Getting by without Thatcher Demko is nothing new to the Vancouver Canucks. The star netminder has now been forced to leave four of his last 36 regular season starts with injury, plus the 29-year-old was unable to carry on after his lone playoff appearance in the past five years. So the Canucks have been down…

The Vancouver Canucks (8-8-1) wrap up a four-game homestand when they host the Winnipeg Jets (9-6) at Rogers Arena. The Canucks get their ace in goal back as Thatcher Demko starts after taking the weekend off to tend to a minor medical issue. It sets up a star-studded goaltending match-up with Connor Hellebuyck between the…

It’s the calm after the storm of another busy weekend for the Vancouver Canucks. There have been a bunch of them already this season – and another on the way next weekend, too. This is just the reality of life in an Olympic year. As the Canucks rest up on a team day off, we…

The Vancouver Canucks (8-8) return to action to complete a back-to-back weekend when they host the league-leading Colorado Avalanche (9-1-5) at Rogers Arena. The Canucks are coming off a 4-3 victory over Columbus last night, while the Avs were busy destroying Edmonton 9-1.    What we know With the quick turnaround, the Canucks did not…

The Vancouver Canucks (7-8) kick off a busy weekend when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets (7-6) on Hockey Fights Cancer night at Rogers Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 pm on Hockey Night in Canada.  It’s the first of two home games for the Canucks on consecutive nights, with the Colorado Avalanche rolling…

After a team day off on Thursday, the Vancouver Canucks returned to the practice ice on Friday morning at Rogers Arena. While Thatcher Demko’s absence was the big story, it was also notable that the team made a couple of changes to its forward group ahead of a busy two-game weekend. What we saw #Canucks…

The Vancouver Canucks (7-7) open a four-game homestand when they host the Chicago Blackhawks (5-5-3) at Rogers Arena, with a 7 pm PT puck drop.   The Canucks will get leading scorer Conor Garland back after missing three games due to injury. Garland has 11 points in the 11 games he’s played so far this…

What a weekend? The Toronto Blue Jays, the BC Lions, the Vancouver Whitecaps, Hallowe’en. If you were fortunate, any or all of those distractions took your mind away from a listless Vancouver Canucks effort in Minnesota on Saturday night. Same for Drew O’Connor. The Blue Jays could have used some of his finish on Saturday…

The Vancouver Canucks (6-6) make their way to Minnesota to face the struggling Wild (3-6-3) in a 4pm PT face-off at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul. The Canucks are coming off a 4-3 shootout victory in St. Louis on Thursday while the Wild dropped its fifth straight game falling 4-1 to Pittsburgh. What we…

Lost in the many storylines that have emerged a dozen games into an eventful new Vancouver Canucks season is the fact that the injury-riddled hockey club is somehow 6-6 despite just two goals from last year’s leading goal-scorer, Jake DeBrusk.   With players leaving the lineup on a nightly basis and the club needing others…

The Vancouver Canucks (5-6) open a three-game Central Division road trip when they visit the St. Louis Blues (3-6-1) at Enterprise Center. The game is a 5pm PT puck drop.   It’s a battle of two teams, both missing key players due to early-season injuries. It’s also the second meeting of the season between these…

The Vancouver Canucks (5-5) play host to the New York Rangers (3-5-2) at Rogers Arena tonight. It’s the highly anticipated return of JT Miller for the first time since last January’s trade that brought Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a first-round pick in return.    What we saw #Canucks this morningDeBrusk-EP40-GarlandKane-Reichel-BoeserO’Connor-Raty-SherwoodBains-Sasson-KarlssonAman MP29-HronekEP25-MyersJoseph-WillanderKudryavtsev — Jeff Paterson…

After 10 games, the Vancouver Canucks have shown a little bit of everything. There have been good news stories and troubling trends. The team has been tested by injuries and travel. They’ve touched every time zone in the National Hockey League, have been as far south as Dallas, as far east as Washington and have…

I don’t know about you, but to me it feels like the Vancouver Canucks have played 60 games already this season. There’s certainly been enough storylines to keep this market talking for months. And yet a check of the schedule shows the Canucks are merely at the 10-game mark after a back-to-back weekend against Montreal…

The Vancouver Canucks (4-5) reach the 10-game mark of their season when they host the Edmonton Oilers (4-4-1) at Rogers Arena.    It’s back-to-back games for both teams, with the Canucks coming off a 4-3 loss to Montreal, while Edmonton dropped a 3-2 decision in Seattle.  What we know The Canucks did a lot of…