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  1. 2011 Playoffs – Vancouver Canucks Road to the Stanley Cup Finals

    February 16, 2012 by CBC.ca

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    The Vancouver Canucks beat the Hawks in 7, the Preds’ in 6, and the Sharks in 5. Will the Canucks Sweep the Bruins/Lightning? Song: New Divide – Linkin Park Footage: CBC

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  2. Vancouver Canucks History

    February 11, 2012 by admin

    The Vancouver Canucks entered the NHL in 1970 , along with the Buffalo Sabres . The first head coach was Hal Laycoe , best known as the player with whomMaurice Richard had fought in 1955 . This incident sparked violent then the Maurice Richard riot .

    The team has had one winning season ( 1977 ) during the first 22 seasons in its history. Even his qualification to the championship of the Stanley Cup in 1982 against the New York Islanders occurred despite a losing season.

    Following the arrival of Pat Quinn as CEO in the late 1980s , the team enjoyed much success. In 1991-92 and 1992-93, Vancouver won the championship Smythe Division for the first and second time since 1975, and the team made ​​it to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since in 1982. The following season, 1993-94, although the Canucks finished the season with only one more victory than defeat, the team defeated the Calgary Flames , the Dallas Stars and Maple Leafs Toronto en route to his second Stanley Cup Finals, this time against the New York Rangers . Despite losing three of first four games, the Canucks forced the submission of a seventh game they came very close to winning, if it was the shots of Martin Gelinas and Nathan LaFayette that hit a pole. The final score was 3-2 in favor of the Rangers in game seven.

    In subsequent years, the team went through a period of lethargy, especially during the three years that Mark Messier was captain. After missing the playoffs in four consecutive seasons, the team managed to be above the threshold of respectability since the 2000-01 season, Vancouver has never been excluded from that date to eliminatory the 2005-06 season. In addition, the first trio, consisting of Markus Näslund , Todd Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison , has been for a few seasons of the most powerful combinations in the league. In 2002-03, Näslund has also been crowned by his peers as the most valuable player to his team, winning the Lester B. Pearson . But in 2010-2011 , the team does his best season with 117 points and wins thetrophy President . In series, the Canucks host the Chicago Blackhawks , champion in 2010 . Leading 3-0, they are 3-3 up but end up winning the 7 th game 2-1 in overtime. In two turn, they eliminate the Nashville Predators in six games. In final Western Conference, they win easily against the San Jose Sharks in 5 games and access to the three e time in their history, to the final of the Stanley Cup . In the final, the Canucks host the tough Boston Bruins . The Canucks are very good impression by winning the first two games, but 3 and 4  games, the Bruins took their revenge by winning 8-1 and fiercely 4-0, victims of much less matches their solid goalkeeper:Roberto Luongo . The Canucks, again 1-0 home win. That’s when the Canucks 3-2. At 6 th game, the Bruins once again show their talent on offense and win 5-2. To the relief of Canucks, the 7 th game is played at home. However, the Canucks lost the game 4-0 against the Bruins.

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