Canucks bested by superior team
- May 12, 2010 8:51 AM
- By Jim Hughson
Before the hockey post mortem in Vancouver gets too far and the team is ripped apart and dissected as though Quincy was on the scene, it's probably prudent to step back and consider that, while there were some self-inflicted wounds in the playoffs, the Canucks are finished because they were struck down by a superior foe.
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Oddities, muddy goals the theme in Game 3
- May 6, 2010 11:43 AM
- By Jim Hughson
The Canucks-Hawks series has been everything we thought it would be and there is probably a ways to go, unless the Canucks can't figure out Dustin Byfuglien who scored three goals - one of which he hasn't seen - in Game 3.
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Canucks rue missed opportunity
- May 4, 2010 12:18 PM
- By Jim Hughson
Normally a team goes home happy with a split of the first two games in a best-of-seven series, but the Canucks won't be thrilled that they had a chance to make the Hawks' life miserable after letting Game 2 slip away.
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Experience of Vigneault a big factor for Canucks in LA series
- April 26, 2010 8:28 AM
- By Jim Hughson
Experience is not only a valuable and wonderful thing for players but for coaches.
Over a four-year period Alain Vigneault has learned a lot about the players he has to work with in Vancouver and uses them differently now that he knows there capabilities. Part of the reason the Canucks are able to come from behind and win games is Vigneault's use of the Sedin twins.
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Samuelsson relishing bigger role with Canucks
- April 24, 2010 8:42 AM
- By Jim Hughson
Part of the reason Mikael Samuelsson chose Vancouver as a free agent is because he
wanted a bigger role, and he's found it.
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Penalty kill is Vancouver's nemesis
- April 20, 2010 12:44 PM
- By Jim Hughson
It is simply unfathomable at any level, let alone in the NHL, that any team can't kill 50 per cent of its penalties, but that is what has the Vancouver Canucks behind in the series with the L.A. Kings.
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Better Kings team seen in Game 2
- April 18, 2010 8:34 AM
- By Jim Hughson
Not sure that one game really constitutes playoff experience but the Los
Angeles Kings were a different team in Game 2 on Saturday, and most knew they would
be.
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No shortage of action in Canucks, Kings series
- April 16, 2010 3:26 PM
- By Jim Hughson
Game 1 between the Canucks and Kings had the playoff requisite number of great saves, big hits and near misses.
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Playoff momentum on Canucks' mind in season finale
- April 9, 2010 4:12 PM
- By Jim Hughson
Vancouver's in and Calgary's out so this Northwest Division rivalry might have all the intensity of a bubble bath.
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Leafs, Bruins finale has its share of intrigue
- April 2, 2010 12:09 PM
- By Jim Hughson
It hasn't been written by Michael Crichton or Dan Brown, but the sixth and final instalment of the Leafs against the Bruins does have some intrigue.
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- Jim Hughson Hockey broadcasting veteran Jim Hughson began his impressive NHL broadcasting career in October 1979, joining CBC'S Hockey Night in Canada in 2005. Hughson's 29-year storied career as a sports broadcaster includes calling Wayne Gretzky's final game in Canada at the Corel Centre in April 1999 and countless NHL, OHL and AHL games. Hughson also called play-by-play for the Vancouver Canucks on Sportsnet Pacific.
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- Before the hockey post mortem in Vancouver gets too far and the team is ripped apart and dissected as though Quincy was on the scene, it's probably prudent to step back and consider that, while there were some self-inflicted wounds... Continue reading this post
- Oddities, muddy goals the theme in Game 3
- The Canucks-Hawks series has been everything we thought it would be and there is probably a ways to go, unless the Canucks can't figure out Dustin Byfuglien who scored three goals - one of which he hasn't seen - in Game 3.... Continue reading this post
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- Normally a team goes home happy with a split of the first two games in a best-of-seven series, but the Canucks won't be thrilled that they had a chance to make the Hawks' life miserable after letting Game 2 slip... Continue reading this post
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