April 13, 1989 : Canucks vs Flames, Part II
April 19th, 2007 by Dave Zille
Al MacInnis scored a power play goal in the first period to draw first blood:
The first period ended with the home team being down 1-0.
At 1:45 of the second period, Vancouver’s Doug Smith drew a holding penalty on a somewhat questionable call. The Canucks Brian Bozek and Rich Sutter flew down the ice on a shorthanded 2 on 1 and came very close to tying the game. The Canucks were dominating play, despite being shorthanded.
Then veteran Harold Snespts retrieved the puck behind Kirk McLean and passed it up the left hand side of the ice to a streaking Trevor Linden. Trevor split the defense and scored an amazing goal that thrusted the Coliseum Fans into a frenzy:
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