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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

{allcanada} Luongo back in goal for Canucks

VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Canucks added another twist to their season-long goaltending soap opera with the news that Roberto Luongo will start Wednesday when the Canucks host the San Jose Sharks in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs series (10:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN, RDS).

The possibility of Luongo playing in the opener was raised when Cory Schneider missed the final two games of the regular season and stayed off the ice for five days with what the team called a "body" injury. Schneider skated on his own Sunday and has been on the ice with the team since Monday. He said after practice Tuesday that he felt good enough to play, which meant the expectation would be for him to be in the net for Game 1.

Instead it's Luongo, who lost the No.1 job two games into last year's playoffs, and gave up all seven goals in a 7-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Joe Cannata, a first-year pro called up last week from the American Hockey League, will dress as the backup.