by Andrew Grella | Nov 24, 2014 | AHL, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks
SYRACUSE, N.Y – Big time players live for big time games. Yanni Gourde and Jonathan Marchessault are big time players for the Syracuse Crunch. The Crunch played the best team in the North Division and second in the Western Conference, the Utica Comets. This game...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 10, 2014 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Vancouver Canucks
Sunday night, the Anaheim Ducks looked to put a whumping on the Canucks something like the Kings had done 23 hours prior, when they’d beaten them 5-1 and chased Ryan Miller from the crease after two periods. They figured to be helped by two things: that Miller...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 9, 2014 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks
You know that saying, “Fifty is the new forty”? How about “red is the new black?” What about “Vancouver is the new Toronto”? In hockey terms, that’s just what’s happening. Here’s what I mean. Year after year, the Leafs’ games are played with promising...
by Matthew Dibiase | Nov 6, 2014 | AHL, NHL, Vancouver Canucks
One of the best things that happened during the past off-season this past summer was the hiring of Willie Desjardins as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. After a long apprenticeship in junior and the minors, Desjardins finally reached the big time when the new...
by Liz Montroy | Nov 2, 2014 | Vancouver Canucks
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...
by Matthew Dibiase | Oct 5, 2014 | Leagues, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks
Last summer, it was mildly amusing to watch Vancouver and the New York Rangers basically trade coaches in the hopes of jump-starting both teams in the hopes of abandoning their underachieving ways. Vancouver had dominated the Northwest Division; won two President’s...
