It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
Watching the Predators take on Vancouver was a bit like living in the hockey equivalent of a grad student’s attempt at writing the Dickens novel that Chuckie D. never wrote because it’s 2010 and he has been dead for 140 years. The range of [...]
Roberto Luongo won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but he wasn’t the only Vancouver Canuck who performed well for his country.
Everybody knew it was coming — 14 straight games away from the friendly confines of General Motors Place.
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As Henrik Sedin continues to lead the NHL in scoring — and who could have predicted that one? — it’s interesting to take a look behind the raw numbers.
Prior to their Thursday game vs. the Dallas Stars, Hank had 21 goals, 49 assists, totaling 70 points in 49 games. That’s a 1.43 point-per-game clip. If [...]
By Rick Gethin
In a career that spanned 13 years, Michael Peca left his mark on players (literally and figuratively), fans and the game of hockey itself. He won the gold medal and was an alternate captain with Team Canada in the 2002 Olympics. He was the capatain of Team Canada for the World Championship in [...]
CALGARY- Mason Raymond continued his hot play by turning a natural hat trick Sunday night as the Canucks handed the Flames their third consecutive loss.
Raymond scored his second goal on a blind flip-in from the neutral zone that flopped into the net off goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff’s left arm as he stared into the corner boards [...]
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Mathieu Schneider has been a solid — and at times star — offensive defenceman in the NHL for nearly 20 seasons. The Vancouver Canucks, seeking an offensive defenceman, brought in Schneider during the off-season to boost the power play.
So it has probably come as quite a surprise to Schneider that the Canucks haven’t really [...]
Christopher Ralph – THW’s Flames, Draft and Prospect Correspondent
Off the top, I have to admit, no selection or omission will be all that surprising tomorrow when Yzerman et al. name their 23-man roster.
Reflecting back to the amazing atmosphere of the Red & White Team Canada scrimmage game at the Saddledome in Calgary this past August [...]
Now that the holiday season is nearly behind us, it’s time to look ahead to 2010 and what to expect in the world of NHL fantasy hockey. Whether you are off to a scorching start to your fantasy season, or you are trailing and have some serious ground to make up, the first 2 months [...]
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He’s made his list. He’s checked it twice. Santa knows which Canucks have been naughty, and which have been nice.
With just a little over a week until the Jolly Old St. Nicholas commits several hundred million acts of B&E, we take a sneak peek at his magic Naughty-or-Nice list to see how he rates the [...]
