All Entries Tagged With: "Willie Mitchell"
Canucks Move East to Challenge ‘Habs Sans Cammalleri
After an ugly start and an equally impressive comeback over the Leafs on Hockey Day in Canada, the Vancouver Canucks look to continue to improve on the road and overcome the .500 barrier away from GM Place. Since news of Mike Cammalleri’s knee injury, the Canadiens are probably just looking to keep their head above [...]
Measure This! Canucks send a message; Beat ‘Hawks 5-1
The Canucks were out to prove that unlike last year’s frustrating playoff losses to the Blackhawks, they can beat the elite teams in the NHL, even if their record doesn’t land them in the same territory. They didn’t even need their top three defensemen to do it. In back to back Saturday nights under CBC’s [...]
Home for Christmas; ‘Nucks Look To Continue Home Dominance
Heading into their last road trip, the Canucks surely didn’t expect to dominate the Devils and Flyers then turn around and drop 4 easy points against the Hurricanes and Predators. A good time to bounce back with some home cooking to work out the kinks and move up in the standings, right? Three straight home [...]
Canucks Blank Flyers; Richards and Bieksa get Re-acquainted.
They only meet a couple times a year, but the Canucks and Flyers are slowly developing a nice East vs. West Rivalry. Playing their second of back to back games, the Canucks didn’t let the schedule affect their play, shutting out the Flyers 3-0 last night. Roberto Luongo made 38 saves, extending his small shutout [...]
Toews and Sedin Return to GM Place; ‘Hawks blank Canucks.
What a long, strange trip it has been. The Canucks finished a five game road trip last week with a huge 8-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche, the Cinderella story so far out of the Western Conference. After five days rest and back on home ice, the Canucks again did away with the Avalanche with [...]
Game 10 preview – Battle of Alberta round 3
There really aren’t must win games in October. No team has ever won the Cup in October and no team has eliminated themselves either. But while there might not be must win games there are really would like to win games. Tonight in Calgary the Oilers are playing a really would like to win game.
Mitchell lays out Toews; Swings Momentum for Canucks in Victory
After watching the game last night, I couldn’t help but think it would have been a hell of a game seven. Can you imagine the sound of the crowd at GM Place after Willie Mitchell destroyed Jonathan Toews, or after Grabner scored his first ever NHL goal to tie the game and potentially save the [...]
Toews Hurt….Concussion?
Jonathan Toews was hurt by an opportunistic open ice hit by the Canucks Willie Mitchell. It was a clean check although Mitchell did take advantage of an unsuspecting player right after leaving the penalty box. Regardless, Mitchell didn’t come in high or leading with his elbow, unfortunately Toews really got rocked. I have no confirmed information, but my gut tells [...]
Home Opener follows Season Opener’s script; Canucks lose to Blue Jackets
The comfort of GM Place was no cure for the Vancouver Canucks as the Blue Jackets skated to a 5-3 victory in GM Place last night. The Canucks looked to be in control for the majority of the game, but a sloppy second period defensively lead to their demise. I was hoping for a simple [...]
Canucks Home Opener – Optimistic yet Demanding
Dropping the first two games of the season to the Calgary Flames and the Colorado Avalanche was not the way the Canucks planned to start off the season. Unfortunately the Canucks’ skaters followed the same script as last year’s opener, a terrible first period follow by 40 minutes of solid play. Last year however, some [...]
Should He Stay or Should He Go? A Canucks Roster Breakdown
As the Canucks work their way through training camp and the pre-season, many questions will be answered about the team, specifically roster positions. Through the dog days of summer, I was left wondering when Mike Gillis would be able to add that extra defencemen or depth forward to the team in order to round out [...]
