Vancouver Canucks Hockey Stuff

The Vancouver canucks play against the ducks tonight in what will be a battle for the Canucks to keep their impressive preseason 6 game undefeated streak alive.  They came close to losing last night, however with a dramatic third period that saw Mason Raymond come out firing, and then Alex Edler and Tanner Glass both scored 42 seconds apart with under seven minutes to play in the third period to give the canucks the big 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.  Roberto Luongo let in three goals in 27 shots in his third preseason game.

Andrew Raycroft will play in net tonight against the Ducks, Raycroft has a 1.96 GAA and 93.0 save percentage so far in his two preseason games.  Kyle Wellwood will play, as will the Sedin twins, who each have five points in their two preseason appearances.  Both Cody Hodgson and Michael Grabner will also lace up, hoping to convince alain vigneault that they deserve a spot on the roster.

Tonights game is against the Ducks, in Vancouver at GM Place, and the puck drops at 7pm.  The game can be watched live online via streaming video at Canucks.com and will not be televised.

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The Vancouver Canucks have trimmed their preseason roster by cutting nine more players today.  This leaves 38 players left in the team.

Yann Suave has been re-assigned to his junior club (Defence St John – QMJHL).  Travis Ramsey, Daren Machesney, Taylor Ellington, Pierre-Cedric Labrie, Evan Oberg, and Eric Walsky have been assigned to the Manitoba Moose.  Meanwhile, former Canuck Dave Scatchard and Ronald Petrovicky have been released by the club.

The canucks have another game tonight, and Luongo should be in goal, though lines have not yet been set.

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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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The Vancouver canucks have gone 2-0 in the pre-season after beating the Anaheim Ducks last night in a 3-0 shut-out.  Roberto Luongo was in net for the Canucks for the first two periods and stopped all 19 shots tossed his way, while Cory Schneider took over in goal for the third and stopped all 9 shots to preserve the shut-out.

Canucks goal-scorers included Steve Bernier, Kevin Bieksa, and Aaron Rome.  Bernier looked great on the ice, having lost 20 pounds in the off-season, he appeared to be in mid-season form.  Kyle Wellwood was buzzing around as well, and looks like he wants to be cemented into this organization for a long time to come.

The Canucks play again tonight in their 3rd preseason game, this time against the San Jose Sharks, in san jose, and the puck drops at 7:30pm.  You can watch the game live online at Canucks.com.

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Today the Vancouver Canucks reduced their roster to 49 47 players for the next preseason game tonight against the Anaheim Ducks. Players sent down to the Manitoba Moose include right winger Dan Gendur. Players sent down to their junior teams included Steven Anthony (St. John – QMJHL), Morgan Clark (Swift Current – WHL), Prab Rai (Seattle – WHL), and Kellan Tochkin (Everett – WHL). Later in the day the Canucks also sent down Kevin Connauton (Vancouver – WHL).

There were two players released as well, and those included Dusty Collins and Nolan Toigo. Later they also released Marco Rosa.

Tha Canucks play game two of their 2009 preseason tonight against the Ducks, and the game starts at 7pm. you can watch the game live online at Canucks.com.

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Sergei Shirokov helped his case to make a roster spot on the Vancouver Canucks last night, as he scored both of Vancouver’s goals in a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders. His first goal made the game 2-1 for the Canucks, when he one-timed a pass into a gaping hole in the Islanders net. It was a goal-scorers goal and hopefully one of many more to come for the young russian who was playing his first NHL game with the Vancouver Canucks.

John Sim of the Islanders tied the game up midway through the second period. It wasn’t enough for the win though, as Vancouver came back in the third period and made it a 2-1 game off another tip-in from Shirokov.

Brad Lukowich looked great with a few big hits, as it was also his first game with the Canucks. Andrew Raycroft shared the goaltending duties with Cory Schneider, and both made great saves throughout, with Raycroft letting in the only Islanders goal.

The Canucks are back in Vancouver today to continue their pre-season schedule.

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Anaheim 4 – Canucks 3

The Canucks just couldn’t pull off a perfect pre-season, after heading into Sundays game against the Ducks, the Canucks had won all 6 of their preseason games.

Vancouver fell behind half way into the first period when Mattias Olund was sitting out for a 5 minute major for boarding, and former Canucks Brendan Morrison scored on the power play to make it 1-0.  It was back and forth all game, featuring a toal of 4 power play goals, 3 of them by Vancouver.

One of the plays of the night was Mason Raymond’s best impression of a young Pavel Bure, going around the offensive zone with complete control of the puck, deking back and forth before lifting the puck up into the back of the net.  Raymond looks extremely promising for the regular season, and will definitely be one to watch.

Goals in Sunday’s game were scored by: Henrik Sedin (Daniel Sedin, Kyle Wellwood), Mason raymond (Alex Edler, Pavol Demitra), Mason Raymond (Pavol Demitra, Alex Edler).

The Canucks pre-season is now over, and they will open the regular season at home at GM Place on Thursday te 9th vs the Calgary Flames.  The game will be broadcast on CBC as well as played live on Team1040 am.  You can listen to the Canucks games live at http://www.team1040.ca

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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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