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5/22/2013
CKNW
The Vancouver Canucks have fired Head Coach Alain Vigneault along with assistant coaches Rick Bowness an Newell Brown.
Vigneault leaves Vancouver as the most successful coach in Canucks history:
A regular season coaching record of 313-170-57.
Six Division Titles
Two Presidents Trophies (Best NHL regular season record)
However, where Vigneault has and will be criticized is on his playoff record. Vigneault's teams in Vancouver have a playoff record of 31-31, including disturbing losses in the first round of the last two seasons of the NHL Playoffs.
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5/20/2013
The B.C. Lions confirmed this morning, the news that broke late yesterday afternoon, that free agent wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux is returning to the club after signing a two year contract worth a reported $280,000. With incentives, the deal could be worth as much as $170,000 per season.
Arceneaux enjoyed a breakout 2010 season with the lions that saw him collect 67 receptions for over eleven hundred yards. What followed was NFL interest where Arceneaux spent the next two seasons, first signing a practice roster contract with the Minnesota Vikings followed by a stint in Washington and finally some time with the New York Jets. Arceneaux made three NFL regular season appearances all coming in 2011 with the Vikings, recording one reception for 10 yards. After the two year experiment he returns north of the border to try and regain his CFL form.
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5/20/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
A report in a Scottish newspaper (Scottish Sun) claims Vancouver Whitecaps FC striker Kenny Miller could be heading back home -- for good!
The 33-year-old is reported to be close to signing a contract with the Glasgow Rangers.
A nagging hamstring injury has limited Miller's MLS minutes so far this season.
He hasn't played since a March 30 game against Chivas USA.
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5/18/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
Second-half substitute Jose Valencia scored in the 83rd minute to give the Portland Timbers a 2-all draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Will Johnson also scored for Portland and assisted on the equalizer to help the Timbers (4-1-7) extend their unbeaten strike to 10 games.
The tying goal came while Portland was playing with 10 men due to Mamadou Danso's ejection 2 minutes earlier.
Camilo had a goal and an assist, and Gershon Koffie also scored for the Whitecaps (3-4-4).
Valencia scored after receiving a long, high lob from Johnson. Valencia and a defender went up for the ball in box before Valencia gathered it and tucked a short shot inside the near post.
The Caps are now idle until they host the Montreal Impact in the second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship May 29 at BC Place.
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5/17/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
The IIHF Independent Disciplinary Panel has suspended Swedish defenceman Alexander Edler of the Vancouver Canucks for a knee-on-knee hit against Canadian forward Eric Staal. Edler will miss the remainder of the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
The incident occurred at 15:52 in the first period. Edler collided with Staal at centre ice, a hit which had Staal immediately fall down to the ice, favoring his leg and visibly in pain.
Team Canada’s captain had to be helped off the rink and did not return.
After reviewing the video evidence and the respective reports, including the Game Supervisor Report, the Referee Supervisor Report, the verbal medical report and the report from the hearing with the player, the panel has determined that Edler should have been penalized with a match penalty as he was in clear violation of the playing rule 536b (Kneeing).
On the play, Edler was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct.
The disciplinary panel deemed Edler’s action as reckless, dangerous and that it was in disregard to the vulnerability of his opponent and for that he must be held accountable.
Any additional suspension, exceeding the duration of the tournament, will be handled by the disciplinary panel to the ...
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5/17/2013
Vancouver (CKWN/AM980)
Canadian Ryder Hesjedal has withdrawn from the Giro d'Italia. The Garmin-Sharp team said the defending champion pulled out due to a ``deteriorating physical condition.'' The Victoria native, who was more than 32 minutes behind in 38th, called the decision ``heartbreaking.'' Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins also withdrew on the advice of the team physician due to ``a worsening chest infection.'' Hesjedal became the first Canadian to win a Grand Tour race last year. He has been struggling in this year's race since the Stage-8 time trial. ``I want to be here for my team and for all the people who have supported me to get me here to this point,'' Hesjedal said. ``I built my entire season around the Giro and I came here feeling great, but I have been suffering since the TT. We're working on it, but we're not sure what's wrong. There's a virus that's been going around, so it could be that, or severe allergies, or going too deep on the TT combined with both. ``Whatever it is, I'm only getting worse,'' Hesjedal added. ``Yesterday's stage was just too much for me. I fought to get through it ...
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5/16/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
The BC Lions are just a little over a month away from launching their 60th season, and today they launched their fan-inspired 60th Season Celebration logo.
The logo was submitted by Rick Alsop of Coquitlam.
“Six decades of Lions football has produced a lifetime of lasting memories for fans across British Columbia,” said Lions President and CEO Dennis Skulsky. “Rick’s inspired design has truly captured our desire to create a logo which acknowledges seasons past while also celebrating the incredibly bright future ahead for our club.”
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5/14/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
The Vancouver Giants officially introduced Bruce Allen as the newest member of Ron Toigo's ownership team today.
Allen, best known for managing the careers of music giants Bryan Adama and Michael Buble, says he rejected Toigo's past invitations to come on board until now because he says the Giants appear to be the only hockey team in the city with a plan for moving forward. He's also looking forward to watching the career of top draft pick Tyler Benson develop with the Giants, and hopefully leading them to a Memorial Cup Championship down the road.
The Giants also announced the signing of their top three picks from the recent bantam draft today, Benson, Matt Barberis, and Ryely McKinstry.
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5/13/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
According to a report in the Peoria Journal Star, the Vancouver Canucks have notified the Peoria Civic Center they will not operate their AHL farm club in Peoria next season.
The Canucks bought the former Peoria Rivermen franchise in March from the St. Louis Blues, and did have some meetings with the Civic Center about keeping the team in the Illinois city for 2013-14.
The PJ Star quotes AHL and NHL sources as saying it is most likely the Canucks will declare their farm team dormant for the 2013-14 season.
In that scenario, they would loan their pospects to other teams in the AHL, including the Abbotsford Heat.
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5/11/2013
Vancouver (CKNW/AM980)
Russell Teibert scored his first two goals of the season and Darren Mattocks added his first in seven games (in stoppage time) to lead the Whitecaps to a 3-1 victory over the L-A Galaxy in front of a sell out crowd at B-C Place.
It was the Whitecaps first win in eight MLS games. It was also their first ever win over the two-time defending champion Galaxy, who were 4-0-and-1 vs Vancouver coming into today's game.
The Whitecaps now prepare for the first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship that begins Wednesday against the Montreal Impact at Saputo Stadium.
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