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Vancouver Canucks advance to 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs

By Brayden Ursel

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 07: The Vancouver Canucks celebrate their 5-4 win on a goal by Christopher Tanev #8 at :11 in overtime to defeat the Minnesota Wild in Game Four and the Western Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 07, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 07: The Vancouver Canucks celebrate their 5-4 win on a goal by Christopher Tanev #8 at :11 in overtime to defeat the Minnesota Wild in Game Four and the Western Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 07, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /
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Bo Horvat of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates goal off nice Tanner Pearson pass (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
Bo Horvat of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates goal off nice Tanner Pearson pass (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /

Tanner Pearson uses Stanley Cup experience in big win

General Manager Jim Benning brought in solid supporting pieces with playoff experience (Miller, Tanner Pearson, Tyler Toffoli) to help the young core players of this team take on tough opponents when it matters. Last night the fans got to see his idea work its magic to the fullest with Pearson showing up and doing whatever it took to keep the Canucks in it. His Stanley Cup pedigree couldn’t have come at a better time!

After a God-awful performance in game 1, Pearson turned it around along the way and did it again in game 4. Whenever the Wild took the lead, it was Pearson who was there to help the Canucks knot things up again and again. He did it with a snipe of a tying goal early on to make it 1-1, and he did it again with a wonderful pass to linemate Bo Horvat late in the game to force overtime.

It was the kind of “never die” attitude, and it paid off big time. The 2014 Stanley Cup winner is now tied for third in points amongst all Vancouverites right now, and if he can keep his positive momentum going into the next round, the Canucks will be in great shape. They’ll need him at his best if they have any chance of defeating the St. Louis Blues or the Dallas Stars (yet to be determined).

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