Vancouver Canucks

Luongo Down, Don't Jump!!!

October 28, 2009

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The Canucks had a big void in practice as Roberto Luongo is absent with an injury. There are few details but reports indicate that Luongo will miss at least a few games. Last season Luongo missed a significant portion of the season after tearing a groin muscle in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The reports also do not mention what the injury is but speculation it is his shoulder as a result from an incident with Todd Bertuzzi in last nights 5-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Luongo recently earned his 21st shutout as a Vancouver Canucks making him the franchise leader in all categories. In fact, Luongo is the franchise leader in all goaltending categories except for Goa...

Game 10 Preview: East Meets West

October 23, 2009

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The Toronto Maple Leafs begin a five game road trip tonight against the Vancouver Canucks. It is always a spectacle when the Leafs come out West and this time will be no different. Both teams have struggled early this season with the Canucks starting with a 4-5-0 record while the Leafs are the lone remaining winless team in the National Hockey League and have just one point. There are plenty of story lines for this contest. Will the Leafs finally pick up their first win of the season? Will Raycroft get a chance to beat his old team? Fireworks between Gillis and Burke after the tampering issues? One's thing for certain, the media hype and craze will be in ...

Canucks Unveil New Dressing Room

October 23, 2009

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Over this past summer the Vancouver Canucks did a full face lift to their dressing rooms and subsequent offices and such. Today they've released their full dressing room tour of the new facilities. The upgrade costs easily went into the millions of dollars. Being that I've just started playing hockey so equipment is all the rage for me, and I have to put up with smelly, tiny dressing rooms. You can also read about the facilities here. The cornucopia of beauty that is now home to the Canucks is proof that the upgrade was done right, so much so that the organization has been drawing a lot of attention from other teams, according to Jones. “We had a call from a guy in Otta...

Kyle Wellwood is So Fat

October 23, 2009

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Most of those who read my blogs know that I have been using twitter as a tool to spread the word about the site. And, well while Twitter may have become a little infamous in recent times for various reason, it's great for networking. Another thing it's become good for is random ''Trending topics''. Someone sees someone post something, and they post it themselves and it get so popular that before you know it, it's all over twitter. Today's such topic is a little bit unusual, but a lot 'o bit (pun intended) hilarious. Kyle Wellwood, former Toronto Maple Leaf and current Vancouver Canuck, has somewhat of a reputation of being fat. I don't know why, he's only a buck eighty in the sc...

Game 8 Preview: Canucks Head To Oil Country

October 19, 2009

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It's feast or famine for the Canucks on their wacky schedule. After playing just 1 game in 8 days the Canucks will now play 13 games over the next 23 days. The Vancouver Canucks are back on the road and once again in the province of Alberta after a short one game stint at home against the Minnesota Wild. This time, however, the Canucks are in the provincial city of Edmonton to take on the Oilers for the first time this year. Vancouver has yet to win a game on the road in this young season but will look to change things around on Monday. The Canucks are coming off a nail biting 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild Saturday night. It was a game that was dominated by t...

Canucks, Flames Set For Round Two

October 15, 2009

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The Calgary Flames drew first blood in the battle between two of the fiercest rivals in the National Hockey League. The Vancouver Canucks will look to return the favour Friday night but will need to do so with a roster that has been hit by a couple of serious injuries. That Canucks are playing their first game in five days after outlasting the Dallas Stars in a shootout Sunday night. Vancouver held the lead on to separate occasions in that game but Dallas managed to respond each time, including a late third period goal by Jamie Benn to send the game to overtime. Kyle Wellwood and Ryan Kesler both scored in the shootout and Roberto Luongo stopped Brad Richards an...

Grabner Gets His Call & Top Line Time

October 14, 2009

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With the injuries piling up, the Vancouver Canucks have called up Michael Grabner from the Manitoba Moose. The 22-year old Austrian native will get his first taste of the National Hockey League on Friday against the Calgary Flames. Grabner had what could only be described as an awful training camp. However, in five games he has played in the AHL for the Manitoba Moose he has registered four goals and two assists. At practice, Grabner found himself playing on the Canucks top line with Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows. If this is the line combination that Alain Vigneault is going with look for Bernier to drop back to the third line with Kyle Wellwood and Tanner Glass. Update: The TE...

Injury Bug Takes Chunk Out Of Canucks

October 13, 2009

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Things have gone from bad to worse for the Vancouver Canucks on the injury front as Sami Salo is the latest Canuck to be placed on the IR. Not only did they enter training camp without Pavol Demitra, but Mathieu Schneider was still rehabbing his shoulder that he had surgery on this offseason. Then, in the preseason Jannick Hansen broke his hand in a fight with Edmonton Oilers Gilbert Brule. Not done just yet, Daniel Sedin had his foot broken after taking a shot from Alex Edler in the teams first win over the Montreal Canadiens last Wednesday. And for the cherry on top? Sami Salo is once again out of action as he sprained his MCL against the Dallas Stars on Monday. The Canucks a...

Canucks Make It Two

October 12, 2009

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It was not pretty but the Vancouver Canucks managed to overcome the loss of their number one forward, Daniel Sedin, by scraping out a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars in the shootout. It was not all good news as Sami Salo left the game in the first period with what appeared to be a knee or leg injury. Salo's history does not help as he has been a notoriously injury prone player. The game started off poorly for the Canucks as they paraded to the penalty box starting with Kevin Bieksa under a minute into the game. Salo followed that up with his own four and a half minutes later and the Dallas Stars made the Canucks pay. Well, not quite as Rick Rypien deflecte...

Canucks Back In Action, Finally

October 11, 2009

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It has been a long few days since that Vancouver Canucks last stepped out onto the ice at General Motors Place for a National Hockey League game. It was Wednesday night when the Canucks last played an NHL game, a game that saw them finally pick up their first win of the season against the Montreal Canadiens. During that break the Canucks held their fourth annual open practice, which allows fans to get a behind the scenes look at how the Canucks practice and prepare for their games. However, noticeably absent from the event was Daniel Sedin. Daniel Sedin has missed team practices since Wednesday's tilt with the Canadiens as he nurses a heel injury. The injury...