VANCOUVER – March 5^th, 2022

The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Thursday night in the new UBS arena, home of the islanders. The game was an intense one as action was back and forth, both teams had the lead at one point in the game but ultimately the Canucks came out on top with the victory.

With this win the Canucks put themselves back into the playoff race and keep their hopes alive still. If the Canucks can pull off a victory tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs, in the Scotia Bank arena, that will put them one point back of a playoff spot.

Injury report – Defensemen Tucker Poolman, Kyle Burroughs and forward Jason Dickinson all remain on injured reserve (IR), but Burroughs season might be over due to his injury but is still unclear because he is pending further evaluation and could be placed on long term injured reserve (LTIR). As for the other two, a likely return is bound for at least Poolman as he has been out the longest and is the closest to getting healthy according to head coach Bruce Boudreau.

As of now there are still no new trade rumors, only the ones I have talked about previously and are circulating in the media.

In some positive news, but instead for the leafs, forward and Toronto native Wayne Simmonds will be playing his 1,000^th NHL game tonight at home when they take on the Canucks.

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VANCOUVER – February 22nd,2022

The Vancouver Canucks played their last makeup game of the “Olympic break” last night with a 5-2 win over the Seattle Kraken. It was a good game for the Canucks as everyone played exceptional from the top players down. Last Saturday was an embarrassing loss for the Canucks at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks so this Seattle game was a big one, a must win.

The Canucks wrap up a 3-game home stand on Thursday when they play the Calgary Flames. After this homestand they go on the road for 4 games when they go play the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers and Islanders and finally the Toronto Maple Leafs. After that road trip however, the Canucks come back for a long 7 games at home over a 2-week period.

During a game against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night, February 19^th, defensemen Kyle Burroughs was injured on a hit from behind into the boards by a Ducks forward. Burroughs seemed to be favoring his rib area during the play and after the game it was leaked that Burroughs might have fractured or even broken a couple of his ribs. Burroughs was also seen wearing a shoulder brace the following day so there’s speculation within the media that it could be both a shoulder and rib injury which would most likely cost the defensemen the rest of this season.

In other positive news the Canucks returned to full capacity on their home games on Saturday against the Ducks and will continue to do so until further notice. Most of the Canucks remaining games will also be played at home.

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Vancouver: December 17th, 2021 – Big news in Vancouver as Rogers arena, the home of the Canucks, gets its capacity limits of fans reduced to only 50% with the increase of Covid cases and Omicron variant spreads in B.C. recently. Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia Dr Bonnie Henry announced these restrictions today for places holding more than 1000 people at a time, on Friday morning.

The Vancouver Canucks also announced Tyler Motte has tested positive for Covid 19 and is on the Covid 19 protocol list. The Canucks are up to 5 players on the list along with assistant coach Jason King. Canucks’ next game is at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Maple Leafs just added 2 players to the Covid 19 protocol list themselves, they have no other players on the list. If further positive test results come back from either team on Saturday before the game, it could possibly be postponed.

With other more positive news, the Canucks grabbed their 6^th straight win under new head coach Bruce Boudreau. Boudreau is now tied for 2^nd all-time with 6 other coaches with the most consecutive wins to start a tenure with a new team. This comes as a huge surprise because of how poorly the Canucks were playing before the firings. The Maple Leafs are at top of their division and superstar Austin Matthews has been playing lights out as of recently so the next game will be a huge test for this resilient bunch from Vancouver. If the Canucks can grab another win Boudreau will tie the record of most wins by a coach to start a tenure with a team at 7.

During last night’s game with the San Jose Sharks, the Canucks had an injury on the backend as new call up Guillaume Brisebois was injured in the second period. This is the 3^rd game out of the 6 wins that the Canucks have gone down to 5 defensemen in just the 2^nd period, making this win streak that much more impressive.

The Canucks also made more front office moves, they announced Thursday evening that they have made Canucks legend Stan Smyl vice president of hockey operations, he will be working under Jim Rutherford, the president of hockey operations in day-to-day tasks. The general manager spot is still vacant as of now still and no time timetable on when there will be a new name announced.

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