*Vancouver Canucks Team Report*
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Last result: 5-4 win (3OT) at Calgary, April 17 
Series: Tied Western Conference quarterfinals, 3-3 
Next game: April 19 vs. Calgary

The Canucks forced a seventh game in their Western Conference
quarterfinal series Saturday with a wild 5-4 triple-overtime
victory.  C Brendan Morrison got the game-winner after Vancouver
squandered a four-goal lead. ... How did the Canucks cope with
the marathon?  "Honestly, the intermissions helped," C Trevor
Linden said.  "We got a little break.  Guys were eating
PowerBars, that sort of thing.  But it's more a battle of your
mind." ... The game was the longest in Vancouver history,
surpassing Game Five of the 1994 conference finals against
Toronto, which was decided 8:58 into double-overtime. ... The
Canucks tied an NHL record during the regular season with 11
overtime wins. ... LW Geoff Sanderson had a goal and an assist
for his first points of the series.

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