Canucks sign goaltender Cannata
The Canucks have signed goaltending prospect Joe Cannata. Cannata, 22, appeared in 36 games for Merrimack College in the 2011-12 season, posting a record of 17-12-7, a goals against average of 2.18 and...
View ArticleSalary cap challenges make Corrado’s stock soar as future NHL fit
VANCOUVER — Dan Palango was sold on Frank Corrado. The Vancouver Canucks regional scout convinced his peers there was enough potential in the mobile defenceman to invest a fifth-round commitment at the...
View ArticleSchneider helps Canucks goaltending prospect Cannata clear mental hurdles
As a promising high school goaltender, Joe Cannata would watch fellow Massachusetts native Cory Schneider perform for Boston College. As a wide-eyed prospect with the Vancouver Canucks at training...
View ArticleToilet Flushing: Luongo on the ice, and Nonis says nothing happening.
The possibility of a Luongo trade is getting flushed, if you are to believe Toronto GM Dave Nonis, anyway. With an hour to go before the trade deadline, Nonis on TSN said: “As it sits right now, I...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: More fuzzy goalie optics, the Senior Bowl, Sestito passes...
Three things to ponder after the Canucks were bombed 7-2 in their regular-season finale Saturday in Edmonton: 1. ANOTHER EYE EXAM: I received a reminder in the mail a long time ago to book my yearly...
View ArticleCanucks-Sharks Gameday: When we look back at the 2013 season, we won’t...
Steve Ewen reports from the rink as the Canucks and Sharks prepare for Game 1 Wednesday … San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena, 7:30 p.m. TSN/Team 1040 Somewhere not too far down the line,...
View ArticleDear Joe, This isn’t any more mentally tough than Kalamazoo. Really. Don’t...
A couple of times a week I write a Hat Trick specifically for The Province’s iPad and other mobile editions. (Our iPad edition looks nice; download it if you don’t have it yet.) Since this one is...
View ArticleCory Schneider went to San Jose with Canucks, and that’s all we know about...
Cory Schneider was at the airport for the Canucks trip to San Jose on Saturday. (Getty Images.) Cory Schneider was among the Vancouver Canucks who boarded a plane for San Jose Saturday morning. There’s...
View ArticleLuongo Watch: Canucks reportedly considering playing Schneider trade card
NEW YORK — It’s always been the ace up their sleeve, but the Vancouver Canucks have never wanted to play that card. In attempting to trade Roberto Luongo and his mammoth contract — the nine years and...
View ArticleThe 10 O’Clock: Hockey inside B.C. Place a tear-jerking nod to our heritage...
First off, apologies. The 10 O’Clock should land at 10 o’clock, because that’s its name. But you know what? This computer is horrible. Really, it is. It takes about 15 minutes to warm up. God forbid...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Back-up candidate Lack is hip on his more-flexible hip
You never know how to take Eddie Lack because the gregarious goaltender always has a smile plastered on his face. Whether joking about Twitter or the seriousness of hip surgery and his push to win the...
View ArticleThe 2 O’Clock: The NFL might not care all that much about concussions, but...
The email arrived around 8 a.m. The subject line: Dexter. And I knew enough, at that moment, to not open the email. This is, of course, what the age of the PVR has done to us. We can’t even have...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: Once again in the Nick of time, banging the Nazzy drum,...
Three points to ponder after the Canucks kept their slim playoff hopes alive by blanking the hapless Predators 2-0 on Wednesday night at Rogers Arena: 1. IN THE NICK OF TIME: On a night where he often...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: Gallagher on compressed preseason, Desjardins vs. Torts...
It seems many teams are following the lead of the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks in this gambit of playing a game the same night in both cities while the rosters are flush, thereby allowing...
View ArticleCanucks create three-headed monster in Utica, demote Joacim Eriksson
We knew it would happen, now it’s official: Joacim Eriksson’s 2014 Canucks training camp is over, as the team announced Tuesday morning the goaltender is being re-assigned to Utica. Eriksson spent...
View ArticleWith humour, hot pre-season start, Lack in mid-season form for formidable...
At his playful best, Eddie Lack offered this cheeky response Wednesday when asked if he knew how the rest of the NHL pre-season was going to play out for him. “Yes,” smiled the Vancouver Canucks...
View ArticleCanucks Hat Trick: Markstrom wired for The Show, Tanev should take it slow,...
Three things to ponder as the Canucks prepare to face the Bruins in Beantown today on the fourth stop of their Magical Mystery Tour amid more injury drama, an unexpected goalie showcase situation and...
View ArticleThe Morning Skate, Feb. 24: What to do with Zack Kassian, plus insects, CM...
Do you feel different about Zack Kassian than you did a month ago? Kassian has eight goals on the season, but six have come in his past eight games. The right winger played a season-high 16 minutes,...
View ArticleReport: Canucks chasing another Boston goalie prospect
Cory Schneider. Joe Cannata. Thatcher Demko. All three are goalies with Boston hockey roots. All three are goalies the Canucks have courted over the past decade. Add Matt O’Connor to the mix. O’Connor,...
View ArticleCanucks re-sign minor league goalie Joe Cannata
Joe Cannata is back. The 25 year old has spent the last three seasons on the AHL/ECHL yo-yo so re-signing him might be a bit surprising, but given the expected moves above him in the organizational...
View ArticleCanucks lose minor league goalie Joacim Eriksson to Latvia
The Canucks’ third Swedish goalie is gone: Joacim Eriksson is off to the KHL’s Dynamo Riga. Joacim Eriksson agreed to terms with Dinamo Riga of the #KHL #Canucks #UticaComets — Igor Eronko...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Higgins on the limp, seen leaving Rogers Arena in walking boot
Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks 7 p.m., Rogers Arena Sportsnet One/TSN 1040 Five things we are pondering going into Night No. 2 of the preseason: Here’s the shot block that has Chris Higgins in a...
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Virtanen gets a chance with the Sedins, Cassels and Jensen...
Vancouver Canucks vs. Arizona Coyotes 7 p.m., Rogers Arena Sportsnet One, TSN 1040 Here are five things we’re thinking about heading into the Coyotes’ preseason top at Rogers Arena this evening. 1....
View ArticleCanucks Game Day: Chris Tanev, Ryan Miller among those absent from the...
EDMONTON OILERS (15-18-2) at VANCOUVER CANUCKS (13-14-9) Saturday, Dec. 26, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena TV: CBC; Radio: TSN 1040 Here are five things we’re contemplating prior to Vancouver kicking off a...
View ArticleDemko’s diligence in classroom, on ice, has highly-touted goaltender on right...
Thatcher Demko was in class at Boston College on Wednesday until 9 p.m. (EST). On a day in which he could have easily blown off his studies after signing a three-year, entry-level deal with the...
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