Add another one to the history books. After setting a franchise record the other night with five goals in four and a half minutes, the boys took to the NHL record books to score three goals in the final minute and go on to win the game in last night's 6-5 OT win in Dallas. Some people like to think that something is wrong with everything, but this team is playing until the end and keeping their razor thin playoff hopes alive. If you missed the action:
The team knows where this season is going. But to the chagrin to a lot of fans, they're not going to roll over and lose games for the sake of it. It's something – like Tocchet's first half-season – that you hope carries over to the next year... especially with the youth.
“We didn't quit,” winger Conor Garland said. “We have a lot of pride in here. A lot of our leaders, myself included, are proud people. And you don't want to look like that (down 3-0 going into the third period). I think you can get a lesson from this. I think the lesson is you never stop playing.”
“That was something,” Demko said. “I mean, I think it's important to not pack it in. We all know what position we're in and going into the third down 3-0, it'd be very easy for our group to just kind of pack it in, get a practice in tomorrow and kind of move along. But, I mean, we're pro athletes. We all want to compete, no matter the situation.”
“You can talk a lot about culture and resilience, but there's a lot of lessons to be had there,” Sherwood said. “Until that final whistle blows, like, you never say never. Yeah, it's a crazy win. But it's also, I think, a huge life lesson, too, that hopefully guys can continue to build on.”
“I think it's huge for development,” Tocchet said of the experience for the handful of Canuck prospects finishing the season in the NHL. “You're sitting on the bench as a young kid, you know, it's 5-2 with whatever time was left. It looks like we're going to lose. We score a goal and you see the fight. There wasn't guys hanging their head. I think it's huge for the young guys. And to be honest, they were up on the bench and they were alive; they were cheering the guys on who were on the ice. So, yeah, that's big for development.”
Raty said: “I feel like probably for the rest of my career, whenever you're down 5-2 or 5-3, you still keep believing.”
Tocchet said: “My son texted me, 'You looked like last year's team in the third.' But yeah, it was nice to see the fight and the guys come back.”
The team is back in action Thursday night against the Avs.
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