Ducks 3 Canucks 1: Kind of meaningless, as long as nobody got hurt
In what could be his final Rogers Arena appearance, Roberto Luongo could have taken another infamous bathroom break during a play stoppage Thursday and allowed Joe Cannata his first NHL minutes. Keith...
View ArticleCanucks notes: Vancouver hopes to erase final two games from memory bank
EDMONTON — It was up to defenceman Kevin Bieksa to state the obvious after the Vancouver Canucks’ regular season ended the most ugly way imaginable. “We kind of became unravelled,” Bieksa said after...
View ArticleGallagher: History has prepared this year’s Canucks
No matter what anyone may think of the matchup between Vancouver and San Jose, one thing is pretty clear. The Canucks should be abundantly more prepared for these playoffs this season than they were...
View ArticleCam Cole: Canucks core near tipping point, know time to win it all is now
VANCOUVER — It is window season again in Vancouver. If the Canucks’ marketing department were on its toes, it would have a major sponsorship deal with Jeld-Wen, or Pella. Surely Bill Gates would do...
View ArticleCanucks core near tipping point, know time to win it all is now
VANCOUVER — It is window season again in Vancouver. If the Canucks’ marketing department were on its toes, it would have a major sponsorship deal with Jeld-Wen, or Pella. Surely Bill Gates would do...
View ArticleCanucks Gameday: Kesler expects to be ‘on top of my game’
San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks Friday, May 3, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena TV: TSN; Radio: TEAM 1040 —————— If you’re a Vancouver Canuck fan looking for good omens prior to Game 2 against the San Jose...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: These Canucks showed no push back or resolve
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Vancouver Canucks, who should have won the Stanley Cup two years ago and until last week still talked about winning one, have been reduced to seeking a moral victory, a sliver of...
View ArticleGame Within Game: Sharks score on a softie and Canucks crash
THREE STARS ONE – Logan Couture, Sharks. Two goals, two assists, three shots, three blocked shots and an awesome 15-for-18 on the draw. TWO – Joe Pavelski, Sharks. Two goals, one assist, six shots, two...
View ArticleSharks 4 Canucks 3 OT: San Jose sweeps, season over for Vancouver
SAN JOSE — It was about winning any way to play another day. Backed by the superlative goaltending of Cory Schneider and third-period goals by Alex Burrows and Alex Edler, the Vancouver Canucks...
View ArticleCanucks ‘took too many penalties,’ failed to unplug Sharks’ power play
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It was pure embellishment. Kevin Bieksa only appeared to be doing everything he could to win. There were certain things the Vancouver Canucks had to do to beat the San Jose Sharks....
View ArticleGame Within Game: Words come back to haunt Canucks against Sharks
THREE STARS ONE – Joe Thornton, Sharks. Set up series winner. Finished with three assists, four shots and 13-for-23 on faceoffs. TWO – Joe Pavelski, Sharks. Two goals, nine shots, two blocked shots,...
View ArticleCam Cole: Canucks show they still have it — but just not enough
SAN JOSE, Calif. — And there it was, Vancouver Canuck fans: evidence that it was still there. Buried deep, perhaps. Too late, of course. Unavailable when it was really needed, a lot of the time. But in...
View ArticleCanucks’ Cup dreams left to rot in hockey graveyard
Erect a tombstone on the Vancouver Canucks’ season and the epitaph would read: What if? Like, what if Richmond referee Kelly Sutherland hadn’t blown an overtime call from 100 feet away? Or what if...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: Canucks’ Cup dreams left to rot in hockey graveyard
Erect a tombstone on the Vancouver Canucks’ season and the epitaph would read: What if? Like, what if Richmond referee Kelly Sutherland hadn’t blown an overtime call from 100 feet away? Or what if...
View ArticleSweden to face Switzerland with shot at winning world hockey championship on...
STOCKHOLM — Sweden has the opportunity to win an IIHF World Championship as the host country for the first time since the Soviet Union did it in 1986. Sweden blanked Finland 3-0 in Saturday’s semifinal...
View ArticleHat trick: Revisiting The Daniel penalty, Crossing off coaching candidates...
1. There are mixed messages between what people want from NHL officials late in games. On one side are those who want them to vacuum up the whistles. Let the ol’ players decide it. On the other are...
View ArticleNHL: Former Canucks associate coach Rick Bowness lands job with Tampa Bay...
It’s not so much that Rick Bowness landed back in the NHL on Monday, snaring a three-year contract to be an associate to Tampa Bay Lightning rookie head coach Jon Cooper. It’s that the former Vancouver...
View ArticleDaniel’s goal is simple: more goals
Like fellow Vancouver Canuck forward Ryan Kesler, Daniel Sedin is held to the high standard he reached in 2010-11 when he scored 41 goals and had 104 points. And just like Kesler, Daniel insists his...
View ArticleCanucks: Daniel Sedin sees promising light if he’s quicker on trigger this...
The haunting image is as lasting as the bitter memory of being swept by the San Jose Sharks. When Daniel Sedin hesitated and put a rebound off the post in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarterfinal...
View ArticleCanucks finally get elusive pre-season win as six players score in a 6-1 rout...
After a couple of days filled with bad news, something good finally happened for the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night. They won a game — it’s been a while. The Canucks hadn’t won since April 22. They...
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