Embed from Getty Images After Russian president Vladimir Putin put the gold medals around the necks of Team Canada following the squad’s clinical 2-0 shutout win over Finland at the World Championship in Moscow on May 22, Connor McDavid was asked if his group of teammates included an unsung hero, who may not have earned…
Embed from Getty Images ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – For Denmark’s Jannik Hansen, the 2015-16 hockey season has been one of his best to date. Though his Vancouver Canucks struggled, the 29-year-old hit a career high with 22 goals, and his 38 points were one shy of his best-ever total. After the NHL season wrapped up, Hansen…
Photo Credit: Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – The 2015-16 season has been a busy one for Canucks prospect Thatcher Demko. After double hip surgery during the 2015 offseason, Demko excelled in his junior year at Boston College with a 27-8-4 record. He broke Cory Schneider’s school record with 10 shutouts and backstopped…
Embed from Getty Images ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – After a disappointing early end to their 2015-16 NHL season, seven members of the Vancouver Canucks got the call from their respective national teams to play for their countries at this year’s World Championship. As the tournament’s preliminary round approaches its midpoint, here’s a rundown of how…
Photo Credit: Bill Streicher/USA TODAY Sports To paraphrase the 2006 pop hit by the Scissor Sisters, “I don’t feel like tankin’, no sir, no tankin’ today.” There’s a popular train of thought among Canucks fans these days that the team’s best course of action this season is to aim for a last-place finish in the standings…
Photo Credit: James Guillory/USA TODAY Sports Change is Coming. That’s the marketing message the Vancouver Canucks used to usher in the new era of Trevor Linden, Jim Benning and Willie Desjardins during the summer of 2014. “Trader Jim” initially lived up to the billing with his high-profile trade of Ryan Kesler and free-agent signings of Ryan Miller and Radim…
Photo Credit: Brad Rempel/USA TODAY Sports Daniel and Henrik Sedin have forged a unique path through their pro hockey careers. For the past month, the twins have been the single biggest reason why the Canucks are hanging in the Pacific Division playoff hunt. Here’s why they look so good this season.
Photo Credit: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports On Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Kings, Bo Horvat took the last shot of the Vancouver Canucks’ just-completed four-game road trip at the 1:44 mark of the third period. From there, the Canucks hung on by their fingernails as the Kings fired 16 shots on Jacob Markstrom. The last…
Photo Credit: Bob Frid/USA TODAY Sports It’s U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, and the Vancouver Canucks are in position to make the playoffs. For all the challenges the Canucks have faced through their first 23 games, that’s not a bad start for a group that got no respect from the prognosticators in preseason polls. Here’s a sample of some…
Photo Credit: Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports The Vancouver Canucks’ loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night inadvertently offered an sneak peek into the future of the franchise. The weary road warriors iced a lineup that did not include Radim Vrbata, Brandon Prust or Yannick Weber—all unrestricted free agents (UFAs) at the end of this season. Will…
Photo Credit: Marc DesRosiers/USA TODAY Sports Ryan Miller’s a marked man. The Vancouver Canucks No. 1 netminder started the new season in fine form, but an 0-3-1 record in his last four games, combined with a brutal .867 save percentage during that span and plenty of finger-pointing along the way, means that Miller is once again about to feel…
Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/USA TODAY Sports Hit the Road, Jack Jake. And Jared. And Daniel and Henrik and everyone else. The team charter has touched down in Buffalo. Over the next 12 days, the Canucks will play seven games in seven cities in two countries and two time zones on their longest road trip of the season. The…
