The winner of the inaugural Ultimate NHL Playoff Vezina Trophy, Roberto Luongo, led the ’10-’11 Canucks to a six-game victory to begin the 2015 Vancouver Canucks Qualifying Tournament. (via cbc.ca)

It was the 8th-seeded ’11-’12 Canucks who got the early foothold in the series with a 4-1 win in Game 1. Jannik Hansen and Daniel Sedin both posted a goal and an assist to lead them to the opening win. Then, the top-seeded and reigning representatives, the ’10-’11 Canucks took the next three games to take a 3-1 series lead. However, two of them were very long overtime games. In Game 2, both teams scored one goal in the first and two goals in the second before having a scoreless third period. Game 2 went into a second overtime when Ryan Kesler scored the winner a little over a minute into the period for the ’10-’11 Canucks. In Game 3, the ’11-’12 Canucks held a 2-1 lead after the first period and kept that lead until there were three plus minutes left in regulation.

Daniel then scored on the PP for the ’10-’11 Canucks after Henrik Sedin of the ’11-’12 Canucks was given a high sticking minor. Game 3 went all the way to a third overtime until Alexandre Burrows eventually won it for the top seed at the 12:45 mark. Goaltender Roberto Luongo got the first of his two shutouts in the series in Game 4 when he stopped all 33 shots against in a 5-0 win where Kesler and Daniel led offensively with three points each. Daniel then led the ’11-’12 Canucks to a 3-1 win while scoring two of the goals. Luongo then got his second and final shutout of the series in Game 6 where he stopped all 40 shots against in a 3-0 win to clinch the series.

GAME 1:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’11-’12 VAN – 4   ’10-’11 VAN – 1   (1-0   ’11-’12 VAN)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: RW – Jannik Hansen (’11-’12 VAN) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   +3   6 S

2nd Star: LW – Daniel Sedin (’11-’12 VAN) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   +3   7 S   2 PIM

3rd Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’11-’12 VAN) – W   1.00 GAA   .964 SV% (27 SV’s)

GAME 2:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’10-’11 VAN – 4   ’11-’12 VAN – 3   (2OT)   (1-1)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’10-’11 VAN) – W   3.00 GAA   .932 SV% (41 SV’s)

2nd Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’11-’12 VAN) – OTL   4.00 GAA   .920 SV% (46 SV’s)

3rd Star: D – Kevin Bieksa (’11-’12 VAN) – 1 G   1 A   2 P   Even   5 S

GAME 3:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’10-’11 VAN – 3   ’11-’12 VAN – 2   (3OT)   (2-1   ’10-’11 VAN)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’10-’11 VAN) – W   2.00 GAA   .967 SV% (59 SV’s)

2nd Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’11-’12 VAN) – OTL   3.00 GAA   .945 SV% (52 SV’s)

3rd Star: LW – Alexandre Burrows (’10-’11 VAN) – 1 G   0 A   1 P   +1   4 S

GAME 4:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’10-’11 VAN – 5   ’11-’12 VAN – 0   (3-1   ’10-’11 VAN)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’10-’11 VAN) – W   0.00 GAA   1.000 SV% (33 SV’s)   SO

2nd Star: C – Ryan Kesler (’10-’11 VAN) – 2 G   1 A   3 P   +1   7 S

3rd Star: LW – Daniel Sedin (’10-’11 VAN) – 0 G   3 A   3 P   +2   5 S   2 PIM

GAME 5:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’11-’12 VAN – 3   ’10-’11 VAN – 1   (3-2   ’10-’11 VAN)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: LW – Daniel Sedin (’11-’12 VAN) – 2 G   0 A   2 P   +2   8 S

2nd Star: D – Alexander Edler (’11-’12 VAN) – 0 G   3 A   3 P   +2   0 S

3rd Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’11-’12 VAN) – W   1.00 GAA   .967 SV% (29 SV’s)

GAME 6:

GAME SUMMARY:  ’10-’11 VAN – 3   ’11-’12 VAN – 0   (4-2   ’10-’11 VAN)

STARS OF THE GAME:

1st Star: G – Roberto Luongo (’10-’11 VAN) – W   0.00 GAA   1.000 SV% (40 SV’s)   SO

2nd Star: C – Ryan Kesler (’10-’11 VAN) – 1 G   0 A   1 P   +1   2 S

3rd Star: LW – Alexandre Burrows (’10-’11 VAN) – 1 G   0 A   1 P   +1   1 S

Up next is the 4-5 matchup between the ’02-’03 Canucks and the ’09-’10 Canucks!