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Luongo, Canucks Respond to Adversity

Most teams suffer their first loss of the NHL Playoffs before they've won a series. In the case of the Vancouver Canucks, they won five straight before Chicago took them down 6-3 on Saturday.Game 3 of this physical series was played Tuesday night in Chicago. Not only was Vancouver coming off a loss, but they were dealing...

Late Goal Saves Canucks From Shocker

When you watch the Vancouver Canucks, you have to be impressed with their ability to take over a game they're hardly dominant in. Sometimes, it just works that way for you.If you're a Canuck fan, you ride it as long as you can. The opportunistic Canucks started right where they left off after their sweep of St. Louis,...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas Help Lead Bruins

It was a great night of rivalries in the NHL on Tuesday, including a classic original six tilt in Boston, where the Bruins pulled out a 3-1 win over Montreal. Tim Thomas stopped 34-of-35 shots, and even inserted himself into the rough stuff when he clobbered Montreal's Andrei Kostitsyn just moments after he sent Aaron Ward...

More Good News for Canucks: Luongo Expected Back This Week

First, they signed Mats Sundin before Christmas, and got him in the lineup for the first time last week.Now, the Vancouver Canucks have gotten even more good news. The backbone of their team in the first part of the season, team captain and star goaltender Roberto Luongo, appears ready to get back in the lineup this...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Mats Sundin Makes His Vancouver Debut

After months of rumors, speculation, self-imposed deadlines and waiting, Mats Sundin finally took the ice on Wednesday night, making his debut with the Vancouver Canucks. The 37-year old Sundin played 24 shifts and logged 15:02 in ice-time, as the Canucks beat Edmonton, 4-2, snapping a two-game losing streak.For nearly two...

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05/30/12 Slap Shot: Sorting Through Familiar Names at the Finals Source: The New York Times - New York NY The most common surnames in N.H.L. history are Smith (59), Brown (27) and Wilson (26), according to the Elias Sports Bureau, so it stood to reason that at least one of them would be emblazoned on the back of a player participating in the Stanley Cup Finals.
05/27/12 Stanley Cup 2012: Devils' X-Factors That Will Swing... Source: Bleacher Report Stars fail to rise in the Stanley Cup every season.
05/18/12 Ryan Callahan tells Daily News his left hand is not... Source: The Blueshirts Blog - New York Daily News Ryan Callahan has one goal and two assists in his last 12 games, so the speculation is that the Rangers captain could be playing through an injury to his left hand from a blocked shot in the Ottawa series.