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  Lately, Marco Bezzecchi is making winning look easy. With a flawless hat trick of victories in Thailand, Brazil, and the USA, the #72 has treated the early-season standings like his own personal victory lap. Next stop: Jerez. Will the win streak continue in Spain, or can anyone actually disrupt the rhythm of Bez? The "Global Takeover" in Three Acts: Thailand: To open the season in Buriram, Bezzecchi converted a dominant pole position into a Sunday masterclass. Every lap was led by him, crossing the finish line with a 5.5-second cushion over Pedro Acosta, setting the tone for a flawless start to the season. Brazil: In a treacherous race in Goiânia that was shortened due to track degradation concerns, Bez pulled an ambush at the first corner. He kept his cool on a track that felt more like a gravel pit than a circuit, bringing home back-to-back wins from second on the grid. USA: At COTA - the most technical track they face - Bezzecchi proved he could win anywhere. He...
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Blackhawks struggled with a slow start in the 4-2 loss against the Canucks, 2/13/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The league-leading Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-2 score on Tuesday, February 13th. Unfortunately, the Blackhawks had a slow start and weren't able to match the level of play.


Canucks lineup against the Blackhawks:

Suter - Miller - Boeser

Hoglander - Pettersson - Lindholm

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Di Giuseppe - Lafferty - Mikeheyev


Hughes - Hronek

Cole - Myers

Friedman - Juulsen


Demko

DeSmith


Blackhawks lineup against the Canucks:

Foligno - Kurashev - Johnson

Blackwell - Dickinson - Anderson

Reichel - Entwistle - Raddysh

Donato - Sanford - Johnson


Vlasic - Jones

Korchinski - Megna

Crevier - Phillips


Mrazek

Soderblom


   Conor Garland opened the scoring and gave Vancouver the 1-0 lead in the first period at 9:55. Garland passed the puck to Dakota Joshua, who was in the left face-off circle after Garland had skated into the slot with the puck... Joshua passed it back to Garland and he scored just off the crease. The Canucks held their one-goal lead through the remainder of the first frame.


   Scoring his second of the night to keep that Canucks lead up, Filip Hronek's shot coming from the point had deflected off Conor Garland's right foot and into the net. Tyler Johnson cuts it 2-1 on the power play. Philipp Kurashev fed the puck to Johnson after Nick Foligno had passed it to Kurashev along the goal line... Johnson scored from the right circle with a wrist shot. With 1:32 remaining in the middle frame, Nils Hoglander responded to make it a 3-1 lead for the Canucks. Hoglander tapped in the rebound of his own shot in the front.


   Dakota Joshua pushed it 4-1 after he had taken a pass from Teddy Blueger and scored a backhanded shot. Later into the period, Kevin Korchinski scored from the front off a pass from Ryan Donato and Vancouver won with a 4-2 final.




Notes:

- Dakota Joshua had a goal and two assists... this was his first three-point game in the NHL

- Conor Garland scored two goals... Filip Hronk recorded two assists

- Thatcher Demko made 21 saves for Vancouver

- Petr Mrazek made 34 saves for Chicago



 




Postgame: Elias Lindholm

Postgame: Rick Tocchet


Postgame: Kevin Korchinski

Postgame: Seth Jones

Postgame: Luke Richardson


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