Losses in both NHL hockey and football... the Vancouver Giants saved the night in Vancouver sports!

The Vancouver Canucks lost tonight's game 1-0 against the Calgary Flames. It's the first game of a two-game series against them, and we had better effort than the other two-gamers against Minnesota and Colorado. We couldn't solve Miikka Kiprusoff (who looked like he was in 2004 playoffs form), even if Auld did make a few key saves. Cam Neely is in the Hockey Hall of Fame tonight, too. The three stars were the two goaltenders and the goal scorer: Kiprusoff, Marcus Nilson, and Auld. Mick Magoo was the referee again: 6 games out of 15 for the Canucks so far? (the officiating was... interesting....) Bertuzzi isn't playing as well as he could be: people on Sportstalk are saying he should be benched in a "tough love" effort.

On another sports-related note, the BC Lions lost the football game 13-12 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. BC went 11-0 to start the season, and we ended the season 12-6. I have no more commentary to offer on that, but what a night for Vancouver sports... at least the minor-league Vancouver Giants hockey team saved the day by winning 5-0 against the Calgary Hitmen!