Game Day: Vigneault calls Cory Schneider the Canucks’ MVP and gives him Game...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Vancouver Canucks will be counting on a bounce-back game from goalie Cory Schneider tonight (7 p.m., TSN, Team 1040) when they try to extend their season by winning Game 4 of...
View ArticleEnd of an era for this Canucks team
They were, arguably, the most extraordinary Vancouver Canucks’ teams in the four-decade-plus history of the NHL franchise. But the Canucks might be looking at an ordinary future. Questions will be...
View ArticleCanucks swept out of playoffs by Sharks, with likely sweeping changes to come
SAN JOSE, Calif. — There’s no need to embellish how bad the Vancouver Canucks have been in the playoffs since reaching the Stanley Cup Final two years ago. They have now lost 10 of their last 11...
View ArticleGame Within Game: Words come back to haunt Canucks against Sharks
THREE STARS ONE – Joe Thornton, Sharks. Set up series winner. Finished with three assists, four shots and 13-for-23 on faceoffs. TWO – Joe Pavelski, Sharks. Two goals, nine shots, two blocked shots,...
View ArticleCam Cole: Daniel Sedin’s penalty cruel and unusual punishment
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Out in the hallway, where the Vancouver Canucks brought Henrik Sedin to be interviewed because the tiny visitors’ locker room at HP Pavilion couldn’t have handled the crush, reporters...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: Canucks’ Cup dreams left to rot in hockey graveyard
Erect a tombstone on the Vancouver Canucks’ season and the epitaph would read: What if? Like, what if Richmond referee Kelly Sutherland hadn’t blown an overtime call from 100 feet away? Or what if...
View ArticleCanucks’ Cup dreams left to rot in hockey graveyard
Erect a tombstone on the Vancouver Canucks’ season and the epitaph would read: What if? Like, what if Richmond referee Kelly Sutherland hadn’t blown an overtime call from 100 feet away? Or what if...
View ArticleCanucks star Henrik Sedin sticks up for coach Alain Vigneault, expects changes
VANCOUVER — Canucks captain Henrik Sedin conceded Thursday he expects changes to the team after a second straight quick playoff ouster. But what kind of changes? A new coach? Some new core players?...
View ArticleCanucks’ Keith Ballard hopes to ‘make most of opportunity’
VANCOUVER — It’s probably a safe bet that Keith Ballard has already figured out that two-thirds of $8.4 million is $5.59 million. The Canuck defenceman has heard the suggestions that the team will buy...
View ArticleCanucks: With lower salary cap, Ballard will be prime candidate for...
Keith Ballard conducted what’s surely his last interview as a Canuck the same way he did in his first , three seasons ago. He was honest, thoughtful and maybe a little too self-effacing. Ballard, 30,...
View ArticleGallagher: Henrik’s post-mortem needs to be questioned
Before setting off for the World Championships to play for Sweden — where that country hopes to be in the final it is hosting — Canucks captain Henrik Sedin stood up for Canucks coach Alain Vigneault...
View ArticleCanucks coach Alain Vigneault quips: The world according to Coach Vee
VANCOUVER — During his seven seasons behind the Vancouver Canucks bench, Alain Vigneault has had his share of moments in his dealings with the media. Here is the best of AV, quote department: (You can...
View ArticleCanucks fire head coach Alain Vigneault, assistants
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have fired head coach Alain Vigneault, as well as his assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown, after seven seasons behind the bench of the NHL team. The team...
View ArticleCanucks ‘didn’t get the results we expected,’ fire coach Alain Vigneault
VANCOUVER — Citing time and again that the National Hockey League is all about winning, Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis announced Wednesday that he had punted head coach Alain Vigneault...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: Another coach candidate; Marc-Andre, we hardly knew ya;...
The latest addition to the Canucks coaching sweepstakes is former Dallas Stars bench boss Glen Gulutzan, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. But the delicious part is that Dallas is reportedly interested...
View ArticleCanucks Q&A: Chris Higgins on Special Olympics, Coach Vee and the NHL’s new...
VANCOUVER — Like many hockey players, Vancouver Canucks winger Chris Higgins is happy to support various charitable endeavours whenever he can. On Wednesday, he participated in the Law Enforcement...
View ArticleHat Trick: Dallas in the process of hiring Lindy Ruff, so he’s off Canucks’...
You can subtract Lindy Ruff from the Canucks’ list of coaching candidates after reports out of Dallas on Thursday said Stars president Jim Lites revealed the former long-time Buffalo Sabres bench boss...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: Coach Williams cherishes memories, embraces change
After their last supper, Vancouver Canuck coaches walked out of a local restaurant last May wondering when they’d see each other again. They had enjoyed a great run under head coach Alain Vigneault,...
View ArticleA Torts-ture test: Coach plans to ride top Canucks (with video)
VANCOUVER — There are things hockey players never say. “This Stanley Cup ring hurts my finger.” “It’s nice up here in the press box with the reporters.” “I hate all this free stuff.” “Do these hockey...
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...
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