Vancouver Canucks

A Fifty-Fifty Start

February 6, 2010

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The Canucks are halfway through a crucial stretch of the season. Vancouver has completed half of the pre-Olympics portion of their 14-game road trip and have picked up 4 of a possible 8 points after coming back from 2 goals down against the Boston Bruins this afternoon to win in the shootout. For the fourth consecutive game of this trip the Canucks surrendered the first goal of the game. In fact, in all four contests Vancouver has allowed at least two first period goals with goals in the first and last few minutes of the opening frame. In Toronto they managed to come back from 3-0 down to win but weren't so fortunate in Montreal and Ottawa. In Boston, who headed into the game on a nine ...

Tough Guys

January 28, 2010

James C Edgington

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There are many NHL teams that covet players who are considered to be tough guys. Such players like Carcillo, Ott and Laraque can earn a very good living from playing the role of a pugilist or for administering bone-shaking body checks to opposing players. Some even act as a bodyguard who protect their teams’ star player. Athletes who compete at this level can often be admired by both fans and coaches for the ability to display a combination of toughness and skill. When you consider which current members of the Vancouver Canucks roster fit the role of the teams aggressors, most would agree that the likes of Rypien, Hordichuk and relative newcomer Tanner Glass are the teams resident h...

Canucks Bid Farewell To G.M. Place

January 28, 2010

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Mason Raymond scored two goals and Christian Ehrhoff scored the game winning goal in the third period as the Canucks capped off a perfect 4-game home stand with a 3-2 victory over the St.Louis Blues. This win also marks the last time the Vancouver Canucks will play at General Motors in over a month as they embark on their 14-game road trip. The Canucks, fans and media have had this stretch of games circled on their calendars since the schedule was released last summer and it has finally arrived. With the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games now just 16 days away the Canucks will hand over the keys to VANOC who will now prepare G.M. Place for the Olympics when it will be called Cana...

Back To Normal For Canucks and CBC

January 27, 2010

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It has been a pretty controversial couple of weeks for the Vancouver Canucks starting with the Alex Burrows-Stephane Auger incident on January 8th. On January 16th, Ron Maclean of CBC spent 11-minutes of Hockey Night in Canada siding with Auger and discounting everything Burrows said. The Canucks responded by blackballing CBC last Saturday and declined to do any interviews despite a big 5-1 victory over the Blackhawks. This ongoing feud has been covered in great lengths in the media but it looks like things have finally been resolved. Canucks GM Mike Gillis and team spokesman T.C. Carling had a conference call with Scott Moore, head of CBC Sports and Sherali Najak, CBC HNIC executiv...

Super Sedins Serve Up Another Win

January 21, 2010

James C Edgington

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A win for Vancouver, in this game was for most people, going to be a somewhat easy affair. Although the Canucks won in overtime Edmonton made sure that Vancouver would have to earn it the hard way. The Oilers were certainly the most dominant of the two teams in the first and second periods, especially when playing five on five. Sam Gagner was the first skater to get points on the board. The Oilers were in the middle of a line change that seemed to disorientate the Canucks leaving Gagner open in front of the Vancouver net allowing him to easily shoot the puck past Luongo. Grebeshkov had the assist on Gagner’s goal, which was the only power play goal for the Oilers. Later on in the fi...

The Demitra Dilemma

January 14, 2010

James C Edgington

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After suffering a shoulder injury last May, there has been much speculation as to if or when, Pavol Demitra will finally make his return to the Canucks roster. Well, the good news for Vancouver and it’s loyal fans, is that his return could be much sooner than expected. This week the veteran Slovak native, has been partaking in on ice practice with his team. He could possibly play in Saturday’s game against Pittsburgh, although a return to the line up around January 20th could be more likely. It’s expected, when he does leave IR, that he will skate on the 3rd line. When you look at the three time All Stars career, it’s difficult to ignore facts like he has had fourteen seaso...

Burrows Accuses Referee Of Vendetta

January 12, 2010

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So Far So Good For Vancouver

January 8, 2010

James C Edgington

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A few months ago the fate of the Vancouver Canucks was far from glorious. Currently it is very hard to find fault with the team. Vancouver is doing every thing right; unless there is a major disaster this team should easily secure a place in the playoffs. One of the reasons the Canucks are now looking like a formidable team is due to the performance of the Sedin twins especially Henrik Sedin. Henrik is not only proving to be one of the most valuable members of his team he is also officially one of the best players in the league as he leads the NHL in points with sixty one. If that wasn’t enough he was awarded the title of NHL player of the month for December. When Daniel Sedin misse...

The Forgotten Man

January 4, 2010

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Pavol Demitra, who many had written off for the season, is inching closer to a return to the Vancouver Canucks lineup. Demitra tore a rotator cuff in his shoulder in last seasons playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks when he went to hit Brian Campbell. He then suffered a set back early this year before he was able to return. Things are finally falling into place for the 35 year old as he re-joined the Canucks in practice and looks to be one or two weeks away from getting in some game action. The question now boils down to who will he replace. The Canucks have been playing strong lately compiling a 7-2-1 record in their last ten games. The top unit of the Sedins and Bur...

Bitten By The Desert Dogs

December 30, 2009

James C Edgington

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Before this game started both teams new that earning 2 points was imperative. For the Phoenix Coyotes winning this game meant more than gaining points, a win for the Coyotes would have set a franchise record for the most wins at home. Vancouver made sure that achieving this record would be very hard as this game was finally won by Phoenix in the shootout. The first period was quite uneventful; Vancouver looked very sluggish and failed to create many scoring chances in the Coyotes zone, although neither team was able to score. Phoenix dominated this period and played with more intensity than Vancouver. The second period started very much like the first, until Jovanovski decided to...