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| Sliding Canucks host Hurricanes |
NHL Hockey |
02/03/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks get another chance to break out of a long winless drought at home when the badly-slumping club hosts the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at GM Place. The Canucks are mired in an eight-game losing streak, their longest since a franchise-worst 10-game slide from October 23-November 11, 1998, and haven't notched a victory at home in over a month. Vancouver has dropped nine in a row (0-6-3) at GM Place since a 3-0 shutout of Ottawa on December 28. Vancouver has at least been abl |
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| Wild edge Canucks in OT |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2009 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Marc-Andre Bergeron had two goals, including the game-winner on the power play with 3:08 left in overtime, as the Minnesota Wild sent the reeling Vancouver Canucks to their eighth straight loss with a 4-3 win at General Motors Place. Skating on the power play after Daniel Sedin was called for hooking just 52 seconds in, Pierre-March Bouchard sent a pass from the low left side to the top of the left circle where Bergeron blasted a one-timer past Roberto Luongo for the win. Miiko |
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| Canucks hope to halt skids in home test vs. Wild |
NHL Hockey |
01/31/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to put the brakes on a seven-game losing streak when they welcome the rival Minnesota Wild for a Northwest Division battle tonight at General Motors Place. The Canucks last lost seven in a row from December 26 to January 6 of the 1998-99 season and they haven't dropped eight straight since setting a franchise record with a 10-game slide from October 23 to November 11, 1998. Vancouver entered the All-Star break with six straight losses and were then handed a setb |
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| Canucks hope to halt skid in clash with Preds |
NHL Hockey |
01/28/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try for their first victory in three weeks when they host the Nashville Predators tonight at General Motors Place in the first game following the All-Star break for both teams. The Canucks have lost six straight games since last notching a win in Edmonton on January 7. It's the longest slide for the club since also dropping six in a row from March 13-25, 1999. Vancouver's last seven-game losing streak came earlier during the 1998-99 campaign. The team is also just 1 |
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| Sharks rally for wild OT win over Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2009 |
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| work) - Joe Thornton assisted on the tying goal with 40 seconds remaining in regulation and then set up Patrick Marleau for the game-winner 3:08 into overtime, as the San Jose Sharks trailed for 59-plus minutes but rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Devin Setoguchi's goal inside the final minute of the third period sent the contest into the extra session while Evgeni Nabokov stopped 13 shots in the win. San Jose has won five of its last six games and improved to an amazing 22-1-2 at home this |
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| Slumping Canucks face another test in San Jose |
NHL Hockey |
01/20/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to avoid their longest losing streak in almost 10 years when they visit the San Jose Sharks tonight at HP Pavilion. Vancouver comes to San Jose after going winless on a five-game homestand. It marks the Canucks' first five-game skid since March 5-14, 2006. The Canucks haven't lost six in a row since March 13-25, 1999. Vancouver last went winless in six games in 2001, when it went 0-4 with three ties over a seven-game span from March 21-April 2. Things won't get |
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| Nash returns as Blue Jackets beat Canucks in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
01/19/2009 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Jason Williams notched the deciding shootout goal, and Rick Nash made an immediate impact in his return from injured reserve, as the Columbus Blue Jackets clipped the Vancouver Canucks, 6-5, in a wild affair at GM Place. Columbus rookie sensation Steve Mason turned aside Kyle Wellwood to begin the extra segment. Williams, who was acquired from the Thrashers on Wednesday, beat Roberto Luongo on a forehand-backhand deke. After Vancouver's Mats Sundin fired it high over the net, Na |
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| Canucks send goalie Sanford to Manitoba |
MLH |
01/15/2009 |
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| Winnipeg, MB (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks assigned goaltender Curtis Sanford to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey league, it was announced on Thursday. The 29-year-old Sanford appeared in 19 games this season with the Canucks, compiling a record of 7-8-0 with a 2.59 goals-against-average and a .906 save percentage. In 108 games in the NHL in his 10-year pro career, Sanford is 37-37-11 with a 2.76 GAA and a .901 save percentage with St. Louis and the Canucks. Sanford has also played in 156 ca |
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| Canucks assign Sanford to minors |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2009 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks have assigned goaltender Curtis Sanford to their AHL affiliate in Manitoba after he cleared waivers. Sanford was waived on Wednesday to open a spot on the roster for the return of Roberto Luongo, who has missed 23 games with a groin injury suffered in Pittsburgh on November 23. The Canucks, on Wednesday, made the decision to go with the recently-acquired Jason LaBarbera as the backup to Luongo. LaBarbera has a 2-1-2 record with a 3.07 goals-against average |
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| Luongo set to return for Canucks' clash with Coyotes |
NHL Hockey |
01/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks are expected to have Roberto Luongo back in net tonight, when they try to avoid a fourth straight setback in a home contest against the Phoenix Coyotes at GM Place. Luongo has missed the last 23 games with a groin injury originally suffered on November 22 versus Pittsburgh. Prior to his injury he was 11-5-2 with a 2.17 goals against average, and his five shutouts are tied for second in the NHL despite his missed time. The Canucks will turn to their franchise netminder, w |
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