Derp... Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Man... Hope Hunter is back at it soon, I want him to be on that WJC team in December! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 missed another game tonight. Anyone has news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 still out with the hip injury no timeline has been issued as a statement, just the shop talk that its week to week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Hellfish Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 From the medicine Hat News on Oct 28: Odds and Ends Minor hurt for Shinkaruk: Spectators at The Arena were surprised on Saturday night to see captain Hunter Shinkaruk scratched from the Tigers lineup. Tigers head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said Shinkaruk hurt his hip in a fall during Wednesday’s 5-3 home loss against the Portland Winterhawks, but the Vancouver Canucks first round draft pick is only out day to day. Link: Fingers crossed he isn't out too long. Also hoping he is placed on the WHL Super Series Roster when it is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 He's really going to have to earn his WJHC spot at the main camp, 75% of the forwards is probably set in stone. He's probably part of it, but with his injury, the Team might want to make sure he's vital to the team before choosing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phamda Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Shinner was just announced to be on team WHL for the subway super series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 News1130 Sports @News1130Sports #Canucks 1st round draft pick Hunter Shinkaruk has been named to Team WHL which will compete in the 2013 SUBWAY Super Series. Shinkaruk has missed 3 games with hip injury but will make trip to Vancouver for next week's game vs #WHLGiants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecoldstevebernier Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Article on Shinkaruk by Elliott Pap: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Vancouver+Canucks+first+rounder+Hunter/9128984/story.html VANCOUVER — It’s not tragically hip for Vancouver Canucks prospect Hunter Shinkaruk, and he’s thankful for that. Shinkaruk, captain of the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers, has been out of the Tigers' lineup with a minor hip injury suffered Oct. 23 against the Portland Winterhawks. He has missed four games, will miss another Wednesday, but hopes to return on the weekend. For Shinkaruk, it is an important time to be playing. On Monday, he was named to Team WHL for the Subway Super Series against a touring Russian side, the games to be held in Red Deer and Lethbridge on Nov. 27-28. The Super Series is a stepping stone towards selection for Canada's national junior team and Shinkaruk, who turned 19 last month, is in his last year of eligibility. In the meantime, the Tigers will be in Vancouver on Nov. 15 to face the Giants at Pacific Coliseum. No wonder Shinkaruk is getting antsy to return. “It's just one of those things where I have to give it a little bit of time,” Shinkaruk explained over the phone from Medicine Hat. “I have to let it heal up and make sure that when I do come back, it's 100 per cent. I just kind of got clipped in the Portland game and aggravated an old injury that I had. “Hopefully I'll be playing this Friday or Saturday, but it won't be Wednesday,” he continued. “And, hopefully, I'll be playing in that game in Vancouver. It's one that I am pretty excited about. It's one that I kind of had circled on my calendar coming into the season. It should be pretty exciting to be back there.” Shinkaruk, selected by the Canucks 24th overall in last June's NHL entry draft, had an excellent training camp with Vancouver and appeared in all six of the club's pre-season games. He scored twice, added an assist and finished plus-1. Canucks management eventually made the determination that Shinkaruk wasn't ready and needed to get stronger. So they sent him back to the Hat. The Tigers' season was already underway when Shinkaruk returned and, between that and his hip problem, he has only appeared in seven games. He has four goals, 10 points and is plus-3 in his limited time. With the Tigers' game in Vancouver next week, the Super Series and world junior camp all on his horizon, Shinkaruk has much going on in addition to being captain of the Tigers, the WHL's Eastern Conference-leading team prior to Tuesday's WHL action. “Obviously being named to the Super Series is a huge honour and, hopefully, I'll be feeling really good by then — and I believe I will be,” Shinkaruk said. “It's a good chance for me to try and make another impression to make that world junior team. Being 19, it's my last chance at the world juniors and it's something I've dreamed about for a long time. It's one of my biggest goals this year.” The big question, of course, is how much better will this make Shinkaruk when he arrives at Canucks training camp in September of 2014? As a signed player, he doesn't have to concern himself with a negotiation. It will be all about performing to earn a roster spot. “When I came back here after playing in all those pre-season games with the Canucks, I was pretty confident in my game and I thought I was playing at a pretty high level,” he said. “This is a year for me to work on all aspects of my game and to clear up all areas so when I get to Vancouver next year, I'll give myself the best chance to make that team.” Shinkaruk won't be the only Canucks prospect appearing in the Super Series. Fellow first-rounders Bo Horvat and Brendan Gaunce have been selected by the Ontario Hockey League to play for its team against the Russians, those games set for Nov. 21 in Oshawa and Nov. 25 in Sudbury. Horvat, the Canucks' first pick (9th overall) in 2013, has 17 points in 13 games for the London Knights while Gaunce, chosen 26th overall in 2012, has 18 points in 15 games for the Belleville Bulls. Shinkaruk, Horvat and Gaunce all participated in Hockey Canada's world junior camp last August. Interestingly, the Canucks' top scoring junior is none of the above. That honour belongs to Cole Cassels, a third-round pick in 2013, who has 27 points in 18 games for the Oshawa Generals. Cassels scored four times Tuesday in a 7-1 Oshawa victory over the Ottawa 67s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 It would be awesome if he went to Portland to play with Cederholm, and Gaunce is traded to London to play with Horvat and Liberati. Then if the Winterhawks make the memorial cup again, Horvat and Shinkaruk can square off against each other. And Gaunce can be invisible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 And Gaunce can be invisible! Gaunce was really good in the playoffs last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Article on Shinkaruk by Elliott Pap: http://www.vancouver.... "I just kind of got clipped in the Portland game and aggravated an old injury that I had." Hopefully that old injury doesn't effect his game anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 not playing again... booerns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecoldstevebernier Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 some good news, Shinkaruk's returning to the lineup tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 some good news, Shinkaruk's returning to the lineup tonight. Finally! I saw that Valk had the C for the the Hat, wonder if Shink will get it back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Finally! I saw that Valk had the C for the the Hat, wonder if Shink will get it back? Of course he will. Valk was just captain while he was out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Hope Hunter has a good game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 hunter got his C back, but he was -1 with no points and one slashing penalty in a 4-3 win over the Raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 1G tonight for Hunter. He's getting back to his scoring ways quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Gunn Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I'm gonna go see him play the Giants on the 15th. Hope the kid pots a hat-trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Just one apple for Shinkaruk tonight but he was by far the best player on the ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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