Vancouver Canucks Voices From The John
With so much being said in the world’s 3rd most livable city of 2011, where could be a better place to listen to the thoughts of the hockey fans than…
Ryan Kesler
Ryan Kesler’s Diving School
Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings did not go the way the Vancouver Canucks had hoped. They came out flat, took mindless penalty…
Vancouver Canucks Win Second Consecutive Presidents’ Trophy, Will Meet Kings In First Round
The Vancouver Canucks have won their second Presidents’ Trophy in two years, securing the prize with an impressive 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Despite not reaching…
Zemgus Girgensons – The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile – The Latvian Locomotive
Zemgus Girgensons THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 1/5/1994 Place of birth: Riga, Latvia Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 198 lbs Shoots: Left Position: C/RW NHL Entry Draft Eligibility: 2012 He’s been drafted…
Getting Mason Raymond Back in the Lineup is the Right Call for Canucks
It has been a tough 12 months for Vancouver Cancuks’ winger Mayson Raymond. His year of misery started with a horrible back injury suffered in the Stanley Cup Finals last…
Then And Now In March: The Vancouver Canucks A Year Later
In mid-March 2011, the Canucks were 45-16-9, defeating the Calgary Flames 4-3 (after being down 2-0 after 4 minutes of play). While still sitting in second place in the Western…
Yawns All Around: NHL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Another trade deadline is now in the books in the National Hockey League, and despite the huge expectations and people calling it the league’s “Christmas”,…
After the Break All-Stars: Koivu, Samuelsson, Sabres and More
By every season’s end, there’s at least one player who breaks out in remarkable fashion, putting up totals that even star players might have difficulty sustaining. This player provides an…
Has the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks Rivalry Lost its Punch?
The Vancouver Canucks get the stretch run of the season started with a marquee game against the Chicago Blackhawks in Rogers Arena Tuesday night. You remember the Blackhawks right? Before…
More Than Just a Face in the Crowd
by Jas Faulkner, senior correspondent author’s note: Stick taps to Andrea Lindgren and Phyl Good for catching that Ryan Kesler is actually American by birth (a Canuck by the grace…
Making the Grade: NHL First Midterm Report Card
Jim Neveau, NHL Senior Columnist As we prepare to close the book on the first month of the NHL season, there have been some real surprises this year, and just…
10 Thoughts from NHL’s 2011 Opening Night
Jim Neveau, NHL Senior Columnist While it may not have the pageantry of the NFL’s opening Thursday night game, or the tradition of Opening Day in MLB, the start of…