Canucks come so close but lose 3-2 heartbreaker in OT to Sharks
Roberto Luongo called it a heartbreaker. Vancouver Canucks fans could have called it just more of the same. A team that always finishes close, but no cigar, did it again Friday, and it was both...
View ArticleCam Cole: Coach Alain Vigneault wears the target
VANCOUVER — It is open season now, for a couple of days at least, on Alain Vigneault, because of course he couldn’t coach more goals. Two wasn’t enough, they should have got three. He also couldn’t...
View ArticleCanucks drop 3-2 overtime heartbreaker to Sharks
VANCOUVER — To put a new twist on an old song title, the Vancouver Canucks do know the way to San Jose. It’s just doesn’t figure to be a fun trip. The Canucks are heading to the Silicon Valley down 2-0...
View ArticleIain MacIntyre: Canucks Nation, process this — signs, signs, everywhere are...
VANCOUVER — Hockey coaches will tell you it’s all about the process. Except in the playoffs, when it’s all about wins. But since the Vancouver Canucks don’t have any of those, let’s look a little at...
View ArticleCanucks Nation, process this: Signs, signs, everywhere are signs
VANCOUVER — Hockey coaches will tell you it’s all about the process. Except in the playoffs, when it’s all about wins. But since the Vancouver Canucks don’t have any of those, let’s look a little at...
View ArticleI Watched This Playoff Game: Canucks vs. Sharks, Game 2
<!– I Watched This Playoff Game: Canucks vs San Jose Sharks, May 3, 2013 –> One day while growing up on my parents’ farm, I was playing outside with a couple friends. It was summer and were...
View ArticleIt’s the world vs. the Canucks
If you’ve given up on the Canucks this year, you’re not alone. Just ask Henrik Sedin. He said everyone has. “Going into San Jose, there’s no pressure (even if) it’s a must-win for us,” Henrik said. “No...
View ArticleSharks 5 Canucks 2: Schneider’s wheels come off, Vancouver on brink of...
SAN JOSE — They yanked the stunned starter and changed defensive pairings, but couldn’t change what has crippled the Vancouver Canucks in successive playoff series. They’re in a world of hurt because...
View ArticleBold moves needed to stop Canucks from aging into oblivion
SAN JOSE — When next season begins, the Vancouver Canucks will once again be a strong contender to make the playoffs — and if things go well, perhaps even challenge for the lead at times in their newly...
View ArticleWho, really, to blame for fall of the Canucks?
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Mike Gillis wasn’t around to be interviewed Monday, probably because he sensed the media’s eagerness for a post-mortem on his Vancouver Canucks, and it’s bad form to perform an...
View ArticleCanucks: Bieksa calls out Sharks for embellishment tricks
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It was a masterful performance by Kevin Bieksa. With the Canucks struggling to win faceoffs and struggling to score and on the brink of being swept in their Western Conference...
View ArticleTalk to Burrows and Kesler about diving: Bad boy Burish takes a poke at...
SAN JOSE — Adam Burish has never warmed up to the Vancouver Canucks. So when Kevin Bieksa accused Logan Couture and Joe Thornton of embellishing hits to draw penalties in Game 3 of the Western...
View ArticleCam Cole: Who, really, to blame for fall of the Canucks?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mike Gillis wasn’t around to be interviewed Monday, probably because he sensed the media’s eagerness for a post-mortem on his Vancouver Canucks, and it’s bad form to perform an...
View ArticleSharks’ Adam Burish says Canucks have no right to lecture on diving
SAN JOSE — If Kevin Bieksa’s comments about embellishment were calculated to get a response from the San Jose Sharks, he partially succeeded. San Jose forwards Logan Couture and Joe Thornton, the...
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 ArticleI Watched This Playoff Game: Canucks vs. Sharks, Game 4
<!– I Watched This Playoff Game: Canucks at San Jose Sharks, May 7, 2013 –> Trailing by a goal and facing elimination heading into the third period, Ryan Kesler made it very clear what the...
View ArticleIf Vigneault goes, who’s gonna coach the Canucks?
The Vancouver Canucks’ second-straight first-round exit has certainly got people thinking that change is coming. Does Mike Gillis turf Alain Vigneault as coach? Does ownership part ways with Gillis as...
View ArticleGallagher: This change is long, long overdue
Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher weighs in on the Canucks’ firing of head coach Alain Vigneault … It’s about time. And I don’t mean that it’s about time they announced it, 15 days after the...
View ArticleWith John Tortorella in charge who’d be first Canuck to ‘Go Gaborik’?
If you’re the Vancouver Canucks and you want a HBO-like “wow” factor, get cameras on every player and announce you’ve hired John Tortorella. It’d be much like seeing fans react to the Red Wedding scene...
View ArticleGallagher Hat Trick: Canucks better get busy, Seidenberg’s been a beast, and...
Province Sports columnist Tony Gallagher delivers the Hat Trick on a lovely Tuesday morning … The Vancouver Canucks filled a significant hole in their organization on Monday when they signed young...
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