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Schneider replaces Luongo for
Game 3
Canucks looking for answers down
2-0
If you were poised to rip off a "Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
every time the Sharks score tonight in Game 3 of their Western Conference
Quarter Finals match up with the Vancouver Canucks, you're out of luck. Canucks
head coach Alain Vigneault announced through the team's Twitter account that
Cory Schneider will get the nod in net tonight at HP Pavilion.
Luongo
hasn't played poorly, but Schneider has been the number one goaltender for
Vancouver this season, and the 2-0 hole the Canucks are trying to dig
themselves out of requires something to shake things up.
Schneider was
shelved with three games remaining in the regular season in what was described
by the Canucks as a "body injury". He makes his series debut tonight in San
Jose recovering from the phantom injury.
No team likes to reveal
specific injuries during the playoffs, so it's no surprise that Vigneault
remained mum on the issue that ails Schneider. Unless he's 100% it's a bit
peculiar to insert the netminder, given the way Luongo has played.
The Canucks offense and lack of depth at the forward
position has really been the Achilles heel for Vancouver. Antti Niemi hasn't
helped the Canucks offense with his .951 save percentage through the first two
games. Niemi has faced an equal number of shots as Luongo, but has surrendered
half as many goals.
In three regular season games this year, Schneider
allowed 4, 2 and 3 goals respectively. The Sharks have averaged three goals a
game through the first two games of the playoff series. A three goal average
isn't going to cut it in the playoffs.
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