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Vancouver Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider slams the Edmonton Oilers
This is getting downright nasty. In a Vancouver Province column chronicling why the Vancouver Canucks are once again (or is it, still) considered the NHL’s most hated team, backup netminder Cory...
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Haiku Night in Canada: the end
It was a frustratingly short-lived series between the Vancouver Canucks and L.A. Kings, filled with not enough goals, not enough wins, and not enough Basho-inspired playoff haikus. We bid adieu to the...
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Vancouver Canucks: Florida Panthers defenceman Jason Garrison may want to...
Florida Panthers defenceman Jason Garrison would like to join the Vancouver Canucks. Nothing is set in stone yet, and the move would be contingent on him not signing on a new deal in Florida. But...
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Buddy system
It’s rare that a city’s desperation to see professional hockey players on the ice during an NHL lockout, humankind’s predisposition for charitable acts and the soulless douchebagery of scalpers...
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Giroux has goal and two assists, leads Canada to win over Belarus at worlds
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists to pace Canada to a 4-1 win over Belarus at the IIHF World Championship on Friday. Ryan O’Reilly, Andrew Ladd and Steve Stamkos also scored...
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Steve Yzerman caps Canada at 23 players at world hockey championship
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Canada has room for two more skaters at the IIHF World Championship, but won’t expand the team unless a forward gets injured. Steve Yzerman intends to stay at a dozen forwards,...
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Vancouver Canucks Dan Hamhuis an Olympic longshot despite deep international...
VANCOUVER — Roberto Luongo would seem to be a virtual lock to make Canada’s Olympic hockey roster. Vancouver Canucks teammate Dan Hamhuis is anything but. Luongo and the Hamhuis were the only Canucks...
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Players willing to change positions to play for Canada
CALGARY — Canada could take 14 centres and eight right-handed defencemen to Sochi and still have one of the most talented teams at the Olympics. That’s not going to happen, but the depth at those two...
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Canucks defeat Maple Leafs after retiring Pavel Bure’s No. 10
VANCOUVER — Roberto Luongo made 21 saves Saturday for his second shutout of the season as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0. Daniel Sedin, Zack Kassian, Chris Higgins and Dan...
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Antoine Vermette’s goal gives Phoenix Coyotes another shootout win, 3-2 over...
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Winning the close ones has become a habit for the Phoenix Coyotes. So has winning at home. Antoine Vermette scored the deciding goal in the shootout for the second straight game, and...
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Torts new-found composure tested in return to New York
OTTAWA — See, Terrible Torts just couldn’t help himself. On the eve of his first working visit to New York since he was fired in May after 4½ years as the Rangers’ coach, John Tortorella clashed with...
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Goalie Roberto Luongo leaves with injury during Canucks win over Jets
VANCOUVER — Defenceman Chris Tanev scored the winning goal in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Sunday night in an NHL game where goaltender Roberto Luongo left...
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Silent nights rare for Canucks with John Tortorella on board
The Vancouver Canucks officially hit the midpoint of their 2013-14 National Hockey League season Monday but, let’s face it, they are pretty much there now. They’ve played 39 games, collected 50 points,...
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Sidney Crosby caps Pittsburgh Penguins’ wild win over Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER — In Sidney Crosby’s first game in Vancouver since the golden goal, he sure came close to reliving it. Crosby scored again in Rogers Arena, and did it dramatically. Like he knows any other...
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Vancouver Canucks shut out by Phoenix Coyotes
GLENDALE, Ariz. — It looked like Henrik Sedin had scored. He thought he scored. And when a video review ruled that a rebound that went off the right glove of the Vancouver Canucks captain wouldn’t...
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Power play falters again as Vancouver Canucks fall 2-1 to Nashville Predators
VANCOUVER — A feeble power play has sucked the life out of the Vancouver Canucks at times this season. Another night of missed chances left the door open for the Nashville Predators to capitalize on a...
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David Perron’s hat trick leads Edmonton Oilers past Vancouver Canucks 4-2
VANCOUVER — It took a while, but Dallas Eakins has posted two consecutive wins, which he has rarely done in his first season as coach of the Edmonton Oilers. David Perron helped his coach’s cause by...
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Vancouver Canucks look to end seven-game skid against St. Louis Blues
VANCOUVER — Dan Hamhuis stayed up most of the night and the next day after helping Canada win a gold medal at the Sochi Games. But his sole purpose was not just to celebrate. The Vancouver Canucks...
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Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella sorry for favouring Sweden over...
By Monte Stewart VANCOUVER — Sorry, Canada. Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella has apologized for favouring Sweden over Canada in the men’s Olympic gold-medal hockey game. “If I have insulted...
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Vancouver Canucks get the best of Roberto Luongo with 4-3 shootout win over...
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Vancouver Canucks were not surprised that their game against former goalie Roberto Luongo came down to a shootout. Nicklas Jensen scored in the first period and added the only goal...
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