Canucks Notebook: Vancouver looks to regroup against hot Sharks’ team
EDMONTON — And now the Vancouver Canucks get thrown to the Sharks. Wait, didn’t that happen on Saturday night? The theme song from Jaws should have been playing early in the first period of Saturday...
View ArticleRyane Clowe trade a no-brainer as San Jose Sharks look to get younger, faster
SAN JOSE — Ryane Clowe sat alone as the scrum scurried elsewhere for Saturday night sound bytes. It was as if the San Jose Sharks winger was already traded, already gone and forgotten. A cold...
View ArticleCanucks make coach Vigneault’s milestone game a winning one
VANCOUVER – Alain Vigneault holds many franchise coaching records for the Vancouver Canucks and he added another to his collection Saturday night when he surpassed Marc Crawford for most regular-season...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Ryan Kesler welcomed back to lineup for Coyotes test
VANCOUVER — Ryan Kesler is back. He will play tonight against the Phoenix Coyotes (7 p.m., TSN, Team 1040) and he won’t have to play on crutches either because his broken right foot has healed. The...
View ArticleRecovered Canucks star Ryan Kesler plans to play himself into shape
VANCOUVER — It seems like there is no timeline like the present for Vancouver Canucks centre Ryan Kesler. After telling reporters Saturday he had “no timeline” to return from his broken right foot, the...
View ArticleKesler scores, Schneider posts another shutout as Canucks win 2-0
Ryan Kesler is back and that makes the Vancouver Canucks better. If there was any doubt about that, Kesler gave us a reminder early in Monday night’s 2-0 win over the Phoenix Coyotes at Rogers Arena....
View ArticleCanucks impatiently waiting for Eddie to rise, shine
The Vancouver Canucks got back Ryan Kesler on Monday. Now they need Alex Edler. After all their struggles this truncated season — the injuries, the crisis at centre ice, the oxymoron power play, the...
View ArticleI Watched This Game: Canucks vs Coyotes
<!– I Watched This Game: Canucks vs Phoenix Coyotes, April 8, 2013 –> The Canucks have been in a lot of low-scoring games lately, but this one felt different. Prior games have been snoozefests —...
View ArticleGallagher’s Hat Trick: Shooting is good. Lots of shots is good. Now if the...
It’s the morning after the night before, so you know what that means: It’s time for the Canucks Hat Trick. Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher delivers his three points after he’s had a bit of...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: Canucks impatiently waiting for Eddie to rise, shine
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks got back Ryan Kesler on Monday. Now they need Alex Edler. After all their struggles this truncated season — the injuries, the crisis at centre ice, the oxymoron power...
View ArticleCanucks injury bug bites as Chrises Higgins, Tanev ‘out indefinitely’
VANCOUVER — As one door of the Vancouver Canucks’ infirmary opened this week to release Ryan Kesler, another closed on left-winger Chris Higgins and defenceman Chris Tanev. The latter two were declared...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Kesler in crosshairs, Weise moves up, Schneider simply super
CALGARY — No Chris Higgins. No Chris Tanev. But one Ryan Kesler. As much as the Vancouver Canucks are labouring with the rejuvenated Higgins sidelined by a knee strain and the consistent Tanev by an...
View ArticleCanucks to say farewell to Denver, good riddance Avalanche
DENVER — We’re going to miss Denver. The Colorado Avalanche, not so much. With the National Hockey League realigning teams next season, the Vancouver Canucks’ game here on Saturday will be their last...
View ArticleBanished: Rap sheet and reputation led to Torres’ suspension
If you’re outraged over the Raffi Torres suspension, you may want to pace yourself. You may need some of that anger next season. Torres, National Hockey League bad boy, and designated headhunter, will...
View ArticleCanucks youngsters running out of time to make an impression
VANCOUVER — So far, the kids have only been all right and that must change in the next two pre-season games if any of them are going to crack the Vancouver Canucks’ regular-season roster. Youngsters...
View ArticleZack Kassian to get another look with twins, but does he fit?
John Tortorella is assembling the puzzle pieces that are his Vancouver Canucks and he still doesn’t know just where Zack Kassian fits. It’s clear he’d like Kassian to slide in alongside the Sedin twins...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Zack Kassian, Dale Weise suspended, won’t face Coyotes
—— Zack Kassian has been suspended eight games (three pre-season, five regular season) and Dale Weise three games (all pre-season) by the NHL. What follows is the Canucks Game Day story, written before...
View ArticleCanucks finally get elusive pre-season win as six players score in a 6-1 rout...
After a couple of days filled with bad news, something good finally happened for the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night. They won a game — it’s been a while. The Canucks hadn’t won since April 22. They...
View ArticleCanucks coming to grips with systems, mindsets and winning
It’s not the different voice that the Vancouver Canucks are most challenged by this pre-season, but the different system that voice commands. For players, the hardest thing about John Tortorella so far...
View ArticleCanucks 6 Coyotes 1: Work in progress seems to be making progress
How you do soothe the sting of losing two roster players to suspension? You play 16 veterans and muster 17 first-period shots to drive home one point. If the Vancouver Canucks are indeed a pre-season...
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