The Vancouver Canucks are very well represented in the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, with 6 players suiting up for their respective countries.
In an Olympic tournament that has had surprisingly few degrees of seperation, “underdog” nations are making headlines.  Earlier today, the strong Slovakian team learned this the hard way, with one of the narrowest escapes for a favored country, slipping past Norway, 4-3.  The Czech Republic also survived a scare with Latvia to squeak out a 3-2 overtime win.
Demitra’s Slovaks had some adversity to overcome to advance to the quarter-finals.  The Norwegians tied the game 3-3 [...]

With their loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday, the Vancouver Canucks dropped to 2 games below .500 on the road.   Could  some roster changes be far behind?
Not that anyone is pressing the panic button yet, seeing as how the club is not far removed from a 7 game winning streak.  But on their current road trip, the Canucks are 2-3, with one of the wins coming against one of the leagues worst teams, and the other versus a team that had lost 9 straight games.
The fact is that the Canucks are a different team on the road, and it’s [...]

The Vancouver Canucks’ motion for a victory was denied by the hot Ottawa Senators near Parliament Hill on Thursday night.
Thanks in large part to the play of sophomore goaltender Brian Elliot and center Jason Spezza, Ottawa extended it’s team record winning streak to 11 games, defeating the Canucks 3-1.  Elliot may have lost the shutout bid with 99 seconds remaining, but he beat his own team record with his ninth straight win.  Captain Daniel Alfredsson netted  three assists during the victory, while Jason Spezza extended his goal scoring streak to six games.  “Ells (Brian Elliot) has been phenomenal, there’s not [...]