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| Canucks try to gain ground on first-place Wild |
NHL Hockey |
02/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to close the gap in the Northwest Division when they visit the first-place Minnesota Wild tonight at Xcel Energy Center. The Canucks are tied for second in the division with Calgary, six points behind Minnesota. That has Vancouver also tied for seventh in the Western Conference. Tonight is the sixth of eight meetings between Vancouver and Minnesota this season. The Canucks won the first two tests, but the Wild have rebounded with three straight wins over them. M |
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| Canucks double up Oilers in spirited contest |
NHL Hockey |
02/17/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (Best E Casino) - Markus Naslund and Daniel Sedin each had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2, at GM Place. Henrik Sedin had three assists while Roberto Luongo made 24 saves for the Canucks, who have won two of their last three games. Marty Reasoner and Kyle Brodziak each lit the lamp for the Oilers, who had won four of five coming into the game. Mathieu Garon stopped 22-of-25 shots in the loss. With the score tied in the third period, Vancouver grabbed |
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| Koivu's tally in shootout lifts Wild over Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
02/15/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (Best E Casino) - Mikko Koivu scored the game-winning goal in the shootout, as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 5-4, at General Motors Place. Stephane Veilleux posted two goals, while Kurtis Foster and Marian Gaborik both lit the lamp for the Wild, who have won three straight against the Canucks. Niklas Backstrom had 24 saves for the Wild, who moved six points ahead of Calgary for first place in the Northwest Division. "Definitely it was a good team win, everybody contributing," |
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| Wild, Canucks clash in Vancouver |
NHL Hockey |
02/14/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Vancouver Canucks have an opportunity to gain ground on the Minnesota Wild in the Northwest Division race when the two teams get together this evening at General Motors Place. The Wild sit atop the Northwest standings with 68 points, two better than second-place Calgary and three more than Colorado. Vancouver is currently fourth in the crowded division, but is just five points out of the top spot. The Canucks had fallen back in the pack after losing 10 times during a 12-game stretch from |
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| Shannon's shootout goal lifts Canucks over Chicago |
NHL Hockey |
02/11/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (Best E Casino) - Ryan Shannon scored the game-winner in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks continued their domination of the Chicago Blackhawks with a 3-2 win at General Motors Place. In the second round of the shootout, Shannon skated in on net, slammed on the brakes in front and spun around before backhanding the puck past Nikolai Khabibulin. "I guess there's no such rule against it," Khabibulin said of the spin move. "There's no rule, I guess he can do that, but he's going to pay the price |
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| Blackhawks' Toews expected to return Sunday night against Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
02/09/2008 |
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -Chicago Blackhawks rookie Jonathan Toews is expected to return against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night after missing 16 games with a sprained left knee. Toews was among the NHL rookie leaders with 32 points in 36 games before getting hurt during a game in Los Angeles on Jan. 1. More than a month later, he's still fourth on Chicago scoring, and his 15 goals are second only to Phoenix's Peter Mueller among all rookies. ``It's been long enough at this point,'' Toews sa |
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| Canucks skate by Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (Best E Casino) - Roberto Luongo stopped 27 shots as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Atlanta Thrashers, 2-1, at Philips Arena. Daniel Sedin and Alexandre Burrows each scored a goal for the Canucks, who had dropped eight of their last nine coming into the game. "The difference was we were able to get a power-play goal," said Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault. "Then we shut them down when we had a power play opportunity at the end. It was a hard fought game by both teams. I'm happy with the win." Pasc |
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| Slumping Canucks take on Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The sliding Vancouver Canucks will try to get back on track when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers this evening for an interconference battle at Philips Arena. The Canucks have dropped four straight and eight of their last nine games and are just 2-7-3 since winning their first two games of the 2008 calendar year. As a result of the slide, Vancouver has fallen into fourth place in the Northwest Division, but the Canucks are still only five points behind Minnesota for the top spot in the divisi |
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| Morrow, Stars top Canucks in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
02/06/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (Best E Casino) - Brenden Morrow's goal in the sixth round of the shootout lifted the Dallas Stars over the Vancouver Canucks, 3-2, at American Airlines Center. Morrow took a clear path to the net and sent a wrist shot high over the right shoulder of Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo. At the other end, Dallas netminder Marty Turco swallowed a wrister by Taylor Pyatt to seal the victory for the Stars, who have beaten Vancouver seven straight times at home. Morrow also scored and added an assist in |
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| Canucks' Luongo returns to Florida to battle Panthers |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Roberto Luongo will return to his former home tonight, as the star goaltender leads the Vancouver Canucks into BankAtlantic Center to battle the Florida Panthers. Luongo spent five seasons as a member of the Panthers, but was traded by the club to Vancouver after the 2005-06 season. The Canucks sent Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen and Alex Auld to the Panthers in exchange for Luongo and Lukas Krajicek. The trade is one of the NHL's most lopsided deals in recent memory, as Luongo has become the fac |
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