Cam Charron
Born in Vancouver, Cam works as a freelance writer out of Kamloops, BC and now writes for SB Nation's Nucks Misconduct.
Author's Posts
A basic look at advanced hockey statistics; and why we use them
July 18th, 2011 Advanced statistics seem like a chore. You may have tried to understand them already, and waded online into a pool of one of the absolutely incomprehensible spreadsheets that can be found at Behind The Net or Hockey Analysis. There are a growing number of bloggers and fans who pay close attention to these advanced hockey statistics,...
Revisiting The Classics: King with the late winner for the Canucks
July 12th, 2011 Over the summer, I will keep the Canucks section of TheHockeyWriters.com updated by looking at classic Canucks games from the West Coast Express era. Today’s featured game took place on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003. During one of the many periods wherein the Vancouver Canucks were searching for a winger for the Sedin twins,...
Revisiting The Classics: Canucks' Jovocop beats up on the Avalanche
July 4th, 2011 Over the summer, I will keep the Canucks section of TheHockeyWriters.com updated by looking at classic Canucks games from the West Coast Express era. Today's featured game took place on Wednesday, November 1st, 2000. Coming into the 2000-2001 season, the Vancouver Canucks and their fans had much to be excited for, despite having...
Top prospect Huberdeau wants to be his own player
June 21st, 2011 It's said that his play in consecutive Memorial Cups catapulted Taylor Hall to the number one selection. This year, it was the turn of Saint John Sea Dog Jonathan Huberdeau who scored three tournament goals including an overtime goal against Owen Sound and the dagger in the final game. That, coupled with winning the Stafford Smythe...
Tomas Jurco determined to be more than a YouTube star
June 21st, 2011 It's probably an odd start for a hockey career, but top prospect Tomas Jurco fell in love with the game when his sister Petra went in for a practice but was turned away. "Coach said the little guy can come next day for practice," says Tomas, about Petra being turned away. In the town of Kosice, Slovakia, girls’ hockey hadn't taken off...Canucks: From franchise lows come franchise highs
The blame will be largely shouldered on Roberto Luongo. He came out flat in Game Six and didn't make the necessary save in Game Seven, but it's not on him. The NHL's best offense, that had steamrolled through the San Jose Sharks in the Conference Finals, gave him just eight goals of support. Suffice to say, it was the worst possible...
