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Canucks best Wild as Burrows celebrates extension with two goals

Associated Press

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows celebrated his contract extension Tuesday by making it a lot tougher for Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom to enjoy the first night of his new deal. Backstrom's four-year, $24-million extension earlier in the day may have trumped the four-year, $8 million deal Burrows agreed to just before the game. But with two goals, the gritty Canucks winger was the only one smiling after a 4-2 win over the Wild. "I'm really happy about it," s ...

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