Like so many Vancouver Canucks fans, I still haven’t fully processed what happened on Thursday night at Roger’s Arena. I’ve never been part of a sports moment that was even remotely like it. A meaningless game in April that meant more to us than many playoff games have. A climax to the careers of the greatest Canucks of all time that met, and then outrageously surpassed, all of our expectations.
Of the many things I will remember from that game, I will forever remember my reaction to the first Sedin goal. On the first shift of the second period, Henrik led a rush into the offensive zone, made a brilliant deke inside the blueline to set up Alex Edler in the slot.