Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson How can you not like Canucks Rick “The Ripper” Rypien? Just go to his Facebook page and read all the warm wishes people have written on his wall. He is indeed one of my favourite Canucks. Rick is like a lot of us in life, and maybe that’s why [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Why is it that certain teams seem to have the other’s number when it comes to winning? The reason I brought up this question is because the Sharks are in town this weekend to play the Canucks and for some unknown reason, San Jose has owned them. I [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson With the All-Star voting in full swing now the usual names are at the top for their respective positions, with the likes of Penguins Sidney Crosby (119,755), Nicklas Lidstrom (80,723) of the Detroit Red Wings, Jonathan Toews (79,953) and Duncan Keith (82,968) of the Chicago Blackhawks and Alex [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson That’s usually what will happen when a team with such high expectations is winless in four games and in eighth place in the Western Conference, even if it is early in the season. This Vancouver Canucks team has not played up to its capabilities; anyone that follows this [...]
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Written by Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Annually given out at the end of the season, I thought it might be interesting to see what players are in the running for Team Awards, Although not the offical 20 game mark, it is close enough to evaluate the performances to date. Let’s start with the Cyclone [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Well, you knew this question was bound to be asked at some point in the season. Roberto Luongo is supposedly this Olympic gold medal winning goaltender, with huge expectations from the ‘Nucks Nation, to lead them to the Cup. But hold on to those lofty dreams because maybe [...]
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