Battle of the titans: Canucks vs. Bruins
Battle of the titans: Canucks vs. Bruins
Game 1 goes Wednesday at home
News1130 Staff May 30, 2011 07:51:00 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The match-up between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins is, of course, being billed as a clash of the NHL titans.
While the players won't likely give each other an inch with plenty of face-washes and hacks, there's no hate between the coaches.
It's the first time two French-Canadian bench bosses have faced off for hockey's ultimate prize. It's sort of ironic because both Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault and Bruins head coach Claude Julien are actually great friends off the ice.
They grew up just outside Ottawa, and their friendship was cemented as blue-liners for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the old Central Hockey League. Both coached the Hull Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and then on to the Montreal Canadiens.
The two have also won the Jack Adams Trophy for best coach.
Fans will see two different types of goaltending in this series with Vezina Trophy nominees Roberto Luongo and Tim Thomas.
Luongo likes to stay calm and let positioning work for him. He has played deeper in the net this season to avoid giving up back-door goals. He stays very structured in his game, while Thomas has been referred to as a ball-hockey type goaltender.
Thomas is usually quite aggressive and full of energy. He has only allowed one goal against the Canucks in his career.
Boston and Vancouver met only once this season at Rogers Arena. East Vancouver native Milan Lucic scored twice as the Bruins won 3-1.
Game 1 goes Wednesday at Rogers Arena at 5 p.m.
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