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Vancouver Canucks

March 15, 2023

This article is about the current NHL team based in Vancouver. For the former team that played in the WHL, see Vancouver Canucks (WHL).
"Canucks" and "Nucks" redirect here. For other uses of the terms, see Canuck (disambiguation) and Nuck.

The Vancouver Canucks (colloquially known as the Nucks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. Rick Tocchet is the head coach, Jim Rutherford serves as the president of hockey operations, and Patrik Allvin serves as the general manager.[4][5]

Vancouver Canucks
2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season
ConferenceWestern
DivisionPacific
Founded1945 (PCHL)
1970 (as NHL expansion team)
HistoryVancouver Canucks
1945–1952 (PCHL)
Vancouver Canucks
1952–1970 (WHL)
Vancouver Canucks
1970–present (NHL)
Home arenaRogers Arena
CityVancouver, British Columbia
ColoursBlue, green, white[1][2][3]
     
MediaSportsnet Pacific
Sportsnet One
Sportsnet 650
Owner(s)Canucks Sports & Entertainment
(Francesco Aquilini, chairman)
General managerPatrik Allvin
Head coachRick Tocchet
CaptainVacant
Minor league affiliatesAbbotsford Canucks (AHL)
Stanley Cups0
Conference championships3 (1981–82, 1993–94, 2010–11)
Presidents' Trophy2 (2010–11, 2011–12)
Division championships10 (1974–75, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13)
Official websitenhl.com/canucks

The Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres. In its NHL history, the team has advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times, losing to the New York Islanders in 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011. They have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular-season record in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. They won three division titles as a member of the Smythe Division from 1974 to 1993, and seven titles as a member of the Northwest Division from 1998 to 2013. The Canucks, along with the Sabres, are the two oldest teams to have never won the Stanley Cup.[6]

The Canucks have retired six players' jerseys in their history—Pavel Bure (10), Stan Smyl (12), Trevor Linden (16), Markus Naslund (19), Daniel Sedin (22) and Henrik Sedin (33); all but Bure and Daniel Sedin have served as team captain. All but Naslund were on one of the three Stanley Cup Finals rosters. Smyl has the distinction of being the only Canuck to have his jersey number retired at their former arena, Pacific Coliseum.

History

Main article: History of the Vancouver Canucks

Background and establishment

The first professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver were the Vancouver Millionaires, formed by Frank and Lester Patrick. Established in 1911, the Millionaires were one of three teams in the new Pacific Coast Hockey Association. To accommodate the Millionaires, the Patrick brothers directed the building of the Denman Arena, which was known at the time as the world's largest artificial ice rink.[7] The arena was later destroyed in a fire in 1936. The Millionaires played for the Stanley Cup five times, winning over the Ottawa Senators in 1915 on home ice.[8] It marked the first time the Stanley Cup was won by a West Coast team in the trophy's history.[8] Absorbed by the Western Canada Hockey League in 1924, the team continued operations until folding at the end of the 1925–26 WHL season.

From 1926 to 1970, Vancouver was home to only minor league teams. Most notably the present-day Canucks' minor league predecessor (also known as the Vancouver Canucks) played from 1945 to 1970 in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League.

NHL application

With the intention of attracting an NHL franchise, Vancouver began the construction of a new modern arena, the Pacific Coliseum, in 1966 (with the arena opening in January 1968).[9] The WHL's Canucks were playing in a small arena at the time, the Vancouver Forum, situated on the same Pacific National Exhibition grounds as the Coliseum. Meanwhile, a Vancouver group led by WHL Canucks owner and former Vancouver mayor Fred Hume made a bid to be one of the six teams due to join the league in 1967, but the NHL rejected their application.[10] Bid leader Cyrus McLean called the denial a "cooked-up deal", referring to several biases that factored against them. Speculation long abounded afterwards that the bid was hindered by Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe; after a failed Vancouver-based business deal, he was quoted as saying that the city would not get an NHL franchise in his lifetime.[11] Additionally, along with the Montreal Canadiens, Smythe purportedly did not wish to split Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) hockey revenues three ways rather than two.[12]

Less than a year later, the Oakland Seals were in financial difficulty and having trouble drawing fans. An apparent deal was in place to move the team to Vancouver, but the NHL did not want to see one of their franchises from the expansion of 1967 move so quickly and vetoed the deal. In exchange for avoiding a lawsuit, the NHL promised Vancouver would get a team in the next expansion round.[13] Another group, headed by Minnesota entrepreneur Tom Scallen, made a new presentation and was awarded an expansion franchise for the price of $6 million (three times the cost in 1967).[14] The new ownership group purchased the WHL Canucks, and brought the team into the league with the Buffalo Sabres as expansion teams for the 1970–71 season.

In preparation for joining the NHL, the WHL Canucks had brought in players with prior NHL experience. Six of these players (John Arbour, George Gardner, Len Lunde, Marc Reaume, Ted Taylor and Murray Hall) would remain with the club for its inaugural NHL season. The rest of the roster was built through an expansion draft.

Early years (1970–1982)

To fill the Canucks' roster for their inaugural season, the league held an Expansion Draft in the preceding summer. A draft lottery was held on June 9, 1970, determining who between the Canucks and Sabres would get the first selection in the Expansion Draft, as well as the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft; the Sabres won both spins. With his first selection in the Expansion Draft, Canucks General Manager Bud Poile chose defenceman Gary Doak.[15] Among the other players chosen by Vancouver were centre Orland Kurtenbach, who was named the Canucks' first captain,[16] as well as defenceman Pat Quinn, who later became the team's general manager and coach in the 1990s. Two days later, on June 11, 1970, the Canucks made defenceman Dale Tallon their first-ever Amateur Draft selection. Tallon played three seasons with the club before being traded away to the Chicago Black Hawks. By comparison, the Sabres chose centre Gilbert Perreault with the first overall selection they won from the lottery; Perreault went on to become a nine-time All-Star and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.[17]

 
Eagle sculpture featuring Stan Smyl, who was captain for eight seasons.

With the Canucks' roster set, the team played its inaugural game against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9, 1970. They lost the contest 3–1; defenceman Barry Wilkins scored the Canucks' lone goal in the game and first in franchise history, a backhander against goaltender Denis DeJordy.[18] Two days later, the squad recorded the first win in franchise history, a 5–3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.[19]

The Canucks struggled in their early years, failing to make the playoffs in their first four seasons.[20] Placed in the competitive East Division, Poile assembled a core of players during this period led by Kurtenbach that included defencemen Tallon and Jocelyn Guevremont, as well as wingers Andre Boudrias and Dennis Ververgaert. Boudrias emerged as the team's leading point-scorer in four of their first five seasons.[21]

Prior to the 1974–75 season, Scallen and his ownership group from Minnesota sold the team to local media mogul Frank Griffiths for $9 million.[22] Also in the summer of 1974, the Canucks were re-aligned within the league and placed in the new Smythe Division. They responded with their first winning record (38 wins, 32 losses and 10 ties), backstopped by goaltender Gary "Suitcase" Smith finishing first in the Division with 86 points.[21] Making their debut in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Canucks lost the opening series of the 1975 playoffs in five games to the Montreal Canadiens. Head Coach and General Manager Phil Maloney (the third GM in team history after Poile and Hal Laycoe) recalled the importance of a successful season for the Canucks in that year specifically, as the rival league World Hockey Association (WHA) had established another major professional team in the city, the Vancouver Blazers. Competing for the same hockey market, the Canucks emerged over the Blazers as the latter relocated to Calgary, Alberta, the following season.[23] The Canucks posted a second consecutive winning record and made the playoffs in 1975–76, but lost to the New York Islanders in a two-game preliminary series.[20] It would be another 16 years until the team would have another winning record though they made the playoffs nine times in that span.[21]

Kurtenbach retired and assumed a coaching position with Vancouver. His departure as a player marked the beginning of a seven-year period in which the Canucks had four different captains – Boudrias, Chris Oddleifson, Don Lever and Kevin McCarthy. Following the 1976–77 season, Maloney was replaced as general manager by Jake Milford, who acquired such players as Stan Smyl, Thomas Gradin, Darcy Rota, Ivan Boldirev and Richard Brodeur, a core that would lead the team throughout the 1980s.[24]

1982 Stanley Cup run

 
A statue of coach Roger Neilson outside of Rogers Arena, commemorating the 1982 Stanley Cup run.

The Canucks made their first significant playoff impact in the 1982 playoffs. In their previous five playoff appearances, the team had failed to win a single series. Though the Canucks finished three games under a .500 win percentage in the 1981–82 regular season, they began gaining momentum by finishing the campaign on a nine-game unbeaten streak.[25] Meanwhile, Smyl emerged as the club's leader, replacing McCarthy as the captain after the latter was sidelined with an injury late in the season (he would retain that position for a team-record eight years).[26][27] Continuing their success in the playoffs, the Canucks made the Stanley Cup Finals with a combined 11–2 record in series against the Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings, and Chicago Black Hawks.[20] Despite having a losing regular-season record, Vancouver had a home-ice advantage in the first series, having finished second in the Smythe Division to the Edmonton Oilers. The Canucks also had a home-ice advantage during the second-round series against the Kings, who upset the Oilers in the first round.

Late in Game 2 of the Conference Finals in Chicago, Vancouver Interim Head Coach Roger Neilson, frustrated with what he felt was the poor officiating in the game, placed a white towel on the end of a hockey stick and held it up in a gesture mocking surrender (waving the white flag). The players on the Canucks' bench followed suit. When the series shifted to Vancouver for the next two games, the team's fans cheered them on by waving white towels above their heads. The habit stuck, becoming an original Canuck fan tradition now seen across the league and in other sports, known as "Towel Power." The Canucks proceeded to win the series in five games, making it to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history.[28]

Entering the Finals against the New York Islanders, the Canucks were the first team from Western Canada to play for the Stanley Cup in 56 years, when the Victoria Cougars reached the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals. It also marked the first-ever coast-to-coast Stanley Cup Finals.[29] Competing against the Islanders – the Stanley Cup champions of the previous two years, who had finished with 41 points more than Vancouver in the regular season standings – Vancouver took the first game to overtime. In the final minute of the extra period, Canucks defenceman and fan favourite Harold Snepsts gave the puck away with an errant pass from behind his net, leading to a Mike Bossy goal. Like the first game, the Canucks held a 3–2 lead after the first two periods in the second game, but were not able to keep their lead, and lost 6–4.[30] The Canucks were unable to complete their Cinderella run and were swept, losing their next two games by 3–0 and 3–1 scores. The 1982 playoffs proved to be the last year in which Vancouver won a playoff series until 1992.[20]

Decline (1982–1987)

After their improbable Stanley Cup run, the Canucks slipped back into mediocrity for the rest of the 1980s, making the playoffs only four times for the rest of the decade.[20] Notable players that joined the Canucks' core following the 1982 playoffs included offensively skilled forwards Patrik Sundstrom and Tony Tanti. Beginning in 1983–84, the Canucks' scoring title was held by either Sundstrom or Tanti for four of the next five seasons, the only season in which neither won the team scoring title was 1985–86, when it was won by Petri Skriko. For most of the second half of the 1980s, the Canucks competed with the Los Angeles Kings for the final playoff spot in the Smythe Division. In the years in which they qualified for the playoffs, the team was eliminated in the first round by either the Edmonton Oilers (in 1985–86) or the Calgary Flames (in 1982–83, 1983–84 and the Flames championship season of 1988–89, which was decided in Game 7), both division rivals.[20]

 
Pavel Bure, became the first Canuck to win the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1992 and is the only sixty-goal scorer in team history. He is regarded as the team's first superstar.

Following Milford's tenure as general manager from 1977 to 1982, the position was held by Harry Neale for three years, then Jack Gordon for two. The latter was responsible for trading away power forward Cam Neely to the Boston Bruins in 1986.[31] In addition to Neely, the Canucks gave up their 1987 first-round draft pick, with which the Bruins chose Glen Wesley, and in return acquired centre Barry Pederson. While Pederson collected back-to-back 70-point seasons with the Canucks in his first two seasons after the trade, he was traded away to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1989 as his performance quickly declined.[32] Neely went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Bruins, recording three 50-goal seasons,[33] and Wesley had a solid 20-year career.[34]

Pat Quinn era (1987–1998)

After the installation of former Canucks defenceman Pat Quinn as general manager in the summer of 1987,[35] the team underwent an immediate rebuilding process, trading away core veterans for younger prospects and players. Among the more key transactions was a deal with the New Jersey Devils, in which Sundstrom was traded away in exchange for winger Greg Adams and goaltender Kirk McLean. In addition to Quinn's trades, the team improved through the draft route with two selections, in particular. With the second overall selection in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, the Canucks chose winger Trevor Linden from the Western Hockey League (WHL). The following year, the team made a controversial selection by choosing Russian winger Pavel Bure 113th overall. Bure was believed by most teams to be ineligible for selection that year. Consequently, his draft by the Canucks took a year to be verified by the league as team management went about procuring documents to prove his eligibility.[36]

As the decade turned, a shift in the Canucks' leadership occurred as Stan Smyl resigned his captaincy prior to the 1990–91 season due to a reduced on-ice role with the team. In his place, the Canucks implemented a rotating captaincy of Linden, Dan Quinn and Doug Lidster; of the three, Linden retained the captaincy thereafter, becoming the youngest permanent captain in team history at 21 years of age. At the end of the season, Smyl retired as the team's all-time leader in games played, goals, assists and points.[37] Led by Linden and in large part to Quinn's dealings, the Canucks rose to prominence in the early 1990s. This increased success came roughly around the time the Oilers and Flames began to sink in the standings. As a result, Vancouver won their first division title in 17 years with 42 wins, 26 losses and 12 ties during the 1991–92 season (it was also the team's first winning season since the 1975–76 season). During the campaign, the Canucks honoured Smyl, who had remained on the team as an assistant coach, by making him the first player in team history to have his jersey (number 12) retired.[37] In the 1992 playoffs, the Canucks won their first series since 1982 before being eliminated by the Oilers in the second round.[20] Quinn and Bure became the first Canucks recipients of major NHL awards in the off-season, being awarded the Jack Adams Award as the best coach (Quinn assumed a dual coaching and general managerial role starting that year) and the top rookie in the league, respectively.[38] The following year, the Canucks repeated as regular-season division champions, while Bure emerged as arguably the team's first superstar with his first of back-to-back 60-goal seasons, totals which remain the highest recorded in Canucks history.[39] As the team struggled to score in the second half of the 1993–94 season, Bure recorded 49 goals in the club's final 51 games and contributed to 46.45% of his team's goals in the final 47 games of the season to carry the Canucks into the 1994 postseason. Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal called Bure "the NHL's best forward the last 40 games, scoring almost a goal a game."[40]

1994 Stanley Cup run

 
Kirk McLean was a key member of the Canucks' 1994 Stanley Cup run.

In 1994, the Canucks made their second trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, entering the playoffs as the seventh seed in the renamed Western Conference. Despite underachieving in the regular season (their points total decreased by 16 from the previous year, although they finished second in the newly renamed Pacific Division),[21] the Canucks played well in the playoffs and embarked on another unexpected run.

Opening the playoffs with a close first-round series against the Calgary Flames, Vancouver rallied from a three-games-to-one deficit to win the series in seven contests. Games 5 through 7 were all won in overtime with goals from Geoff Courtnall, Trevor Linden, and Pavel Bure respectively.[41] The deciding seventh game featured two of the most recognizable and celebrated plays in Canucks history. With the game tied 3–3 in the first overtime, goaltender Kirk McLean made what became known thereafter as "The Save", sliding across the crease feet-first and stacking his pads on the goal line to stop Robert Reichel on a one-timer pass from Theoren Fleury. The following period, Pavel Bure received a breakaway pass from defenceman Jeff Brown before deking Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon to score and win the series. Fifteen years later, Bure's goal and McLean's save were ranked first and second in a Vancouver Sun article listing the "40 most memorable moments in team history."[42]

Following their victory over the Flames, the Canucks then upset both the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs (both in five games) en route to the franchise's second Stanley Cup Finals appearance.[20] Forward Greg Adams sent the Canucks into the Finals with a double-overtime goal against Maple Leafs goaltender Felix Potvin in Game 5.[42] Staging the second coast-to-coast Finals in league history, the Canucks were matched against the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers. Vancouver achieved victory in Game 1 by a score of 3–2 in overtime, largely due to a 52-save performance by goaltender McLean.[43] After losing the next 3 games, the Canucks won the next two to force a seventh game at Madison Square Garden on June 14, 1994.[20] Despite a two-goal effort (one on a shorthanded breakaway) from Linden (who was playing with cracked ribs),[44] Vancouver lost the game by a 3–2 score. The Canucks' efforts to tie the game included a post hit by forward Nathan LaFayette with just over a minute remaining in regulation.[45] The loss was followed by a riot in Downtown Vancouver, which resulted in property damage, injuries and arrests.[46] Two days after the riots, the team held a rally at BC Place attended by 45,000 fans, who congratulated the team for their effort.[47]

With a young core that included Linden, Bure and McLean still in their 20s after the 1994 playoffs, the Canucks appeared poised to remain contenders in the league.[45] However, the team failed to record a winning season in the six years following their Stanley Cup Finals appearance.[21] Prior to the lock-out shortened 1994–95 season, Quinn stepped down as head coach to focus on his managerial duties and was replaced by Rick Ley;[48] Vancouver finished with a .500 record that year.[21] Their elimination from the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 4 of the second round marked the Canucks' last game played at the Pacific Coliseum,[20][49] as the team moved into the new General Motors Place (since renamed Rogers Arena), a new $160 million arena situated in Downtown Vancouver, the following season.

 
The Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers warm up before a match at General Motors Place, October 1997.

The Canucks made another significant move in the off-season by acquiring high-scoring Russian forward Alexander Mogilny from the Buffalo Sabres, reuniting Bure with his former CSKA Moscow and national team linemate.[50] While Mogilny became the second player in team history to record 50 goals and 100 points in a season,[39][51] chiefly playing with centre Cliff Ronning, the expected chemistry between Mogilny and Bure never materialized, with the latter suffering a season-ending knee injury early in the campaign.[52] Vancouver finished 1995–96 two games below .500 and were defeated in the first round of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche.[20][21] The season also marked the arrival of another future Canucks superstar, as Markus Naslund was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alek Stojanov. The deal is regarded as one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history, as Stojanov soon became a minor-leaguer, while Naslund became the team's all-time leading goal- and point-scorer years later.[53][54][55] Despite a late season swoon, Ley was fired and replaced by Quinn down the stretch. The team limped into the playoffs, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the first round.

In the 1996 off-season, Quinn hired Tom Renney whose tenure as the team's head coach lasted less than two seasons.[56] Despite strong performances from Mogilny and team-leading point-scorer Martin Gelinas in Bure and Linden's absence (both of whom were injured for long periods of time during the season),[21] the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first of four consecutive seasons that year.[20] Making another high-profile acquisition on July 27, 1997, the Canucks signed free agent Mark Messier to a three-year deal.[57][58] They had come close to signing Wayne Gretzky the previous summer, but were reportedly spurned away when they refused to continue negotiations and gave Gretzky an ultimatum to sign.[59]

Keenan and Messier (1997–1998)

 
Marc Crawford became the Canucks' head coach in 1998–99. Crawford also played for the team in the 1980s.

Heading into the 1997–98 season, Linden resigned his captaincy for Messier, who had developed a strong reputation as a leader, having captained the New York Rangers over the Canucks in 1994 (he also captained the Oilers to a Stanley Cup in 1990). Linden later recalled regretting the decision, feeling that Messier generated hostility and tension in the dressing room.[60] Messier later said if he could change one thing about his time in Vancouver, he would not have accepted the captaincy.[61]

The Canucks began the campaign overseas in a two-game series against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Tokyo, Japan. It marked the first time in NHL history that a regular-season game was held outside of North America – an effort from the league to attract attention to the sport in anticipation of the 1998 Winter Olympics, which were held in Nagano, Japan.[62] As the team's performance continued to worsen, starting the 1997–98 season with three wins in the first 16 games, Quinn was fired as general manager after ten years with the team.[59] Soon thereafter, Renney was fired and replaced as coach by Mike Keenan, reuniting him with Messier, another central figure from the Rangers' 1994 team. Keenan's hiring reportedly exacerbated tensions between groups of Canucks players and his negative relationship with Linden was given ample media attention.[63][64] Two months into his tenure with the team, his role was expanded and he was made de facto general manager. With control of player personnel, Keenan overhauled the roster, making ten trades within two months, most notably dealing Linden to the New York Islanders.[65] Although the trade was unpopular with fans, the Canucks received winger Todd Bertuzzi in return, who would later become an integral part of the team's return to success in the next decade. Defenceman Bryan McCabe was also part of the deal, who would eventually be involved in a key transaction in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Brian Burke era (1998–2004)

After the Canucks finished the 1997–98 season last in the Western Conference,[66] former NHL Vice-president Brian Burke was named general manager in the summer.[67] Suffering their worst season since 1977–78 the subsequent year,[21] Keenan was fired midway through and replaced with Marc Crawford (who had won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996).[65] Meanwhile, Pavel Bure, unhappy in Vancouver, had withheld himself from the team and requested a trade at the beginning of the campaign. By January 1999, he was dealt with the Florida Panthers in a seven-player trade, which saw eventual five-time NHL All-Star Ed Jovanovski heading west. The trade also involved two draft picks. Finishing last in the Western Conference for a second-straight year,[68] Vancouver possessed the fourth overall pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Set on drafting highly touted Swedish forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Burke orchestrated several transactions to move up to the second and third overall picks, with which he chose both players.[69]

The Canucks began to show improvement in the 1999–00 season, finishing four points out of a playoff spot.[70] During the campaign, Mogilny was traded to the New Jersey Devils for forwards Denis Pederson and Brendan Morrison. With Bure gone and Messier in the last year of his contract, several previously under-achieving players began developing into key contributors for the team, most notably Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi. In the off-season, Messier left the team and returned to the Rangers; during the team's September 2000 training camp, held in Sweden, Naslund was selected to replace Messier as captain, a position he held for seven seasons.[27] As part of the team's stay in Sweden, they played exhibition games against Swedish and Finnish teams as part of the NHL Challenge.

West Coast Express years (2000–2006)

Under the leadership of general manager Brian Burke and head coach Marc Crawford,[71] the Canucks once again became a playoff team. After qualifying for the postseason in 2001 and 2002 as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference (losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winners Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings, respectively),[20] the Canucks became regular contenders for the Northwest Division title.

 
 
 
Todd Bertuzzi, Brendan Morrison, and Markus Naslund during the Canucks 2005–06 season opener. The three players formed the West Coast Express, a hockey line that played from 2002 to 2006.

Coinciding with the team's success in the early 2000s was the rise of power forward Todd Bertuzzi and captain Markus Naslund into high-scoring wingers and NHL All-Stars. Joined by centre Brendan Morrison during the 2001–02 season, the trio were nicknamed the "West Coast Express" (after the Vancouver rail service of the same name) among Canucks fans and media.[72] Over the next three years, Naslund ranked in the top five among league scorers and was a Lester B. Pearson Award winner and Hart Memorial Trophy finalist in 2003.[73][74][75][76] Bertuzzi was also a top-five scorer in the league in 2001–02 and 2002–03.[73][74] During this span, Burke made a trade with the Washington Capitals to facilitate the return of Trevor Linden.[77] The ex-captain returned to a markedly different Canucks team with a young core consisting of the aforementioned trio, defencemen Ed Jovanovski and Mattias Ohlund, as well as goaltender Dan Cloutier.[78]

In 2002–03, the Canucks set a franchise record with a 10-game win streak but lost the division title to the Colorado Avalanche on the last day of the regular season. Individually, Naslund was surpassed the same night by Avalanche forwards Peter Forsberg and Milan Hejduk for the Art Ross Trophy and Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, respectively.[79] Entering the 2003 playoffs with the fourth seed in the West, the Canucks won their first playoff series in eight years, defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games before losing to the Minnesota Wild in the second round.[20] In both series, they were 3–1 comebacks; the Canucks rallied to beat the Blues, but lost their own 3–1 lead to the Wild, who had also come back from a 3–1 deficit in the first round, against the Avalanche.

Amidst a run for the team's first Northwest Division title the following season, the Canucks received significant media attention for their involvement in a violent on-ice attack during a game against the Avalanche. On March 8, 2004, Bertuzzi grabbed Avalanche forward Steve Moore from behind and punched him in the head. As Moore fell to the ice, Bertuzzi landed on top of him; Moore suffered three fractured neck vertebrae, facial cuts and a concussion.[80] The incident was in retaliation of a hit that Moore landed on Naslund during a previous game between the two teams.[81] For his actions, Bertuzzi was suspended by the NHL and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) through to the start of the 2005–06 season. He also faced legal action in British Columbia court, while Moore filed lawsuits against him and the Canucks organization in Colorado and Ontario courts.

The Canucks went on to win their first Northwest Division title that season, but lost in the first round of the 2004 playoffs to the Calgary Flames.[20] After their elimination, Burke's contract as general manager was not renewed and he was replaced by assistant general manager and director of hockey operations Dave Nonis. At 37-years-old, he became the youngest general manager in team history.[82] Due to the NHL lockout, the 2004–05 season was not played. Several Canucks players went overseas to Europe to play professionally, including Naslund and the Sedin twins, who all returned to their former Swedish team, Modo Hockey.[83]

Dave Nonis era (2004–2008)

Upon the resolution of the labour dispute between NHL players and owners, new gameplay rules were set in place for the 2005–06 season that were intended to benefit skilled players and generate more goal-scoring. As the Canucks' basis of success in previous seasons was built on playing a fast-paced, high-scoring style of play, expectations for the team were high going into the season.[note 1][85] However, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs, completing the regular season ninth place in the West.[86] The first line of Naslund, Bertuzzi and Morrison suffered offensively, as all three players recorded decreased points totals.[21] Head Coach Marc Crawford later recalled the campaign as a turning point for the team's offensive leadership as the Sedin twins began their rise to stardom, matching the top line's production.[87] Crawford was fired in the off-season and replaced with Alain Vigneault, who had been coach of the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manitoba Moose.[88] Three days after Vigneault's hiring, Nonis dealt Bertuzzi to the Florida Panthers, ending the "West Coast Express" era. (Naslund and Morrison would leave the team two years later.) In return, the Canucks received All-Star goaltender Roberto Luongo as part of a six-player trade.[89] With the acquisition of Luongo, Cloutier was traded away to the Los Angeles Kings.[90]

 
Scoreboard after game one of the 2007 Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Canucks and the Dallas Stars. Ending at the 138-minute mark, it was the longest game in the club's history.

With widespread changes to team personnel in 2006–07, the Canucks won the Northwest Division title for the second time in three seasons.[21] In his first season with the Canucks, Luongo was nominated for the Hart Memorial and Vezina Trophies.[91] He also tied Bernie Parent for the second-most wins in a single-season by an NHL goaltender, with 47.[92] The Canucks opened the 2007 playoffs with a quadruple-overtime win against the Dallas Stars. Ending at the 138-minute mark, the game was the longest in club history and the sixth-longest in NHL history.[93] The Canucks also set a league record for shots against in one game, allowing 76.[94] Vancouver won the series in seven games despite a lack of goal-scoring; Stars goaltender Marty Turco recorded three shutouts in the series and equalled the league record for most shutouts in a playoff series.[95] Advancing to the second round, the team was defeated in five games by the Anaheim Ducks, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year.[96] Following the playoffs, Head Coach Vigneault received the Jack Adams Award.[91]

Suffering numerous injuries to players in the 2007–08 season, the Canucks struggled and finished three points out of a playoff spot.[97] The final game of the season, a 7–1 loss to the Calgary Flames, marked Trevor Linden's last NHL game, as the former Canucks' all-time leading scorer retired.[98] Having missed the playoffs for the second time in three years,[20] the team underwent numerous personnel changes in the off-season.

Mike Gillis era (2008–2014)

After Nonis was fired and replaced with former player agent Mike Gillis in April 2008,[99] longtime Canucks captain Markus Naslund, as well as Brendan Morrison, were let go via free agency.[100] Also in the off-season, on May 29, 2008, the Canucks lost defensive prospect Luc Bourdon to a fatal motorcycle crash near his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick.[101]

 
Roberto Luongo during the 2008–09 season, with a C visible on his goalie mask denoting his captaincy. He was named captain of the Canucks in September 2008.

With Naslund's departure, Gillis announced on September 30, 2008, that Luongo had been named team captain, marking the first time since Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens in 1947–48 that a goaltender had been named the captain of an NHL team.[102] During the ensuing season, the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history, hanging Linden's number 16 beside Smyl's number 12 in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008.[103] Later that month, the Canucks acquired unrestricted free agent Mats Sundin.[104] The arrival of the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain and 500-goal scorer in the NHL came with high expectations. However, Sundin scored below his usual pace and retired in the subsequent off-season. The team finished the regular season with another Northwest Division title and the third seed in the Western Conference.[105] In the 2009 playoffs, the Canucks swept their first round series against the St. Louis Blues (the first four-game sweep in franchise history),[106] but were defeated in six games by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round.[107]

In the 2009–10 season, the Canucks faced the longest road trip in NHL history, playing 14 games over six weeks, from January 27 to March 13, 2010.[108] The schedule was a result of Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, which shut down the NHL for two weeks, facilitating General Motors Place's use for ice hockey during the games.[109] It marked the first time that an NHL market hosted an Olympics since the league allowed its players to compete in the games, beginning with the 1998 Games in Nagano. Among the several Canucks players named to their respective national teams, centre Ryan Kesler of the United States and goaltender Roberto Luongo of Canada played against each other in the gold medal game; Luongo and Team Canada emerged with the win.[110]

As the NHL season resumed, Henrik Sedin went on to become the first Canucks player to win the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the league's leading scorer and most valuable player, respectively.[111][112] He achieved the feat with a franchise-record 112 points, surpassing Pavel Bure's mark of 110 set in 1991–92.[51] Vancouver won the Northwest Division title and finished third in the Western Conference for the second-straight year. They opened the playoffs by defeating the sixth-place Los Angeles Kings in six games, but were once again eliminated by Chicago, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year, the following round in six games.[113]

 
Ryan Kesler with the Canucks during the 2010 Western Conference Quarterfinals. Kesler spent the first 10 seasons of his NHL career with the team.

The 2010–11 season began on October 9, 2010, with a pre-game ceremony to commemorate the team's 40-year anniversary. Henrik Sedin was named in the ceremony as the team's new captain, replacing Roberto Luongo, who had relinquished his captaincy in the off-season.[114] The Canucks played the Los Angeles Kings, their first opponent in their inaugural season in 1970; both teams wore their original uniforms used in the Canucks' inaugural game. Throughout the season, the Canucks continued to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the creation of the "Ring of Honour", a permanent in-arena display commemorating their most significant players from past years. Four players were inducted during the campaign – Orland Kurtenbach, Kirk McLean, Thomas Gradin and Harold Snepsts. In December 2010, the Canucks also honoured Markus Naslund by retiring his number 19 jersey. Naslund had retired two years after leaving the Canucks in 2008. The team finished the season first overall in the league for the first time, winning the Presidents' Trophy.[115] Finishing with 54 wins and 117 points, the Canucks broke the previous team records in both categories by significant margins. Individually, numerous players had career years. Daniel Sedin won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer with 104 points, marking the first time in NHL history that two brothers won the award in back-to-back years. Meanwhile, Ryan Kesler tied Daniel Sedin for the team goal-scoring lead, with 41 goals. In goal, Roberto Luongo and backup Cory Schneider captured the William M. Jennings Trophy for allowing the fewest goals against.

2011 Stanley Cup run

 
Henrik Sedin accepts the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl on behalf of the Canucks as the 2011 Western Conference champions.

Entering the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Canucks played the Chicago Blackhawks, who had eliminated Vancouver in the previous two years. While Vancouver initially took a 3–0 lead in the series, Chicago came back to win three straight games and force the series into a Game 7. Forced into overtime, winger Alexandre Burrows scored his second goal of the game following a failed clearing attempt by Chicago defenceman Chris Campoli to win the series. The Canucks played the Nashville Predators in the second round of the playoffs, defeating the Predators in six games. Facing the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals, Vancouver won in five games.

Advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1994, the Canucks won the first two games of the series, with Boston winning the next two. Vancouver won game 5 while the Bruins won games 6 and 7 to win the Stanley Cup. After the game, riots and looting broke out in downtown Vancouver, repeating the events of 17 years earlier.[116]

End of the Gillis era

 
The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators participated in the 2014 Heritage Classic at BC Place.

During the season-opening game on October 6, 2011, a ceremony was held to honour Rick Rypien, who died by suicide during the off-season. For the rest of the season, the players wore decals on their helmets saying "37 RYP." The Canucks were strong contenders for much of the 2011–12 season, and clinched Presidents' Trophy, for the second consecutive year. Despite projections for another Stanley Cup run at the outset of the 2012 playoffs, the Canucks were eliminated in five games by the eventual Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.

Prior to the start of the 2012–13 season, the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) expired. Unable to agree on a new CBA, the NHL enacted a lock-out on September 15, 2012. The lock-out continued on for 119 days, which resulted a shortened season.[117][118] The Canucks wore Vancouver Millionaires replica jerseys on March 16, 2013, to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Millionaires.

Vancouver finished the year winning their fifth consecutive Northwest Division title, but were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the San Jose Sharks.[119] Vigneault and his coaching staff were fired at the end of the season, and replaced by John Tortorella.[120]

The Canucks participated in their first outdoor NHL game on March 2, 2014, a match against the Ottawa Senators at BC Place. The event was titled the 2014 Heritage Classic.[121] Luongo was traded back to the Panthers during the season, while the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time in six years.[122][123] This saw Gillis fired and Linden named president of hockey operations; Tortorella was also relieved as coach after his one season.[124]

Jim Benning era (2014–2021)

 
Ryan Miller with Henrik and Daniel Sedin warming up prior to a game in the 2014–15 season. Miller was acquired as a free agent in July 2014.

On May 21, 2014, Jim Benning was announced as general manager, having previously served as assistant general manager of the 2011 Boston Bruins championship team that had beaten the Canucks three years prior.[125] On June 23, 2014, Willie Desjardins was named the 18th head coach of the Canucks.[126] The team underwent a series of changes under the new management: veteran forward Ryan Kesler was traded to the Anaheim Ducks, and defenceman Jason Garrison was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning,[127][128] while Ryan Miller and Radim Vrbata were signed as free agents.[129][130] This season saw the team honour former general manager and head coach Pat Quinn, following his death, by renaming a city street after him (Pat Quinn Way) as well as having his family participate in a pregame ceremonial puck drop. The Canucks finished second in the Pacific Division in the 2014–15 season, reaching the 100 point plateau for the ninth time in franchise history. They faced the Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs, losing in six games.

As the team fared poorly throughout the 2016–17 season, more veteran players were traded: Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen were dealt in an effort to rebuild.[131] On March 25, 2017, the Canucks' 2015 first round pick Brock Boeser made his NHL debut in his home state of Minnesota.[132] Desjardins and his coaching staff, with the exception of assistant coach Doug Jarvis, were let go at the end of the season, replaced by Travis Green who coached their AHL affiliate in Utica.[133][134] They also added Nolan Baumgartner, Newell Brown, and Manny Malhotra as assistant coaches.[135]

The 2017–18 season was another poor year for the Canucks, but rookie Boeser was a bright spot for the team. Despite an injury late in the season, Boeser's 29 goals and 55 points in 62 games were enough to place him second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting for rookie of the year.[136] Longtime Canucks Daniel and Henrik Sedin played their final game on April 7, 2018, against the Edmonton Oilers. On June 5, 2018, longtime Canucks' public address announcer John Ashbridge died, having worked in his capacity with the franchise since 1987.[137] During the offseason, Linden stepped down as president of hockey operations.[138]

The 2018–19 season saw the debut of the Canucks' 2017 first-round draft pick, Elias Pettersson. Pettersson broke the Canucks' record for points by a rookie, set by Ivan Hlinka (1981–82) and matched by Pavel Bure (1991–92), and finished with 66 points to lead all NHL rookies, winning the Calder Trophy.[139][140]

The franchise celebrated its 50th season in the NHL, the 2019–20 season, with a ceremony at the home opener on October 9, 2019. Bo Horvat was named the 14th captain in team history,[141] following a one-year hiatus without a captain with the retirement of long-time captain Henrik Sedin. The 2019–20 season also saw the rookie campaign of Quinn Hughes, who finished the regular season with 8 goals and 45 assists for 53 points in 68 games, finishing as runner-up in Calder Memorial Trophy votes. The Canucks became the first team to have a top two Calder Trophy finalist three years in a row since the Toronto Maple Leafs, who did so when the league only had six teams from 1957 to 1959.[142][143] On February 12, 2020, Daniel and Henrik Sedin's numbers 22 and 33 were retired before a game against the Chicago Blackhawks.[144] On March 12, 2020, the Canucks and the NHL's season was suspended due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[145] When the league resumed play, the Canucks won their first postseason series in nine years in the 2020 Qualifying Round by defeating the Minnesota Wild. They then beat the defending Stanley Cup champions St. Louis Blues in six games in the first round before being eliminated by the Vegas Golden Knights in seven games in the second round.

General manager Jim Benning, head coach Travis Green, assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner, and assistant general manager John Weisbrod were fired on December 5, 2021, after an 8–15–2 start to the 2021–22 NHL season. On the same day, Bruce Boudreau was named the 20th head coach of the Canucks.[146]

Patrik Allvin/Jim Rutherford era (2021–present)

On December 9, 2021, Jim Rutherford was named president of hockey operations and interim general manager.[147] He hired Patrik Allvin as general manager on January 26, 2022.[148] On January 22, 2023, after weeks of speculation, the Canucks fired head coach Bruce Boudreau and hired Rick Tocchet as the franchise's 21st head coach.[149] As the news broke that Boudreau would be fired weeks before while he was still coaching, the Canucks organization faced widespread criticism by fans and journalists mainly directed towards owner Francesco Aquilini, head of hockey operations Jim Rutherford and general manager Patrik Allvin, for their public mishandling of the coaching switch.[150][151]

Team information

Home arenas

 
Pacific Coliseum, home of the Canucks from 1970 to 1995
 
Rogers Arena, current home of the Canucks

The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena. The stadium opened in 1995 as General Motors Place, and seats up to 18,890 for Canucks games. Rogers Arena was also the 2010 Winter Olympics' ice hockey venue, where it was temporarily named Canada Hockey Place.[152] The arena is owned and operated by Canucks Sports & Entertainment. Before moving to Rogers Arena, the Canucks played their home games at Pacific Coliseum in Hastings Park for 25 years. The arena currently holds 16,281 for ice hockey, though capacity at its opening was 15,713. During the 2010 Olympics, it was the venue for figure skating and short track speed skating. The Pacific Coliseum was also the home of the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s Vancouver Giants from 2001 to 2016.

Logos and jerseys

The team has gone through four primary logos and six major uniform designs over the years, with numerous minor changes to each, in addition to several alternate logos and jerseys.

 
The "Stick-in-Rink", 1970–1978; alternate logo, 2003–2007

The team's first NHL jerseys, worn from the inaugural season of 1970–71 (modified for the 1972–73 season) until the end of the 1977–78 season, featured a hockey stick in the shape of a shallow "V" superimposed on a blue rink-shaped rectangle forming the letter "C", designed by North Vancouver artist Joe Borovich.[153] During this era, the Canucks wore blue and white jerseys with green stripes, though for the first two seasons, a white "V" adorned the sleeve stripes. A modified version of this logo is still in use, as a shoulder patch on the team's current jerseys and as the primary logo of their alternate jerseys.

In 1978, aiming for a more aggressive image, the organization asked San Francisco-based design agency Beyl & Boyd to design new uniforms. These consisted of a huge, yellow, red-orange and black striped "V" coming down from the shoulders (suggesting "victory", according to its designers). Hockey writer Stephen Cole described it as looking like "a punch in the eye". The colour of the home jerseys changed from white to yellow with the logo and uniform change. The "Flying V" theme, which included several slight modifications over the years, was abandoned in 1985, to feature the team's emblem on the front rather than the "V" (the emblem had previously been worn only on the sleeves; the V's would appear on the shoulders from 1985 to 1989). The logo consisted of the word "Canucks" in a diagonal slant as part the blade of a skate and was designed by San Francisco graphic artist Mike Bull. The logo, with its laser-like design, was sometimes referred to as the "Star Wars" logo, the "waffle iron", the "plate of spaghetti", and most commonly as the "Flying Skate."

The yellow home jerseys were scrapped in 1989 in favour of more conventional white ones, and the triangular shoulder stripes which adorned the post-"V" jerseys were discarded as well. The new incarnation was worn from 1989 to 1992, when a subtle change was made – and went largely unnoticed for the rest of the jersey's lifespan. The orange was changed to red, and the deep "gold" colour was changed to a much brighter yellow, reportedly because jersey-maker CCM no longer produced the required hues. In 1996, an alternate jersey was introduced, retaining the "Flying Skate" logo, but using a salmon colour graduating to black near the bottom. In 1997 the Canucks unveiled a new logo, in which a Haida-style orca breaking out of a patch of ice forms a stylized "C." The logo has been much-maligned, accused of being a blatant reference to their parent company, Orca Bay (now Canucks Sports and Entertainment). At the time, General Manager Pat Quinn discussed wanting to have a West Coast colour scheme, and overall West Coast themes in the logo; the colour scheme included blue, red and silver. Beginning in 2001, an alternate jersey was utilized, with contrasting shoulder patches and a blue-to-maroon graduated colour in the body. In 2006, these gradient-coloured alternate jerseys were officially replaced with the popular, royal blue "Stick-in-Rink" uniforms from the 1970s.

 
Canucks Wordmark Logo; 2007–present

Little more than halfway through the 2006–07 season, the Canucks announced that they would be changing their jerseys once again. The new uniform was unveiled prior to training camp, on August 29, 2007. It featured the same orca design present on their previous jerseys, but the colour scheme was changed to their "retro" colours of royal blue and kelly green. Additionally, the word "Vancouver" was added to the chest area above the orca. The actual jerseys themselves were changed to the Rbk Edge design, along with all other teams in the NHL. The introduction was largely greeted with disappointment from fans and sports commentators, who criticized the uniforms for looking like a "copy and paste" of those from the past.[citation needed] The Vancouver Sun described the new look as "decidedly unpopular."[154]

 
"The Stick-in-Rink", modified; alternate logo, 2007–2019

On November 14, 2008, prior to their Sport Celebrities Festival, the Canucks released their new RBK Edge Third Jersey. While staying with the colours of Vancouver, and combining the old with the new, the jersey looks very similar to their home jersey. The modernized "Stick-in-Rink" logo unveiled the previous year on the shoulder of the main jerseys is used as the main crest. On the shoulder, a "V" with the head of Johnny Canuck on top is used. This is the first time in team history since joining the NHL that Johnny Canuck has appeared on a Vancouver uniform. Sports Illustrated rated it 13th overall out of the 19 third jerseys released for the 2008 season.[155]

On opening night October 9, 2010, the Canucks revealed jerseys they would wear for select games during their 40th Anniversary season. They look exactly like the jerseys the team wore in their early years, only with the addition of Reebok manufacturing the jerseys. The jerseys sport a 40th Anniversary patch on the upper-right chest commemorating their 40th season. Just like the early years, they also bear no player names, only numbers, with permission from the NHL.

On August 13, 2015, the Canucks announced that they would be wearing their 1990s Flying Skate jerseys for a February 13, 2016 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs to honour the 20th Anniversary of Rogers Arena. They attempted to do this in the previous season to honour Pat Quinn, but were unsuccessful.[156] The 1990s jerseys were used again for select games in the 2019–20 season (the design was chosen via an online fan vote over two other throwback jerseys) to coincide with the team's 50th anniversary.[157]

 
Jordie Benn wearing the Canucks current uniform, featuring a 50th Anniversary patch.

On June 14, 2019, the Canucks updated their primary uniforms. The "Vancouver" script was removed while the modern "stick-in-rink" logo was modified with white as the main colour. A new "Heritage" uniform was also released, featuring design elements inspired from their inaugural season uniforms.[158]

For the 2020–21 season, the NHL introduced "Reverse Retro" alternate uniforms. The Canucks' design used was similar to the alternates they wore from 2001 to 2006, but with green replacing maroon.[159] A second "Reverse Retro" design was released in the 2022–23 season, featuring the "Johnny Canuck" logo in front with a blue base and green and beige stripes. The design harkened back to the Canucks uniforms worn during the 1960s.[160]

On January 18, 2023, the Canucks debuted a new version of the black Flying Skate jerseys as their alternate uniform. The design featured a modernized version of the Flying Skate logo minus the white elements, and features thick red and yellow stripes with subtle "V" patterns in homage to the infamous "Flying V" uniforms of 1978–1985. The silhouette of the North Shore Mountains in black and yellow was added on the inside collar. The current Canucks jersey lettering is used in lieu of standard block lettering of the 1990s Flying Skate uniforms. The uniform was first worn on the night the Canucks honoured former player Gino Odjick, who died January 15.[161]

Mascot

 
Fin, the official mascot of the Vancouver Canucks, in 2009

The Vancouver Canucks' mascot is an anthropomorphic killer whale (orca) named Fin the Orca.[162] He is often seen banging a First Nations drum or skating around during intermissions firing t-shirts out of a compressed air cannon. On occasion, "smoke" also comes out of the blowhole on his head. Fin is known for his "chomping" where he bites the heads of fans.

Two fans of the Canucks became unofficial mascots of the team at the end of the 2009–2010 season, donning zentai-style, skin-tight green bodysuits in slightly different shades of green as The Green Men, and have been known to accompany the team on road games, as they did in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals to the TD Garden against the Boston Bruins. On September 5, 2012, as an acknowledgement of their rising popularity, ESPN inducted The Green Men into the "Hall of Fans", a semi-satirical take on a Hall of Fame.[163] In November 2014, the Green Men announced that 2014–15 would be their final season.[164]

Media

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks broadcasters
 
The Vancouver Canucks broadcast area in red

After a relationship with CKNW stretching since the Canucks joined the NHL in 1970, the Canucks entered into a new radio broadcast deal in 2006 with CKST – an AM sports/talk station. John Shorthouse continues to call the play-by-play, as he has since 1999, though with his role on the Canucks' television broadcasts becoming more prominent in recent years. As of 2021, Shorthouse now works the Canucks' TV broadcasts on a full-time basis alongside analyst John Garrett. Brendan Batchelor and Corey Hirsch currently call Canucks games on radio.[165] The games aired on 14 stations across British Columbia. On March 9, 2017, it was announced that Rogers Media had acquired radio rights to the Canucks under a 5-year deal to begin in the 2017–18 season.[166] On April 25, 2017, Rogers announced that it would acquire CISL from Newcap Radio and convert it to a sports radio format to serve as team flagship.[167]

Sportsnet and Rogers hold a monopoly on all television broadcasts of the Canucks; regional games are aired by Sportsnet Pacific, and occasionally on the overflow channel Sportsnet Canucks.[168][169] Sportsnet had held the television rights to the team since 1998.[166] Since 2014, Sportsnet also held the NHL national TV rights in Canada, allowing Canucks broadcasts (including the now sublicensed Hockey Night in Canada from CBC) to be televised nationally on a number of occasions.[170][171][172][173]

Ownership

The initial owners were Tom Scallen's Medicor group. In 1972, hints of impropriety were circulating about Scallen. He was charged with stock fraud and spent the last two years of his Canuck ownership in prison.[174] In 1974, Scallen and Medicor sold the team to media executive Frank Griffiths. From 1988 to 1997, the Vancouver Canucks were owned by local businessman and philanthropist Arthur Griffiths, who had inherited ownership from his father, Frank. However, he was forced to sell his majority interest in the Canucks after overextending his resources trying to build a new arena, GM Place (currently known as Rogers Arena). As a result, he sold his majority share to an American billionaire, John McCaw Jr.

On November 17, 2004, the Aquilini Investment Group, headed by Francesco Aquilini, purchased a 50% share in Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (the owners of both the Canucks franchise and Rogers Arena) from John McCaw Jr. Prior to the sale, Aquilini and two business partners, Tom Gaglardi and Ryan Beedie, had negotiated with Orca Bay for several months without concluding an agreement. In January 2005, Gaglardi and Beedie filed a lawsuit against Aquilini and Orca Bay, alleging that Aquilini and Orca Bay had acted in bad faith in concluding a deal using information obtained from their joint offer.

On November 8, 2006, Aquilini, along with his brothers Roberto and Paolo, purchased the remaining 50% of the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena from McCaw.[175]

In May 2007, Gaglardi and Beedie's civil lawsuit over Aquilini's purchase reached the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The court ruled for Aquilini, on January 10, 2008. The court held that there was no legal partnership between Aquilini, Beedie, and Gaglardi, and that McCaw was free to sell the team to anyone he wished.[176]

On January 29, 2008, the company responsible for operating the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena, changed its name from Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment to Canucks Sports & Entertainment.

Minor league affiliates

Top affiliates

1970–71 to 1971–72 Rochester Americans (AHL)
1972–73 to 1974–75 Seattle Totems (WHL, CHL)
1975–76 to 1977–78 Tulsa Oilers (CHL)
1978–79 to 1981–82 Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)
1982–83 to 1987–88 Fredericton Express (AHL)
1988–89 to 1991–92 Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
1992–93 to 1993–94 Hamilton Canucks (AHL)
1994–95 to 1999–00 Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
2000–01 Kansas City Blades (IHL)
2001–02 to 2010–11 Manitoba Moose (AHL)
2011–12 to 2012–13 Chicago Wolves (AHL)
2013–14 to 2020–21 Utica Comets (AHL)
2021–22 to present Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)

Secondary affiliates

1987–88 Flint Spirits (IHL)
1991–92 Columbus Chill (ECHL)
2002–03 to 2005–06 Columbia Inferno (ECHL)
2006–07 to 2010–11 Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)
2011–12 to 2014–15 Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
2016–17 Alaska Aces (ECHL)
2017–18 to 2020–21 Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Canucks. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Vancouver Canucks seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2017–18 82 31 40 11 73 218 264 7th, Pacific Did not qualify
2018–19 82 35 36 11 81 225 254 5th, Pacific Did not qualify
2019–20 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 3rd, Pacific Lost in Second Round, 3–4 (Golden Knights)
2020–21 56 23 29 4 50 151 188 7th, North Did not qualify
2021–22 82 40 30 12 92 249 236 5th, Pacific Did not qualify

Players

Main article: List of Vancouver Canucks players

Current roster

Updated March 13, 2023[177][178]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
88   Nils Aman C L 23 2022 Avesta, Sweden
74   Ethan Bear   D R 25 2022 Regina, Saskatchewan
72   Anthony Beauvillier LW L 25 2023 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
6   Brock Boeser RW R 26 2015 Burnsville, Minnesota
55   Guillaume Brisebois D L 25 2015 Longueuil, Quebec
44   Kyle Burroughs D R 27 2021 Vancouver, British Columbia
60   Collin Delia G L 28 2022 Rancho Cucamonga, California
35   Thatcher Demko G L 27 2014 San Diego, California
24   Travis Dermott   D L 26 2022 Newmarket, Ontario
34   Phillip Di Giuseppe LW L 29 2021 Maple, Ontario
15   Sheldon Dries C L 28 2021 Macomb Township, Michigan
23   Oliver Ekman-Larsson (A)   D L 31 2021 Karlskrona, Sweden
79   Micheal Ferland   LW L 30 2019 Swan River, Manitoba
8   Conor Garland RW R 27 2021 Scituate, Massachusetts
17   Filip Hronek D R 25 2023 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
43   Quinn Hughes (A) D L 23 2018 Orlando, Florida
81   Dakota Joshua C L 26 2022 Dearborn, Michigan
47   Noah Juulsen D R 25 2021 Surrey, British Columbia
91   Vitali Kravtsov RW L 23 2023 Vladivostok, Russia
96   Andrei Kuzmenko LW R 27 2022 Yakutsk, Russia
—   Aidan McDonough LW L 23 2019 Milton, Massachusetts
65   Ilya Mikheyev   RW L 28 2022 Omsk, Russia
9   J. T. Miller (A)   C/RW L 30 2019 East Palestine, Ohio
57   Tyler Myers D R 33 2019 Houston, Texas
70   Tanner Pearson   LW L 30 2019 Kitchener, Ontario
40   Elias Pettersson (A) C L 24 2017 Sundsvall, Sweden
92   Vasily Podkolzin RW L 21 2019 Moscow, Russia
5   Tucker Poolman   D R 29 2021 Dubuque, Iowa
18   Jack Studnicka C R 24 2022 Tecumseh, Ontario
86   Christian Wolanin D L 27 2022 Quebec City, Quebec

Retired numbers

 
A banner with Stan Smyl's retired number 12
Vancouver Canucks retired numbers[179]
No. Player Position Career No. retirement
10 Pavel Bure RW 1991–1998 November 2, 2013
12 Stan Smyl RW 1978–1991 November 3, 1991
16 Trevor Linden C/RW 1988–1998
2001–2008		 December 17, 2008
19 Markus Naslund LW 1996–2008 December 11, 2010
22 Daniel Sedin LW 2000–2018 February 12, 2020
33 Henrik Sedin C 2000–2018 February 12, 2020
Notes
  • Bure wore number 10 for five of his seven seasons in Vancouver. He wore number 96 during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons before returning to number 10 during the 1997–98 season.
  • The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's #99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.[180]

Numbers taken out of circulation

Although not officially retired, the following numbers are no longer issued by the Canucks:

Hall of Famers

Several former players and builders from the Vancouver Canucks have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Eight former players have been inducted, and six builders (executives, general managers, head coaches, and owners).

Ring of Honour inductees

The Vancouver Canucks Ring of Honour is a collection of permanent in-arena displays, that commemorates individuals that made an impact with the franchise. Inductees to the Ring of Honour include:

  • Orland Kurtenbach, C, 1970–1974, inducted October 26, 2010.
  • Kirk McLean, G, 1987–1998, inducted November 24, 2010.
  • Thomas Gradin, C, 1978–1986, inducted January 24, 2011.
  • Harold Snepsts, D, 1974–1984; 1988–1990, inducted March 14, 2011.
  • Pat Quinn, D, 1970–1972; President & General manager, 1987–1997; Head Coach, 1991–1994; 1996, inducted April 13, 2014.
  • Mattias Ohlund, D, 1997–2009, inducted December 16, 2016.
  • Alex Burrows, RW, 2005–2017, inducted December 3, 2019.

Team captains

 
Henrik Sedin was named the Canucks' team captain in 2010. Sedin remained as team captain until his retirement in 2018.

There have been 14 Canucks players who have served as the captain. The franchise's first captain was Orland Kurtenbach, who captained the team until his retirement in 1974.[184] The longest-tenured Canucks captains have been Stan Smyl and Henrik Sedin, who each served as captain for eight seasons; each were also the only captains to have spent their entire NHL career with the Canucks.[185][186] Swedish winger Markus Naslund, who captained for seven seasons, was the first non-Canadian to have captained the Canucks.

Though goaltenders are not permitted to act as captains during games, Roberto Luongo served as the captain from 2008 to 2010, but because of the NHL rule against goaltender captains, the league did not allow Luongo to serve as on-ice captain.[187][188] In his place, the three alternate captains were responsible for dealing with officials during games. They also handled ceremonial face-offs.[188] Luongo was not permitted to wear the "C" on his jersey. Instead, he incorporated it into the artwork on the front of one of his masks, which he occasionally wore for the early months of the 2008–09 season.[189]

Draft picks

Main article: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks

The Canucks selected Dale Tallon, a defenceman from the Toronto Marlboros with their first pick, second overall in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. In 1978, they drafted Stan Smyl from the New Westminster Bruins. Ten years later, the Canucks also drafted Trevor Linden from the Medicine Hat Tigers in 1988.[190] The Canucks have had 13 top-five draft picks in franchise history, but have never had the first overall pick. The Canucks are one of the two franchises in the NHL to have drafted two twin brothers in the same year. They drafted Daniel Sedin second overall and Henrik Sedin third overall in 1999.[191] Two players from British Columbia have been selected by the Canucks in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft: Cam Neely in 1983 and Jake Virtanen, taken 6th overall in 2014.[192]

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

 
Recording 733 points with the Canucks, Trevor Linden holds the fourth-highest all-time points total in the franchise.
  •  *  – current Canucks player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

General managers

Main article: List of Vancouver Canucks general managers

Head coaches

Main article: List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches

There have been 21 head coaches for the Canucks. The franchise's first head coach was Hal Laycoe, who coached the Canucks for two seasons. Alain Vigneault coached the most games of any Canucks head coach with 540 games, and has the most points all-time with the Canucks with 683, from the 2006–07 season through the 2012–13 season. He is followed by Marc Crawford, who has 586 points all-time with the Canucks. Vigneault also has the most points in a season of any Canucks coach, with 117 in the 2010–11 season. Roger Neilson and Pat Quinn are the only Hockey Hall of Fame inductees to coach the Canucks. Quinn and Vigneault are the only two Canucks head coaches to win a Jack Adams Award with the team. Bill LaForge, who coached the start of the 1984 season, has the fewest points with the Canucks, with 10. Harry Neale served the most terms as head coach of the Canucks with three while Pat Quinn served two.

The current head coach is Rick Tocchet as of January 22, 2023.

Awards and trophies

Main article: List of Vancouver Canucks award winners

NHL

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Presidents' Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

Jack Adams Award

Budweiser NHL Man of the Year Award

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Lester B. Pearson Award / Ted Lindsay Award

NHL Plus/Minus Award

NHL Foundation Player Award

Scotiabank Fan Fav Award

Art Ross Trophy

Hart Memorial Trophy

William M. Jennings Trophy

Frank J. Selke Trophy

NHL General Manager of the Year Award

All-Star

First All-Star team

Second All-Star team

NHL All-Rookie Team

Franchise

Further information: Cyclone Taylor Award, Cyrus H. McLean Trophy, Babe Pratt Trophy, Molson Cup, Fred J. Hume Award, and Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player Award

Franchise individual records

Main article: List of Vancouver Canucks records

As of the 2021–22 season

Skaters
Goaltenders

Notes

  1. ^ For example: decreased tolerance for impeding a player as he is skating, four-foot increase length-wise in the offensive zones, abolishment of the two-line pass rule (i.e. passing the puck from the defending zone to the opposing side of centre) and a decrease in goaltending equipment size.[84]

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Further reading

  • Bedall, Justin (2004). Vancouver Canucks: Heartstopping Stories from Canada's Most Exciting Hockey Team. Altitude Pub. Canada. ISBN 1-55153-792-3.

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Canucks Sports amp Entertainment Francesco Aquilini chairman General managerPatrik AllvinHead coachRick TocchetCaptainVacantMinor league affiliatesAbbotsford Canucks AHL Stanley Cups0Conference championships3 1981 82 1993 94 2010 11 Presidents Trophy2 2010 11 2011 12 Division championships10 1974 75 1991 92 1992 93 2003 04 2006 07 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11 2011 12 2012 13 Official websitenhl wbr com wbr canucksThe Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres In its NHL history the team has advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times losing to the New York Islanders in 1982 the New York Rangers in 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011 They have won the Presidents Trophy in back to back seasons as the team with the league s best regular season record in the 2010 11 and 2011 12 seasons They won three division titles as a member of the Smythe Division from 1974 to 1993 and seven titles as a member of the Northwest Division from 1998 to 2013 The Canucks along with the Sabres are the two oldest teams to have never won the Stanley Cup 6 The Canucks have retired six players jerseys in their history Pavel Bure 10 Stan Smyl 12 Trevor Linden 16 Markus Naslund 19 Daniel Sedin 22 and Henrik Sedin 33 all but Bure and Daniel Sedin have served as team captain All but Naslund were on one of the three Stanley Cup Finals rosters Smyl has the distinction of being the only Canuck to have his jersey number retired at their former arena Pacific Coliseum Contents 1 History 1 1 Background and establishment 1 1 1 NHL application 1 2 Early years 1970 1982 1 2 1 1982 Stanley Cup run 1 3 Decline 1982 1987 1 4 Pat Quinn era 1987 1998 1 4 1 1994 Stanley Cup run 1 4 2 Keenan and Messier 1997 1998 1 5 Brian Burke era 1998 2004 1 5 1 West Coast Express years 2000 2006 1 6 Dave Nonis era 2004 2008 1 7 Mike Gillis era 2008 2014 1 7 1 2011 Stanley Cup run 1 7 2 End of the Gillis era 1 8 Jim Benning era 2014 2021 1 9 Patrik Allvin Jim Rutherford era 2021 present 2 Team information 2 1 Home arenas 2 2 Logos and jerseys 2 3 Mascot 2 4 Media 2 5 Ownership 3 Minor league affiliates 3 1 Top affiliates 3 2 Secondary affiliates 4 Season by season record 5 Players 5 1 Current roster 5 2 Retired numbers 5 2 1 Numbers taken out of circulation 5 3 Hall of Famers 5 4 Ring of Honour inductees 5 5 Team captains 5 6 Draft picks 5 7 Franchise scoring leaders 6 General managers 7 Head coaches 8 Awards and trophies 8 1 NHL 8 2 All Star 8 3 Franchise 9 Franchise individual records 10 Notes 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External linksHistory EditMain article History of the Vancouver Canucks Background and establishment Edit The first professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver were the Vancouver Millionaires formed by Frank and Lester Patrick Established in 1911 the Millionaires were one of three teams in the new Pacific Coast Hockey Association To accommodate the Millionaires the Patrick brothers directed the building of the Denman Arena which was known at the time as the world s largest artificial ice rink 7 The arena was later destroyed in a fire in 1936 The Millionaires played for the Stanley Cup five times winning over the Ottawa Senators in 1915 on home ice 8 It marked the first time the Stanley Cup was won by a West Coast team in the trophy s history 8 Absorbed by the Western Canada Hockey League in 1924 the team continued operations until folding at the end of the 1925 26 WHL season From 1926 to 1970 Vancouver was home to only minor league teams Most notably the present day Canucks minor league predecessor also known as the Vancouver Canucks played from 1945 to 1970 in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League NHL application Edit With the intention of attracting an NHL franchise Vancouver began the construction of a new modern arena the Pacific Coliseum in 1966 with the arena opening in January 1968 9 The WHL s Canucks were playing in a small arena at the time the Vancouver Forum situated on the same Pacific National Exhibition grounds as the Coliseum Meanwhile a Vancouver group led by WHL Canucks owner and former Vancouver mayor Fred Hume made a bid to be one of the six teams due to join the league in 1967 but the NHL rejected their application 10 Bid leader Cyrus McLean called the denial a cooked up deal referring to several biases that factored against them Speculation long abounded afterwards that the bid was hindered by Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe after a failed Vancouver based business deal he was quoted as saying that the city would not get an NHL franchise in his lifetime 11 Additionally along with the Montreal Canadiens Smythe purportedly did not wish to split Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC hockey revenues three ways rather than two 12 Less than a year later the Oakland Seals were in financial difficulty and having trouble drawing fans An apparent deal was in place to move the team to Vancouver but the NHL did not want to see one of their franchises from the expansion of 1967 move so quickly and vetoed the deal In exchange for avoiding a lawsuit the NHL promised Vancouver would get a team in the next expansion round 13 Another group headed by Minnesota entrepreneur Tom Scallen made a new presentation and was awarded an expansion franchise for the price of 6 million three times the cost in 1967 14 The new ownership group purchased the WHL Canucks and brought the team into the league with the Buffalo Sabres as expansion teams for the 1970 71 season In preparation for joining the NHL the WHL Canucks had brought in players with prior NHL experience Six of these players John Arbour George Gardner Len Lunde Marc Reaume Ted Taylor and Murray Hall would remain with the club for its inaugural NHL season The rest of the roster was built through an expansion draft Early years 1970 1982 Edit To fill the Canucks roster for their inaugural season the league held an Expansion Draft in the preceding summer A draft lottery was held on June 9 1970 determining who between the Canucks and Sabres would get the first selection in the Expansion Draft as well as the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft the Sabres won both spins With his first selection in the Expansion Draft Canucks General Manager Bud Poile chose defenceman Gary Doak 15 Among the other players chosen by Vancouver were centre Orland Kurtenbach who was named the Canucks first captain 16 as well as defenceman Pat Quinn who later became the team s general manager and coach in the 1990s Two days later on June 11 1970 the Canucks made defenceman Dale Tallon their first ever Amateur Draft selection Tallon played three seasons with the club before being traded away to the Chicago Black Hawks By comparison the Sabres chose centre Gilbert Perreault with the first overall selection they won from the lottery Perreault went on to become a nine time All Star and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame 17 Eagle sculpture featuring Stan Smyl who was captain for eight seasons With the Canucks roster set the team played its inaugural game against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9 1970 They lost the contest 3 1 defenceman Barry Wilkins scored the Canucks lone goal in the game and first in franchise history a backhander against goaltender Denis DeJordy 18 Two days later the squad recorded the first win in franchise history a 5 3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs 19 The Canucks struggled in their early years failing to make the playoffs in their first four seasons 20 Placed in the competitive East Division Poile assembled a core of players during this period led by Kurtenbach that included defencemen Tallon and Jocelyn Guevremont as well as wingers Andre Boudrias and Dennis Ververgaert Boudrias emerged as the team s leading point scorer in four of their first five seasons 21 Prior to the 1974 75 season Scallen and his ownership group from Minnesota sold the team to local media mogul Frank Griffiths for 9 million 22 Also in the summer of 1974 the Canucks were re aligned within the league and placed in the new Smythe Division They responded with their first winning record 38 wins 32 losses and 10 ties backstopped by goaltender Gary Suitcase Smith finishing first in the Division with 86 points 21 Making their debut in the Stanley Cup playoffs the Canucks lost the opening series of the 1975 playoffs in five games to the Montreal Canadiens Head Coach and General Manager Phil Maloney the third GM in team history after Poile and Hal Laycoe recalled the importance of a successful season for the Canucks in that year specifically as the rival league World Hockey Association WHA had established another major professional team in the city the Vancouver Blazers Competing for the same hockey market the Canucks emerged over the Blazers as the latter relocated to Calgary Alberta the following season 23 The Canucks posted a second consecutive winning record and made the playoffs in 1975 76 but lost to the New York Islanders in a two game preliminary series 20 It would be another 16 years until the team would have another winning record though they made the playoffs nine times in that span 21 Kurtenbach retired and assumed a coaching position with Vancouver His departure as a player marked the beginning of a seven year period in which the Canucks had four different captains Boudrias Chris Oddleifson Don Lever and Kevin McCarthy Following the 1976 77 season Maloney was replaced as general manager by Jake Milford who acquired such players as Stan Smyl Thomas Gradin Darcy Rota Ivan Boldirev and Richard Brodeur a core that would lead the team throughout the 1980s 24 1982 Stanley Cup run Edit A statue of coach Roger Neilson outside of Rogers Arena commemorating the 1982 Stanley Cup run The Canucks made their first significant playoff impact in the 1982 playoffs In their previous five playoff appearances the team had failed to win a single series Though the Canucks finished three games under a 500 win percentage in the 1981 82 regular season they began gaining momentum by finishing the campaign on a nine game unbeaten streak 25 Meanwhile Smyl emerged as the club s leader replacing McCarthy as the captain after the latter was sidelined with an injury late in the season he would retain that position for a team record eight years 26 27 Continuing their success in the playoffs the Canucks made the Stanley Cup Finals with a combined 11 2 record in series against the Calgary Flames Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Black Hawks 20 Despite having a losing regular season record Vancouver had a home ice advantage in the first series having finished second in the Smythe Division to the Edmonton Oilers The Canucks also had a home ice advantage during the second round series against the Kings who upset the Oilers in the first round Late in Game 2 of the Conference Finals in Chicago Vancouver Interim Head Coach Roger Neilson frustrated with what he felt was the poor officiating in the game placed a white towel on the end of a hockey stick and held it up in a gesture mocking surrender waving the white flag The players on the Canucks bench followed suit When the series shifted to Vancouver for the next two games the team s fans cheered them on by waving white towels above their heads The habit stuck becoming an original Canuck fan tradition now seen across the league and in other sports known as Towel Power The Canucks proceeded to win the series in five games making it to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history 28 Entering the Finals against the New York Islanders the Canucks were the first team from Western Canada to play for the Stanley Cup in 56 years when the Victoria Cougars reached the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals It also marked the first ever coast to coast Stanley Cup Finals 29 Competing against the Islanders the Stanley Cup champions of the previous two years who had finished with 41 points more than Vancouver in the regular season standings Vancouver took the first game to overtime In the final minute of the extra period Canucks defenceman and fan favourite Harold Snepsts gave the puck away with an errant pass from behind his net leading to a Mike Bossy goal Like the first game the Canucks held a 3 2 lead after the first two periods in the second game but were not able to keep their lead and lost 6 4 30 The Canucks were unable to complete their Cinderella run and were swept losing their next two games by 3 0 and 3 1 scores The 1982 playoffs proved to be the last year in which Vancouver won a playoff series until 1992 20 Decline 1982 1987 Edit After their improbable Stanley Cup run the Canucks slipped back into mediocrity for the rest of the 1980s making the playoffs only four times for the rest of the decade 20 Notable players that joined the Canucks core following the 1982 playoffs included offensively skilled forwards Patrik Sundstrom and Tony Tanti Beginning in 1983 84 the Canucks scoring title was held by either Sundstrom or Tanti for four of the next five seasons the only season in which neither won the team scoring title was 1985 86 when it was won by Petri Skriko For most of the second half of the 1980s the Canucks competed with the Los Angeles Kings for the final playoff spot in the Smythe Division In the years in which they qualified for the playoffs the team was eliminated in the first round by either the Edmonton Oilers in 1985 86 or the Calgary Flames in 1982 83 1983 84 and the Flames championship season of 1988 89 which was decided in Game 7 both division rivals 20 Pavel Bure became the first Canuck to win the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1992 and is the only sixty goal scorer in team history He is regarded as the team s first superstar Following Milford s tenure as general manager from 1977 to 1982 the position was held by Harry Neale for three years then Jack Gordon for two The latter was responsible for trading away power forward Cam Neely to the Boston Bruins in 1986 31 In addition to Neely the Canucks gave up their 1987 first round draft pick with which the Bruins chose Glen Wesley and in return acquired centre Barry Pederson While Pederson collected back to back 70 point seasons with the Canucks in his first two seasons after the trade he was traded away to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1989 as his performance quickly declined 32 Neely went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Bruins recording three 50 goal seasons 33 and Wesley had a solid 20 year career 34 Pat Quinn era 1987 1998 Edit After the installation of former Canucks defenceman Pat Quinn as general manager in the summer of 1987 35 the team underwent an immediate rebuilding process trading away core veterans for younger prospects and players Among the more key transactions was a deal with the New Jersey Devils in which Sundstrom was traded away in exchange for winger Greg Adams and goaltender Kirk McLean In addition to Quinn s trades the team improved through the draft route with two selections in particular With the second overall selection in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft the Canucks chose winger Trevor Linden from the Western Hockey League WHL The following year the team made a controversial selection by choosing Russian winger Pavel Bure 113th overall Bure was believed by most teams to be ineligible for selection that year Consequently his draft by the Canucks took a year to be verified by the league as team management went about procuring documents to prove his eligibility 36 As the decade turned a shift in the Canucks leadership occurred as Stan Smyl resigned his captaincy prior to the 1990 91 season due to a reduced on ice role with the team In his place the Canucks implemented a rotating captaincy of Linden Dan Quinn and Doug Lidster of the three Linden retained the captaincy thereafter becoming the youngest permanent captain in team history at 21 years of age At the end of the season Smyl retired as the team s all time leader in games played goals assists and points 37 Led by Linden and in large part to Quinn s dealings the Canucks rose to prominence in the early 1990s This increased success came roughly around the time the Oilers and Flames began to sink in the standings As a result Vancouver won their first division title in 17 years with 42 wins 26 losses and 12 ties during the 1991 92 season it was also the team s first winning season since the 1975 76 season During the campaign the Canucks honoured Smyl who had remained on the team as an assistant coach by making him the first player in team history to have his jersey number 12 retired 37 In the 1992 playoffs the Canucks won their first series since 1982 before being eliminated by the Oilers in the second round 20 Quinn and Bure became the first Canucks recipients of major NHL awards in the off season being awarded the Jack Adams Award as the best coach Quinn assumed a dual coaching and general managerial role starting that year and the top rookie in the league respectively 38 The following year the Canucks repeated as regular season division champions while Bure emerged as arguably the team s first superstar with his first of back to back 60 goal seasons totals which remain the highest recorded in Canucks history 39 As the team struggled to score in the second half of the 1993 94 season Bure recorded 49 goals in the club s final 51 games and contributed to 46 45 of his team s goals in the final 47 games of the season to carry the Canucks into the 1994 postseason Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal called Bure the NHL s best forward the last 40 games scoring almost a goal a game 40 1994 Stanley Cup run Edit Kirk McLean was a key member of the Canucks 1994 Stanley Cup run In 1994 the Canucks made their second trip to the Stanley Cup Finals entering the playoffs as the seventh seed in the renamed Western Conference Despite underachieving in the regular season their points total decreased by 16 from the previous year although they finished second in the newly renamed Pacific Division 21 the Canucks played well in the playoffs and embarked on another unexpected run Opening the playoffs with a close first round series against the Calgary Flames Vancouver rallied from a three games to one deficit to win the series in seven contests Games 5 through 7 were all won in overtime with goals from Geoff Courtnall Trevor Linden and Pavel Bure respectively 41 The deciding seventh game featured two of the most recognizable and celebrated plays in Canucks history With the game tied 3 3 in the first overtime goaltender Kirk McLean made what became known thereafter as The Save sliding across the crease feet first and stacking his pads on the goal line to stop Robert Reichel on a one timer pass from Theoren Fleury The following period Pavel Bure received a breakaway pass from defenceman Jeff Brown before deking Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon to score and win the series Fifteen years later Bure s goal and McLean s save were ranked first and second in a Vancouver Sun article listing the 40 most memorable moments in team history 42 Following their victory over the Flames the Canucks then upset both the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs both in five games en route to the franchise s second Stanley Cup Finals appearance 20 Forward Greg Adams sent the Canucks into the Finals with a double overtime goal against Maple Leafs goaltender Felix Potvin in Game 5 42 Staging the second coast to coast Finals in league history the Canucks were matched against the Presidents Trophy winning New York Rangers Vancouver achieved victory in Game 1 by a score of 3 2 in overtime largely due to a 52 save performance by goaltender McLean 43 After losing the next 3 games the Canucks won the next two to force a seventh game at Madison Square Garden on June 14 1994 20 Despite a two goal effort one on a shorthanded breakaway from Linden who was playing with cracked ribs 44 Vancouver lost the game by a 3 2 score The Canucks efforts to tie the game included a post hit by forward Nathan LaFayette with just over a minute remaining in regulation 45 The loss was followed by a riot in Downtown Vancouver which resulted in property damage injuries and arrests 46 Two days after the riots the team held a rally at BC Place attended by 45 000 fans who congratulated the team for their effort 47 With a young core that included Linden Bure and McLean still in their 20s after the 1994 playoffs the Canucks appeared poised to remain contenders in the league 45 However the team failed to record a winning season in the six years following their Stanley Cup Finals appearance 21 Prior to the lock out shortened 1994 95 season Quinn stepped down as head coach to focus on his managerial duties and was replaced by Rick Ley 48 Vancouver finished with a 500 record that year 21 Their elimination from the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 4 of the second round marked the Canucks last game played at the Pacific Coliseum 20 49 as the team moved into the new General Motors Place since renamed Rogers Arena a new 160 million arena situated in Downtown Vancouver the following season The Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers warm up before a match at General Motors Place October 1997 The Canucks made another significant move in the off season by acquiring high scoring Russian forward Alexander Mogilny from the Buffalo Sabres reuniting Bure with his former CSKA Moscow and national team linemate 50 While Mogilny became the second player in team history to record 50 goals and 100 points in a season 39 51 chiefly playing with centre Cliff Ronning the expected chemistry between Mogilny and Bure never materialized with the latter suffering a season ending knee injury early in the campaign 52 Vancouver finished 1995 96 two games below 500 and were defeated in the first round of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche 20 21 The season also marked the arrival of another future Canucks superstar as Markus Naslund was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alek Stojanov The deal is regarded as one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history as Stojanov soon became a minor leaguer while Naslund became the team s all time leading goal and point scorer years later 53 54 55 Despite a late season swoon Ley was fired and replaced by Quinn down the stretch The team limped into the playoffs losing to the Colorado Avalanche in the first round In the 1996 off season Quinn hired Tom Renney whose tenure as the team s head coach lasted less than two seasons 56 Despite strong performances from Mogilny and team leading point scorer Martin Gelinas in Bure and Linden s absence both of whom were injured for long periods of time during the season 21 the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first of four consecutive seasons that year 20 Making another high profile acquisition on July 27 1997 the Canucks signed free agent Mark Messier to a three year deal 57 58 They had come close to signing Wayne Gretzky the previous summer but were reportedly spurned away when they refused to continue negotiations and gave Gretzky an ultimatum to sign 59 Keenan and Messier 1997 1998 Edit Marc Crawford became the Canucks head coach in 1998 99 Crawford also played for the team in the 1980s Heading into the 1997 98 season Linden resigned his captaincy for Messier who had developed a strong reputation as a leader having captained the New York Rangers over the Canucks in 1994 he also captained the Oilers to a Stanley Cup in 1990 Linden later recalled regretting the decision feeling that Messier generated hostility and tension in the dressing room 60 Messier later said if he could change one thing about his time in Vancouver he would not have accepted the captaincy 61 The Canucks began the campaign overseas in a two game series against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Tokyo Japan It marked the first time in NHL history that a regular season game was held outside of North America an effort from the league to attract attention to the sport in anticipation of the 1998 Winter Olympics which were held in Nagano Japan 62 As the team s performance continued to worsen starting the 1997 98 season with three wins in the first 16 games Quinn was fired as general manager after ten years with the team 59 Soon thereafter Renney was fired and replaced as coach by Mike Keenan reuniting him with Messier another central figure from the Rangers 1994 team Keenan s hiring reportedly exacerbated tensions between groups of Canucks players and his negative relationship with Linden was given ample media attention 63 64 Two months into his tenure with the team his role was expanded and he was made de facto general manager With control of player personnel Keenan overhauled the roster making ten trades within two months most notably dealing Linden to the New York Islanders 65 Although the trade was unpopular with fans the Canucks received winger Todd Bertuzzi in return who would later become an integral part of the team s return to success in the next decade Defenceman Bryan McCabe was also part of the deal who would eventually be involved in a key transaction in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft Brian Burke era 1998 2004 Edit After the Canucks finished the 1997 98 season last in the Western Conference 66 former NHL Vice president Brian Burke was named general manager in the summer 67 Suffering their worst season since 1977 78 the subsequent year 21 Keenan was fired midway through and replaced with Marc Crawford who had won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 65 Meanwhile Pavel Bure unhappy in Vancouver had withheld himself from the team and requested a trade at the beginning of the campaign By January 1999 he was dealt with the Florida Panthers in a seven player trade which saw eventual five time NHL All Star Ed Jovanovski heading west The trade also involved two draft picks Finishing last in the Western Conference for a second straight year 68 Vancouver possessed the fourth overall pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft Set on drafting highly touted Swedish forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin Burke orchestrated several transactions to move up to the second and third overall picks with which he chose both players 69 The Canucks began to show improvement in the 1999 00 season finishing four points out of a playoff spot 70 During the campaign Mogilny was traded to the New Jersey Devils for forwards Denis Pederson and Brendan Morrison With Bure gone and Messier in the last year of his contract several previously under achieving players began developing into key contributors for the team most notably Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi In the off season Messier left the team and returned to the Rangers during the team s September 2000 training camp held in Sweden Naslund was selected to replace Messier as captain a position he held for seven seasons 27 As part of the team s stay in Sweden they played exhibition games against Swedish and Finnish teams as part of the NHL Challenge West Coast Express years 2000 2006 Edit Under the leadership of general manager Brian Burke and head coach Marc Crawford 71 the Canucks once again became a playoff team After qualifying for the postseason in 2001 and 2002 as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winners Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings respectively 20 the Canucks became regular contenders for the Northwest Division title Todd Bertuzzi Brendan Morrison and Markus Naslund during the Canucks 2005 06 season opener The three players formed the West Coast Express a hockey line that played from 2002 to 2006 Coinciding with the team s success in the early 2000s was the rise of power forward Todd Bertuzzi and captain Markus Naslund into high scoring wingers and NHL All Stars Joined by centre Brendan Morrison during the 2001 02 season the trio were nicknamed the West Coast Express after the Vancouver rail service of the same name among Canucks fans and media 72 Over the next three years Naslund ranked in the top five among league scorers and was a Lester B Pearson Award winner and Hart Memorial Trophy finalist in 2003 73 74 75 76 Bertuzzi was also a top five scorer in the league in 2001 02 and 2002 03 73 74 During this span Burke made a trade with the Washington Capitals to facilitate the return of Trevor Linden 77 The ex captain returned to a markedly different Canucks team with a young core consisting of the aforementioned trio defencemen Ed Jovanovski and Mattias Ohlund as well as goaltender Dan Cloutier 78 In 2002 03 the Canucks set a franchise record with a 10 game win streak but lost the division title to the Colorado Avalanche on the last day of the regular season Individually Naslund was surpassed the same night by Avalanche forwards Peter Forsberg and Milan Hejduk for the Art Ross Trophy and Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy respectively 79 Entering the 2003 playoffs with the fourth seed in the West the Canucks won their first playoff series in eight years defeating the St Louis Blues in seven games before losing to the Minnesota Wild in the second round 20 In both series they were 3 1 comebacks the Canucks rallied to beat the Blues but lost their own 3 1 lead to the Wild who had also come back from a 3 1 deficit in the first round against the Avalanche Amidst a run for the team s first Northwest Division title the following season the Canucks received significant media attention for their involvement in a violent on ice attack during a game against the Avalanche On March 8 2004 Bertuzzi grabbed Avalanche forward Steve Moore from behind and punched him in the head As Moore fell to the ice Bertuzzi landed on top of him Moore suffered three fractured neck vertebrae facial cuts and a concussion 80 The incident was in retaliation of a hit that Moore landed on Naslund during a previous game between the two teams 81 For his actions Bertuzzi was suspended by the NHL and International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF through to the start of the 2005 06 season He also faced legal action in British Columbia court while Moore filed lawsuits against him and the Canucks organization in Colorado and Ontario courts The Canucks went on to win their first Northwest Division title that season but lost in the first round of the 2004 playoffs to the Calgary Flames 20 After their elimination Burke s contract as general manager was not renewed and he was replaced by assistant general manager and director of hockey operations Dave Nonis At 37 years old he became the youngest general manager in team history 82 Due to the NHL lockout the 2004 05 season was not played Several Canucks players went overseas to Europe to play professionally including Naslund and the Sedin twins who all returned to their former Swedish team Modo Hockey 83 Dave Nonis era 2004 2008 Edit Upon the resolution of the labour dispute between NHL players and owners new gameplay rules were set in place for the 2005 06 season that were intended to benefit skilled players and generate more goal scoring As the Canucks basis of success in previous seasons was built on playing a fast paced high scoring style of play expectations for the team were high going into the season note 1 85 However the team failed to qualify for the playoffs completing the regular season ninth place in the West 86 The first line of Naslund Bertuzzi and Morrison suffered offensively as all three players recorded decreased points totals 21 Head Coach Marc Crawford later recalled the campaign as a turning point for the team s offensive leadership as the Sedin twins began their rise to stardom matching the top line s production 87 Crawford was fired in the off season and replaced with Alain Vigneault who had been coach of the team s American Hockey League AHL affiliate the Manitoba Moose 88 Three days after Vigneault s hiring Nonis dealt Bertuzzi to the Florida Panthers ending the West Coast Express era Naslund and Morrison would leave the team two years later In return the Canucks received All Star goaltender Roberto Luongo as part of a six player trade 89 With the acquisition of Luongo Cloutier was traded away to the Los Angeles Kings 90 Scoreboard after game one of the 2007 Western Conference Quarterfinals between the Canucks and the Dallas Stars Ending at the 138 minute mark it was the longest game in the club s history With widespread changes to team personnel in 2006 07 the Canucks won the Northwest Division title for the second time in three seasons 21 In his first season with the Canucks Luongo was nominated for the Hart Memorial and Vezina Trophies 91 He also tied Bernie Parent for the second most wins in a single season by an NHL goaltender with 47 92 The Canucks opened the 2007 playoffs with a quadruple overtime win against the Dallas Stars Ending at the 138 minute mark the game was the longest in club history and the sixth longest in NHL history 93 The Canucks also set a league record for shots against in one game allowing 76 94 Vancouver won the series in seven games despite a lack of goal scoring Stars goaltender Marty Turco recorded three shutouts in the series and equalled the league record for most shutouts in a playoff series 95 Advancing to the second round the team was defeated in five games by the Anaheim Ducks who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year 96 Following the playoffs Head Coach Vigneault received the Jack Adams Award 91 Suffering numerous injuries to players in the 2007 08 season the Canucks struggled and finished three points out of a playoff spot 97 The final game of the season a 7 1 loss to the Calgary Flames marked Trevor Linden s last NHL game as the former Canucks all time leading scorer retired 98 Having missed the playoffs for the second time in three years 20 the team underwent numerous personnel changes in the off season Mike Gillis era 2008 2014 Edit After Nonis was fired and replaced with former player agent Mike Gillis in April 2008 99 longtime Canucks captain Markus Naslund as well as Brendan Morrison were let go via free agency 100 Also in the off season on May 29 2008 the Canucks lost defensive prospect Luc Bourdon to a fatal motorcycle crash near his hometown of Shippagan New Brunswick 101 Roberto Luongo during the 2008 09 season with a C visible on his goalie mask denoting his captaincy He was named captain of the Canucks in September 2008 With Naslund s departure Gillis announced on September 30 2008 that Luongo had been named team captain marking the first time since Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens in 1947 48 that a goaltender had been named the captain of an NHL team 102 During the ensuing season the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history hanging Linden s number 16 beside Smyl s number 12 in a pre game ceremony on December 17 2008 103 Later that month the Canucks acquired unrestricted free agent Mats Sundin 104 The arrival of the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain and 500 goal scorer in the NHL came with high expectations However Sundin scored below his usual pace and retired in the subsequent off season The team finished the regular season with another Northwest Division title and the third seed in the Western Conference 105 In the 2009 playoffs the Canucks swept their first round series against the St Louis Blues the first four game sweep in franchise history 106 but were defeated in six games by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round 107 In the 2009 10 season the Canucks faced the longest road trip in NHL history playing 14 games over six weeks from January 27 to March 13 2010 108 The schedule was a result of Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics which shut down the NHL for two weeks facilitating General Motors Place s use for ice hockey during the games 109 It marked the first time that an NHL market hosted an Olympics since the league allowed its players to compete in the games beginning with the 1998 Games in Nagano Among the several Canucks players named to their respective national teams centre Ryan Kesler of the United States and goaltender Roberto Luongo of Canada played against each other in the gold medal game Luongo and Team Canada emerged with the win 110 As the NHL season resumed Henrik Sedin went on to become the first Canucks player to win the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the league s leading scorer and most valuable player respectively 111 112 He achieved the feat with a franchise record 112 points surpassing Pavel Bure s mark of 110 set in 1991 92 51 Vancouver won the Northwest Division title and finished third in the Western Conference for the second straight year They opened the playoffs by defeating the sixth place Los Angeles Kings in six games but were once again eliminated by Chicago who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year the following round in six games 113 Ryan Kesler with the Canucks during the 2010 Western Conference Quarterfinals Kesler spent the first 10 seasons of his NHL career with the team The 2010 11 season began on October 9 2010 with a pre game ceremony to commemorate the team s 40 year anniversary Henrik Sedin was named in the ceremony as the team s new captain replacing Roberto Luongo who had relinquished his captaincy in the off season 114 The Canucks played the Los Angeles Kings their first opponent in their inaugural season in 1970 both teams wore their original uniforms used in the Canucks inaugural game Throughout the season the Canucks continued to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the creation of the Ring of Honour a permanent in arena display commemorating their most significant players from past years Four players were inducted during the campaign Orland Kurtenbach Kirk McLean Thomas Gradin and Harold Snepsts In December 2010 the Canucks also honoured Markus Naslund by retiring his number 19 jersey Naslund had retired two years after leaving the Canucks in 2008 The team finished the season first overall in the league for the first time winning the Presidents Trophy 115 Finishing with 54 wins and 117 points the Canucks broke the previous team records in both categories by significant margins Individually numerous players had career years Daniel Sedin won the Art Ross Trophy as the league s top scorer with 104 points marking the first time in NHL history that two brothers won the award in back to back years Meanwhile Ryan Kesler tied Daniel Sedin for the team goal scoring lead with 41 goals In goal Roberto Luongo and backup Cory Schneider captured the William M Jennings Trophy for allowing the fewest goals against 2011 Stanley Cup run Edit Henrik Sedin accepts the Clarence S Campbell Bowl on behalf of the Canucks as the 2011 Western Conference champions Entering the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs the Canucks played the Chicago Blackhawks who had eliminated Vancouver in the previous two years While Vancouver initially took a 3 0 lead in the series Chicago came back to win three straight games and force the series into a Game 7 Forced into overtime winger Alexandre Burrows scored his second goal of the game following a failed clearing attempt by Chicago defenceman Chris Campoli to win the series The Canucks played the Nashville Predators in the second round of the playoffs defeating the Predators in six games Facing the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Finals Vancouver won in five games Advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1994 the Canucks won the first two games of the series with Boston winning the next two Vancouver won game 5 while the Bruins won games 6 and 7 to win the Stanley Cup After the game riots and looting broke out in downtown Vancouver repeating the events of 17 years earlier 116 End of the Gillis era Edit The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators participated in the 2014 Heritage Classic at BC Place During the season opening game on October 6 2011 a ceremony was held to honour Rick Rypien who died by suicide during the off season For the rest of the season the players wore decals on their helmets saying 37 RYP The Canucks were strong contenders for much of the 2011 12 season and clinched Presidents Trophy for the second consecutive year Despite projections for another Stanley Cup run at the outset of the 2012 playoffs the Canucks were eliminated in five games by the eventual Cup champion Los Angeles Kings Prior to the start of the 2012 13 season the league s collective bargaining agreement CBA expired Unable to agree on a new CBA the NHL enacted a lock out on September 15 2012 The lock out continued on for 119 days which resulted a shortened season 117 118 The Canucks wore Vancouver Millionaires replica jerseys on March 16 2013 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Millionaires Vancouver finished the year winning their fifth consecutive Northwest Division title but were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the San Jose Sharks 119 Vigneault and his coaching staff were fired at the end of the season and replaced by John Tortorella 120 The Canucks participated in their first outdoor NHL game on March 2 2014 a match against the Ottawa Senators at BC Place The event was titled the 2014 Heritage Classic 121 Luongo was traded back to the Panthers during the season while the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time in six years 122 123 This saw Gillis fired and Linden named president of hockey operations Tortorella was also relieved as coach after his one season 124 Jim Benning era 2014 2021 Edit Ryan Miller with Henrik and Daniel Sedin warming up prior to a game in the 2014 15 season Miller was acquired as a free agent in July 2014 On May 21 2014 Jim Benning was announced as general manager having previously served as assistant general manager of the 2011 Boston Bruins championship team that had beaten the Canucks three years prior 125 On June 23 2014 Willie Desjardins was named the 18th head coach of the Canucks 126 The team underwent a series of changes under the new management veteran forward Ryan Kesler was traded to the Anaheim Ducks and defenceman Jason Garrison was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning 127 128 while Ryan Miller and Radim Vrbata were signed as free agents 129 130 This season saw the team honour former general manager and head coach Pat Quinn following his death by renaming a city street after him Pat Quinn Way as well as having his family participate in a pregame ceremonial puck drop The Canucks finished second in the Pacific Division in the 2014 15 season reaching the 100 point plateau for the ninth time in franchise history They faced the Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs losing in six games As the team fared poorly throughout the 2016 17 season more veteran players were traded Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen were dealt in an effort to rebuild 131 On March 25 2017 the Canucks 2015 first round pick Brock Boeser made his NHL debut in his home state of Minnesota 132 Desjardins and his coaching staff with the exception of assistant coach Doug Jarvis were let go at the end of the season replaced by Travis Green who coached their AHL affiliate in Utica 133 134 They also added Nolan Baumgartner Newell Brown and Manny Malhotra as assistant coaches 135 The 2017 18 season was another poor year for the Canucks but rookie Boeser was a bright spot for the team Despite an injury late in the season Boeser s 29 goals and 55 points in 62 games were enough to place him second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting for rookie of the year 136 Longtime Canucks Daniel and Henrik Sedin played their final game on April 7 2018 against the Edmonton Oilers On June 5 2018 longtime Canucks public address announcer John Ashbridge died having worked in his capacity with the franchise since 1987 137 During the offseason Linden stepped down as president of hockey operations 138 The 2018 19 season saw the debut of the Canucks 2017 first round draft pick Elias Pettersson Pettersson broke the Canucks record for points by a rookie set by Ivan Hlinka 1981 82 and matched by Pavel Bure 1991 92 and finished with 66 points to lead all NHL rookies winning the Calder Trophy 139 140 The franchise celebrated its 50th season in the NHL the 2019 20 season with a ceremony at the home opener on October 9 2019 Bo Horvat was named the 14th captain in team history 141 following a one year hiatus without a captain with the retirement of long time captain Henrik Sedin The 2019 20 season also saw the rookie campaign of Quinn Hughes who finished the regular season with 8 goals and 45 assists for 53 points in 68 games finishing as runner up in Calder Memorial Trophy votes The Canucks became the first team to have a top two Calder Trophy finalist three years in a row since the Toronto Maple Leafs who did so when the league only had six teams from 1957 to 1959 142 143 On February 12 2020 Daniel and Henrik Sedin s numbers 22 and 33 were retired before a game against the Chicago Blackhawks 144 On March 12 2020 the Canucks and the NHL s season was suspended due to the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic 145 When the league resumed play the Canucks won their first postseason series in nine years in the 2020 Qualifying Round by defeating the Minnesota Wild They then beat the defending Stanley Cup champions St Louis Blues in six games in the first round before being eliminated by the Vegas Golden Knights in seven games in the second round General manager Jim Benning head coach Travis Green assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner and assistant general manager John Weisbrod were fired on December 5 2021 after an 8 15 2 start to the 2021 22 NHL season On the same day Bruce Boudreau was named the 20th head coach of the Canucks 146 Patrik Allvin Jim Rutherford era 2021 present Edit On December 9 2021 Jim Rutherford was named president of hockey operations and interim general manager 147 He hired Patrik Allvin as general manager on January 26 2022 148 On January 22 2023 after weeks of speculation the Canucks fired head coach Bruce Boudreau and hired Rick Tocchet as the franchise s 21st head coach 149 As the news broke that Boudreau would be fired weeks before while he was still coaching the Canucks organization faced widespread criticism by fans and journalists mainly directed towards owner Francesco Aquilini head of hockey operations Jim Rutherford and general manager Patrik Allvin for their public mishandling of the coaching switch 150 151 Team information EditHome arenas Edit Pacific Coliseum home of the Canucks from 1970 to 1995 Rogers Arena current home of the Canucks The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena The stadium opened in 1995 as General Motors Place and seats up to 18 890 for Canucks games Rogers Arena was also the 2010 Winter Olympics ice hockey venue where it was temporarily named Canada Hockey Place 152 The arena is owned and operated by Canucks Sports amp Entertainment Before moving to Rogers Arena the Canucks played their home games at Pacific Coliseum in Hastings Park for 25 years The arena currently holds 16 281 for ice hockey though capacity at its opening was 15 713 During the 2010 Olympics it was the venue for figure skating and short track speed skating The Pacific Coliseum was also the home of the Western Hockey League WHL s Vancouver Giants from 2001 to 2016 Logos and jerseys Edit The team has gone through four primary logos and six major uniform designs over the years with numerous minor changes to each in addition to several alternate logos and jerseys The Stick in Rink 1970 1978 alternate logo 2003 2007 The team s first NHL jerseys worn from the inaugural season of 1970 71 modified for the 1972 73 season until the end of the 1977 78 season featured a hockey stick in the shape of a shallow V superimposed on a blue rink shaped rectangle forming the letter C designed by North Vancouver artist Joe Borovich 153 During this era the Canucks wore blue and white jerseys with green stripes though for the first two seasons a white V adorned the sleeve stripes A modified version of this logo is still in use as a shoulder patch on the team s current jerseys and as the primary logo of their alternate jerseys In 1978 aiming for a more aggressive image the organization asked San Francisco based design agency Beyl amp Boyd to design new uniforms These consisted of a huge yellow red orange and black striped V coming down from the shoulders suggesting victory according to its designers Hockey writer Stephen Cole described it as looking like a punch in the eye The colour of the home jerseys changed from white to yellow with the logo and uniform change The Flying V theme which included several slight modifications over the years was abandoned in 1985 to feature the team s emblem on the front rather than the V the emblem had previously been worn only on the sleeves the V s would appear on the shoulders from 1985 to 1989 The logo consisted of the word Canucks in a diagonal slant as part the blade of a skate and was designed by San Francisco graphic artist Mike Bull The logo with its laser like design was sometimes referred to as the Star Wars logo the waffle iron the plate of spaghetti and most commonly as the Flying Skate The yellow home jerseys were scrapped in 1989 in favour of more conventional white ones and the triangular shoulder stripes which adorned the post V jerseys were discarded as well The new incarnation was worn from 1989 to 1992 when a subtle change was made and went largely unnoticed for the rest of the jersey s lifespan The orange was changed to red and the deep gold colour was changed to a much brighter yellow reportedly because jersey maker CCM no longer produced the required hues In 1996 an alternate jersey was introduced retaining the Flying Skate logo but using a salmon colour graduating to black near the bottom In 1997 the Canucks unveiled a new logo in which a Haida style orca breaking out of a patch of ice forms a stylized C The logo has been much maligned accused of being a blatant reference to their parent company Orca Bay now Canucks Sports and Entertainment At the time General Manager Pat Quinn discussed wanting to have a West Coast colour scheme and overall West Coast themes in the logo the colour scheme included blue red and silver Beginning in 2001 an alternate jersey was utilized with contrasting shoulder patches and a blue to maroon graduated colour in the body In 2006 these gradient coloured alternate jerseys were officially replaced with the popular royal blue Stick in Rink uniforms from the 1970s Canucks Wordmark Logo 2007 present Little more than halfway through the 2006 07 season the Canucks announced that they would be changing their jerseys once again The new uniform was unveiled prior to training camp on August 29 2007 It featured the same orca design present on their previous jerseys but the colour scheme was changed to their retro colours of royal blue and kelly green Additionally the word Vancouver was added to the chest area above the orca The actual jerseys themselves were changed to the Rbk Edge design along with all other teams in the NHL The introduction was largely greeted with disappointment from fans and sports commentators who criticized the uniforms for looking like a copy and paste of those from the past citation needed The Vancouver Sun described the new look as decidedly unpopular 154 The Stick in Rink modified alternate logo 2007 2019 On November 14 2008 prior to their Sport Celebrities Festival the Canucks released their new RBK Edge Third Jersey While staying with the colours of Vancouver and combining the old with the new the jersey looks very similar to their home jersey The modernized Stick in Rink logo unveiled the previous year on the shoulder of the main jerseys is used as the main crest On the shoulder a V with the head of Johnny Canuck on top is used This is the first time in team history since joining the NHL that Johnny Canuck has appeared on a Vancouver uniform Sports Illustrated rated it 13th overall out of the 19 third jerseys released for the 2008 season 155 On opening night October 9 2010 the Canucks revealed jerseys they would wear for select games during their 40th Anniversary season They look exactly like the jerseys the team wore in their early years only with the addition of Reebok manufacturing the jerseys The jerseys sport a 40th Anniversary patch on the upper right chest commemorating their 40th season Just like the early years they also bear no player names only numbers with permission from the NHL On August 13 2015 the Canucks announced that they would be wearing their 1990s Flying Skate jerseys for a February 13 2016 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs to honour the 20th Anniversary of Rogers Arena They attempted to do this in the previous season to honour Pat Quinn but were unsuccessful 156 The 1990s jerseys were used again for select games in the 2019 20 season the design was chosen via an online fan vote over two other throwback jerseys to coincide with the team s 50th anniversary 157 Jordie Benn wearing the Canucks current uniform featuring a 50th Anniversary patch On June 14 2019 the Canucks updated their primary uniforms The Vancouver script was removed while the modern stick in rink logo was modified with white as the main colour A new Heritage uniform was also released featuring design elements inspired from their inaugural season uniforms 158 For the 2020 21 season the NHL introduced Reverse Retro alternate uniforms The Canucks design used was similar to the alternates they wore from 2001 to 2006 but with green replacing maroon 159 A second Reverse Retro design was released in the 2022 23 season featuring the Johnny Canuck logo in front with a blue base and green and beige stripes The design harkened back to the Canucks uniforms worn during the 1960s 160 On January 18 2023 the Canucks debuted a new version of the black Flying Skate jerseys as their alternate uniform The design featured a modernized version of the Flying Skate logo minus the white elements and features thick red and yellow stripes with subtle V patterns in homage to the infamous Flying V uniforms of 1978 1985 The silhouette of the North Shore Mountains in black and yellow was added on the inside collar The current Canucks jersey lettering is used in lieu of standard block lettering of the 1990s Flying Skate uniforms The uniform was first worn on the night the Canucks honoured former player Gino Odjick who died January 15 161 Mascot Edit Fin the official mascot of the Vancouver Canucks in 2009 The Vancouver Canucks mascot is an anthropomorphic killer whale orca named Fin the Orca 162 He is often seen banging a First Nations drum or skating around during intermissions firing t shirts out of a compressed air cannon On occasion smoke also comes out of the blowhole on his head Fin is known for his chomping where he bites the heads of fans Two fans of the Canucks became unofficial mascots of the team at the end of the 2009 2010 season donning zentai style skin tight green bodysuits in slightly different shades of green as The Green Men and have been known to accompany the team on road games as they did in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals to the TD Garden against the Boston Bruins On September 5 2012 as an acknowledgement of their rising popularity ESPN inducted The Green Men into the Hall of Fans a semi satirical take on a Hall of Fame 163 In November 2014 the Green Men announced that 2014 15 would be their final season 164 Media Edit See also List of Vancouver Canucks broadcasters The Vancouver Canucks broadcast area in red After a relationship with CKNW stretching since the Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 the Canucks entered into a new radio broadcast deal in 2006 with CKST an AM sports talk station John Shorthouse continues to call the play by play as he has since 1999 though with his role on the Canucks television broadcasts becoming more prominent in recent years As of 2021 Shorthouse now works the Canucks TV broadcasts on a full time basis alongside analyst John Garrett Brendan Batchelor and Corey Hirsch currently call Canucks games on radio 165 The games aired on 14 stations across British Columbia On March 9 2017 it was announced that Rogers Media had acquired radio rights to the Canucks under a 5 year deal to begin in the 2017 18 season 166 On April 25 2017 Rogers announced that it would acquire CISL from Newcap Radio and convert it to a sports radio format to serve as team flagship 167 Sportsnet and Rogers hold a monopoly on all television broadcasts of the Canucks regional games are aired by Sportsnet Pacific and occasionally on the overflow channel Sportsnet Canucks 168 169 Sportsnet had held the television rights to the team since 1998 166 Since 2014 Sportsnet also held the NHL national TV rights in Canada allowing Canucks broadcasts including the now sublicensed Hockey Night in Canada from CBC to be televised nationally on a number of occasions 170 171 172 173 Ownership Edit The initial owners were Tom Scallen s Medicor group In 1972 hints of impropriety were circulating about Scallen He was charged with stock fraud and spent the last two years of his Canuck ownership in prison 174 In 1974 Scallen and Medicor sold the team to media executive Frank Griffiths From 1988 to 1997 the Vancouver Canucks were owned by local businessman and philanthropist Arthur Griffiths who had inherited ownership from his father Frank However he was forced to sell his majority interest in the Canucks after overextending his resources trying to build a new arena GM Place currently known as Rogers Arena As a result he sold his majority share to an American billionaire John McCaw Jr On November 17 2004 the Aquilini Investment Group headed by Francesco Aquilini purchased a 50 share in Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment the owners of both the Canucks franchise and Rogers Arena from John McCaw Jr Prior to the sale Aquilini and two business partners Tom Gaglardi and Ryan Beedie had negotiated with Orca Bay for several months without concluding an agreement In January 2005 Gaglardi and Beedie filed a lawsuit against Aquilini and Orca Bay alleging that Aquilini and Orca Bay had acted in bad faith in concluding a deal using information obtained from their joint offer On November 8 2006 Aquilini along with his brothers Roberto and Paolo purchased the remaining 50 of the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena from McCaw 175 In May 2007 Gaglardi and Beedie s civil lawsuit over Aquilini s purchase reached the Supreme Court of British Columbia The court ruled for Aquilini on January 10 2008 The court held that there was no legal partnership between Aquilini Beedie and Gaglardi and that McCaw was free to sell the team to anyone he wished 176 On January 29 2008 the company responsible for operating the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena changed its name from Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment to Canucks Sports amp Entertainment Minor league affiliates EditTop affiliates Edit 1970 71 to 1971 72 Rochester Americans AHL 1972 73 to 1974 75 Seattle Totems WHL CHL 1975 76 to 1977 78 Tulsa Oilers CHL 1978 79 to 1981 82 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 1982 83 to 1987 88 Fredericton Express AHL 1988 89 to 1991 92 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 1992 93 to 1993 94 Hamilton Canucks AHL 1994 95 to 1999 00 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2000 01 Kansas City Blades IHL 2001 02 to 2010 11 Manitoba Moose AHL 2011 12 to 2012 13 Chicago Wolves AHL 2013 14 to 2020 21 Utica Comets AHL 2021 22 to present Abbotsford Canucks AHL Secondary affiliates Edit 1987 88 Flint Spirits IHL 1991 92 Columbus Chill ECHL 2002 03 to 2005 06 Columbia Inferno ECHL 2006 07 to 2010 11 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 2011 12 to 2014 15 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 2016 17 Alaska Aces ECHL 2017 18 to 2020 21 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL Season by season record EditThis is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Canucks For the full season by season history see List of Vancouver Canucks seasons Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties OTL Overtime Losses Pts Points GF Goals for GA Goals against Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs2017 18 82 31 40 11 73 218 264 7th Pacific Did not qualify2018 19 82 35 36 11 81 225 254 5th Pacific Did not qualify2019 20 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 3rd Pacific Lost in Second Round 3 4 Golden Knights 2020 21 56 23 29 4 50 151 188 7th North Did not qualify2021 22 82 40 30 12 92 249 236 5th Pacific Did not qualifyPlayers EditMain article List of Vancouver Canucks players Current roster Edit viewtalkedit Updated March 13 2023 177 178 No Nat Player Pos S G Age Acquired Birthplace88 Nils Aman C L 23 2022 Avesta Sweden74 Ethan Bear D R 25 2022 Regina Saskatchewan72 Anthony Beauvillier LW L 25 2023 Sorel Tracy Quebec6 Brock Boeser RW R 26 2015 Burnsville Minnesota55 Guillaume Brisebois D L 25 2015 Longueuil Quebec44 Kyle Burroughs D R 27 2021 Vancouver British Columbia60 Collin Delia G L 28 2022 Rancho Cucamonga California35 Thatcher Demko G L 27 2014 San Diego California24 Travis Dermott D L 26 2022 Newmarket Ontario34 Phillip Di Giuseppe LW L 29 2021 Maple Ontario15 Sheldon Dries C L 28 2021 Macomb Township Michigan23 Oliver Ekman Larsson A D L 31 2021 Karlskrona Sweden79 Micheal Ferland LW L 30 2019 Swan River Manitoba8 Conor Garland RW R 27 2021 Scituate Massachusetts17 Filip Hronek D R 25 2023 Hradec Kralove Czech Republic43 Quinn Hughes A D L 23 2018 Orlando Florida81 Dakota Joshua C L 26 2022 Dearborn Michigan47 Noah Juulsen D R 25 2021 Surrey British Columbia91 Vitali Kravtsov RW L 23 2023 Vladivostok Russia96 Andrei Kuzmenko LW R 27 2022 Yakutsk Russia Aidan McDonough LW L 23 2019 Milton Massachusetts65 Ilya Mikheyev RW L 28 2022 Omsk Russia9 J T Miller A C RW L 30 2019 East Palestine Ohio57 Tyler Myers D R 33 2019 Houston Texas70 Tanner Pearson LW L 30 2019 Kitchener Ontario40 Elias Pettersson A C L 24 2017 Sundsvall Sweden92 Vasily Podkolzin RW L 21 2019 Moscow Russia5 Tucker Poolman D R 29 2021 Dubuque Iowa18 Jack Studnicka C R 24 2022 Tecumseh Ontario86 Christian Wolanin D L 27 2022 Quebec City QuebecRetired numbers Edit A banner with Stan Smyl s retired number 12 Vancouver Canucks retired numbers 179 No Player Position Career No retirement10 Pavel Bure RW 1991 1998 November 2 201312 Stan Smyl RW 1978 1991 November 3 199116 Trevor Linden C RW 1988 19982001 2008 December 17 200819 Markus Naslund LW 1996 2008 December 11 201022 Daniel Sedin LW 2000 2018 February 12 202033 Henrik Sedin C 2000 2018 February 12 2020NotesBure wore number 10 for five of his seven seasons in Vancouver He wore number 96 during the 1995 96 and 1996 97 seasons before returning to number 10 during the 1997 98 season The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky s 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All Star Game 180 Numbers taken out of circulation Edit Although not officially retired the following numbers are no longer issued by the Canucks 11 Wayne Maki LW 1970 1973 taken out of circulation following his death from brain cancer on May 1 1974 Chris Oddleifson C 1974 1976 and Mark Messier C 1997 2000 are the only Canucks players to have worn it since 181 28 Luc Bourdon D 2006 2008 taken out of circulation following his death in a motorcycle crash on May 29 2008 182 183 37 Rick Rypien C 2005 2011 taken out of circulation following his death from suicide on August 15 2011 183 Hall of Famers Edit Several former players and builders from the Vancouver Canucks have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Eight former players have been inducted and six builders executives general managers head coaches and owners Vancouver Canucks Hall of FamersHockey Hall of Fame InducteesPlayersPavel Bure Igor Larionov Roberto Luongo Mark Messier Cam Neely Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mats SundinBuildersFrank Griffiths Jake Milford Roger Neilson Bud Poile Pat Quinn Jim RutherfordRing of Honour inductees Edit The Vancouver Canucks Ring of Honour is a collection of permanent in arena displays that commemorates individuals that made an impact with the franchise Inductees to the Ring of Honour include Orland Kurtenbach C 1970 1974 inducted October 26 2010 Kirk McLean G 1987 1998 inducted November 24 2010 Thomas Gradin C 1978 1986 inducted January 24 2011 Harold Snepsts D 1974 1984 1988 1990 inducted March 14 2011 Pat Quinn D 1970 1972 President amp General manager 1987 1997 Head Coach 1991 1994 1996 inducted April 13 2014 Mattias Ohlund D 1997 2009 inducted December 16 2016 Alex Burrows RW 2005 2017 inducted December 3 2019 Team captains Edit Henrik Sedin was named the Canucks team captain in 2010 Sedin remained as team captain until his retirement in 2018 There have been 14 Canucks players who have served as the captain The franchise s first captain was Orland Kurtenbach who captained the team until his retirement in 1974 184 The longest tenured Canucks captains have been Stan Smyl and Henrik Sedin who each served as captain for eight seasons each were also the only captains to have spent their entire NHL career with the Canucks 185 186 Swedish winger Markus Naslund who captained for seven seasons was the first non Canadian to have captained the Canucks Though goaltenders are not permitted to act as captains during games Roberto Luongo served as the captain from 2008 to 2010 but because of the NHL rule against goaltender captains the league did not allow Luongo to serve as on ice captain 187 188 In his place the three alternate captains were responsible for dealing with officials during games They also handled ceremonial face offs 188 Luongo was not permitted to wear the C on his jersey Instead he incorporated it into the artwork on the front of one of his masks which he occasionally wore for the early months of the 2008 09 season 189 Orland Kurtenbach 1970 1974 Andre Boudrias 1975 1976 Chris Oddleifson 1976 1977 Don Lever 1977 1979 Kevin McCarthy 1979 1982 Stan Smyl 1982 1990 Dan Quinn Doug Lidster and Trevor Linden 1990 1991 tri captains Trevor Linden 1991 1997 Mark Messier 1997 2000 Markus Naslund 2000 2008 Roberto Luongo 2008 2010 Henrik Sedin 2010 2018 Bo Horvat 2019 2023Draft picks Edit Main article List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks The Canucks selected Dale Tallon a defenceman from the Toronto Marlboros with their first pick second overall in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft In 1978 they drafted Stan Smyl from the New Westminster Bruins Ten years later the Canucks also drafted Trevor Linden from the Medicine Hat Tigers in 1988 190 The Canucks have had 13 top five draft picks in franchise history but have never had the first overall pick The Canucks are one of the two franchises in the NHL to have drafted two twin brothers in the same year They drafted Daniel Sedin second overall and Henrik Sedin third overall in 1999 191 Two players from British Columbia have been selected by the Canucks in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft Cam Neely in 1983 and Jake Virtanen taken 6th overall in 2014 192 Franchise scoring leaders Edit These are the top ten point scorers in franchise history Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season Recording 733 points with the Canucks Trevor Linden holds the fourth highest all time points total in the franchise current Canucks playerNote Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points P G Points per game Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P GHenrik Sedin C 1 330 240 830 1 070 80Daniel Sedin LW 1 306 393 648 1 041 80Markus Naslund LW 884 346 410 756 86Trevor Linden C 1 140 318 415 733 64Stan Smyl RW 896 262 411 673 75Thomas Gradin C 613 197 353 550 90Pavel Bure RW 428 254 224 478 1 12Tony Tanti RW 531 250 220 470 89Todd Bertuzzi RW 518 188 261 449 87Alexander Edler D 925 99 310 409 44 Goals Player Pos GDaniel Sedin LW 393Markus Naslund LW 346Trevor Linden C 318Stan Smyl RW 262Pavel Bure RW 254Tony Tanti RW 250Henrik Sedin C 240Thomas Gradin C 197Alex Burrows LW 193Todd Bertuzzi RW 188 Assists Player Pos AHenrik Sedin C 830Daniel Sedin LW 648Trevor Linden C 415Stan Smyl RW 411Markus Naslund LW 410Thomas Gradin C 353Alexander Edler D 310Dennis Kearns D 290Andre Boudrias LW 267Todd Bertuzzi RW 261General managers EditMain article List of Vancouver Canucks general managersHead coaches EditMain article List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches There have been 21 head coaches for the Canucks The franchise s first head coach was Hal Laycoe who coached the Canucks for two seasons Alain Vigneault coached the most games of any Canucks head coach with 540 games and has the most points all time with the Canucks with 683 from the 2006 07 season through the 2012 13 season He is followed by Marc Crawford who has 586 points all time with the Canucks Vigneault also has the most points in a season of any Canucks coach with 117 in the 2010 11 season Roger Neilson and Pat Quinn are the only Hockey Hall of Fame inductees to coach the Canucks Quinn and Vigneault are the only two Canucks head coaches to win a Jack Adams Award with the team Bill LaForge who coached the start of the 1984 season has the fewest points with the Canucks with 10 Harry Neale served the most terms as head coach of the Canucks with three while Pat Quinn served two The current head coach is Rick Tocchet as of January 22 2023 Awards and trophies EditMain article List of Vancouver Canucks award winners NHL Edit Clarence S Campbell Bowl 1981 82 1993 94 2010 11Presidents Trophy 2010 11 2011 12Calder Memorial Trophy Pavel Bure 1991 92 Elias Pettersson 2018 19Jack Adams Award Pat Quinn 1991 92 Alain Vigneault 2006 07Budweiser NHL Man of the Year Award Ryan Walter 1991 92King Clancy Memorial Trophy Trevor Linden 1996 97 Henrik Sedin 2015 16 Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin 2017 18Lester B Pearson Award Ted Lindsay Award Markus Naslund 2002 03 Daniel Sedin 2010 11NHL Plus Minus Award Marek Malik 2003 04 shared with Martin St Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Foundation Player Award Trevor Linden 2007 08 shared with Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Fan Fav Award Roberto Luongo 2008 09Art Ross Trophy Henrik Sedin 2009 10 Daniel Sedin 2010 11Hart Memorial Trophy Henrik Sedin 2009 10William M Jennings Trophy Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider 2010 11Frank J Selke Trophy Ryan Kesler 2010 11NHL General Manager of the Year Award Mike Gillis 2010 11 All Star Edit First All Star team Pavel Bure 1993 94 Markus Naslund 2001 02 2002 03 2003 04 Todd Bertuzzi 2002 03 Henrik Sedin 2009 10 2010 11 Daniel Sedin 2010 11Second All Star team Kirk McLean 1991 92 Alexander Mogilny 1995 96 Roberto Luongo 2006 07 Daniel Sedin 2009 10 NHL All Rookie Team Jim Sandlak 1986 87 Trevor Linden 1988 89 Corey Hirsch 1995 96 Mattias Ohlund 1997 98 Brock Boeser 2017 18 Elias Pettersson 2018 19 Quinn Hughes 2019 20Franchise Edit Further information Cyclone Taylor Award Cyrus H McLean Trophy Babe Pratt Trophy Molson Cup Fred J Hume Award and Pavel Bure Most Exciting Player AwardFranchise individual records EditMain article List of Vancouver Canucks records As of the 2021 22 season SkatersMost games played in a career Henrik Sedin 1 330 2000 2018 Most goals in a career Daniel Sedin 393 2000 2018 Most assists in a career Henrik Sedin 830 2000 2018 Most points in a career Henrik Sedin 1 070 2000 2018 Most penalty minutes in a career Gino Odjick 2 127 1990 1998 Most goals in a season Pavel Bure 60 1992 93 and 1993 94 Most assists in a season Henrik Sedin 83 2009 10 Most points in a season Henrik Sedin 112 2009 10 Highest plus minus in a season Christian Ehrhoff 36 2009 10 Daniel Sedin 36 2009 10 tied Most penalty minutes in a season Donald Brashear 372 1997 98 Most points in a season defenseman Quinn Hughes 68 2021 22 Most points in a season rookie Elias Pettersson 66 2018 19 Fastest goal recorded by a Canuck Alexandre Burrows 6 seconds 2012 13 GoaltendersMost games played in a career goaltender Kirk McLean 516 1987 1997 Most wins in a career Roberto Luongo 252 2006 2014 Most shutouts in a career Roberto Luongo 38 2006 2014 Most wins in a season Roberto Luongo 47 2006 07 Most shutouts in a season Roberto Luongo 9 2008 09 Lowest GAA in a season min 30 GP Cory Schneider 1 96 2011 12 Best SV in a season min 30 GP Cory Schneider 937 2011 12 Notes Edit For example decreased tolerance for impeding a player as he is skating four foot increase length wise in the offensive zones abolishment of the two 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