 The Canucks also had home ice advantage during the second round series against the Kings, who upset the Oilers in the first round.Late in Game 2 of the Conference Finals in Chicago, Vancouver Interim Head Coach Roger Neilson, frustrated with what he felt was the poor officiating in the game, placed a white towel on the end of a hockey stick and held it up in a gesture mocking surrender (waving the white flag).The players on the Canucks' bench followed suit.