Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Out of 11 games in January the Canucks play a favourable schedule with seven home and four away. Three of these games are against teams that the Canucks have or are in the process of building a dislike for. Only one of these teams is not in the Western Conference and these games will have [...]
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Posted on December 27th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
It took 36 games to reach the top of the NorthWest Division, but with the 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers last night, the Vancouver Canucks have arrived. The surprising play of the Minnesota Wild out of the gate had the Canucks looking up at them, but with the Wild’s 3-5-2 record of late, the [...]
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Posted on December 24th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
It didn’t take very long in last night’s game between the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks to realize the ‘Nucks were in the Christmas spirit of giving. The Flames had what Coach Vigneault likes to call four Grade A scoring opportunities in the first six minutes of the game. If not for Roberto Luongo’s sparkling [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Whenever the Vancouver Canucks and the Detroit Red Wings get together, it’s usually a recipe for an exciting, intense, spirited hockey game. Last night in Vancouver was no exception, as the two best puck possession teams played keep away. This was a playoff type affair that saw just about everything you would want in a [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
During the morning show on TEAM 1040 radio, the Vancouver all sports show, there was more stirring of some information I have written about for the past two seasons. That was the need for a Norris type D-man, and in particular Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators. Interesting, as I had just written about Weber [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
I was interested to see how Cory Schneider would play in light of his past performance (shutout – Avalanche). Personally, I thought he was lights out in the first period, when he stopped three successive shots without his stick, but then had a letdown in the second and third periods. I would be surprised if Schneider plays [...]
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