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Canucks' Pettersson rediscovering his game in healthier environment

Canucks' Pettersson rediscovering his game in healthier environment

EDMONTON – There really isn’t a chicken-or-egg conundrum about what may be the rebirth of Elias Pettersson as an impactful player. He doesn’t...

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Canucks take step back in lopsided loss to Jets

Canucks take step back in lopsided loss to Jets

If the Vancouver Canucks weren’t already beaten when they stepped off the bus before their game in Winnipeg, they ensured themselves their...

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Canucks battle to the end in combative loss to Ducks

Canucks battle to the end in combative loss to Ducks

VANCOUVER — Asked about the opportunity he is getting with the Vancouver Canucks, Jacob Quillan said: “This is everything.” A scoring star in...

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Gallagher drawing on past experience to navigate Canucks' rebuild

Gallagher drawing on past experience to navigate Canucks' rebuild

VANCOUVER — In the National Hockey League, Rome never gets built in a day, although the Vegas Golden Knights managed it in one season. But for...

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Canucks starting to deliver on effort, competitiveness despite loss

Canucks starting to deliver on effort, competitiveness despite loss

VANCOUVER – Nobody promised wins. But the Vancouver Canucks are finally starting to deliver on the effort and competitiveness they pledged as a...

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Canucks' Leevi Merilainen making most of unexpected opportunity

Canucks' Leevi Merilainen making most of unexpected opportunity

VANCOUVER — The last time Leevi Merilainen had the stage to himself, the goalie stepped through a trap door and fell all the way back to the minors....

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Canucks Takeaways: Late-game collapse clouds strong road effort

Canucks Takeaways: Late-game collapse clouds strong road effort

The Vancouver Canucks were following their first win in 11 games with their best game of the National Hockey League season. Then, suddenly, they...

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'I just feel gratitude': Hughes reflects on Canucks tenure ahead of return

SEATTLE — Relationships are complicated. Except for the relationship between Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators’ fan base, which was focused in...

24.10.2026 10

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Canucks feel fan frustration as losing streak continues

VANCOUVER — For a city that can feel like the wettest place on Earth sometimes — typically only every November through February — Vancouver once...

23.10.2026 40

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Canucks GM Ryan Johnson preaching patience as losses pile up

VANCOUVER — The evening before training camp opened, general manager Ryan Johnson gathered the Vancouver Canucks’ staff and players for a dinner...

21.10.2026 10

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Another third-period letdown sends Canucks to eighth straight loss

VANCOUVER – Nic Deslauriers has hurt a lot of opponents in the National Hockey League. Just not often with his stick. The 35-year-old heavyweight...

21.10.2026 30

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Canucks' disheartening, winless road trip still features silver linings

It wasn’t so much a road trip as a six-game educational tour that the Vancouver Canucks finished Saturday in Tampa. They discovered how much they...

17.10.2026 10

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Takeaways: Canucks can find positives despite sixth straight loss

The great injustice in the Vancouver Canucks’ 3-2 overtime loss Thursday to the Florida Panthers is that goalie Leevi Merilainen deserved a win....

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Buium's struggles continue for Canucks as losses pile up

ELMONT, N.Y. — From the moment he arrived with the Vancouver Canucks, Zeev Buium said his plan was to write his own story and not try to be another...

14.10.2026 30

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Goaltender Leevi Merilainen getting chance to showcase skills with Canucks

NEW YORK – Neighbours and off-season training partners in Oulu, Finland, Aatu Raty said he’s not sure he scored even one goal this summer on Leevi...

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'Slap in the face': Canucks outworked, overmatched in latest road-trip loss

NEW YORK — This is just seven games for the Vancouver Canucks. The Anaheim Ducks’ rebuild took seven years. Everyone knew it could look like this....

11.10.2026 20

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Abysmal penalty killing continues to sink Canucks: 'Not sustainable'

NEWARK, N.J. — There is a stark reality about the talent disparity the Vancouver Canucks face near the start of their rebuild. But not having the...

10.10.2026 10

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Canucks Takeaways: Effort, execution lacking in embarrassing loss

It’s not the end of the road trip the Vancouver Canucks need, but the end of Murderer’s Row. Not only have the Canucks been one of the busier...

08.10.2026 10

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Canucks' standards on the rise after 2-2 start: 'We've still got better'

VANCOUVER – Anyone who bet the Vancouver Canucks to be 2-2 — four games in six nights, three of them against projected Stanley Cup contenders —...

05.10.2026 40

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Canucks abandon winning details early as late rally falls short against Oilers

VANCOUVER – If you are wondering what to make of the Vancouver Canucks after Thursday’s 9-7 carnival-ride loss to the Edmonton Oilers, you are not...

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Cotter's eye-opening performance helps rebuilding Canucks stun Oilers

EDMONTON – Hey, this rebuilding stuff isn’t as bad as people say. You can score five goals against a Stanley Cup contender, then blow a three-goal...

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Manny Malhotra prepares for new challenge behind Canucks bench

EDMONTON — Manny Malhotra can be forgiven for not remembering much about his first National Hockey League game as a player, because it followed the...

29.09.2026 40

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Perseverance pays off for Canucks' Brisebois with roster spot

VANCOUVER – Eleven years since he was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks, and after a series of serious injuries and seven contracts with the...

28.09.2026 20

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Canucks' comeback win reinforces positivity built during pre-season

VANCOUVER – Three hours and 58 minutes into their pre-season schedule, the Vancouver Canucks took their first lead on Saturday. Two minutes later,...

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Canucks notebook: Merilainen pickup could prove significant

VANCOUVER — They may have lost the draft lottery, but the Vancouver Canucks are winning the waiver wire. Thank goodness the National Hockey League...

25.09.2026 20

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Chytil's injury woes continue as Canucks lose to Oilers in pre-season

VANCOUVER — In a 2-1 preseason loss to the Edmonton Oilers’ reserves, it was difficult to tell which Vancouver Canucks players took a step forward...

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Canucks Takeaways: Lankinen, Cootes deliver encouraging performances

To understand the Vancouver Canucks’ pre-season game Tuesday, understand this: the Calgary Flames dressed a lineup in which every skater is...

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Canucks' Jonathan Lekkerimaki entering massive development year

PENTICTON – When he was drafted 15th overall by the Vancouver Canucks four years ago, Jonathan Lekkerimaki immediately became the biggest fish in a...

20.09.2026 20

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Canucks Notebook: Ohgren turns heads in scrimmage with powerful shot

PENTICTON, B.C. – The ping of Liam Ohgren’s bar-down goal during the Vancouver Canucks’ scrimmage on Saturday was not the first time the...

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Canucks not rushing Zeev Buium's development in sophomore season

PENTICTON — The patience the Vancouver Canucks are preaching for Zeev Buium obviously did not apply to the defenceman’s contract. Having witnessed...

18.09.2026 20

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Canucks' Malhotra leads by example at energizing camp

PENTICTON, B.C. — We knew Manny Malhotra could yell and coach. We didn’t know he could still fly. At the end of an energetic opening day of...

17.09.2026 20

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Lankinen ready to shoulder load as Canucks begin camp with Demko sidelined

VANCOUVER – More than seven months since undergoing major surgery on his hips, Thatcher Demko isn’t yet ready to play for the Vancouver Canucks....

16.09.2026 30

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Canucks training camp preview: New players, new management, new energy

VANCOUVER — Three training camps, three coaches. The Vancouver Canucks’ upheaval over the last two years is reflected by the staggering volume of...

15.09.2026 20

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Pettersson ready for fresh start as Canucks establish new culture

VANCOUVER — The word of the day Monday for Elias Pettersson was "excited." And not just to play golf in the Vancouver Canucks' annual...

14.09.2026 30

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Canucks' Brooks Rogowski just beginning his climb as a top prospect

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – As a player who quit baseball to focus on hockey only 2 ½ years ago, Vancouver Canucks draft pick Brooks Rogowski understands...

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DeBrusk learning to embrace Canucks rebuild after 'emotional time'

VANCOUVER — Jake DeBrusk went to eight weddings this summer. The funeral felt like last season. As the Vancouver Canucks collapsed on themselves and...

09.09.2026 50

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Henrik Sedin likes early look of Canucks: 'Better than expected'

VANCOUVER – For a 32nd-place team whose prospects of winning anything but another draft-lottery spot this season are dim, the Vancouver Canucks have...

05.09.2026 60

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'We were aggressive': Canucks place massive, calculated bet on Zeev Buium

VANCOUVER — For those prone to intense bouts of sticker shock, stop following the transaction tickers for professional sports. Your cardiologist...

04.09.2026 20

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Q and A: Canucks GM Ryan Johnson talks busy summer, what comes next

VANCOUVER — In about the time the World Cup of soccer has been on, new Vancouver Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson hired a head coach, hired an...

09.07.2026 60

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'More mentally ready': Cootes better positioned to crack Canucks roster

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — When Braeden Cootes deftly sifted through Caleb Malhotra’s forecheck to start a solo rush that ended with a spectacular...

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While rebuild is far off, construction of Canucks' culture is well underway

VANCOUVER – Somewhere there’s a 13-year-old minor-hockey player who could be the return in the Vancouver Canucks’ trade Wednesday of Marcus...

01.07.2026 40

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How Gallagher addition changes dynamics for rebuilding Canucks

“I do want to slowly chip away. I think by even small changes, you add a different energy and an excitement.” – Canucks general manager Ryan...

29.06.2026 40

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Canucks ignore convention by pairing coach Malhotra with son Caleb

VANCOUVER — Only eight times in National Hockey League history has a father coached his son, but this will not be the first time Manny Malhotra...

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Nationality won't influence Canucks' draft choices, GM says

VANCOUVER — In a week when another American star on a Canadian team orchestrated his trade back to the United States, Vancouver Canucks general...

25.06.2026 30

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Canucks 2026 NHL Draft preview: The rebuild starts here

VANCOUVER — Amazing but true: over a period of five entry drafts, from 2020 until 2024, the Vancouver Canucks picked three times in the top 70. In...

25.06.2026 70

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'Another level of chemistry': What the Ruck twins bring if drafted together

VANCOUVER — Accustomed to coaching gifted identical twins, Willie Desjardins was still astonished at something he saw from the Ruck brothers early...

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Prospect Ryan Lin takes 'a lot of pride' in Asian heritage

VANCOUVER — He is too young to remember being there, but Ryan Lin has photographic evidence from the 2011 Stanley Cup Final of his early devotion to...

24.06.2026 70

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Canada not allowing injury trouble to derail momentum

VANCOUVER – When he appeared for the start of Canada’s practice Monday at the World Cup, Stephen Eustaquio was wearing a training belt to monitor...

22.06.2026 80

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Why Richard Seeley is excellent choice to oversee Canucks' AHL squad

VANCOUVER — To reach Powell River from Vancouver by car requires ferries across Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet and, if the traveller is lucky, about...

18.06.2026 40

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Snapping David's slump critical for Canada with Davies still out

VANCOUVER — Canada opened this World Cup without its two best players. Alphonso Davies was injured. But Jonathan David went missing during...

16.06.2026 40

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