http://canucksblog.blogware.com/blog en-us Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:44:22 -0800 Playoffs Blogware Toby Ward http://canucksblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/6/3143152.html http://canucksblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/6/3143152.html Sun, 06 May 2007 16:11:00 -0700 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ah ha! Game 5 versus the Ducks might have been very different had Luongo been at 100%. The very strange "equipment problem" that prevented Luongo from starting in net in overtime was in fact not an equipment problem at all (as Kelly Hrudey insisted was the case)...<BR><BR><EM>VANCOUVER (CP) - Goaltender </EM><A href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player_bio.asp?player_id=1050"><FONT color=#445566><EM>Roberto Luongo</EM></FONT></A><EM> still won't say why he was late returning for the first overtime period of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:place></st1:City>'s loss to the Anaheim Ducks Thursday night that eliminated the Canucks from the NHL playoffs. <BR><BR>''It was not an equipment problem,'' Luongo said Sunday as the Canucks cleaned out their lockers. ''Let's leave it like that.''<BR><BR>''It was an illness and nothing serious.''</EM><BR><BR>Luongo didn't answer when a reporter asked if the delay was caused because he was forced to use the bathroom (see <A title=http://links.tsn.ca/a/l.x?T= href="http://links.tsn.ca/a/l.x?T=pbcddaklanhodehkpolebapabe&amp;M=1008&amp;E=165187"><FONT color=#445566>Luongo won't say why he was late in OT</FONT></A> (TSN)).<BR><BR>Many have postulated that whatever the "illness" Luongo had to go on intervenus support between the periods. And there was a real possibility that Sabourin would have had to finish the game.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></P> Main Page Playoffs Luongo playoffs Toby Ward http://canucksblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/6/3143150.html http://canucksblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/6/3143150.html Sun, 06 May 2007 16:11:00 -0700 <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-CA style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ah ha! Game 5 versus the Ducks might have been very different had Luongo been at 100%. The very strange "equipment problem" that prevented Luongo from starting in net in overtime was in fact not an equipment problem at all (as Kelly Hrudey insisted was the case)...<BR><BR><EM>VANCOUVER (CP) - Goaltender </EM><A href="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/player_bio.asp?player_id=1050"><FONT color=#445566><EM>Roberto Luongo</EM></FONT></A><EM> still won't say why he was late returning for the first overtime period of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:place></st1:City>'s loss to the Anaheim Ducks Thursday night that eliminated the Canucks from the NHL playoffs. <BR><BR>''It was not an equipment problem,'' Luongo said Sunday as the Canucks cleaned out their lockers. ''Let's leave it like that.''<BR><BR>''It was an illness and nothing serious.''</EM><BR><BR>Luongo didn't answer when a reporter asked if the delay was caused because he was forced to use the bathroom (see <A title=http://links.tsn.ca/a/l.x?T= href="http://links.tsn.ca/a/l.x?T=pbcddaklanhodehkpolebapabe&amp;M=1008&amp;E=165187"><FONT color=#445566>Luongo won't say why he was late in OT</FONT></A> (TSN)).<BR><BR>Many have postulated that whatever the "illness" Luongo had to go on intervenus support between the periods. And there was a real possibility that Sabourin would have had to finish the game.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></P> Main Page Playoffs Luongo playoffs