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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks know plenty about the goaltender that they will face Sunday night -- but not much else about the Carolina Hurricanes.Eddie Lack, who spent five seasons with the Canucks organization, will start in goal for the Hurricanes (0-1-0) as they visit the Canucks (1-0-0) at Rogers Arena. But the Western Conference-based Canucks seldom battle the Eastern Conference-based Hurricanes due to the NHLs imbalanced schedule.So Canucks winger Jannik Hansen needed only one word to describe what he knows about the Canes.Nothing, said Hansen on Saturday night. Maybe if Eddie Lack is in net, I know a little bit about them.He and the Canucks will soon discover that the Hurricanes are a young, fast offensively talented team considered to be on the rise -- and, sometimes, they have decent goaltending. Lack will make his first start of the season as the Hurricanes try to make amends for a season-opening loss to the Jets in Winnipeg on Thursday.Cam Ward will back him up after playing in Winnipeg.Im very, very excited, Lack told The Vancouver Province after the Hurricanes skated in Vancouver on Saturday. Just being back and seeing old friends, and getting the season going for me.As a team, the Hurricanes are not feeling that good about their season opener. Carolina squandered a 4-1 third-period lead before bowing 5-4 in overtime to the Jets.Lack will be looked upon to help his team tighten up defensively. That might not be difficult against the low-scoring Canucks, who won their season opener Saturday by edging the Calgary Flames 2-1 on former Hurricane Brandon Sutters winning goal in overtime.Although the Hurricanes have had a couple days of rest in Vancouver, the Canucks will be playing their second of back-to-back home games as they attempt to get off to a strong start at home.Its a quick turnaround, Hansen said. Lets get these back-to-backs out of the way early in the season when you are still feeling fresh and clear in the head.Hansen will try to beat the loquacious Lack on the ice after trading barbs with him in the dressing room during the goaltenders two full seasons with the Canucks before he was traded to Carolina prior to the 2015-16 season.Lack, who also spent three seasons with Vancouvers farm teams while getting occasional call-ups, will also try to get the upper hand on old friend and fellow Swede Jakob Markstrom, who will make his first start in goal this season for the Canucks.After being acquired from Florida in 2013-14 as part of the Roberto Luongo trade, Markstrom toiled mainly in the minors while he and Lack were in the Canucks organization together.But even after Lack played reasonably well in 41 stars in 2014-15, Vancouver general manager Jim Benning decided to send him to the Hurricanes in the offseason.Lack will make his second appearance against the Canucks since he was sent packing in exchange for a pair of 2015 and 2016 draft picks. A strong showing against the Canucks could launch his bid for more consistency this season.Lack went 1-4-1, with a 3.28 goals against average and a .874 save percentage, in his first seven appearances with Carolina in 2015-16. He rebounded to finish with a 12-14-6 record. But the numbers paled in comparison to the 34-30-9 mark, 2.43 goals against average and .917 save percentage that he posted in two seasons as a full-fledged member of the Canucks.The start I had last year was horrendous, he told The Vancouver Province. I feel like Ive done a good job this summer, putting everything behind me. I feel like Im ready to go.Lack prepared for the start by digesting some tacos Saturday afternoon. He became known for his love of the traditional Mexican dish during his days in Vancouver. So he had tacos waiting for his teammates after they finished their practice.They asked if I could order something, Lack told The Vancouver Province. Obviously, I had to order that -- right?If Canucks defenseman Ben Hutton has his way, the Canucks will dish out a strong effort against the Hurricanes.We know they are a good team, Hutton told reporters. Theyve got some good players and they are fast. We are going to have to come prepared.Hutton, a second-year rearguard who joined the Canucks after Lack left, is also known for his easy going nature. But he was stressing the need for self-discipline.Back-to-back, we have to come out of the gate strong, he said. Its a lot about us, not really them. We have to control us and stick to our systems and stay within our structure and it should be fine.Accordingly, he was not willing to allow his teammates to let the possibility of fatigue from two games in as many nights enter their heads.Its going to be tough, but its also good, said Hutton. You get right into it. 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Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions.Drivers, team bosses and pundits have called for F1s new qualifying format to be scrapped immediately after its disastrous introduction at the Australian GP on Saturday.The FIA announced the radical shake-up in a bid to introduce more unpredictability into the race weekends just three weeks ago, but Sky Sports News understands that the new format could be scrapped as early as Monday.Drivers were eliminated every 90 seconds in Q1, Q2 and Q3 but while it provided excitement early on, the final few minutes of qualifying saw drivers sitting in the pits and standing on weighing scales as Lewis Hamilton secured pole position. Sky F1 pundit Martin Brundle said: I dont like it, its not acceptable and its got to change. It doesnt work and it has to go before Bahrain. Sky Sports F1s Martin Brundle and David Croft give their damning verdict on the new F1 qualifying format which resulted in no action for the last four min We need to find some other ways to liven up Sunday. It needs putting in the skip.Conclusions from qualifying for the Australian GPMercedes boss Toto Wolff described the new format as rubbish while Sky F1s Johnny Herbert said the anti-climax finish had been embarrassing. A scathing Christian Horner added: First of all, we should apologise. The intentions were well meant but we have got it wrong. We need to address it immediately. What we saw today wasnt good for Formula 1. We gave it a go, but it didnt work and lets sort it out for Bahrain.Sky F1 commentator David Croft argued the revamp had the potential to be a thoroughly exciting format but would need tinkering to prove a success. Qualifying report Lewis Hamilton dominates in Australia to take pole In a sporting context you could argue that was pretty much a disaster, he said.The first few minutes of each session saw all the cars remaining fighting for a quick time to avoid being in the drop-out zone, with Daniil Kvyat the first high-profile casualty in Q1.But as the afternoon progressed at Albert Park the sight of drivers sitting in the pits rather than trying to better their time became an all-too familiar occurrence as the teams struggled to find the time to change tyres and then get them out on a flying lap.I dont understand why all the people are so surprised now. It was clear what was going to happen, there were plenty of engineers and other brains that, basically, had sort of predicted what would happen, said Ferraris Sebastian Vettel. Its definitely the wrong way to go. Head of Mercedes Motorsport Toto Wolff said the new qualifying format is rubbish, and thinks discussions will take place over reverting to last years form It always looked like Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen would be the final four but with minutes remaining in Q3 the Ferrari team made the call not send their drivers out again.dddddddddddd As a result, Hamilton effectively secured pole position with five minutes of Q3 still on the clock.The crescendo was the guy getting out of the car, complained Damon Hill. Hamilton could have waved his own chequered flag for pole with four minutes still to go.The fact that many cars were eliminated while they were midway through an, often quick, lap was also criticised. McLarens Jenson Button thinks that the new qualification system hasnt changed anything but thinks the team are starting the season in a better position. The hour of qualifying is not long enough, Brundle added. If they dont go back to old system, they at least have to delay the time when youre getting thrown out and shorten it from 90 seconds so people can get out there and get their laps done.How did the fans know what was going on?Sky Sports News HQs Craig Slater said that there was a unanimous desire among both the team bosses and the drivers themselves and other power brokers within the sport to get qualifying changed before the Bahrain GP.There will be some kind of meeting on Monday of the strategy group, perhaps via fax or email. The Formula 1 commission can vote on it via those means.It does need to be unanimous at this stage for the rules to be changed during the season itself but I understand that will happen, and well get back to something like last seasons format in time for the second race of the championship. Ted Kravitz brings you all the latest news from qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix. 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