Difference between revisions of "Vancouver Canucks"

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The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canucks joined the NHL in the expansion of 1970, but before this the team played in the old minor pro Western Hockey League. The Canucks play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference at Rogers Arena. The Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup but made it to the Stanley Cup finals in 1982, 1994 and 2011. The current captain of the team is Henrik Sedin.

Canuck is slang for a Canadian person and is used in a number of other Canadian sporting team names and elsewhere in Canadian Industry.

Roster

Goaltenders

30 - Jason LaBarbera
1 - Roberto Luongo
41 - Curtis Sanford
35 - Cory Schneider

Defensemen

3 - Kevin Bieksa
4 - Rob Davison
23 - Alexander Edler
8 - Willie Mitchell
55 - Shane O'Brien
2 - Mattias Ohlund
6 - Sami Salo
5 - Ossi Vaananen

Forwards

18 - Steve Bernier
15 - Mike Brown
14 - Alex Burrows
38 - Pavol Demitra
36 - Jannik Hansen
24 - Darcy Hordichuk
29 - Jason Jaffray
10 - Ryan Johnson
17 - Ryan Kesler
9 - Taylor Pyatt
21 - Mason Raymond
37 - Rick Rypien
22 - Daniel Sedin
33 - Henrik Sedin
13 - Mats Sundin
42 - Kyle Wellwood

Team's Official Website

Official Website

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-The '''Vancouver Canucks''' are a professional ice [[hockey]] team based in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. The Canucks joined the NHL in the expansion of 1970, but before this the team played in the Western Hockey League. The Canucks play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference at General Motors Place. The Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup but made it to the Stanley Cup finals in 1982, 1994 and 2011.
+The '''Vancouver Canucks''' are a professional ice [[hockey]] team based in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. The Canucks joined the NHL in the expansion of 1970, but before this the team played in the old minor pro Western Hockey League. The Canucks play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference at Rogers Arena. The Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup but made it to the Stanley Cup finals in 1982, 1994 and 2011.
-The current captain of the team is Roberto Luongo, making the Vancouver Canucks the only team in the NHL to have a goalie as captain.
+The current captain of the team is Henrik Sedin.
 ''Canuck'' is [[slang]] for a Canadian person and is used in a number of other Canadian sporting team names and elsewhere in Canadian Industry.