European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 25 2007 stars and stripes Page 33 Luongo lifts canucks Over stars in game 7 goalie shines As Vancouver keeps Dallas from erasing 31 series deficit the associated press Vancouver British Colum Bia with the Vancouver canucks up by three goals the clock winding Down on game 7 and a sellout crowd serenading him with chants of map Roberto Luongo had a Tough time holding Back the tears after waiting seven nil sea sons for a taste of playoff hockey the canucks Star goaltender just wanted to enjoy the atmosphere of his first series Victory Loungo needed Only 19 saves to lift Vancouver to a clinching 41 Victory Over the Dallas stars but he clearly was the difference for the canucks in his first playoff series stopping 228 of 240 shots for a 950 save percentage just sitting there trying to soak it All in i got a Little emotion Al Luongo said if s Nice to see All the hard work All season pay off like that i didst shed a tear but maybe my eyes got a Little watery Veteran Trevor Linden scored the godhead goal on a Power play seven minutes into the third period and Taylor Pyatt and Bryan Smolinski scored into an empty net ending the stars attempt to come Back from a 31 deficit in the Besto seven series Linden a former canucks Cap Tain playing in his ninth career game 7 for Vancouver tipped Mattias Ohlund Quick Point shot through the legs of stars goalie Marty Turco the puck barely trickling Over the goal line inside the far Post Linden has 34 playoff goals in his career tying Pavel Bures franchise record As usual i was so nervous right up until the puck drops just literally sick said Linden who also set up Smolinski goal and leads Active players with 12 Points in game 7s it was a lot of nerves beforehand but our team accepted the Challenge and once the puck dropped we were Good if theres one player the canucks we rent nervous about it was their goalie Luongo want As Busy in the final game As he was in the first when he faced an nil record 76 shots in a four overtime Victory but he still had to come up with a couple of game saving stops in the final 10 minutes hed Only seen one shot in the third period and Only five since the end of the first before robbing Stu Barnes from the Slot with his Glove three minutes after Lin Dens goal i waited such a Long time to be part of the playoffs and i definitely didst want it to end tonight said Luongo who also got a Cou ple of late Breaks first Mike Ribeiro  get the handle on a Loose puck at the Side of the net with Luongo sprawled failing to Jam it into an empty net before Kevin Bieksa cleared it then Mike Moranos onetime with four minutes left hit the inside of the seam Between the Post and the crossbar and ricocheted out 1 m going to see that for a while this summer and for the next Little while picture that puck a couple of inches away said a dejected Modano Vancouver will visit the Ana Heim ducks 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