Is Cody Hodgson a Calder Candidate?
There haven’t been too many bright spots for the Canucks this season, but the play of Cody Hodgson has been one of them.The first round draft pick and former OHL Player of the Year has hit the score...
View ArticleDon Cherry confused me on December 3rd
You might remember this feature back from Canucks Army during the blogger competition. Turns out, the contest’s judges liked the feature so much, they brought me to the Province just so I could point...
View ArticleBallard returns, Luongo sports a new mask for tonight’s game vs Oilers
Roberto Luongo sported a new mask at the morning skate, which he’ll wear tonight to go along with the Canucks’ third jerseys. The mask is painted in retro Canuck colours in tribute to the team’s...
View ArticleAnd Boom Goes the Dynamite: Edmonton at Vancouver, December 26th
Did anybody else tell themselves they weren’t going to bother going shopping today? But then later on, ended up making an excuse to go outside? Maybe I’ll get a hot dog. A man has to eat, right? And...
View ArticleWhy the Oilers rebuild won’t work
A quick word tonight on the Canucks’ opponents tonight: the Edmonton Oilers. No matter where you go in Canada, you will find somebody who will tell you “boy, Edmonton sure isn’t good right now, but...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: Against Oilers watch Schneider’s battle level, Burrows...
Three things to ponder before the Canucks face the Oilers in Edmonton today at 6 p.m. 1. CORY’S GLORY: He has won five straight and 10 of his last 11 starts, including back-to-back shutouts in Colorado...
View ArticleCanucks/Oilers Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
Might be the last one of these I do this year, but it’s nice to know Alain Vigneault saves his most hypnotic shirt for his last post game press conference of the regular season. Seriously, what is up...
View ArticleWho will be the dynamic duos down the road for the Vancouver Canucks?
VANCOUVER – In hindsight, putting Alex Burrows on a line with the Sedins and moving Ryan Kesler to the second line looks like a no-brainer. But looking back at the 2008-09 season, you could understand...
View ArticleBarons’ star-studded power play big test for record-setting Heat penalty-kill...
VANCOUVER — Under normal circumstances, Steve McCarthy’s first professional shorthanded goal would have been highlight material. Especially after the rushing Abbotsford Heat defenceman went wide and...
View ArticleNugent-Hopkins tempting target for AHL opposition and Hockey Canada
ABBOTSFORD — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins still looks like a kid out there, especially with that cage protecting his face after two front teeth were pushed back when the Burnaby native was clipped by a stick...
View ArticleHall starts scoring, sizzling Schultz ends OT drama as Barons cool off the...
ABBOTSFORD — Something had to give. On a night when it looked like nobody would or could score — especially during some second-period follies — the persistency of the talent-laden Oklahoma City Barons...
View ArticleWorld Juniors – Canada vs Slovakia, a TV watching journal
As always, I will be attempting to watch the Junior games live, so you don’t have to. I will be expressing my hopes, dreams, thoughts, wishes, and possible Wall Street takeover plans (I saw it in...
View ArticleWorld Juniors – Canada vs USA, a TV watching journal
Just like I did for the Germany and Slovakia game, I have kept a detailed log of my experience watching the junior games in the middle of the night, so you don’t have to! Sure, you could just watch the...
View ArticleSetting up Canada-U.S. semifinal at World Juniors
Canada will meet the United States early Thursday (TSN, TEAM 1040, 1 a.m.) in one of the two semifinals at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia. Here’s the latest from the Canadian...
View ArticleB.C.’s top 10 NHLers: Steve Ewen makes the call!
My main man Steve Ewen has been around so long, he’s covered pretty much all of these guys in junior hockey. OK, some of them aren’t that old. But here’s Steve’s top-10 (plus honorable mentions)...
View ArticleJustin Schultz ready for cheers and jeers at Rogers Arena as Oilers face Canucks
Justin Schultz had been playing in the AHL with Oklahoma City. (Province files.) Justin Schultz knows that he’ll have fans and foes in the stands at Rogers Arena Sunday night. The Edmonton Oilers...
View ArticleThe Canucks miss Ryan Kesler right now
The Edmonton Oilers looked like a fairly dangerous squad last night, although, like the Vancouver Canucks, they appeared to be short one line on offence. My early impression of Edmonton is that they...
View ArticleJordan Schroeder & the attack of the future
He was drafted on June 26th, 2009. It took nearly four years, but tonight Jordan Schroeder will make his NHL debut for the Vancouver Canucks, and I could not be more fired up. Basically, as you read...
View ArticleCanucks/Oilers Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
The main issue I have with post game coverage is the general lack of personality conveyed by the majority of the league. The NHL has some of the classiest athletes and coaches in all of professional...
View ArticleBooth hurt again. Will Canucks need a winger for opening night?
David Booth had waited nearly seven months for tonight. He’ll have to wait a little longer. His much anticipated return to a game action was delayed again after he tweaked his groin, according to...
View ArticleHat Trick: Tortorella lays down law early with Booth, another D called up and...
David Booth should be back in the Canucks line-up on Thursday. (Province files.) Steve Ewen serves up a Hat Trick – three things he’s thinking about the Vancouver Canucks heading into their visit to...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: No Torts so promote Kassian, Babs will tab Luongo, bitter...
Three points to ponder after the Canucks claimed a 2-1 victory in Edmonton on Tuesday without their injured captain, without their suspended coach and without any power-play production: 1. NO TORTS, SO...
View ArticleCanucks/Oilers Post Game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)
The main issue I have with post game coverage is the general lack of personality conveyed by the majority of the league. The NHL has some of the classiest athletes and coaches in all of professional...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Oct. 13: Happy Thanksgiving! But don’t get off the couch…yet
Gobble, gobble! Did you have turkey last night? Or are you having it tonight? Or are you like me and you had it last night *and* on Saturday night. Yes, I’m stuffed, to coin a phrase. It’s a quiet...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Oct. 14: Talking Hansen’s dwindling ice time, Gardiner...
Jannik Hansen has been hanging out on the bench much more than going to the net this season. (Province Files.) Consider me a Jannik Hansen fan. I admit it. I covered the NHL draft in 2004 in Raleigh,...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Getting ready to face a desperate Oilers team
Canucks (2-2-0) at Oilers (0-3-1) | Rexall Place, 6:30 p.m. TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet Vancouver | Radio: TSN 1040 EDMONTON – Five things we learned before the Canucks take on the Oilers here on...
View ArticleTickets for Aug. 12 Shriners Hospital charity slopitch game at Nat Bailey,...
The Vancouver Giants confirmed Monday that former stalwart Brendan Gallagher will be the front man for a charity slopitch game at Nat Bailey Stadium on Aug. 12. Galllagher, the Montreal Canadiens...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Jan. 19: Dead Rangers, McCann on top line, hard-luck...
The New York Rangers are dead. So says New York Post columnist Larry Brooks. Heading into tonight’s matchup with the Canucks in Manhattan, the Rangers are 24-21. We all wish the 19-27 Canucks could be...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Feb. 26: Canucks kids graduate, which one gets you most...
Whether you’re are in the tank camp or you want the Canucks to win every game, you had to be happy about Thursday night. At the start of the season when the Canucks were probably doing slightly...
View ArticleThe Afternoon Skate, April 11: Thank God hockey in Canada is over, why The...
I woke up this morning and saw the usual email from Sportsnet. Here, it said, are the eight first-round matchups that we’re showing. I have to say I felt some finality, true relief. After all, all the...
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