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Canucks’ update: Breaking (in) Glass

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You play 111 regular-season games in the NHL and it goes without saying that it’s probably time for a first playoff game.

That time is now for Vancouver left wing Tanner Glass. Well, that time is in about three hours or so.

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‘I’m excited,’ Glass said about his upcoming playoff debut, speaking after the Canucks’ morning skate at Staples Center on Monday. ‘It’s obviously something you grew up watching, and my brother was just in Vancouver last weekend and we were watching all the games together and it’s the best time of the year.

‘We’ve got hockey every night that means something. You play all season, and you want to get a chance to win the Cup and hoist it over your head.’

He didn’t play in Games 1 and 2 at Vancouver, and Glass could end up bringing what the Canucks need at this stage of the series: ‘A little more will and more determination, a little more girt maybe,’ he said. ‘Those are the things I bring to the game. Hopefully, I can add that.’

And, an eye on a way to slow down a certain opponent wearing No. 8, the Kings’ Drew Doughty.

‘I’ll just try to get into it early, get in there and get a couple of bumps. Try to be physical on their good players, on Doughty, maybe slow him down,’ Glass said. ‘Late in the game [Saturday], I thought he was carrying the puck in the zone quite a little bit. Looked like he was pretty fresh. So just try to get in and be physical on their defensemen.’

-- Lisa Dillman

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