As 2016 comes to a close, here are a few of the best and worst moments (in no particular order) of the Canucks' 2016-17 season so far. Best Moments Stecher's NHL debut Troy Stecher, an undrafted 5'10" defender from Richmond, BC, made his NHL debut on October 25th in a...
With the Vancouver Canucks getting set to play the New Jersey Devils and former Canuck Cory Schneider today, there is no better time to talk about Bo Horvat. 21 year old Horvat, who was infamously acquired by the Canucks in the trade at the 2013 NHL Draft that sent...
The final score on Saturday night was 5-2 for Washington, but there was a definite sense of relief when the Canucks scored their two goals. This was the fifth game of the Canucks' low-scoring five game losing streak, a string of games which has shifted the atmosphere...
It's almost here - just a few more days until the Canucks begin the 2016-17 NHL season. While it may have been overshadowed by the World Cup of Hockey, the Canucks finished their seven-game preseason on October 8th, and are now solidifying their roster for their...
Pre-tournament games are under way for the World Cup of Hockey, and whether you're a fan of this tournament or not, it is providing some interesting opportunities for several Canucks. Six members of the Vancouver Canucks will be competing in this tournament, which is...
With some new signings and some departures, the Canucks' 2016-17 defensive core is definitely going to look different from last season. Over the past few months the Canucks have signed defenders Philip Larsen and Erik Gudbranson and seen the departure of Dan Hamhuis...
"A Finnish defenseman from the London Knights named Olli? Sounds like a good choice to us." That's what the Pittsburgh Penguins tweeted at the Vancouver Canucks after the Canucks drafted Olli Juolevi with the fifth overall pick at the 2016 NHL Draft on Friday night....
Henrik Sedin said it best at the Canucks' end-of-season press conference: "It's dangerous to just keep going year after year and thinking about getting a high draft pick. We've seen other teams not being successful doing that [à la Edmonton?]. We have pieces, but now...
Silence - that’s pretty much all there was from the Vancouver Canucks on trade deadline day. Besides the rumours of where Dan Hamhuis could potentially be traded (which never happened) and the news that Adam Cracknell had been claimed off waivers by the Oilers, the...
The new three-on-three overtime format has not been kind to the Vancouver Canucks. They lead the NHL in overtime losses with 11, a monstrous number when compared to the five overtime losses they had last season. Much of the talk around the Canucks' overtime disasters...
He's one of the most prominent Danish players in the NHL and has played over 500 games with the Vancouver Canucks. Jannik Hansen has always been a decent player, but now, in his ninth NHL season, the 29-year old is on his way to having his best season yet offensively....
The Sedins almost looked like the prolific goal scorers they were in 2010 and 2011 on Tuesday night when they notched seven points between the both of them in a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. While their current points totals don't quite match up to the...
The regular season has not even started yet, and 19-year old Jake Virtanen already has battle scars. But despite the giant bruise around his left eye he acquired from basically scoring a goal with his face on Thursday night against Edmonton, Virtanen seems to be...
Is it enough? I know I'm itching to get an answer to that question this season. All the moves the Canucks have made during the off-season - are they enough for them to improve upon their last playoff performance? Have the Canucks found the solutions to their problems...
With Kevin Bieksa traded to Anaheim, and Zack Kassian traded to Montreal, the Vancouver Canucks are losing two players with distinct (and some might say rugged) personalities. Bieksa, who spent 10 seasons with the Canucks as a defender, was a leader on and off the...
With the Vancouver Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, in the Calder Cup Finals, the recent signing of young players, and the upcoming NHL Entry Draft, the focus in the Canucks community has largely turned to their up-and-coming young players. There are several...
It wasn't exactly the best way to go out. After a fairly convincing win in Game 5 to prolong the series, the Vancouver Canucks proceeded to blow a 3-0 lead in Game 6 to the Calgary Flames, losing to a final score of 7-4 and ending their post-season. "It's just so...
Clinched. The word has a nice ring to it. Over the past few days, those in the Vancouver Canucks community have been able to finally use this word again; they have clinched a playoff spot. Last season was the first time since 2007-08 that the Canucks did not qualify...
The trade deadline has come and gone, but there is one question that has consistently been asked and will likely be asked by many for the remainder of the season: should the Canucks keep Zack Kassian? Of all the Canucks, Kassian's name was probably heard the most...
The Canucks' defence corps is looking a little thin - there was no Alex Edler, Chris Tanev, Kevin Bieksa or Frankie Corrado on the Canucks' flight to New York on Tuesday for their first game in a five-game road trip due to injuries. Currently placed third in the...
The Canucks are now over half way through the 82-game 2014-15 season, with 37 more games left. What follows is four good things and four bad things about the Canucks and the way they have played so far this season. The Good 1. Ryan Miller Goalie Ryan Miller has played...
This time last year, Bo Horvat was representing Canada in Sweden in the 2014 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships, and he could have been in Toronto Monday with Team Canada winning the gold medal of the 2015 World Juniors. However, the Vancouver Canucks value his...
It was merely seconds into the first period of the Canucks' game against the Anaheim Ducks on November 20th when Dan Hamhuis' skate caught a rut in the ice in the offensive zone. Hamhuis went down and slid into the corner, taking a painfully long time to get up off...
At the age of about seven or eight, Ian Bell served as the target in front of his friend’s house, donning heavy 1960s-era leather hockey pads that belonged to his friend’s uncle who played junior hockey in Quebec. Bell and his friends played all day every day that...
On Saturday the Canucks played one of their best and most thrilling games so far, an overtime win which they almost gave up (and which they could have won 2-0) when the Montreal Canadiens scored two goals to tie up the game in the latter half of the third period. But...
