 minutes. Thornton, was once again carrying the team - and totally levelled Matt Cooke with a hit on the end boards, which ended up being a boarding penalty. It looked painful. 30 seconds left in the game - San Jose ties the game 3-3. I was a little distraught. Overtime. This could happen I though, the Canucks have a good overtime record. They really need to win. would they be able to? Thanks in large part to Joe Thornton, who took a penalty in the Overtime, they did. Mattias Ohlund scored 34 seconds or so into the extra period, the Canucks clinch the northwest division, and appears that the will play Dallas in the opening round

GO Canucks GO