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Happy New Year – 2012
January 05, 2012 | No Comments
Happy New Year everyone. Sorry we haven’t been posting as regularly as you would like. We look to rectify that ASAP. The site is now for sale and we hope to find someone who can manage, write, and continue this great blog for all you loyal followers. We’ve got almost 2000 Twitter followers, and great [...]
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3H Line Shows Hustle for Canucks in Loss to Oil
October 25, 2011 | No Comments
Just as advertised, the Canucks unveiled their speedy new line against the Oilers on Tuesday in Edmonton. But it wasn’t the vaunted new second line of Kesler, Higgins and Booth that was the ‘Nucks best line tonight – it was the so-called third line Hodgson, Hansen and ‘Hotra. The 3H line – Triple Hustle, maybe? [...]
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Just what the doctor ordered for the Canucks… GOALS!
October 21, 2011 | No Comments
Going into Thursday night’s game against the Nashville Predators, the prognosis did not look good for Roberto Luongo and his ailing Vancouver Canucks. Mired in an ugly funk, they’d be facing a tough defensive team that managed to grind out six games against them in the second round of the playoffs last season, led by [...]
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Hockey Canada wants to raise the NHL entry draft age by a year
October 20, 2011 | No Comments
President Bob Nicholson has been trying to raise the age which players can enter the NHL from 18 to 19. This would mean that players who are 18 would have to wait another year to be selected by the NHL, with those who are a year older than them being given the opportunities. However, an [...]
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With fans like this, who needs enemies?
October 20, 2011 | No Comments
The boo birds came out in force on Tuesday night, raining down their scorn upon an all-too-familiar target, Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo. While Luongo didn’t play anywhere near as well as his counterpart at the other end of the ice, Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers, you couldn’t fault him for three of the [...]
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A dream come true
October 05, 2011 | No Comments
Just for a second put yourself in the skates of Aaron Volpatti. Coming into this camp he was up against ridiculous odds. The Canucks had gone all out to try and fill the massive crater that was the 4th line by loading up on fringe players. Byron Bitz, Mark Mancari, Steve Pinizzoto, Andrew Ebbett, Mike [...]
Canucks need to do some damage control
August 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
As the summer winds down and the hockey season creeps ever closer, it is time for us to start analyzing to death the Vancouver Canucks and what they enter this season with. They made relatively few changes compared to a year ago, but feel that they will still be as competitive as ever. The biggest [...]
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Rypien death: a personal view
August 18, 2011 | No Comments
All too often we put athletes on the highest pedestals possible and become disgusted when we find out they have problems just like every other human being on earth. Athletes are viewed as the elite of the elite and such weakness is unacceptable. We have heard stories from musicians and actors who have battled depression, [...]
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Ex-Canuck Rick Rypien RIP – Dead at 27
August 15, 2011 | No Comments
Former Vancouver Canuck pugilist Rick Rypien was found dead today by family members in Crowsnest Pass, Alta. Rypien was a popular fourth-liner with the Canucks from 2005 until last year, when he took a leave of absence because of “personal issues”. He did not play any games for the Canucks in 2010-11, but signed with [...]
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Meet the Heat: Leland Irving
August 09, 2011 | No Comments
Working with the Heat, I often find myself in unique situations. I have had the opportunity to meet a number different people and players. I had the chance to talk with both Ryan Howse and Leland Irving not too long ago and with the hockey season a little ways away still; I thought it this [...]
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Whitecaps Rumoured to Announce Martin Rennie as New Coach Today
August 09, 2011 | No Comments
The Vancouver Whitecaps have scheduled a “Major Announcement” today at 10:30am at Empire Field, and speculation is rampant – especially among bloggers and on Twitter – they will name 36-yr old Martin Rennie their new head coach for the 2012 season. Chief executive officer Paul Barber, president Bob Lenarduzzi and “director of soccer operations” Tom [...]
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Whitecaps Douse Fire for Third Win of Season
August 08, 2011 | No Comments
In a battle of cellar dwellers, the Vancouver Whitecaps notched just their third win of their inaugural MLS season on Sunday with a 4-2 victory against the equally under-achieving Chicago Fire. While the four-goal outburst represented just the second time this season they’ve tallied that many goals – the only other time coming in their [...]
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Nolan hoping for second chance in Vancouver
August 06, 2011 | 1 Comment
It has come to my attention that Mike Gillis has a soft spot for giving veterans a second chance later in their careers. Mats Sundin, Pavol Demitra, Peter Schaefer and Brendan Morrison can attest to. Although I applaud Gillis for this, this year seems to carry a little more importance and this may very well [...]
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Brutal summer for local teams
August 04, 2011 | No Comments
Ever since the bitter disappointment this city felt after the Canucks colossal collapse in games 6 and 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, we felt that once the frustration towards that wore off we would be fine. After all, it marked the birth of other sporting interests for many Vancouverites. The BC Lions were beginning [...]
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Looking forward: 2011-2012 Season
July 22, 2011 | No Comments
In most cases, any season which sees a sports team miss the play-off is considered an unsuccessful season. The Abbotsford Heat missed the play-offs last year, which was disappointing for the team, but as we take a closer look, we realize all the adversity that the team went through. When you don’t let adversity keep [...]
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Mac T to be named coach of baby Nucks
July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
With the final NHL coaching gig being filled with the naming as Pete DeBoer as new head coach in New Jersey it leaves several good coaching candidates out in the dark. One of those who have been left jobless is former Edmonton oilers coach Craig MacTavish, but maybe not for long. Sources indicate that MacTavish [...]
