Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Let’s not push the panic button yet, just because Team Canada needed to go to the shoot-out to secure the win over the trap-e-zoid Swiss team. Sure Canada was not at the top of their game, but the Grade “A” scoring opportunities alone were so lop sided it [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson You had better grab a coffee and set some time aside to read this one. Day One–It started with a very early rising on Friday to make sure that I got to see the Olympic torch relay as it was only a half a block from where I [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson It seems like only yesterday that Vancouver was awarded the Winter Olympic Games and here they are, ready to start tomorrow. Where oh where has the five years gone? Personally for me the excitement has started to build this week as I feel the energy of the city [...]
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Ovie at his best Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Here it was at around noon time in Washington and the place was rockin’! I couldn’t believe the atmosphere. It was like a playoff game as the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins met to do battle and battle they did. That is by far [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Okay let’s take the emotion out of this and look at it from a purely analytical hockey point of view. GM Mike Gillis took over from Dave Nonis who succeeded Brian Burke. The current Canucks are made up of players that Nonis and Burke were responsible for. [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson 1. Special Teams – With the opposition having the last change it is going to be ultra important to have the penalty kill do better than 81.6% (15th in the NHL). This has been a sore spot all year long, and in the end could be the Achilles [...]
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