Guest Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 I always wanted Justin 'The Colonel' Kurtz to get another shot in the big league with the Canucks, but he never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 On the 4th day of Canuckmas, Canucklore gave to me... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-dlc- Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I took this one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Kevin Biestra said: Randy Holt was an absolute animal. 67 penalty minutes in one game. What'd he do? Fight most of the other team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 hours ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said: On the 4th day of Canuckmas, Canucklore gave to me... I was waiting for someone to say something, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, Coconuts said: What'd he do? Fight most of the other team? Vancouver had traded him to LA to protect Dionne, Taylor & Goring. The 67 minutes was in one period against the Broad Street Bullies for fightiFrank Bathe twice and then Paul Holmgren. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Did he ever win a fight? Seems like all I could find was him wrestling or him being a punching bag. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Quote Canucks' Pouliot makes history: 5 goals, 5 game-winners Reuters Thu, Mar 29, 2018 Derrick Pouliot's goal at the two-minute mark of the third period gave the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. Pouliot now has five career NHL goals -- and all have been game-winners. He became the first player in league history to start his career with five game-winning goals. "Very cool -- for sure," Pouliot said of his feat in a postgame interview with Sportsnet. Pouliot broke a 1-1 tie as he took a pass from Nikolay Goldobin, skated into the slot, went around Edmonton goaltender Cam Talbot and scored into a vacant net. It was his third goal of the season. https://sports.yahoo.com/canucks-pouliot-makes-history-5-goals-5-game-045116957--spt.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Quote Pouliot leads Canucks past Avs in OT thriller Reuters November 2, 201810:44 PM PDTUpdated 5 years ago EditorsNote: Clarified Boeser's goal as games first shot 'on net' (10th graf); added Boeser's 2-assists (5th graf) Derrick Pouliot's goal with 22 seconds left in overtime gave the host Vancouver Canucks a 7-6 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. Pouliot's shot from the side of the net hit the post but bounced back into the net off Colorado forward Gabriel Bourque. The winning goal was set up by 19-year-old rookie Elias Pettersson, who led the Canucks with two goals and three assists. Pettersson's second goal came in the final minute of regulation and forced overtime. The two-goal effort was his second of the week and third in nine career NHL contests. https://www.reuters.com/article/icehockey-nhl-van-col-recap-idUSMTZEEB3LQTXT0/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Quote The Canucks announced that defenseman, Tucker Poolman, will be placed on Long Term Injury Reserve (LTIR) as he will not play this season. https://www.canucksdaily.com/LATEST-Canucks-make-an-official-roster-move-involving-Tucker-Poolman-285404 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Quote New Canuck Jason Garrison, like rest of the NHL, is finally ready to play He is Sami Salo’s replacement on the Vancouver Canucks’ defence and Jason Garrison arrived with a groin injury. A comedy writer could not have scripted it any better, but thankfully there is a happy ending. Author of the article: Brad Ziemer Published Jan 06, 2013 • Last updated Jan 08, 2013 • 3 minute read https://vancouversun.com/sports/canucks - hockey/new-vancouver-canuck-jason-garrison-like-rest-of-the-nhl-is-finally-ready-to-play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Quote Canucks trade D Jason Garrison to Lightning for pick Defenseman Jason Garrison has been traded as part of a package to the Tampa Bay Lightning from the Vancouver Canucks. By Chris Peters Jun 27, 2014 at 11:33 am ET•2 min read https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/canucks-trade-d-jason-garrison-to-lightning-for-pick/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coconuts Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 On the fifth day of Canuckmas, Canucks lore gave to me John Schella 1971-1972 Darryl Sly 1971 Jim Hargreaves 1973 Tracy Pratt 1974-1976 Larry Carriere 1977-1978 Sheldon Kannegiesser 1978 Larry Goodenough 1979-1980 Brad Smith 1979 Bob Manno 1980 Colin Campbell 1981-1982 Garth Butcher 1983-1991 Dana Murzyn 1991-1999 Zenith Komarniski 2000 Bryan Allen 2001-2006 Lukáš Krajíček 2007-2008 Ossi Väänänen 2009 Christian Ehrhoff 2010-2011 Marc-André Gragnani 2012 Jason Garrison 2013-2014 Luca Sbisa 2015-2017 Derrick Pouliot 2018-2019 Oscar Fantenberg 2020 Tucker Poolman 2022-2024 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Coconuts said: On the fifth day of Canuckmas, Canucks lore gave to me John Schella 1971-1972 Darryl Sly 1971 Jim Hargreaves 1973 Tracy Pratt 1974-1976 Larry Carriere 1977-1978 Sheldon Kannegiesser 1978 Larry Goodenough 1979-1980 Brad Smith 1979 Bob Manno 1980 Colin Campbell 1981-1982 Garth Butcher 1983-1991 Dana Murzyn 1991-1999 Zenith Komarniski 2000 Bryan Allen 2001-2006 Lukáš Krajíček 2007-2008 Ossi Väänänen 2009 Christian Ehrhoff 2010-2011 Marc-André Gragnani 2012 Jason Garrison 2013-2014 Luca Sbisa 2015-2017 Derrick Pouliot 2018-2019 Oscar Fantenberg 2020 Tucker Poolman 2022-2024 didn't another d-man come with tracy pratt in that trade. i remember he was famous for his hip checks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, smithers joe said: didn't another d-man come with tracy pratt in that trade. i remember he was famous for his hip checks? I think it was John Gould and Tracy Pratt for Jerry (King Kong) Korab who was a tough as nails d-man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 3 hours ago, 4petesake said: I think it was John Gould and Tracy Pratt for Jerry (King Kong) Korab who was a tough as nails d-man. no i don't think so. i'll try and find him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, smithers joe said: no i don't think so. i'll try and find him. i found it. he was mike robitaille. probably the wrong spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 19 minutes ago, smithers joe said: i found it. he was mike robitaille. probably the wrong spelling. Thanks Joe! You’re right he was a great hitter. Very sad ending to his career and he wound up taking the team to court after atrocious medical care by the Canucks. Very embarrassing and disappointing event in team history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Quote How Sami Salo went from injury prone to tough as steel in 2010 playoffs Vancouver Canucks' Sami Salo, of Finland, looks on during team practice in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday May 1, 2009. The Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks play game 2 of their NHL Western Conference semi-final playoff series Saturday in Vancouver. (Darryl Dyck/CP) Iain MacIntyreMay 16, 2020, 5:09 PM VANCOUVER – About half the athletes in the world had a sense of the excruciating pain Sami Salo felt on May 9, 2010 when the Vancouver Canucks defenceman was drilled in the reproductive organs by a Duncan Keith slapshot during a playoff game in Chicago. And no one who was at Rogers Arena for the series’ next game two nights later will forget Vancouver fans’ famous response to the incident. “Balls of steel, balls of steel,” former Canucks associate coach Rick Bowness instantly recalled 10 years later. “I love Sami Salo.” That was the night everyone loved Sami Salo, who suffered at least 40 injuries during his 15-year National Hockey League career and until that elimination game against the Blackhawks a decade ago was often disparaged for his lack of durability. “That was an unforgettable moment when a sellout crowd starts chanting ‘Balls of steel,’” Salo, 45, said in a telephone interview from his native Finland. “It’s one of the greatest memories I have from Vancouver. I’ve watched it 100 times. Every year, I still get asked about it. ‘Is it really true the fans were chanting balls of steel?’” Yes – and for good reason. Due to the frequency of his injuries, Salo was one of those players who didn’t receive the acknowledgement he deserved for his quiet and constant excellence through most of his 878 NHL games. He was a “glue guy” for the Canucks, a veteran pro who pulled teammates together and delivered a steady, dependable game when he was healthy. “Sami was a guy who just kept our team so good,” former Canucks winger Daniel Sedin said recently. “He kept the back end together and did his job 100 per cent and never made a mistake. He was a tough Finn and a great teammate.” But he was atrociously unlucky with injuries. Salo ruptured an Achilles tendon playing ball hockey one summer in Finland, suffered a gruesome facial injury when hit by teammate Alex Edler’s clearance, pulled a glute muscle while celebrating a goal. He was even bitten by a snake. So when Salo was writhing in agony on the ice at the United Center after Keith’s power-play slapshot hit him in the testicles at the end of the first period of Game 5 of the second-round series, then was shown on television being loaded into an ambulance, nobody – neither players nor press, coaches nor fans – thought the defenceman would play Game 6 back in Vancouver. After the Canucks won Game 5 4-1 to stay alive against the Blackhawks, there were erroneous reports Salo had suffered a “ruptured testicle.” “If he plays tonight, man, that guy’s an ironman,” Chicago winger Adam Burish told reporters before Game 6. “Maybe I will rub up against him, so I can get some of that toughness. How you can play through something like that blows my mind.” With the Canucks’ season on the line, Salo played after taking two injections to dull the pain in the injured area. “Everyone had written him off because of the injuries he had in the past,” Bowness said. “But there he was. And he went out and played a great game. You know what I remember about that? He didn’t hesitate to get in front of shots. He hit guys. He was in a lot of pain, but there was no hesitation in his game. That’s what I remember. “I’ve never seen a guy with such bad luck on freaky injuries that people didn’t understand. The reputation that he got, that this guy is injury-prone and he’s soft, that was the furthest thing from the truth. That balls-of-steel chant, that was recognition that this guy has had tough breaks [but] is fighting through it and is out here playing for his teammates. I was glad when that chant started.” The chants began during an early Canucks power play as Salo retrieved the puck and skated up ice, and recurred later in the game that Vancouver lost 5-1. “Whenever you’re at home and the crowd starts chanting your name, it’s a really cool feeling,” former teammate Kevin Bieksa said. “I remember early in my career, Nazzy [Markus Naslund] got a penalty shot and the whole crowd started chanting: ‘Nazzy! Nazzy! Nazzy!’ I remember how cool that was. “Sami was so tough. I know he had a lot of injuries… but there was nothing you can do about them. That’s not soft. Soft is when you can’t play through pain or something like that. That wasn’t Sami. “You never want to be hit in the nuts by anything, so you can’t imagine how much it hurts with the puck. I don’t think people know, but your jock doesn’t cover everything. It covers most of the stuff, but it can’t cover everything because you need to be able to move and you can’t skate if there’s this big (cup) rubbing against the inside of your legs. There’s always a little bit exposed unfortunately.” [snippet id=4167285] Nearly as famous as the chants was Salo’s comment to reporters after the game when he was pressed for details about his injury: “The general was fine. The first battalion was down.” Salo laughed when reminded of this by Sportsnet. “It was just in the spur of the moment,” he said. “That was my way of sometimes joking about injuries. That was my way of coping with pressure… trying to say something funny. I remember one injury in Chicago, they asked me if it was my shoulder or knee. I said: ‘I’m not sure if it’s a shoulder or knee or it hurts when I pee.’ “I’d be wrong if I said I wasn’t frustrated about the injuries. Just the way I played, once I put the sweater on and jumped on the ice, there was no being afraid out there and not going into situations hard enough or not blocking a shot.” After four seasons in Ottawa and nine with the Canucks, Salo spent his last two years mentoring Victor Hedman in Tampa before retiring from the NHL in 2014 at the age of 39. It was a wrist injury that finally did him in. Everything else on his body, he said, is fine now. “It’s probably one of the most painful things I can remember,” he said of Keith’s slapshot 10 years ago. “But it was also one of my greatest memories from Vancouver because it showed you the kind of fans we had.” Balls of steel. Heart of gold. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sami-salo-went-injury-prone-tough-steel-2010-playoffs/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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