It won’t ease the pain of being eliminated in each of the last two playoff seasons, but the Vancouver Canucks have to be feeling good about themselves after an emotional 4-3 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Arena on Friday night. Not that their coach wasn’t trying to downplay the pleasure of beating the
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Samuelsson Racks Up 2 points in Canucks’ 4-1 Victory Over Dallas
For the third time in just over a month, the Vancouver Canucks made beating the Dallas Stars look easy. Mikael Samuelsson and Christian Ehrhoff scored power-play goals on Tuesday as the Canucks routed the Stars 4-1 at American Airlines Center. It was the third time in the last 33 days that the Canucks dominated the Stars. They’ve
Plenty of local flavour to AHL ASG, Canucks’ prospect Shirokov in on all-star action
The game saw 16 different players score a goal, including Canucks farmhand Sergei Shirokov of the Manitoba Moose who notched a single tally for the West. There were eight goals scored in the first period, four each by the East and West. Andrew Gordon of the Hershey Bears, the Washington Capitals’ affiliate, got the scoring
Vancouver Prospect Sergei Shirokov Ready For Sunday’s AHL All-Star Classic
Only his second season playing professional hockey in North America, Vancouver Canucks prospect Sergei Shirokov has become accustomed to playing in the American Hockey League All-Star. Last winter Shirokov participated in the Ducks Unlimited AHL All Star Competition and scored two goals for the Planet USA AHL All-Stars. This year, Shirokov will again look to
Despite Loss, Rinne Impressive With 33 Saves
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made 33 saves. Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo made 26 saves, including a pad save on Joel Ward’s shot with 26 seconds remaining. The Canucks (31-10-9), hardly the aggressor through the first period with four shots, fired 31 shots through the final two periods. The Predators (27-17-6) finished their defining month of
Mikael Samuelsson scores, Canucks crush Stars 7-1
The Vancouver Canucks quickly ended a long list of various slumps against the Dallas Stars. Alex Burrows set the tone with his first goal in seven games on the first shot just 1:18 in. Ryan Kesler and Christian Ehrhoff ended a short power play funk by scoring on two of the next four shots. And
Diminutive Shirokov dominates in Denver
He scored his first NHL goal with impressive dangle and the lucky touch of one Henrik Sedin. After missing on several second period chances, Shirokov turned to his captain and asked Henrik to grace his stick with his touch. On the next shift he scored. “I had a few chances, I could have scored on
Sergei Shirokov built up confidence in the AHL
After a 41-point season in 56 games with CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008-09, Shirokov came to North America’s West Coast to chase his NHL dream. But in six scoreless games with Vancouver last season, he looked small, he was pushed around easily and it just didn’t look like he belonged at
Shirokov shoots and scores, Manitoba call-up doesn’t disappoint but dominates
Slight in size, unremarkable when skating, Sergei Shirokov proved a player doesn’t need either to have some dominating shifts in the NHL. With English that’s still spotty, Shirokov let his game do the talking Tuesday. He scored his first NHL goal with impressive dangle and the lucky touch of one Henrik Sedin. After missing on
Vancouver Canucks Prospect Sergei Shirokov Will Be In Lineup Against Colorado
Sergei Shirokov was recalled by the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, January 17, 2010 and will be in their lineup on Tuesday against the Colorado Avalanche.