Vancouver Canucks Hockey Stuff

The Vancouver Canucks look to extend their unbeaten preseason streak with a win tonight over the San jose Sharks in San jose.  The Canucks come off a big win Monday night against the Calgary Flames.  The Canucks had a 3 goal lead in the game, only to go down 4-3 in the third period.  Daniel sedin tied the game with a dazzling goal with .02 seconds left in the period.  Going into overtime tied 4-4, the Canucks pulled out the comeback win with the shootout winner courtesy again to Daniel Sedin.

The San Jose Sharks are 2-2 with both wins in OT and the shoot-out.  The Canukcs played the Sharks earlier last week where they pulled ahead with a 6-2 win while playing in San Jose.  Danny Heatley made his Sharks debut on Saturday night in their 5-4 OT win against the Phoenix Coyotes.

Roberto Luongo will play his second  full game of the preseason tonight, while getting a 97.6 save percentage during his two preseason performances.

Tonights Canucks game will be seen on Sportsnet at 7pm, or live streaming online at Canucks.com.

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Canucks Beat Sharks, Make it Six Straight Preseason Wins

A 5 point night for the Sedin twins capped off a good night for the Canucks as they managed to keep the San Jose Sharks down and out to complete their 6th straight win and keep their preseason record perfect.  It was a see-saw game on the scoreboard again, with both teams trading goalsback and forth after the Sharks got on the board 17:25 into the first period.

Shots in tonight’s game were much more even as well as penalties.  The Sharks outshot the Canucks, with a margin of 33-20.  In the penalty department, the Canucks were able to keep the Sharks off the board while killing their penalties, making them go 0 for 7.  The Canucks, on the other hand, made good use of their power play time, going 2 for 6 on the power play.

Curtis Saford played in goal, receing the third star for his efforts, especially blanking the Sharks on the thirteen shots they put his way in the third period.

Goals were scored by these Canucks tonight: Steve Bernier PP Goal (Sami Salo, Daniel Sedin), Daniel Sedin PP Goal (Kevin Bieksa, Henrik Sedin), and Henrik Sedin (Kevin Bieksa, Daniel Sedin).

The Canucks next and last preseason game is on Sunday against the Anaheim Ducks at GM Place at 7PM.

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3 sent down, one put on waivers as Canucks reduce roster.

Cory Schneider, Alex Bolduc, and Shaun Heshka have all been sent down to the Manitoba Moose.  Also, the Canucks have placed Zack Fitgerald on waivers, hoping that he clears so that he can also return to the Manitoba Moose to play this season.

The Canucks roster now sits at 30 players going into toight’s game against the San Jose Sharks, and is expected to be trimmed after the final preseason game against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

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Flames burn 6-1 as Canucks continue to go undefeated in pre-season.

Alex Edler made it 1-0 for the Canucks 21 seconds into the 1st period, and it was pretty much Vancouver all the way in from there.  The Canucks were outshot by the Flames tonight 36 – 23, by new canucks captain Roberto Luongo led his team to victory, with big nights from all four canuck lines.

One thing that is starting to haunt the Canucks again, is their lac of discipline.  They had 9 penalties (21 minutes worth), compared to Calgary’s six, but thankfully Calgary couldn’t convert, even on 2 minutes of 5 on 3 time. 

Jannik Hansen showed his potential for a roster spot come regular season with a two goal effort, and both Alexander Burrows and Ryan Kesler has 3 assists each.  Goals for Vancouver came from Alex Edler (Pavol Demitra, Taylor Pyatt), Jannik Hansen (Ryan Kesler, Alexander Burrows), Pavol Demitra (Kyle Wellwood, Lawrence Nycholat), Lawrence Nycholat (Alexander Burrows, Ryan Kesler), Jannik Hansen (Ryan Kesler, Alexander Burrows), and Mason Raymond (Pavol Demitra, Mike Brown).

The Vancouver Canucks play Thursdy the 2nd against the San Jose Sharks at 7pm at GM Place.  Check out the resource below for tickets to an upcoming San Jose Sharks and Canucks game!

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Four players sent down to Moose, three others placed on waivers.

Today Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis reported that four players have been trimmed from the Canucks Roster, and sent down to the Manitoba Moose.  The players sent down include Canucks 2006 1st round choice Michael Grabner, who had a poor outing in the Canucks game in Anaheim, and looks to start the season in Manitoba. The other three include Dan Gendur, Pierre-Cedric Labrie and defenceman Daniel Rahimi who didn’t get to see any pre-season action due to the Canucks extensive depth of defenceman.

Vancouver also placed three players on waivers, hoping that they clear and can then be sent down to Manitoba.  These players are Jason Jaffray, Mark Cullen and defenceman Jim Sharrow.

The Canucks roster is now down to 37 players, and they face off against Calgary on Wednesday night at GM Place, which may be Todd Bertuzzi’s first game at GM Place in a Calgary Flames uniform.

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Vancouver Canucks defeat the Anaheim Ducks 5 – 4 in Shoot-out

The Canucks have made it a perfect start to the pre-season.  They have played 4 games and have won all 4, with tonight’s win coming courtesy of a shoot-out victory. 

The game was a see-saw battle througout, with Anaheim scoring first 1 minute into the second period, with Vancouver replying back eight minutes later.   The teams traded goals right until the end, when Anaheim scored with just over two minutes left in the third period to tie up the game.

The Canucks spent alot of time in the sin bin, amassing 13 penalties totalling 32 minutes, and gave up two goals on 10 Anaheim power play opportunities, totalling 16:38 of power-play time.  On the other hand, the Canucks were two for four on the power-play, with only fine and a half minutes of power play time. 

Tonight’s goals were scored by Kyle Wellwood (Cody Hodgson, Sami Salo),  Sami Salo (Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin), Steve Bernier (Sami Salo, Kevin Bieksa), Daniel Sedin (Henrik Sedin, Steve Bernier),  with th shoot-out winner scored by Kyle Wellwood.

The Canucks were outshot by the Ducks by a margin of 38 – 23, with Curtis Sanford in net backed up by Cory Schneider.

The Canucks play again on October 1st against the Calgary Flames at GM Place at 7pm.  The game will be televised on TSN.

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Canucks remain undefeated in pre-season, beating Sharks 3-2

The San Jose Sharks couldn’t get a goal past Roberto Luongo through two periods where they could only amass 14 total shots.  Cory Schneider played as the Canucks netminder for the third period, and while he did let in 2 goals, he also faced a whopping 23 shots on net!

With the Canucks win tonight, they are now undefeated in the preseason with a 3 and 0 record, defeating the Oilers twice, once at home, and once on the road, and now the Sharks on the road.  Victory may not be a long lasting effect though, as the Canucks face off against the Anaheim Ducks tomorrow  night at 5pm pacific time. 

Goal scorers in tonight’s game included Pavol Demitra, Jason Krog, and Jannik Hansen.  All three Canucks goals came on specialty units, with Krog’s goal, assisted by Hansen, being scored while shorthanded.   The Canucks finished 2 for 7 on the powerplay, and the Sharks were 1 for 8, including 4 back to back powerplays in the third period.

You can catch the Canucks next game on Sportsnet at 5:05pm Pacific time tomorrow against Brian Burke’s Anaheim Ducks.

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Four players have been released from the Vancouver Canucks, leaving 41 players now on the roster as the team head to California for it’s next two pre-season games.

Right winger Juraj Simek will be heading down to the Manitoba Moose, and defenceman Yann Sauve will be going back to Saint John in the Quebec junior league.  Another Canucks defenceman Taylor Ellington returns to the WHL Everett Silvertips.

Canucks prospect goaltender Karl Goehring was released and will attend the Manitoba Moose training camp.

The Canucks are in San Jose tonight to Play against the Sharks in a 2 game california road trip.  The game is not televised however is available on Team 1040, which you can listen to live online at team1040.ca.

The Vancouver Canucks have won both of their pre-season game’s, both against the Edmonton Oilers, one being a great shoot-out win with many prospects on board.  The second game, a 2-1 win over the Oilers, featured Cody Hodgson in his first NHL game.  Hodgson is fighting for a roster spot along with a few other players.

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