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3/15/2010
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
VANCOUVER _ The Vancouver Canucks have started games so well since returning from a marathon road trip that it doesn't seem to matter how much gas they have left in the tank at the finish.
The Canucks blitzed their visitors in the first period for the second time in as many nights Sunday to score a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames.
They poured 20 shots on the Calgary net and forged a 3-0 lead in the first 20 minutes, a shelling that surpassed the 17 first-period shots in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators.
The wins were the first home games since Vancouver returned from 14 straight away dates because the 2010 Olympic Games occupied GM Place.
``Both games we had a ton of shots and a ton of chances, more importantly,'' said goalie Roberto Luongo who made 26 of his 32 saves in the final 40 minutes.
``Obviously tonight was a huge first period for us where we got a three-goal lead and it carried us pretty much the rest of the way.''
Daniel and Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler added to point streaks with first-period goals as Vancouver maintained a five-point Northwest Division lead over the ...
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3/14/2010
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
KENT, Wash. _ Luke Lockhart scored 2:26 into overtime to lift the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Giants in Western Hockey League action Sunday.
Vancouver scored twice with its goaltender pulled for an extra attacker to tie the game 3-3 at the end of regulation.
Neil Manning scored with 1:18 left to pull the Giants to within 3-2, and then J.T. Barnett tied the game with a short-handed goal with just under seven seconds remaining.
Prab Rai, playing his last game for the Thunderbirds, opened the scoring with his 41st goal of the season.
Charles Wells had a goal and an assist and Tyler Alos added a goal for the Thunderbirds.
Brendan Gallagher had the other goal for the Giants.
Seattle ended the season with a 19-41-12 record.
The Giants, winners of the B.C. Division, head into the playoffs with a 41-25-6 record. The Giants will play the Kamloops Blazers in the first round of the post-season, beginning Friday night at the Pacific Coliseum.
Vancouver outshot Seattle 54-29 in the game, but Thunderbird goaltender Calvin Pickard made 51 saves.
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3/12/2010
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
TORONTO - Dennis Skulsky is resigning as president and CEO of the publishing division of Canwest Global Communications Corp. effective April 30, the company announced Friday.
Skulsky says he wants to spend more time with his family and pursue other opportunities closer to his home in British Columbia.
That all but confirms a story in the Globe and Mail that Skulsky is set to become the president and CEO of the B-C Lions, a position that has been vacant since the sudden passing of Bob Ackles almost two years ago.
Lions owner David Braley would not comment on the report, but did say that Skulsky would be a good fit if he was able to acquire him.
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3/11/2010
Coyotes 4 Canucks 3 (SO)
Adrian Aucoin scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Ilya Bryzgalov deflected Mason Raymond's final attempt for Vancouver high over the net to give the Coyotes a victory.
Lee Stempniak scored twice, Taylor Pyatt added a goal and Vernon Fiddler had two assists to help the Coyotes finish their four-game post-Olympic homestand with three straight victories.
Henrik Sedin had a goal and an assist, and Mikael Samuelsson and Christian Ehrhoff also scored for the Canucks, who lost for the second time in six games.
It was the end of Vancouver's 14-game road trip, the longest in league history. The Canucks finished the trip wit an 8-5-1 record.
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3/10/2010
Canucks 6 Avalanche 4
Jannik Hansen scored the decisive goal with 2:08 remaining, Mikael Samuelsson had his first NHL hat trick, and Vancouver rallied to beat Colorado.
Daniel Sedin added an empty-net goal with 8.8 seconds left to seal the Canucks' fourth straight win over Colorado. The Avalanche were denied in their bid to move into a tie with Northwest Division-leading Vancouver.
Down 3-0 and 4-1, Vancouver pulled within 4-3 when Samuelsson scored his third goal of the night at 18:18 of the second period, picking up a loose puck in the crease and tapping it past Anderson.
The Canucks tied it with 11:56 remaining when Alex Burrows, positioned in front of Anderson, deflected in Christian Erhoff's shot.
Colorado scored three goals in the first period, netting the first two in a 28-second span.
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3/6/2010
Blackhawks 6 Canucks 3
Andrew Ladd, Duncan Keith, Troy Brouwer, Kris Versteeg and Jordan Hendry scored first-period goals to chase Olympic gold medal-winning goalie Roberto Luongo in the Blackhawks' victory over Vancouver.
Marian Hossa added a goal and assist, Jonathan Toews had two assists, and Cristobal Huet made 20 saves to help Chicago win for the sixth time in seven games and pull into a first-place tie with San Jose in the Western Conference.
Luongo, making his second start since backstopping Canada to the Olympic title Sunday, was replaced by Andrew Raycroft to start the second. Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows and Mikael Samuelsson scored for the Canucks.
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3/4/2010
Canucks 6 Detroit 3
The Vancouver Canucks are 2-and-0 coming out of the Olympic break, getting two goals from Ryan Kesler in a 6-3 win at Detroit. Roberto Luongo made 28 saves for Vancouver in his first game since helping Canada to its 3-2 win over the U-S in Sunday's gold medal game at the Vancouver Olympics. The Canucks have four more stops on their record 14-game road trip.
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2/14/2010
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Niklas Backstrom got his first win in three weeks, and the Minnesota Wild scored three power-play goals against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo, sending him to the bench early in a 6-2 victory over the Canucks on Sunday.
Cal Clutterbuck's shot off an uncovered rebound in the slot with 11:56 remaining slipped past Luongo for a 5-1 lead, prompting coach Alain Vigneault to summon backup Andrew Raycroft to finish up.
Luongo, who began the day ranked in the top six in the NHL in both goals against average and wins, has given up five goals four times this season _ twice against the Wild.
After falling to 13th place in the Western Conference, seven points out of the final playoff spot, the Wild played one of their best games this season right before the Olympic break.
Defenceman Cam Barker made his Minnesota debut and scored on a late slapshot. The third overall pick in the 2004 draft, Barker was acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade on Friday.
Backstrom, who missed six games with a back injury and then an illness, made 27 saves. The Wild outshot the Canucks 17-2 in the second period and did ...
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2/13/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
BC Lions defensive end Ricky Foley, who is scheduled to become a CFL free agent on February 15, has agreed to terms with the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.
The 6'2, 245-pound native of Courtice, Ontario led the CFL in sacks last season with 12, also recording 51 defensive tackles for the Lions.
Foley, who was a standout on York University's football team, was selected fourth overall by the Lions in the first round of the 2006 CFL Draft.
The 27-year-old won the Most Outstanding Canadian award in 2009.
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2/13/2010
Canucks 4 Blue Jackets 3
Mikael Samuelsson scored on a lazy, deflected popup that wafted over goalie Steve Mason's head, capping Vancouver's comeback.
Sami Salo, Nolan Baumgartner and Kyle Wellwood also scored for the Canucks. Rick Nash, Jared Boll and Raffi Torres scored for Columbus in the Blue Jackets' first loss in four games under interim coach Claude Noel.
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