Vancouver Canucks

After a rare regulation loss last night to the St. Louis Blues, the Vancouver Canucks will try to rebound against a familiar foe, in the Minnesota Wild. The Canucks have to be the favourites going into this game, for no other reason than their incredible record. However, the Xcel Energy Center has not been very kind to the Canucks this season. They've already lost 4-0 in Minny, as well as 6-2. Last night in St Louis was all kind of bad news for the Canucks. First of all, another, yes ANOTHER Canucks D-Man went down with injury, as Andrew Alberts broke his wrist when he blocked a shot with it, meaning he's out for a while. That means Moose Dman Yann Sauve, the teams second round pick in ...

The Vancouver Canucks suffered their first regulation loss in fifteen games, plus another defenseman to injury, as they lost to the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Wednesday night. The game was entertaining, no doubt, although it had to have left Canucks fans screaming at their TV's again. For the second straight game, another top defenceman was lost to injury, this time, Dan Hamhuis. As Hamhuis played the puck in his own zone, Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaff skated in towards him. Hamhuis showed Getzlaff his back, and thats when Getzlaff left his feet, and levelled Hamhuis with a hit to the back. There was no penalty on the play. Hamhuis appeared to be knocked out as his head hit the glass, and he lay ...

There are only two certainties in life; death and taxes. And, well, the Canucks defence getting injured. Keith Ballard was the latest casualty of a depleted blue line that already boasts stud D-man Alex Edler. However, many fans of the Canucks, including Canucks GM Mike Gillis, felt that the play that got Ballard injured, was in fact a dirty one. If you didn't see the play, Senators forward Milan Michalek and Ballard were chasing the puck behind the Canucks net on Monday night. Ballard delivered a nice hit on Michalek, and then the two continued the chase to the corner. Thats when Michalek and Ballard got tangled up. Some would define it as "tangled", other, more passionate fans would...

The Vancouver Canucks kept up their hot streak wednesday night, and Cody Hodgson scored his first NHL goal, as they destroyed the Phoenix Coyotes by an embarrassing 6-0 final score. The Coyotes seemed to have all the advantages going into the game; the Canucks had played the night before in Dallas, and because of bad weather, the Canucks hadn't even checked into their hotel room until 3 a.m. that morning. If they were fatigued, it didn't show. Alex Burrows opened the scoring a little under four minutes into the game on the first Canuck shot. Daniel Sedin intercepted a clearing attempt, then fired the puck in front of the net. Burrows, screening Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, tipped...