Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsThe axe finally fell. The Vancouver Canucks announced Wednesday afternoon that they were relieving head coach Alain Vigneault of his coaching duties along with all of his assistant coaches. After two straight dissapointing early playoff exits this move was not surprising. When a coach gets shown the door its easy for people to pile on and ...
To no one’s great surprise, the Vancouver Canucks today fired Alain Vigneault after two straight first round defeats, during which the Canucks managed to win only one game. Most observers were convinced this decision was going to happen, but now it is official. Two of Vigneault’s assistant coaches, Rick Bowness and Newell Brown, were also let go. ...
This post was written by Mr. Andres Ong. Hockey is one of the most popular and widely followed games in the world. Sports enthusiasts from all around the globe make every possible effort to be a part of this entertaining game, whether it is for fun or for making some money. People who are good at ...
The dust has settled on the 2013 season for the Vancouver Canucks and the second round of the playoffs has begun with the Canucks again sitting at home. There are a lot of questions about what the Canucks need to do in the off-season, and who should be at the helm to make the changes. ...
With the Canucks season ending in a resounding thud Tuesday night, there was reason to take pause (for at least a day or two) and let the results soak in and the explanations for such a letdown be examined. But now that some time has passed, it is time to stop looking backward and begin ...
With the Vancouver Canucks now officially eliminated from the playoffs, being swept in four games by the San Jose Sharks, hockey pundits across the league have begun dissecting the team in hopes of analyzing just what went wrong. It is the second year in a row the Canucks played a great regular season, ...
Tonight We are done Set the town on fire We can burn higher than the sun Instead of being saddened by the latest early playoff exit, many Canuck fans are angry – Angry at controversial officiating, the lack of player movements, the dumbest player trades, the persistent goaltending controversy, the agonizing losing streaks, and the ...
Like an old, sick dog who tries valiantly to hang on as its life is coming to a close, so too did the Canucks extend their life last night, all the way into overtime before succumbing to the San Jose Sharks in a sweep of their opening round series. There will be time later to ...
After nearly a decade of being one of the strongest teams during the regular season the Vancouver Canucks may have seen their ‘dynasty’ come crashing to an end Sunday night in San Jose. Trailing the Sharks two-games-to-none already Vancouver played sloppy, flat and imploded in the third period as they watched their Stanley Cup dreams ...
Okay, this is starting to become a repetitive and frustrating pattern. Instead of earning a 1-1 split heading into the San Jose Shark Tank tonight, the Canucks are down two games to none, thanks to a costly move by Jannick Hansen within the final minute of the third period – He missed the open net from just ...
