Courage, Respect and Honor for Boogaard, Rypien and Belak
Melissa Grissom NHLHS Dallas Stars Correspondent Looking at the summer for the NHL we lost three players, Derek Boogaard, Rick [...]
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Categories: NHL Talk, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Derek Boogaard, National Hockey League, NHL, Rick Rypien, Wade Belak
Shielding the issue: Should half shields be mandatory?
The NHL recently suffered another devastating injury with Manny Malhotra suffering an eye injury. NHLHS NHL correspondent Bill Kellett gives his opinion on the debate of mandating visors in the NHL.
Categories: NHL Talk, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Colorado Avalanche, mandatory, Manny Malhotra, NHL, Rick Rypien, Vancouver Canucks, visors, Wayne Gretzky
Canucks shutout Chicago, run win streak to 4 games
The Canucks, in the midst of another winning streak, have stayed atop the NW Division by beating division rivals Colorado and Calgary as well as getting the Shark and Blackhawk monkeys off their backs.
Categories: Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Alexandre Burrows, Christian Erhoff, Craig Anderson, Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin, Douglass Murray, Henrik Sedin, JannikHansen, Jeff Tambellini, Keith Ballard, Kevin Bieksa, Mason Raymond, Mikael Samuelsson, Raffi Torres, Rick Rypien, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Kesler, Sami Salo, Scott Nichol, Tanner Glass, Thomas Kopecky, Tim Jackman
Canucks roster settled (for now)
The Vancouver Canucks finally settle on a roster for opening night.
Categories: Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Aaron Rome, Alexander Edler, Alexandre Bolduc, Alexandre Burrows, Andrew Alberts, Andrew Peters, Christian Erhoff, Cody Hodgson, Cory Schneider, Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin, Darcy Hordichuk, Eddie Lack, Guillaume Desbiens, Henrik Sedin, Jannik Hansen, Keith Ballard, Kevin Bieksa, Lee Sweatt, Manny Malhotra, Mason Raymond, Mikael Samuelsson, Peter Schaefer, Raffi Torres, Rick Rypien, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Parent, Sami Salo, Shane O'Brien, Steve Tambellini, Tanner Glass
Canucks season preview: Line combinations
With the recent signing of the gritty and versatile Raffi Torres, the Canucks have a full compliment of NHL level forwards for the upcoming season. Aside from Cody Hodgson, who needs to have a fantastic camp, players like Jordan Schroeder, Alexandre Bolduc, Sergei Shirokov, Mario Bliznak, and Viktor Oreskevich are long-shots to make the opening day roster.
Categories: Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Aaron Rome, Alexander Edler, Alexandre Bolduc, Alexandre Burrows, Andrew Alberts, Christian Ehrhoff, Cody Hodgson, Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin, Darcy Hordichuk, Henrik Sedin, Jannik Hansen, Jordan Schroeder, Keith Ballard, Kevin Bieksa, Manny Malhotra, Mario Bliznak, Mason Raymond, Mikael Samuelsson, Raffi Torres, Rick Rypien, Ryan Kesler, Sami Salo, Sergei Shirokov, Shane O’Brien, Tanner Glass, Viktor Oreskevich
Canucks season preview: Sizing up the roster
GM Mike Gillis didn’t waste anytime making changes to a Vancouver team that has bowed out in the 2nd round of the playoffs 2 yeas in a row. His first move was to send the Canucks 2nd round pick, Steve Bernier, and Michael Grabner to the Florida Panthers for Keith Ballard and Victor Oreskivich.
Categories: Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Aaron Rome, Alexander Edler, Alexandre Bolduc, Alexandre Burrows, and Darcy Hordichuk, Andrew Alberts, Andrew Raycroft, Christian Erhoff, Cody Hodgson, Cory Schneider, Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Ian Clark, Jannik Hansen, Joel Perrault, Jordan Schroeder, Keith Ballard, Kevin Bieksa, Kyle Wellwood, Manny Malhotra, Mario Bliznak, Mason Raymond, Michael Grabner, Mikael Samuelsson, Mike Gillis, Rick Rypien, Robert Luongo, Roland Melanson, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Kesler, Ryan Suter, Sami Salo, Sergei Shirokov, Shane O’Brien, Shea Weber, Steve Bernier, Tanner Glass, Tomas Fleischmann, Victor Oreskivich
Captain Disappointment
NHLHS writers Brandon Augienello and Anthony Curatolo discuss the downfall of Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks. Last night for [...]
Read more...Categories: Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference, [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Alex Edler, Chicago Blackhawks, deja vu, Dustin Byfuglien, Kris Versteeg, Michael Grabner, Pavol Demitra, Rick Rypien, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Kesler, Sami Salo, Tanner Glass, Troy Brouwer, Yogi Berra
Canucks solve Kings in game 5
The Vancouver Canuck finally figured out what it will take the beat the Los Angeles Kings in their first round [...]
Read more...Categories: Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference Tags: Alain Vigneault, Alex Burrows, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Mikael Samuelsson, Mike Gillis, Rich Clune, Rick Rypien, Roberto Luongo, Shane O'Brien, Wayne Simmonds
Monday Morning NHL Papers (Western Conference)
(hat tip to the boys of IllegalCurve.com. Thanks to their amazing class and their blessing to take over this feature [...]
Read more...Categories: [NHLHS] Team Coverage Tags: Barrett Jackman, Barry Trotz, Brandon Prust, Brent Sutter, Chris Durno, Chris Osgood, Chris Stewart, Cody McLeod, Corey Perry, David Jones, Davis Drewiske, Davis Payne, Derek Peltier, Jan Hejda, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Jimmy Howard, Joel Quenneville, Jonas Hiller, Jordan Eberle, Kyle Cumiskey, Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, Marc Crawford, Matt Greene, Matt Hendricks, Matt Niskanen, Paul Bissonnette, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Rick Rypien, Roman Polak, T.J. Galiardi, Ty Conklin
