Rink Wide: Vancouver

The sky is officially falling, and Jeff Paterson was on site at Climate Pledge Arena to see it live. Sure, Vancouver is still in first place overall in the NHL, but the team is definitely in need of some re-alignment as Vancouver loses a 4th straight tonight in Seattle. JT Miller opened the scoring tonight and it was all downhill from there. Connor Garland even tried to fight Brandon Tanev to get...

The Canucks were in Colorado tonight, looking to pick up a win at high altitude and avoid their first 3 game losing streak of the season. Vancouver put out a much better effort through the full 60 minutes, but were unable to stop the Avalanche. The Canucks fall short in a 3-1 loss to Colorado. Jeff Paterson and Farhan Lalji host. Canucks 1 (25 SOG) Avalanche 3 (27 SOG) Learn more about your ad cho...

High-event hockey, doesn't even begin to describe this one, as Minnesota was in town for a Wild one on this holiday monday. JT Miller put up a hat trick + an assist to get the game going in the Canucks favour, only to be answered by 7...yes, 7 goals in the 3rd period by the Wild. The Canucks come up short and lose 10-7 in this one. Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host. Canucks 7 (24 SOG) Wild 7 (2...

The Jets were in town for what promised to be a battle of the 2 top goaltenders in the NHL. It did in fact begin as a stale mate, as both goalies were perfect through the first period. The Canucks had a huge advantage in shots throughout the game, but in the end, Winnipeg won the goalie battle 4-2. The highlight of the night for the Canucks was a sick dangle and a goal by...***rubs eyes and re-che...

The Red Wings flew into town to face the Canucks for the 2nd time in a week and the Vancouver did everything they could to make sure Detroit had nothing to dance about in this one. Led by the Swedish touch of Pettersson, Lindholm and Hoglander offensively and Demko with another Vezina caliber performance. Nikita Zadorov hled down the physical end of things and also chipped in a goal. At the end of...

The Canucks blew into the Windy City to face the Bedardless Blackhawks tonight, and Chicago sure could've used North Vancouver's finest in the lineup in this one as the Canucks tertiary scoring took over this game. Garland with 2 goals, Hoglander with his 17th!!! and Dakota Joshua rounded out the scoring with a Gordie Howe hat trick....and in the most unsurprising news ever, Demko was amazing. Can...

Captain Quinn and Co. woke up in Washington today to take on the Great 8, Alexander Ovechkin and his Capitals. Vancouver looked to bounce back after an OT loss yesterday in Detroit. Ovechkin found the back of the net for the 5th game in a row, but the Canucks managed to come out on top 3-2. Hoglander had a beauty and JT Miller finished it off with the game winner, while Thatcher Demko was Vezina w...

The Canucks woke us West Coasters up early today as they motored into to Detroit to try to make up for getting hammered against Boston. Detroit struck first, but Vancouver came out hard in the second with a big response to go up 3-1. As we have come to know, there's 2 things the Canucks never do: one is blow leads in the 3rd period, and the other is lose 2 games in a row... well, scrap that idea,...

It was billed as a battle of the heavyweights between the top 2 teams in the NHL, but it was a first round KO for the Bruins as they absolutely hammered the Canucks, bringing back some bad memories from 2011. Boston looked hungry from the jump, but it was the Canucks who were forced to eat a large serving of humble pie as they gave up 2 more short handed goals in a effort that, thankfully, we have...

The Canucks stormed into Carolina to face the Hurricanes, fresh off the bye week and all star break and with a shiny new toy, in Elias Lindholm. The newest member of the Vancouver squad did not disappoint, potting 2 goals and playing a solid all-round game. JT Miller put in the winner, Captain Quinn had another 2 points to extend his lead atop the D scoring race in the NHL and Thatcher Vezina, er...

We've assembled our own All Star team here at Rinkwide to discuss the Canucks season to date, assess the teams All-Stars, and look ahead to the the probable playoff picture. Jeff Paterson is joined by Irfaan Gaffar and David Quadrelli as they chat about what has been a historic season in so many ways: from Dakota to Demko, from Connor to the Quinn...the guys look back at the first half of this inc...

It was a game of the good, the bad and the ugly, as the Canucks fell to an early 4-1 deficit to the Columbus Blue Jackets. No lead is too big when you've got a heated Brock Boeser though. Brock netted a hat trick to bring the Canucks back to evens, and then Petey was able to put it away in overtime...which means the Canucks head into the All-Star break atop the NHL standings. Jeff Paterson and Irf...

It was an up and down battle at Rogers Arena as the Canucks fell behind by 2 twice, and came back both times, only to lose in overtime. The offense came from one place and one place only tonight and that was of course, Pius Suter??? Suter scored all 3 goals for the Canucks tonight, 2 of which were set up by Captain Quinn, who extends his lead atop the D scoring race in the NHL. And also yes, there...

The Bedard-less Blackhawks visited Vancity tonight to try to keep pace with the League Leading Vancouver Canucks. The Hawks haven't won a road game in their last 18 tries, so on paper this should've been a walk in the park...but the Hawks outshot the Canucks, only to be blanked by Thatcher Demko. Kuzmenko looks to be finding his confidence again, as he picks up assists on both Canuck goals. And in...

The center of the hockey universe came to Vancouver tonight, as the Maple Leafs faced off against the Canucks. There were 10 All Stars in the game tonight, but it was the bottom 6 from Vancouver that was running the show, with 2 goals each from Nils Hoglander and Connor Garland. Demko did his part and stopped 42 of 46 to give them a chance. The power play found it's legs again, to help put them ov...

Well, it wasn't the most 'high event hockey', but the Canucks took care of what matters and put down the Coyotes 2-1. Kuzmenko spent the 3rd period on the bench again... while Dakota Joshua continued his career season with another game winning goal. Big Nikki Z took care of business and handily won a fight when Arizona started to take runs at some of the Canucks players. Demko held it down again,...

After much travel difficulty, the Canucks were finally in Columbus to close out their long road trip. Vancouver came out flying, but the lack of rest caught up to them in the end. Casey DeSmith faced 45 shots on goal and did his best to hold the Jackets off... when it was all said and done, Columbus came out on top in the shootout 4-3. Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host. Canucks 3 (30 SOG) Blue...

The Canucks made their way through the snow storm in Buffalo as they faced their expansion cousins, the Sabres. JT Miller was physical all game and had to answer the bell for a big hit on Rasmus Dahlin, but that was all for the Lotto Line, as Sam Lafferty scored the lone goal of the night, by either team, as Thatcher Demko backstopped the team to a 1-0 win, with his 4th shutout of the season. Jeff...

The Canucks took Manhattan last night and found themselves on Long Island today to face the Islanders to complete the NY back to back. It was another rematch against our former captain Bo Horvat and yet another night where nobody could stop Petey and the Lotto Line! EP40 and Co. put up another 5 goals and Casey DeSmith put up another solid performance to take the Isles 5-2 to complete the back to...

The Canucks entered Madison Square Garden tonight for a heavyweight bout against the Rangers. In short, the Lotto Line did it again, putting up 8 more points and providing all the offense and energy that you'd expect from that power trio. Demko faced a barrage of 42 shots and was up to the task, allowing only 3 goals throughout the onslaught. Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host. Canucks 6 (26 SOG...

The Canucks took a trip to New Jersey for chapter 2 of Lollapa-Hughes-a, and with Jack out of the Devils lineup, Quinn looked to take advantage. The Canucks captain delivered with 3 points and a very dominant first 45 mins, fueled further by the re-uniting of the Lotto Line (Boeser, Petey, Miller), the big guns contributed to the majority of the Canucks offense on this night. Demko started strong,...

The Canucks hit the road to kick off a 7 game road trip against the St Louis Blues. The ever-present 3rd line of Joshua, Blueger and Garland opened up the scoring early on, but the Canucks spent the remainder of the game looking flat and ultimately lost 2-1. Thatcher Demko played great, as per usual, but the Canucks just couldn't find the juice tonight. Hosted by Jeff Paterson and Harmon Dayal. Ca...

The Canucks hoped to start 2024 better than they finished 2023 against the Senators in this first game back in the New Year. Vancouver stormed out for 5 goals against our nations capital in the first period, then coasted their way to a 6-3 final. Petey was all over the both ends of the ice for his best game in a long time and Pius Suter scored a couple of goals, including one which was 'very Bieks...

The Broad St Bullies came to town for the Canucks last game of 2023, and the Flyers were the better team on this night. The first period was scoreless, but Philly came on strong in the 2nd with 3 quick goals to put Vancouver back on their heels. Teddy Blueger scored in the 3rd and it looked like the Canucks might mount a comeback, but the Flyers again clapped back with a shorty from Garnett Hathaw...

Twas the night before the night before Xmas and the SJ Sharks were in town to wrap up the season series against the Canucks before the NHL takes it's 3 day holiday break. There were a lot of goals on not a lot of shots for both teams, as the Canucks take it by a score of 7-4 on a night that saw Kuzmenko re-united with Petey and Mikayev and wouldn't you know it, he scores 2 goals and can head into...