Posts About "Jake Virtanen"
Canucks Team News: Markstrom, Eriksson, Virtanen, Pettersson & Horvat
January 17th, 2020 Led by Jacob Markstrom and Jake Virtanen, the Vancouver Canucks skated to a 3-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Jan. 16. It was the team’s 10th win in the last 13 games. With that win, the Canucks inched closer to the top of a tight Pacific Division race. The Coyotes and Calgary Flames are tied with 57 points, the Vegas Golden...
Virtanen’s Second-Period Goal Helps Lift the Canucks Past the Coyotes 3-1
January 17th, 2020 VANCOUER, B.C. — Jake Virtanen scored midway through the second period to reach a career-high 26 points in a season as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 Thursday night. Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson, into an empty net, also sco...
Jets' Mathieu Perreault Lashes out at NHL for Not Punishing Canucks' Virtanen
January 16th, 2020 Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault is livid after the NHL's Department of Player Safety decided not to hand out any discipline to Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen following a controversial play Tuesday. Virtanen's elbow got up in the head of Perreault away from the puck during the first period of their game in...
Vancouver Canucks’ Jake Virtanen: Having a Breakout Season
January 3rd, 2020 Jake Virtanen is now 23 years old. When he was the Vancouver Canucks’ sixth-overall pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Canucks fans were excited because he’s a native of New Westminster, one of Vancouver’s eastern suburbs. It’s always nice when a young player has a successful career close to his home. Jake Virtanen On Draft...
Tyler Myers's Two-Goal Performance Leads Canucks past Flames 5-2
December 30th, 2019 CALGARY — Tyler Myers scored twice and added an assist — all of the damage inflicted in the first period — as the Vancouver Canucks built up an early 3-0 lead and cruised to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night. Myers opened the scorin...
Canucks Virtanen Turning a Corner
December 21st, 2019 Ever since Jake Virtanen was drafted sixth overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, he has been put under the microscope. Being a hometown boy from nearby Abbotsford, British Columbia put some undue pressure on him as well. Add in some good old fashioned Todd Bertuzzi comparisons and World Junior Championships criticism and you have a...
