CanucksArmy.com Editorials
Breaking down the Canucks’ new power play set up and breakout strategies
The Vancouver Canucks have had a ton of different looks on the power play this season. The team’s power play is currently ranked 14th in the league at 22.6%. This is the slightest decrease from last season’s percentage of 22.7%.
Throughout the season, the team have seen a bunch of different looks on the power play. Canucks Assistant Coach Yogi Švejkovský has given a variety of players opportunities to be on one of the power play units and has tried different setups and breakouts…
How can the Canucks get the best out of Elias Pettersson?
It certainly wasn’t the showing at the 4 Nations Face-Off that Vancouver Canucks were hoping for out of their number one centreman.
Finally, Elias Pettersson had the chance to play with his country’s best players. In three games, the Swede didn’t register a single point and just two shots on net. Not only did he struggle to produce, but he struggled to find ice time by the end of the tournament.
As we get back into the swing of the regular season, with the Canucks fighting to maintain a playoff spot, how can the team put Pettersson in the best possible scenario to succeed?…
Where has the Canucks’ depth scoring gone?
The Vancouver Canucks are currently ranked 23rd in the NHL in goals for, with an average of 2.79 goals per game. Compare this to last season, the Canucks ranked 6th in the league with 3.40 goals for per game.
Obviously, this season can’t be compared to last. We’re now well past the midway point of the 2024-25 season, and though the blame for the lack of scoring can’t be placed on the depth forwards, with this team’s stars also not playing up to their abilities…
Handing out the Canucks’ mid-season team awards
Now that we have just passed the halfway point of the 2024-25 regular season, let’s take a look at the annual Vancouver Canucks end-of-season team awards and pick a winner and runner-up if the season was to end today.
The fans vote on four of the awards given out, so we will focus on those four…
Is it time to give Canucks D Elias Pettersson a shot in the NHL?
The Vancouver Canucks are currently missing their top two defencemen, Quinn Hughes and Filip Hronek. Since the beginning of the season, the Canucks defensive depth has been a concern with a lack of true top four defencemen and puck movers on the backend. Now, after losing their top two guys, there is a glaring hole in the team’s lineup.
Since losing Quinn Hughes to injury, the Canucks are 1-2-1. Those losses came against the Calgary Flames, Seattle Kraken, and Nashville Predators who are below the Canucks in the standings. The Kraken loss is one that especially stands out, with the Canucks having blown a three-goal lead with under five minutes to go in the game. Costly turnovers made by some of the team’s defencemen led to Kraken goals, and there was an apparent lack of Quinn Hughes in overtime…
Diving into and explaining Rick Tocchet’s Canucks systems
Since taking over as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, Rick Tocchet has instilled his system and values into this team, and has certainly left his mark. Since day one, Tocchet has preached defensive structure and has created a strong, hardworking culture within the team.
The way the Canucks play under Tocchet is quite simple. Tocchet’s systems are relatively basic, yet effective when executed with speed and effort from the players.
Let’s break them down from the defensive zone outwards…
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BCIT News
Surrey team shooting their shot for the BC Basketball Provincials
The Salish Secondary grade nine girls’ basketball team finished the regular season with a record of 7-3. This season, the team had a unique schedule. The team did not have enough grade-10 players to put together a proper junior team. They decided to take on a grade nine-only team to play against both teams their age and junior teams throughout the lower mainland…
Ridge Meadows Flames preparing for playoffs
The Ridge Meadows Flames are coming off of their best season in franchise history. After taking down the Richmond Sockeyes in the Stonehouse Cup finals last season, the Flames have followed up their championship campaign with a franchise-record 42 wins in the 2024-25 regular season…
PHOTO: For the love of the game: Canada’s largest recreational hockey league is celebrating its 30th anniversary
Brad Gardiner has played rec hockey since 2016 and manages a team in the top division in the Adult Safe Hockey League’s Langley location. Gardiner said he enjoys playing the game with his friends. “First and foremost, getting a good group of guys, people that are committed to showing up and people, most importantly as well, people that want to do stuff outside of the rink, skiing, golfing, that kind of thing.” Gardiner also said getting out and playing hockey once a week is a good way for him to get some exercise as well as spend time with his friends and make new connections with others throughout the league…
Trinity Western University’s women’s basketball team has a strategy to gain strength
Many university and college basketball programs across North America use practice players to prepare for games. These players are not on rosters, but they do attend some practices and participate in drills as if they were a part of the team.
Trinity Western University’s (TWU) women’s basketball team enlists the help of former TWU players and other male players to participate in their practices to prepare for upcoming games. Trinity Western third-year guard Cassidy Buchanan said the physicality of practicing against the men helps them get ready for matchups…
Hot and cold culture: how extreme temperature is being used more for pain management
The use of saunas and cold plunges has been around for a very long time. The practice involves using hot rocks, steam or heaters in a small room to induce sweat for 10 to 15 minutes at a time. Cold plunging is getting into a tub or bath with cold circulated water or ice water in order to cool the body off afterward or before the use of a sauna to get a euphoric jolt that stimulates the body…
A prosthetist’s dedication to getting people back on their feet
Scott Hedlund is a certified prosthetist and owner of Russell Prosthetics. He is also the president of Orthotics Prosthetics Canada and sits on the board of Operation Namaste, A training program for clinicians serving amputees. Scott is a graduate of BCIT’s Prosthetics and Orthotics program and has taught there in the past…