The 23-year-old Latvia native has stepped in and gone from unknown to leading Vancouver into the second round. How did he do it and can he keep it up?
Arturs Silovs is a Canucks fan-favourite, but looked shaky in Game 1 against the Oilers. Will Casey DeSmith return to the crease for Game 2?
'Silovs knows the situation. If Thatcher (Demko) comes back, he’s not the guy. But if I’m Rick Tocchet, I’m delaying Thatcher as along as I can.' — former Canucks goalie John Garrett
Is Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs in the heads of the Oilers? He's been cool,
There's something special going on with a team that dares to dream and
Not only has Arturs Silovs not been the liability for the Canucks that many predicted, the Latvian is outplaying celebrated opponents and actually giving Vancouver the advantage in the crease.
Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet confirmed that forward Elias Pettersson will play Wednesday as the team opens their second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers.
EDMONTON -- Arturs Silovs made a career-high 42 saves, including 21 in the third period, for the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Western Conference Second Round at Rogers Place on Sunday.Vancouver leads the best-of-7 series 2-1. Game 4 will be here on Tuesday. “I felt confident. The guys got my back in Game 1 (a 5-4 win), so I had to have them today,” Silovs said. “Everyone is resilient, blocking shots, and really high-scoring chances they had,...
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