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Two down, one to go. The Canucks shook off the cobwebs yesterday and took easy care of the Winnipeg Jets in a 4-1 victory, but there’s still a bit hockey left to be played. Last on the list are the Calgary Flames, who will be eager to play spoilers in the tournament’s last game. Let’s take a look at what’s ahead for Vancouver:

Lineup

Nothing has come out regarding potential line changes, but after a commanding victory, that’s not overly surprising. Things could obviously change between now and puck drop, but these were the lines that they went into last night with.
Brendan Gaunce – Jared McCann – Jake Virtanen
Joe Labate – Cole Cassels – Mike Zalewski
Hunter Shinkaruk – Dmitry Zhukenov – Dane Fox
MacKenze Stewart – Reid Gardiner – Jonathon Martin
Ben Hutton – Ashton Sautner
Guillaume Brisebois – Jordan Subban
Tate Olson – Evan McEneny
Jackson Whistle and Clay Witt will split the start, giving the former a chance to confirm his stellar play against Winnipeg, and the latter an opportunity to make up for his less-than-stellar result against the Oilers.
Brendan Gaunce wants to end the tournament on a high note, as he told Canucks.com this morning. “Everyone always says first impressions are important and last impressions are important. Things like that come into my mind because I want to leave a lasting impression on not only my teammates, but the coaching staff and management because this is a tournament you can kind of do that to yourself and give yourself a little space because you came ready and came prepared to play.”

The Opponents

CalgaryFlames.com has the following up as their projected lineup:
Andrew Mangiapane – Bill Arnold – Emile Poirier
Mason Marchment – Pavel Kamaulkhov – Morgan Klimchuk
Bryce Van Brabant – Tyson Baillie – Austin Carroll
Julien Proulx – Taylor Burke – Hunter Smith
Oliver Kylington – Kenney Morrison
Patrick Sieloff – Riley Bruce
Jason Bell – Eric Roy
The Flames will split the duties in net tonight, though Jon Gillies will spend the bulk of the game between the pipes, playing the first two periods before Nick Schneider comes in to close off the tournament. This will be the only period Schneider plays in the tournament, though the goaltending coaches see a lot of potential in the 18-year-old that the Flames brought in on a tryout.
“In talking to Jordan [Sigalet] and Scott [Gouthro], they’re both very impressed with him,” Said Flames tournament coach and regular Stockton Heat coach Ryan Huska. “They’re impressed with how he plays goal. They’re both excited to see him in a game situation and it gives us an opportunity to get him in here.”

What’s Ahead

It’ll be interesting to see what the Canucks bring in their last game of the tournament. This is where you see players on the fringe really step it up, as it’s often their last chance at making the full team training camp. Calgary has had very similar results in this tournament to what the Canucks have done; a relatively calm and collected win against the Jets and a shell-shocking by the Oilers, so this could come right down to the wire.
Puck drop is at 3:30 PM.