Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko would have been a member of this year’s Team USA Winter Olympic team, had NHL players been allowed to go, according to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli. “I have it on good authority that Thatcher Demko would have been a member of the US Olympic team had the NHL players gone…
The Vancouver Canucks have added forward Elias Pettersson to COVID protocol, the club announced Wednesday evening. The Vancouver Canucks announced today that forward Elias Pettersson has been placed into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. — Canucks PR (@CanucksPR) January 6, 2022 Pettersson hasn’t found his stride just yet, and is currently sitting at six goals and…
Don’t panic, there were no layoffs at Sportsnet 650 Vancouver today. Shortly after Bell Media pulled the plug on TSN 1040 in February of 2021, Sportsnet scooped up morning show hosts Mike Halford and Jason Brough for the AM drive slot from 6-9 AM on CISL 650 — more commonly known as Sportsnet 650. Their…
After Vancouver Canucks’ president of hockey operations and interim general manager Jim Rutherford reportedly returned home to Carolina for the holidays, the club’s search for their next general manager is beginning to heat up. Rutherford has been very open about how he wants to fill the GM position in the near future, preferably before making…
Those around the league are taking notice at how well Thatcher Demko has performed for the Vancouver Canucks as of late. Yesterday, Demko was named the third star of the month for the month of December. Over the month of December, Demko backstopped the Canucks to an 8-1-0 record and hasn’t lost a game since…
It’s hard to top a Calder Trophy-winning rookie season, but the fact of the matter is that Tyler Myers is in the process of turning in the best season of his NHL career. At age 31. In year three of a contract that made Myers a net-negative value player the moment it was signed back…
On October 23rd, Vancouver Canucks equipment manager Brian “Red” Hamilton’s life was forever changed. As the Canucks played their first game behind enemy lines at Climate Pledge Arena against the Seattle Kraken, a woman went to great efforts to get Hamilton’s attention. “I’m walking off the bench and she put her phone up to the…
With reports circulating that the Vancouver Canucks will have an “exciting announcement” about the flying skate jersey’s return in the near future, fans have started to throw around the age-old question once again: What’s the nicest jersey the Vancouver Canucks have ever worn? We put out a poll on Twitter to gauge fan reaction, and,…
January will be the Canucks’ biggest test this season. More specifically, the Canucks have multiple games in the month of January against some of the best teams in the league. Two games against the Florida Panthers, games against the Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, along with Pacific Division matchups against the Calgary Flames and Edmonton…
Fresh off a thrilling overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night, the Vancouver Canucks have been hit with some bad news. Forward Justin Dowling has been added to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, the club announced Thursday afternoon. Prior to puck drop yesterday, the Canucks placed forwards Brock Boeser and Phil Di Giuseppe into…
Many words were used to describe the Vancouver Canucks’ power play during the early stages of the season. Abysmal, dreadful, horrendous, ineffective — the list goes on — but one word stuck out most of all. The Canucks power play was stagnant. It had little to no movement or flow, and rarely looked like a threat…
Is it still appropriate to call a team that hasn’t played in over a week “red-hot”? In normal times, any team who was 6-0 and had their coach dropping Cameos hyping up the fanbase for what’s to come would be called just that, but under the current circumstances, the fact of the matter is that…
