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Bleeding Blue and Green

Thumbs Down to Patrice Cormier

For those of you who haven't seen or heard about it yet, last night's game between the Quebec Remparts and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, former World Junior captain Patrice Cormier was ejected in overtime after a vicious elbow headshot on Mikael Tam. Tam was convulsing on the ice and left the game on a stretcher. He is in stable condition but has suffered a concussion and possibly a broken jaw. Needless to say it could've been much worse. A word of warning - the video is quite graphic and horrifyin
Jason Chen

Jason Chen

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canucks_df's Blog

Number Crunching IX: Us against the world edition

Between Ref-gate, Fight-gate and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (whoops, wrong forum), there was certainly no shortage of controversial topics this past week. Here on Number Crunching, we certainly don't shy away from controversy as we take a look at the best and worst statistics from the week that was in Canucks hockey and answer that burning question of just whether the refs really do hold a grudge against the boys in blue. And as always, read on to find out who takes home this week's cov
canucks_df

canucks_df

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Bleeding Blue and Green

On Ron MacLean and Auger/Burrows

I think everyone's a little tired of the Stephane Auger-Alex Burrows incident. What had been said to Auger behind closed doors won't be revealed, but it'll probably be along the lines of, "well, you know, just keep your mouth shut before the game and watch who you talk to." The NHL was in a bit of a pickle here because they can't pick sides - whatever side they choose, it sends the message that the NHL acknowledges that they have refs who cannot stay impartial during a game but are really refusi
Jason Chen

Jason Chen

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Opmac's Hockey Report

Decision Time: Who comes out of the lineup on Wednesday?

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rick_Rypien.png/225px-Rick_Rypien.png" class="imageFloatRightFramed">Ryan Johnson's anticipated return to the Canucks lineup on Wednesday night against the Edmonton Oilers will mean a decision will need to be made on who comes out of the lineup. Winger Steve Bernier and defenceman Aaron Rome could also return. After a 6-2 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Penguins, it's hard to pinpoint a particular player who had a bad game.
Opmac

Opmac

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The Vancouver Canucks in High Definition

Penguins 2 - 6 Canucks F - Game 48 - 01.16.10

Penguins 2 - 6 Canucks F - Game 48 - 01.16.10 After a controversial week, The Canucks show up and blow out the Stanley Cup Champions 6 to 2. It could have got far worse for the Penguins, but there was no need to run up the score with the entire country watching. Marc-André Fleury and Brent Johnson were forced to sit this game out due to injuries. John Curry started the game and was shortly pulled in the second period after giving up five goals. Alexander Pechurski who is forth on the
Jab316

Jab316

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Unsung

Ending the Skid against Sid

I think the Canucks should lobby harder for a more-balanced schedule. We need more of these good East conference teams coming into Vancouver at the end of their road trips and stinking out the joint. Obviously the Crosby's, Malkin's and Ovechkin's of the league also need to make several trips out here before they do anything impressive in front of the Canuck faithful. Who would've thought a visit from the defending Stanley Cup champions would be just what the doctor ordered to end the Canucks
Unsung Hero

Unsung Hero

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Salmon Kings Booster Club's Blog

Salmon Kings Goal on TSN

History was made last night. For the first time a goal scoring hilight from a game at SOFMC was shown on TSN. It was the 5th goal of a 5 goal first period outburst in a 6-3 Victoria Salmon Kings victory over the visiting Bakersfield Condors. Adam Taylor was the goal scorer with a tricky move that was preceided by some amazing puck control by Scott Howes and Dirk Southern. This play made TSN's Sports Centre Honour Roll + was the hilight of the night.
Canuck Puck

Wrapping up Burrows/Auger

(This original post, with video, can be found here at Canuck Puck). In the end, the <b>Alex Burrows</b> - <b>Stephane Auger</b> <a href="http://canuckpuck.com/2010/01/12/burrows-claims-ref-is-out-to-get-him/">incident</a> doesn't seem to have amounted to much. Burrows was <a href="http://canuckshockeyblog.com/?p=2614">fined $2,500 but not suspended</a>, and Auger <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-Burrows-claims-aga
Andrew Bucholtz

Andrew Bucholtz

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The Cachinnator's Blog

Why does the NHL hate Twitter?

When Alex Burrows lashed out and gave Stephan Auger a verbal donkey punch, I wasn't surprised in the least. Burrows is a passionate guy who cares about two things - helping the Canucks succeed and the Montreal Alouettes winning. What shocked me about his tirade was that he did it the old fashioned way. Burrows stepped up to the mic and didn't hold back, something not often seen from athletes anymore. It would have made more sense for Burrows to Tweet his thoughts, circa Larry Johnso
Charlie Cachinnator

Charlie Cachinnator

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Opmac's Hockey Report

Jim Hughson Expected to Call Saturday's Vancouver-Pittsburgh Game

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3609026921_4f821f6de1_m.jpg" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">With no Toronto Maple Leafs game on the NHL schedule tomorrow, it is expected we will see Jim Hughson calling the play-by play for the Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins tilt at General Motors Place with Craig Simpson providing colour commentary from the booth and Glenn Healy between the benches, CBC's top team. The only other Canadian matchup sees the Montreal Canadiens hosting the Otta
Opmac

Opmac

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CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG

Vote for a line nickname for the Sedins and Burrows and win autographed photos of all three players!

Thank you again to everyone for their suggestions for a nickname for the Sedin, Sedin and Burrows line. There were lots of good and creative entries for sure, and our favorites are: Richard picks "The BroBury Line" (suggested by Terri) Alix picks "The Treadmill Line" (suggested by Archii) I pick "The Trois Kronors" (suggested by Bryan) Congratulations to Terri, Archii and Bryan – we'll contact you by email and send you your Canucks 2009/2010 Yearbooks. ***** Now, we mentioned in the la
CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG

CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG

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Opmac's Hockey Report

Thursday Musings

<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/islanders/images/upload/2009/10/biron_102609_sm.jpg" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">Edmonton interested in Boucher and Biron Allow me to be the first to report, the Edmonton Oilers are interested in the services of Brian Boucher of Philadelphia and Martin Biron of the New York Islanders after learning that Nikolai Khabibulin will be out indefinitely following back surgery. In both Philadelphia and New York, Boucher and Biron both have been outplayed and now ar
Opmac

Opmac

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Canucks Hockey Blog

Where the Hell is Hank's Respect?

<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2009/11/nov1709_chbsmall_smallt.jpg" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">Henrik's been atop the points race for at least a week now and he's hardly been noticed, talked about, or praised by anyone other than Canuck Nation. In fact, whenever Ovechkin and Crosby are up there they get all the spot light. Heck, even when Kopitar was up there he was the NHL's golden boy and everyone was all over him. "Kopitar this" and "Kopitar that". Where's Kopitar
Mozy

Mozy

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Bleeding Blue and Green

Road Woes Continue

And so the Canucks' road woes continue after a third period collapse in which Antti Miettinen was the Wild's spark. The loss drops Vancouver to two games below .500 on the road and a chance to claim top spot in the division. I think it bears mentioning that the Canucks must finish above .500 on the road to make the playoffs. The face their biggest challenge in February and March and the Canucks have yet to play with any form of consistency. The recent 4-win surge was nice, but it has been follow
Jason Chen

Jason Chen

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Canuck Way

Rattled

On the same day that Colin Campbell and Gary Bettman decided to withhold discipline from Stephane Auger and fine Alex Burrows $2500, the Canucks misfortune spilled onto the ice. The Wild are hot, 4 straight wins and 19-10-3 since opening the season 5-10-0 Derek Boogaard of the Minnesota Wild threw more controversy at the Canucks camp. Boogaard, who hasn’t scored in 200 games (Jan.7, 2006) told the Minnesota Star-Tribune that just prior to his fight with Darcy Hordichuk, Hordichuk said: “
Larenzo

Larenzo

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The Vancouver Canucks in High Definition

Canucks 2 - 5 Wild F - Game 47 - 01.13.10

Canucks 2 - 5 Wild F - Game 47 - 01.13.10 The Canucks were hoping to bounce back from the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unNPFNXNsJ0, but the game did not go as planned. The Wild ended up scoring on their first two shots in the first period. Half way through the period, the Canucks picked up the pace as they were getting lots of shots on Niklas Backstrom. With 1:48 to go in the first period, Ryan Kesler dug out the puck and scored his 12th goal of the season to make it a one goal game.
Jab316

Jab316

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Canucks Hockey Blog

Update on Shirokov

<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2009/11/nov1709_chbsmall_smallt.jpg" class="imageFloatLeftFramed"> Last night I had the chance to watch the Moose play as they came to town to take on the Calgary Flames affiliate the Abbotsford Heat. One thing I was looking forward to seeing was Sergei Shirokov play. I was all over the kid in the pre-season, and foolish enough to think he was ready to play on the Canucks roster this season. <a href="http://canuckscorner.com">Brian f
Mozy

Mozy

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Hockey Blog In Canuckland

Antler Banter - Volume 11

<img src="http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q124/cdnuniguy/AHL/antlerbanter.jpg" width="200" height="188" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">Antler Banter is back this week with a look at the Moose's battles with the best team in the AHL. The Moose welcomed the defending Calder Cup champions in the Hershey Bears back to MTS Centre in a two-game series this past weekend. As you know, these two teams tangled in last season's Calder Cup Final, but the Moose have undergone vast changes. This series
Teebz

Teebz

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Unsung

My two cents (or more) on the Burrows-Auger controversy

I don't blog after every game but I was planning to submit something about the Nashville game -- until I watched it. By the end of the game, I was so disillusioned and disgusted I couldn't bring myself to say anything about it -- and that was before I became aware of the bomb that Burrows dropped. The game sucked and I would've been of that opinion even if the Canucks had won, though admittedly I would've been slightly less annoyed. It sucked because there was a stretch in the second period w
Unsung Hero

Unsung Hero

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Trevor's Blog

Burrows v. Auger: Case Closed?

So justice was meted out by Colin Campbell and the NHL tonight regarding Alex Burrows' comments pertaining to the officiating in Monday night's loss to the Nashville Predators. Burrows, for speaking his mind and accusing referee Stephane Auger of having a grudge against him, was fined $2,500 for doing so. According to Darren Dreger and Greg Wyshynski over at Puck Daddy, Auger is receiving no punishment and the matter is closed. Understandably, this has folks in Canuckland seething. The fact
Trevor Presiloski

Trevor Presiloski

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Ryan Johnson's Blog

Blog newbie

<img src="http://canucks.nhl.com/v2/photos/mugs/8460527.jpg" border="0" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">I've been told I have big shoes to fill as the newest Canucks.com blogger but I think I can handle this - I know I can at least measure up. To be honest, I don't know a lot about blogging but I know a lot of people who spend a lot of time on it. I know a lot of people depend on it for information and some people run their lives through their blog but I'm not one of those. I don't spend a
Ryan Johnson

Ryan Johnson

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Canucks Hockey Blog

Playing With Fire

<img src="http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2009/11/nov1709_chbsmall_smallt.jpg" class="imageFloatLeftFramed">In light of this Burrows/Auger incident, upon reviewing it all, I think you'd be hard pressed to find Burrows wrong. The video evidence of what Auger did before the game and the blatantly weak calls as well as a history of very poor officiating makes this yet another controversy the Canucks find themselves in the thick of. Now homer bias aside, I think the overwhelming respo
Mozy

Mozy

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Mutterings that deserve more play

What to do with Burrows and Auger

I read a blog tonight that made a good point about how the NBA mis-handled the same situation with referee Joey Crawford. Same situation with Spurs star Tim Duncan. Crawford was suspended and Duncan fined. In San Antonio's first game after the incident, Duncan was ejected after getting a double-technical, and a brutal non-call in a playoff series against the Lakers cost them a game, which the NBA later apologized for. Are the refs close with each other? Yes. If Auger is suspended over this, w
Hordichuk

Hordichuk

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