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Darrin Hayes

Darrin Hayes is a regular contributor for the Vancouver Canucks on TheHockeyWriters.com. Follow Darrin on Twitter @HayesTHW or on Facebook via TheHockeyWriters fan page.

Fucale and Comrie Create Conundrum

Darrin Hayes | December 30, 2014

Whenever there is international competition, there is bound to be some controversy. Hockey is no different, in fact in junior hockey it might even be more abundant. For example: the…

Categories World Junior Hockey Championship

Montreal Fans Unimpressive at World Juniors

Darrin Hayes | December 27, 2014

The 2015 World Junior hockey tournament is officially off and running, using an unusual schedule that will expand into 2017. The games are spread between Montreal and Toronto through the…

Categories World Junior Hockey Championship

Canucks Stuff Coyotes for Christmas Dinner

Darrin Hayes | December 27, 2014

There was plenty for Canucks fans to feast on in the last game before Christmas, as Vancouver punished the Coyotes in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Rogers Arena in…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Canucks Win, Christmas Re-Instated

Darrin Hayes | December 22, 2014

The Canucks came up with a big overtime win against the Flames on Saturday, and at the same time gave me an early Christmas present. It silenced the seemingly endless…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Horvat Needs to Play for Canada

Darrin Hayes | December 7, 2014

The Canucks have had an outstanding start to their season, and for the first time in a few years they haven’t had a large distraction/controversy hovering over them and absorbing…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Hockey Media and War on Remembrance Day

Darrin Hayes | November 10, 2014

We are near that time of year again when we take a day to remember the many men and women who have sacrificed so much, and continue to do so,…

Categories NHL News

Patience Will Pay Off for Canucks Fans

Darrin Hayes | October 31, 2014

Canuck supporters have been trying to predict what the team is going to do on the ice in 2014/15 before pre-season even began. The lineup has been scrutinized in every…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

The Canucks Are Soldiers in the War against Mental Illness

Darrin Hayes | October 30, 2014

When the Canucks re-structured their organization this summer, they didn’t just look at the players they would be putting on the ice this season. They instituted sweeping changes, from the…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Bo Horvat Brings Potential, Not Magic

Darrin Hayes | October 23, 2014

Bo Horvat will be hitting the ice for the Vancouver Canucks soon, and that’s great for him and the team, but hopefully he won’t have to surf a tidal wave…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Canucks Need Brendan Morrison As Character Model

Darrin Hayes | October 10, 2014

The Canucks worked very hard in the offseason to alter a future mired in the bottom of the league that most people had resigned them to, and at the same…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Miller’s Signing Will Boost Lack’s Career

Darrin Hayes | October 7, 2014

During the Canuck’s offseason, fans all but begged for radical changes throughout the organization, and mercifully they got what they wanted. But along with those changes came the unexpected, the…

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Canucks Newcomers Key to Successful Season

Darrin Hayes | October 3, 2014

Camp has started and the exhibition season has begun, and now the Canucks can begin in earnest to put the ghosts of the Tortorella era behind them. The question becomes,…

Categories Vancouver Canucks
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