{"id":116920,"date":"2024-05-05T04:10:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T04:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=116920"},"modified":"2024-05-05T04:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T04:10:20","slug":"canucks-j-t-miller-plays-prank-to-keep-team-loose-ahead-of-game-6-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/canucks-j-t-miller-plays-prank-to-keep-team-loose-ahead-of-game-6-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks\u2019 J.T. Miller Plays Prank to Keep Team Loose Ahead of Game 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2147868741-e1714750240692.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"J.T. Miller\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"951\" data-img-load-time=\"953\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0J.T. Miller played a prank on his teammates at practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks\u00a0forward J.T. Miller played a prank on his team during practice ahead of the team\u2019s Game 6 against the\u00a0Nashville Predators\u00a0on May 3.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver had a chance to close out the series against the Predators on April 30, but Nashville edged out a 3-2 win at home. With the Canucks now having to go back on the road, Miller, who has been in the NHL since the 2012-13 NHL season, decided to play a prank on his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of wearing his usual practice jersey, Miller wore Arturs Silovs\u2019 dress shirt. It was a pink dress shirt, and it helped loosen the team up, head coach Rick Tocchet said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"5514314a31dcdc09618cc1faec3a6198\">\n<article>So JT Miller took to the ice wearing Artur Silov\u2019s dress shirt. It\u2019s a peach\/salmon paisley type of thing. Silovs was a little surprised to see it being used as a practice jersey.\u00a0#canucks<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLoosened the guys up,\u201d Tocchet said, via\u00a0NHL.com.\u00a0\u201cI think that\u2019s a big thing, because it\u2019s high pressure. This high pressure and you have to stay loose. Even on the bench, you got to make sure that you stay loose because last thing you need is a tight bench.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller said the shirt was terrible and he hopes by wearing it over his shoulder pads, Silovs won\u2019t be able to wear it again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible shirt and it fit perfectly over my shoulder pads. And you just hope he never wears it again. Obviously, if I\u2019ve got a chance to crack at a young guy, that was a good opportunity. But it gave the guys a laugh,\u201d Miller said to the media, via\u00a0Sportsnet.<\/p>\n<p>Game 6\u00a0is set for 7 p.m. Eastern time on May 3\u00a0as the Canucks are in Nashville to play the Predators.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Canucks Quiet on Starting Goalie for Game 6<\/h2>\n<p>Vancouver has played three goalies in their first-round series against Nashville\u00a0as Thatcher Demko is out for the series. Backup goalie Casey DeSmith then got hurt leaving Silovs to come in and start Games 4 and 5.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Game 6, DeSmith has been practicing and could be ready to return to the crease, but Tocchet says he won\u2019t reveal his team\u2019s starting goalie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth-wise, what\u2019s the percentage? Practice, how many times he has practiced is a big thing? Are you tentative or not on a post-to-post save? Things like that come into play.\u00a0 Casey is one of the best guys you\u2019ll ever coach, unreal guy in the room. But, you know, I make my decision on the crest. It\u2019s a team thing,\u201d Tocchett said to the media on\u00a0May 2.<\/p>\n<p>Before getting hurt, DeSmith\u00a0had a 2.02 goals against average and a .911 save percentage\u00a0in the first round of the playoffs before getting hurt.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Canucks \u2018Comfortable\u2019 on the Road<\/h2>\n<p>Vancouver will look to close out their first-round series on May 3 on the road in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks had a chance to close out the series at home in Game 5 on April 30 but lost 2-1. Although Vancouver is going back on the road, Tocchet feels his team plays well away from home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been a pretty good road team all year, so I think we\u2019re comfortable playing outside of our building. Sometimes we play actually better on the road. This is a tough building. We know there was a couple of games there maybe we didn\u2019t deserve, just like we thought Game 5 we deserved. It\u2019s one of those series that it doesn\u2019t really matter. It\u2019s who wins the game,\u201d Tocchet said.<\/p>\n<p>If Vancouver can\u2019t close out the series on May 3, Game 7 will take place on May 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0J.T. Miller played a prank on his teammates at practice. Vancouver Canucks\u00a0forward J.T. 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