Game 3: Vancouver 3, Chicago 1

Woohoo! The Canucks played an outstanding game winning 3-1 and now hold a 2-1 series lead. Mason Raymond buried his first ever playoff goal on a beautiful set up by Ryan Kesler and Kevin Bieksa. Steve Bernier and Hank Sedin scored the other two goals for the Canucks. When Sedin scored the third goal I got very nervous as I thought Chicago had us right where they wanted. But after blowing leads in the previous two games, Vancouver was able to hold down the fort and secure the victory. It was nice to see Taylor Pyatt return to the Canucks line up after missing 11 games. Game 4 is Thursday at 5:00pm PST. And after the game? Another early morning drive to the airport to welcome home the team!

Another Canucks victory means more goats! I am excited to see what the goat-o-meter will be at tomorrow.

Game 3

Sorry for not posting after the last game. I have been in my room with the lights off and blinds closed since the game 2 loss. I hate losing. It looks like the Canucks are going to have to go 16-1 in the playoffs now. Despite the loss, many people still purchased a goat and bumped the total up to 367. At least somebody will win after the Canucks loss in game 2. Game 3 is right around the corner with a start time of 5:00pm PST tonight. Not having Salo in the line up hurts, but the Canucks are use to playing through injuries this year. After the wake up call they received last game I expect Vancouver to come out flying tonight.

For any of you that can read German… or Swiss? There is an article I found about Goat Canucks Goat today from a German (Or Swiss) website. You can read about a great cause AND brush up on your language skills at the same time at http://www.bluewin.ch/de/index.php/521,142227/Pro_Sieg_eine_Ziege/

Derek Jory, an online writer for the Vancouver Canucks, has a “beard watch” on the Canucks official website. For today’s picture he is sporting a Goat Canucks Goat t-shirt! I appreciate his wearing the shirt, but I am jealous of those of you who can actually grow a beard. I thought for sure by the second round the patches would have filled in, but I was wrong. Oh well. It’s the thought that counts.

Let’s hope the Canucks get back on track tonight so we can pump up the goat-o-meter!

Blackhawk Down!

Vancouver takes game 1 of the series by a score of 5-3! The Canucks got out to a great start and led 3-0 going into the third. That’s when me saying “I don’t think we’ll ever lose again” during the second intermission came back to bite me. The next thing I knew it was a 3-3 tie and I had chewed my free Canucks towel to threads out of anger. In the back of my mind I knew we had them right where we wanted them: tied late in the third with all the momentum. With some poor judgment by the inexperienced Blackhawks, Vancouver somehow managed to put together a four-on-one with just over a minute left. From where we were sitting in GM Place we could see the entire play develop. Raymond made a great pass to Bernier, who in typical Bernier fashion, missed the glorious opportunity. I should add that Bernier played a great game though. Salo was there to hammer in the rebound and give the Canucks the winning goal. Salo scored and GM Place exploded. Everybody became everybody’s best friend. I hugged more strangers after Salo scored than I did at our last family reunion. Ryan Johnson added an empty netter for insurance. With the Canucks finally playing hockey games again it’s time to make the goat-o-meter rise. Another win tonight means another goat for me. 5 goats down, 11 to go!  Game 2 is Saturday night at 6:00pm PST. Get your goat!

Bring on the Blackhawks!

The goat count is 322 as of this afternoon! That’s $8,050. Amazing. The support has still been incredible even though the Canucks are between series. After hearing about goat Canucks goat, a group of senior citizens in New Westminster has began a collection that will be used to dig a well and provide water to a community that needs it. This is also done though CRWRC. I also received an email from someone who is currently at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. So we can now say we have had visitors to this web site from every continent in the world.

After last night’s hockey games, it is now official that the Vancouver Canucks will be playing the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round. The unofficial word is that game 1 is Thursday night at 6:00pm PST. If you remember what happened the last time Vancouver played Chicago it could be a very entertaining series. I wonder if there will be more hair pulling this time. In other Canucks related news, Ryan Kesler was nominated for the Selke trophy today. He is in some tough company against Pavel Datsyuk and Mike Richards but I think Kesler gets the edge because of the PowerSmart commercials he does where he blows an air horn in celebration each time somebody turns the lights off. Hockey smart and Power Smart. What a combo.

Sorry for the lack of updates over the past few days. You will be happy to know that I just finished my last exam and can now dedicate the amount of time Goat Canucks Goat is worthy of. I apologize directly to the goats for not updating lately. Sorry goats.

With an inexperienced Chicago team as the Canucks next opponent I am hoping to see the goat-o-meter keep rising!

We’re on Canucks.com!

Derek Jory from Canucks.com has written an unreal article about us. Thanks so much Derek, this is huge!

An Excerpt:

“When Joel Nagtegaal was a small fry whipping around the neighborhood with a hockey stick, his dad taught him an important lesson that really stuck.

Always ask the other kids to play and if they don’t have a stick, we’ll get them one.

It was through that generosity that Nagtegaal developed a pay it forward attitude towards life, an attitude that is now benefiting people who suffer from poverty, hunger, disaster, and injustice.

Nagtegaal, a student at the University of the Frasier Valley, and a few buddies from his roller-hockey team were sitting around a few weeks ago mulling over who would grow the meanest playoff beard.

That led to playoff goatees, which led to playoff goats and Goat Canucks Goat was born…”

Read the Full Article Here

Desktop Wallpapers

Show your support with the newly made hi-res version of the logo for your desktop wallpaper, you can even see the threads on the goat jersey and the goatee is gettin longer!

You can download them here:

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125!!!

Wow, as of this morning, we have just hit 125 goats and exploded the goat-o-meter. THANK YOU! Everyone has been extremely generous towards this great cause, and all of you are making this a continued success.

We will up the goat-o-meter target amount soon, so we can get ready for the Canucks in round 2!

Please remember, if you are Canadian, please use the Canadian “Buy a Goat” button on the right, or the correct link on the facebook page. This way CRWRC can send the correct tax receipt. This make it easier for them so they don’t have move any donations around from USA link to the Canadian one.

I believe we are going to be on Canucks.com today at around 11am, so be sure to check that out.

GOAT CANUCKS GOAT!

(We are at 3200 unique visits, and 8500 page views on our site!)

CANUCKS SWEEP BLUES!

Alex Burrows scores the winner with 19 seconds left in the first over time! Vancouver completes their first 4 game sweep in franchise history! Bring on round 2 and buy those goats! The goat-o-meter will be updated in the morning after we add up all the new additions to the herd!

Game 4 and Goat Updates

HUGE game tonight! The Canucks are looking to complete their first 4 game sweep in franchise history. If the Canucks can keep Chris Mason’s beard at bay I think they have a great chance at winning tonight. Time to get out the brooms!

GOAT UPDATE: Goats that have been purchased as of Tuesday Morning: 78

At midnight each night, a program automatically updates a map that shows which countries people are visiting this website from. I love waiting till midnight each night to view the updated results. Monday, April 20 marked the highest number of visitors the site has ever had in one day. We added our first African country, Kenya, to the list of countries where people are visiting from. Other notable countries added to the list are: Holland and Bosnia Herzegovina. Two visits in Holland, one from Utrecht and one from The Hague. Very exciting.

If the Canucks can win the series tonight the goat-o-meter may explode!

Check out tonight’s game preview and follow us on twitter during the game tonight!

For those of you from the USA, you can purchase a goat on USA CRWRC page, there is a button on the right beside the Canadian button. Those of you from Canada, continue to use the now Canadian branded button on the right.

GOAT CANUCKS GOOOAAAAAAT!

3-0 Series Lead!!!!

Vancouver Canucks 3, St. Louis Blues 2

The Canucks take a strangle hold on the series with a 3-2 victory in St. Louis! Game 4 is Tuesday at 5:00pm PST from St. Louis! All the Canucks have to do is go 13-12 for the remainder of the playoffs to win the Cup. Another victory = more goats. They are going to have so many goats in Africa it is going to be an epidemic. Wooooo!!!!