10 Best Canucks’ Storylines of 2016
With 2016 coming to a close, I decided to put myself through one of the toughest exercises of 2016: Finding the ten most positive Canucks storylines in 2016. To be…
Troy Stecher
Stecher Emergence Making Tanev Trade Bait?
Stechermania has officially taken over Vancouver. If it wasn’t official before, it is now after the 22-year-old rookie scored his first career goal against the Dallas Stars on Sunday. It…
Martin Putting Targets on Leafs’ Rookies?
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks recently teamed up to provide one of the more entertaining spectacles this season. When I say that, I’m not referring to the…
Embattled Tryamkin at Odds with Canucks
In a perfect world, Jim Benning would send Nikita Tryamkin down to Utica to log some major minutes. In Tryamkin’s perfect world, he would be logging those minutes in a…
5 Surprises From the Canucks Preseason
Expectations are undoubtedly low for the Vancouver Canucks entering the 2016-17 season. That being said, this has been one of the most competitive Canucks preseasons in recent memory. Many of…
The Nuck Stops Here: Blue Line, Grenier, Pre-Season Cuts
‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion, and analysis column that runs every Sunday throughout the regular season. News Canucks Reduce Pre-Season Roster by Two The following…
Stecher’s Rise Puts Pressure on Larsen
This just in: Troy Stecher has been nominated for the Norris Trophy. A little premature, perhaps? With everyone in Vancouver gushing over the stellar debut of Stecher, it would be…
The Nuck Stops Here: Malhotra, Stetcher & Young Stars
‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Sunday throughout the regular season. News Jason King named Utica Comets assistant coach The…
Could Drake Caggiula Land With Canucks?
It came as a surprise to some Canucks fans at last June’s NHL draft when Jim Benning and company picked forward Brock Boeser 23rd overall, over some highly touted prospects. But…
North Dakota Bitten by the Injury Bug
The Injury Ninja has hit the University of North Dakota hockey team hard this season. They can’t seem to catch a break. To date, the University of North Dakota has…
UND Hockey: Troy Stecher Making an Impact at North Dakota
At the halfway point in the 2013-14 season, University of North Dakota freshman defenseman Troy Stecher has made an immediate impact on the ice. The 19-year old freshman has also…
UND Hockey: Age is Just a Number
So far this season, we’ve heard how the University of North Dakota hockey team is a young hockey team. Looking at their roster, that’s not entirely untrue. It depends how…