CrashingTheGoalie

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by Ron Spence
Vancouver’s had a holiday tradition that’s continued – off and on – for nearly 40 years – the Flyers come to town.
Yesterday’s game was excellent hockey – the best game that the Canucks have lost this season - according to the dawg.
There was only one scrap, the result of some intense play – something to be [...]

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by Ron Spence
Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com does an interesting analysis of NHL players’ rankings.
Below is the explanation for their criteria:
Player Rankings
The Player rankings are calculated by considering how many goals are scored or given up when a player is on the ice compared to when that player is not on the ice. Also considered is how well [...]

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by Ron Spence
When it came to Sedins bashing, I was near the head of the line.
I didn’t like the way that they: kept falling down; let rivals face wash them; took up ice time which they didn’t deserve, with their quality of play [at the time]; kept cycling and never shot the puck; weren’t sent [...]

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by Ron Spence
It was a wonderful evening for British Columbia, the Canucks and Trevor Linden.
The number “16″ was retired, and raised into the rafters of GM Place.
Nobody in Canucks’ history has been more deserving of the honour than Trevor Linden.
Linden’s is the second jersey to grace the GM Place ceiling.
But why haven’t more players been [...]

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by Ron Spence
Vancouver fans are excited.
With the addition of Swedish holdout, Mats Sundin, many B.C. puck watchers believe that the Canucks have gained admission into the NHL’s top strata.
But, wait a minute. There are other teams queuing up to join hockey’s elite.
One such team is the Chicago Blackhawks, who the Canucks will be playing on saturday night.
Chris [...]

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by Ron Spence
It’s 6:58 – 2 minutes before they drop the puck.
The attendant points to a computer and I get online, settling in for the Canucks vs. Blue Jackets game.
Bangkok at this time of the morning has vendors opening up their stalls – getting ready to work 15 hour days.
There’s only one customer in the [...]

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Doesn’t Patrick Reusse’s description of the Minnesota Wild sound like he could be talking about the Vancouver Canucks?
“…the new roster involves the cross-breeding of kids, holdovers and new veterans by Doug Risebrough, team president, general manager and guardian of the owner’s wallet, whether it belongs to Bob Naegele or Craig Leipold.
Risebrough refused to pay the [...]

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by Ron Spence
Big George Parros loves to dance. He thinks he’s the Fred Astaire of the NHL.
George was second overall with 18 fighting majors during the 2005-06 season. The following campaign, he was 1st with 18 tilts once again, and last year he dropped to 3rd with 23 battles.
Parros has seldom danced with the Canucks. [...]

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by Ron Spence
Anaheim leads the NHL in fighting majors – 13. Their top pugilist George – 3 so far this season – Parros will literally be – on hand today. Darcy’s old buddy, Brad – I’ve had 2 – May is off with an injury, but then there are Nathan McIvor and Brian Sutherby with [...]

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