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VANCOUVER -- Cory Schneiders return to Vancouver started with a standing ovation. It ended with his former team celebrating its third straight come-from-behind victory. Jason Garrison scored at 2:18 of overtime Tuesday as the Canucks bounced back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the winless New Jersey Devils 3-2 in Schneiders first game against his former team. Schneider, who was traded to New Jersey at Junes NHL draft in a deal that ended more than a year of goaltending drama involving himself and Roberto Luongo, was honoured with a video tribute just prior to the opening faceoff. The fans at Rogers Arena saluted their former netminder with raucous applause. "It was fun, a great environment, great atmosphere, really nice of them to show that screen at the start," said Schneider, who finished with 29 saves. "It was a nice touch, but once the puck dropped we had our hands full, they are tough to play against. "With Louie at the other end, you have to match him save for save because hes not going to give you much." Luongo, who finished with 21 stops, said the game didnt hold any extra meaning even though it was against his friend and former teammate. "We got the win, so thats what matters at the end of the day. I thought we both played really good games," said Luongo, who shared a word with Schneider as the two stretched next to each other during the warmup. "Schneids kept them in it, made some big saves throughout the whole game. Somebody had to win. "It was fun. Obviously we spent many years together so it was nice to battle it out head-to-head." Garrisons winner, his third goal of the young season, came after he slid across the blue-line and fired a shot through traffic that beat Schneider. The puck appeared to go off Canucks centre Mike Santorelli, but the goal was still credited to the Vancouver defenceman. Vancouver fell behind 1-0 against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday before securing a 6-2 victory, and followed that up with a 5-4 overtime win in Calgary after spotting the Flames a 3-1 lead on Sunday. Canucks coach John Tortorella said the fact his team has three straight come-from-behind victories bodes well moving forward. "Early on in the season, its good to happen that way. Well be in these situations and hopefully was can fall back on some of the positive things that are going on," he said. "You dont want to spot them a 2-0 lead but I appreciate how (the Canucks) just stay with it. "There was no panic on our bench. We just started playing a little bit quicker and a little bit simpler." Daniel Sedin, with a goal and an assist, and Alexander Edler also scored for Vancouver (3-1-0). Jaromir Jagr and Patrik Elias each had a goal and an assist for winless New Jersey (0-1-3), which was playing its second game in as many nights. Schneider posted a 17-9-4 record with five shutouts, a 2.11 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage for Vancouver last season after supplanting Luongo as the starter under former coach Alain Vigneault. The 27-year-old appeared to be the Canucks goaltender of the future until he was traded to the Devils after Vancouver was unable to move Luongo and his 12-year, $64-million contract. Schneider is now sharing the crease in New Jersey with 41-year-old future Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur, who allowed four goals on 27 shots in Mondays 5-4 shootout loss to the Oilers. Tied 2-2 after two periods on Tuesday, the teams didnt generate much in the third until the midway mark when Luongo was forced to make saves off both Elias and Jagr. "We had some chances, we had the lead again, so we have to stop playing bad with the lead," said Jagr. "Its not easy to get a lead in this league and we had it the last two games, 3-0 and 2-0 and we still get only two points together, so we should get more points than that." Leading 1-0 after the first, Schneider made big stops on David Booth and Kevin Bieksa before the Devils doubled their advantage at 7:25 on a strange play. New Jersey defenceman Anton Volchenkov threw the puck into the Canucks corner, but it took a deflection off the referee and fell to Elias, who fired a shot past Luongo that went in off Vancouver right-winger Dale Weise. The Canucks responded at 8:51 on a shot from Sedin that deflected off Volchenkovs skate and past Schneider. Vancouver then tied it up at 13:47 on Edlers first of the season. With Devils left-winger Ryane Clowe hobbling to the bench, the Canucks defenceman found a seam and tucked a shot under the crossbar off a feed from Sedin. The fans who had given Schneider a standing ovation in the first period started to jeer their former goalie after Vancouvers second goal. "Yeah, Id like to think that came from a place of love but probably not," said Schneider, who regrouped to stop Jannik Hansen on a breakaway with under five minutes to go to send the teams to the locker-rooms still knotted. New Jersey opened the scoring with 68 seconds left in the first when Elias slid a cross-ice pass to Jagr, who one-time a shot past Luongo. With all of the pre-game hype focusing on Schneiders return to the scene of a goaltending soap opera that polarized fans in the city for more than a year, both he and Luongo stole the show early as both players made big saves before Jagr opened the scoring. "It was fun playing against (Luongo), hes a great goalie, I have always said that," said Schneider. "Ive learned a lot from him and hes been put through a lot but his resiliency and how hard hes worked through it. "I think he deserves everything he gets. It was fun seeing him at the other end for the first time." Notes: Tuesdays game marked the Devils first trip to Vancouver since Nov. 1, 2010. The Canucks were victorious that night, with Luongo making 30 saves for the shutout. ... Calgary Flames president of hockey operation Brian Burke was in attendance. New Jersey visits Calgary on Friday night. ... The Canucks continue their three-game homestand with a game against San Jose Sharks on Thursday. Vancouver then hosts the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night before heading out on a seven-game road trip. China Jerseys Online . - Free agent defensive end Will Smith has signed with the New England Patriots. China Jerseys Replica .J. - Pete Carroll is in support of the NFL looking further into whether medicinal marijuana could beneficial for players. http://www.chinajerseyspaypal.com/ . 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Former defensive coordinator Chris Jones is the new head coach in Edmonton, while former special teams coordinator Mike OShea was named as the Blue Bombers head coach in early December. The main difference between the two? Jones didnt leave on his own. On Tuesday, it was announced that Jones was bringing four members of last years Argo staff with him to Edmonton. Steve McAdoo was Torontos o-line coach for the past four seasons and becomes Edmontons new offensive coordinator. Ed Philions first year coaching in the CFL was last year with the Argos defensive line, the same group hell coach with the Eskies. Two young assistant coaches, Jason Shivers and Craig Davoren leave Ontario to become defensive backs coach and offensive assistant coach respectively. Scott Milanovich replaced Jones with former Winnipeg head coach Tim Burke, but now has a lot of vacancies on the staff. Was he surprised at all with the number of defections? "Not at all," Milanovich told TSN.ca. "I knew a week after the season who was going." The coach says that at some point after the season Eskies GM Ed Hervey called Jim Barker, his Toronto counterpart, and asked for permission. Its an expected part of life on the coaching carousel. "All of the contracts would have been up at the end of the month. I spoke with Chris (Jones) about it. I told him who was and wasnt availabble.dddddddddddd There were no surprises." Perhaps the least shocking move is that McAdoo is heading west. He and Jones coached for three seasons together at Tennessee Tech, four years together with the Montreal Alouettes and the last two campaigns together in Toronto. When Jones left, Burke was hired almost immediately to replace him. It was an easy fit. They had coached together in Montreal, Burke had a ton of experience and had great success as a DC in the league. The OShea replacement hasnt been as easy. "I think (special teams coordinator) is a very difficult position to fill in the CFL" Milanovich explained to TSN.ca "It doesnt get the respect it deserves. I dont think you can go and get an NCAA D-1 or NFL coach and get a successful transition in one year. The return game, the halo, the number of snaps you take on special teams makes it more of a position that needs CFL or CIS experience." The search continues and Milanovich says the club has focsed on several candidates. "I have spoken to maybe four or five" continued the coach. "Ive dug around and asked about six or seven others and have asked other guys for their opinions." Historically the CIS has been snubbed as a breeding ground for CFL coaches, though Mike OShea named long-time Queens DC Pat Tracey as the Bombers special teams coach. Would Milanovich have a problem going that route? "Not for the right guy." Milanovich hopes to have that guy, and the rest of his new staff assembled in the next two to three weeks. He hopes to announce the entire staff at the same time. ' ' '