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Nathan Kanter

Nathan Kanter covers the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs for The Hockey Writers. He received his master's in journalism from Western University in May of 2015 before serving as the first ever Digital Managing Editor at Western's university newspaper, The Western Gazette, in 2015-16. From 2016-18, he served as the radio play-by-play voice of the Battlefords North Stars in the SJHL. His work has been published in The Hockey News, at Sportsnet.ca and at Dobber Prospects.

Rielly Could Make Maple Leafs History

Nathan Kanter | February 7, 2019

In the last 30 years, the list of Toronto Maple Leafs players who have started a season with at least 53 points in the team’s first 53 games is not…

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs

Canucks’ Sutter Needs to Be Traded

Nathan Kanter | February 4, 2019

By all accounts, Vancouver Canucks center Brandon Sutter had a solid performance on Saturday night in a 5-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche. He registered an assist, had two shots…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Canucks Should Pursue Flyers’ Gostisbehere

Nathan Kanter | January 31, 2019

On Monday afternoon, Philadelphia Flyers beat reporter Sam Carchidi dropped a bit of a bomb on Twitter. Chuck Fletcher basically said everyone is available in a trade except Claude Giroux.…

Categories Editor's Choice, Vancouver Canucks

#PayDecker a Success, But NHL Comes up Short

Nathan Kanter | January 27, 2019

Kendall Coyne Schofield wasn’t the only female hockey star to nearly break Twitter this weekend. Yes, the 26-year-old Minnesota Whitecaps forward and USA Hockey Olympic gold medalist became the first woman…

Categories All-Star Weekend, Women's Hockey

3 PHWA Mid-Season Award Snubs

Nathan Kanter | January 26, 2019

On Thursday afternoon, the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association announced its mid-season award winners. More than 125 writers representing all 31 chapters completed ballots for the 10 awards, which not only included…

Categories Commentary

Canucks’ Aquilini: Focus Is on “Our Long-Term Plan”

Nathan Kanter | January 25, 2019

Vancouver Canucks fans doing any sort of scoreboard watching on Wednesday night were pleased to find out that the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche all lost in regulation.…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Avalanche Should Target Kreider at Deadline

Nathan Kanter | January 22, 2019

The Colorado Avalanche are in a funk right now. They have been for some time, so I’m not sure you can call 20 games a ‘funk’. Yes, it’s been that…

Categories Colorado Avalanche

Canucks Need to Stop Winning

Nathan Kanter | January 22, 2019

As we approach the All-Star break, the Western Conference playoff race is a mess. By “mess,” I mean extremely tight and unpredictable, so perhaps “chaotic” is a better word. As of…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

3 Bold Canucks Predictions for the Second Half

Nathan Kanter | January 16, 2019

With the Vancouver Canucks just two points out of a playoff spot, all eyes are currently on the health status of rookie sensation Elias Pettersson after he suffered a knee injury against…

Categories Vancouver Canucks

Canucks’ Prospect Quinn Hughes Is Elite

Nathan Kanter | January 16, 2019

Vancouver Canucks prospect Quinn Hughes recently won a silver medal at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where he was an assistant captain. He only recorded two assists in seven games,…

Categories Canucks Prospects

Top 10 Contracts in the NHL

Nathan Kanter | January 12, 2019

With more than half of all National Hockey League clubs within $4 million of the current $79.5 million salary cap, it’s safe to say many were relieved when it was…

Categories Editor's Choice, Top 10 Lists, Trades Contracts and Transactions

MacKinnon & Rantanen’s Formidable Season

Nathan Kanter | January 10, 2019

Only four times in Colorado Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques franchise history have two teammates each recorded 60 or more points in the first 43 games of a season. It first happened in 1987-88…

Categories Colorado Avalanche
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