DETROIT - It was quite a night here Friday. Pigs flew, hell froze, Donald Trump said something smart and the Vancouver Canucks scored three times and blew two third-period leads before finally beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in a shootout with a shot from a guy who was in the minors that morning.
Well, at least one of these events actually occurred, and it might have been the most unlikely.
Wallowing in a six-week slump, unable to score goals or win on the road, the under-manned Canucks had one of their most impressive nights of the National Hockey League season, ending a six-game road losing streak with a outburst of offence powered by unlikely sources.