Demko stopped 20 of 22 shots in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Predators in Game
The Vancouver Canucks' goal will be manned by Casey DeSmith (or Arturs Silovs) for the first two rounds of the playoffs. .
Coach Rick Tocchet said starting goalie Thatcher Demko would be out for Game 2, and questionable for the rest of the series against the Predators, with a new injury.
Demko is the first Canucks goalie since Roberto Luongo to be a finalist for the NHL's award for top goaltender. .
VANCOUVER, British Columbia: The Vancouver Canucks will be without goalie Thatcher Demko when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday. Coach Rick Tocchet says Demko is “day to day” and will be evaluated later in the day. He will be replaced in net by backup Casey DeSmith. Demko, 28, stopped 22 shots for the Canucks in a 4-2 Game 1 victory on Sunday night. Demko missed a month after suffering a knee injury on March 9, but returned for Vancouver’s...
Vancouver's top goalie wasn't available for Game 2 against the Nashville Predators and his status for the series is up in the air.
Demko himself showed what's possible against the Vegas Golden Knights after Jacob Markstrom got hurt in the 2020 bubble playoffs
VANCOUVER — At the start of this for the , team president Jim Rutherford, general manager Patrik Allvin and head coach Rick Tocchet held a news conference at the Parq hotel to open training camp and welcome media members to the 2023-24 season. It’s at this news conference that Rutherford, in his frank and memorable style, delivered the line that has, in some ways, hung over and defined this entire Canucks season. “I think, to be very to the point, with the changes that have been made, we have a...
The starter took treatment after Game 1 and didn't practise Monday. Tocchet said the injury is not related to the March 9 knee ailment. A report said Demko had an MRI knee scan Monday.
'With the height that goalies are now — they're like basketball players — they're not meant to be doing what they're doing. It's tough.' — former Canucks goalie Kirk McLean.
Demko's status for the remainder of the series is reportedly in question.
Torkelson is back after receiving Sunday’s contest off for routine rest, starting at first base and batting fifth against the Cardinals for manager AJ Hinch Tuesday.