
If I was superstitious I wouldn’t be writing today as the Canucks and Roberto Luongo have won three straight games and have not allowed a goal since my last blog after the 3-2 loss to the Red Wings last Saturday. The 2-0 win over the Minnesota Wild last night was Luongo’s 5th shutout this [...]
Its Halloween night and we’ve got kids knocking on the door as the Canuck game gets started. The Canucks came into the game having kept the opposition from scoring on 16 straight power play chances but before the game is eight minutes old the Ducks have scored twice with the man advantage. Since [...]
The Canucks left Vancouver just as the rain began to fall, but the sunshine they found in southern California agreed with them as they started their mini road trip with a 4-0 win over a talented young LA Kings’ team that is not yet ready to move up in the Western Conference standings. This [...]
Older hockey fans will remember when 1 to 0 victories were not as rare as they are today, but Boston Bruin fans would have to be even older than the Old Timer to remember when their team scored back-to-back 1 to 0 victories. Tim Thomas did it Monday night in Edmonton and again [...]
Home ice advantage and winning 38 of 65 face offs had a lot to do with the Canuck 6 to 3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, but scoring 4 goals on 6 power play opportunities was the big difference in the game. Mason Raymond, the 23 year old second year [...]
If you don’t follow the Vancouver Canucks on a regular basis you may not recognize this year’s team. So here’s a little background that you may find helpful
In the final two weeks of last season the Canucks imploded losing 7 of their last 8 games and finishing 3 points out of the last [...]