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Canucks: 3 takeaways from monster win vs. St. Louis Blues

By Brayden Ursel

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 12: Bo Horvat #53 of the Vancouver Canucks (3rd from left) celebrates his power-play goal at 4:29 of the first period against the St. Louis Blues in Game One of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 12, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 12: Bo Horvat #53 of the Vancouver Canucks (3rd from left) celebrates his power-play goal at 4:29 of the first period against the St. Louis Blues in Game One of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 12, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /
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Troy Stecher #51 of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates his goal in the third period. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
Troy Stecher #51 of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates his goal in the third period. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /

Troy “From Richmond” Stecher

A back and forth game for Vancouver finally ended when Troy Stecher came rushing in over the blue line and clapped one home past an unprepared Binnington. After taking the lead twice and losing them both, Stecher scored his first goal of the playoffs during the third period and the Canucks never looked back.

It was a nice goal by the Richmond, BC native and it came to him after a lot of hard work on the defensive end of his game. He launched the puck towards the net and cleanly beat the goalie, his arms shooting in the air in celebration. He pointed to the sky, with the gesture of a big thanks and shoutout to his father Peter Stecher who recently passed away on Father’s Day earlier this year. This one’s for you, Peter!

An all-around great game by the 26-year-old. Often paired with Alex Edler, he logged bigger minutes, and Travis Green is really starting to trust him inside the playoff atmosphere. For what he lacks in size, he makes up in quick feet, work ethic, and in this case, the game-winning goal. You can bet he’ll be keeping that puck and dedicating the victory to his late father.

Final thoughts…

For all the doubters out there, Vancouver proved they can no longer be taken lightly. It was a tremendous effort from the top of the lineup to the very bottom, and Vancouver is now very much alive and in this series.

The Elias Pettersson vs. Jordan Binnington rivalry is just starting to heat up, but it was the cherry on top of the W to see Pettersson add salt to the wound with a beautiful power play goal over the bitter 2018-19 Calder finalist. Game 2 goes down at 3:30 Pacific time Friday.

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