Writtrn by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Yeah sure, after finishing one article that I will store away for the time being and then having to scramble to write another. This one though has a much happier ending. What looked like a sure loss with the Penalty Kill giving up another two LA goals turned around in the [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Here I was, going to question coach Vigneault for playing Steve Bernier on the power play instead of Alex Burrows, and he goes and scores the first goal. Now, instead of going off the goal posts and not going in, Mikael Sameulsson’s shots are bouncing the right way, [...]
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Written by: Larry “the Nucks IceMan” Johnson The past two games against the Ottawa Senators and the Calgary Flames have been the best four periods of hockey I have seen the Nucks play this season. I mention four periods because the Vancouver Canucks owned the Ottawa Senators in every category for the whole three periods and [...]
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Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Carrying on from my previous article (link), I wrote that the Chicago game would be the first of the two stages of the litmus test, with the second being the Colorado Avalanche. Stage One was to see how the Nucks measured up to a highly talented team with [...]
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Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Due to the time restraints of these Olympics, my following report is more in note form. First period, the best player on the ice was the grinding, hard working Brendan Morrow. He had three scoring chances, scored on one. He was hard on the puck, went to the [...]
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David Backes Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson There is a rumour circulating in Vancouver, first aired on TEAM 1040, that the St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks are looking at a trade that would involve Blues David Backes for Canucks goalie prospect, Cory Schnieder. It was not that long ago, July 1st of [...]
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