Everyone knows about the debacle of February when a 19-year-old Michael DiPietro was forced to start a game against the San Jose Sharks behind a tired Vancouver Canucks team who were feeling the effects of a busy month of February.
Thatcher Demko fell victim to injury shortly after the Canucks traded Anders Nilsson to allow Demko to back up Jacob Markstrom for the big club. The goaltender the Canucks got back in the Nilsson deal, Mike McKenna was snatched up off waivers by the Philadelphia Flyers.