Thatcher Demko Stops The Leafs In Vancouver

2 years ago  /  Kuklas Korner

from Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet,


You look at the lineup sheet before every game, and when the Toronto Maple Leafs are in town it’s impossible not to see names like Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, John Tavares, William Nylander and Morgan Rielly.

But then you look at the Vancouver Canucks’ lineup and see Thatcher Demko. And some nights, like Saturday, that is enough.

Demko became just the second Canucks goalie in 37 years to make at least 50 saves in a National Hockey League game when he stymied the stars from the centre of the universe by making 51 stops in a 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs.

The last Canuck to record a half-century of saves was Roberto Luongo in 2010, a month after the Vancouver Winter Olympics, in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

When former Canucks general manager Dave Nonis made the trade for Luongo, in 2006, he said he wanted to sleep. He explained that New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello always slept like a baby because he had Martin Brodeur in net, and Nonis was tired of restless nights.

Demko allows the Canucks to sleep at night.


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