After a four-day break in action, any momentum either team had gained from game one was long gone. In a crucial game two of a best-of-five series, the Canucks had their moments, but ultimately faced an incredible performance from the opposing netminder.
Heading into a frigid Tuesday night at the Abbotsford Centre, the Canucks record when trailing after the second period was 2-14-0-0. Against the Colorado Eagles, the Canucks’ power play had scored twice across 17 attempts, while their penalty kill had broke even with a shorthanded goal and a single power play goal against across 13 PKs.
We have officially dipped our toes into our midterm prospect rankings, and if you happen to have missed it earlier this week, be sure to check out our honourable mentions list.
In their fourth and final matchup of the season against the San Diego Gulls, the Abbotsford Canucks aimed for a commanding 3–1 series win. Despite a chance for victory, the Canucks fell short, dropping a 2-1 decision in a shootout.
Despite being a quiet night at the Abbotsford Centre, the second game of the back-to-back between the Abbotsford Canucks and Ontario Reign proved to be an electric one.
In a bit of surprising Vancouver Canucks news, the team announced Thursday that they would be sending defenseman Cole McWard back to the Abbotsford Canucks in the AHL.
It’s going to be a busy night at Rogers Arena when the Vancouver Canucks (14-7-1) host the Anaheim Ducks (9-12). It’s Hockey Fights Cancer night, Andrei
It appears the Vancouver Canucks have called up right shot defenceman Cole McWard and centre Nils Aman from AHL Abbotsford. According to Sportsnet 650’s Brendan Batchelor, the Canucks have officially placed Carson Soucy and Pius Suter on the injured reserve.
The Vancouver Canucks having issues at the position of right defence is a lot like Doctor Manhattan dropping photographs on Mars. No matter where you are in the timeline, it always seems to be happening.
The Vancouver Canucks finally got their first win of the preseason on Sept. 30, and there may be some more good news on the way. In their rematch with the Edmonton Oilers, Quinn Hughes again played the majority of his minutes alongside right-shot defenseman Cole McWard.
One of the few players that has impressed this preseason for the Vancouver Canucks is Cole McWard. The 22-year-old defenceman signed with Vancouver as a college free agent near the end of last season and didn’t look out of place when given the opportunity to play games at the NHL level.
It’s the preseason, which means that the stat sheets are cooking once more! Welcome back to the Statsies here on CanucksArmy— the analytics-based day-after recap of Canucks games that you never knew you needed.
Welcome back to Scenes from Canucks skate/practice, the series here at CanucksArmy where we bring you all the news and notes from the Canucks’ non-game activities that take place on a sheet of ice all season long.
For a non-playoff team, the Vancouver Canucks have an underwhelming prospect pool.
It’s the middle of July, which means we’re writing about prospects here at CanucksArmy. It also means that Chris Faber and I are regularly talking about prospects on our podcast, Canucks Conversation. And on Thursday’s episode, we asked our listeners to join in on the conversation via our Atlas Goods poll question.
Though he doesn’t have much of a runway as a Canucks prospect, getting into five NHL games last season should do nothing but help Cole McWard in his development.
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