Rink Wide: Vancouver

The Red Wings flew into town to face the Canucks for the 2nd time in a week and the Vancouver did everything they could to make sure Detroit had nothing to dance about in this one. Led by the Swedish touch of Pettersson, Lindholm and Hoglander offensively and Demko with another Vezina caliber performance. Nikita Zadorov hled down the physical end of things and also chipped in a goal. At the end of 60 mins it was Big Z who Griddy'd his way out of the rink on this one, as the Canucks win 4-1.

Jeff Paterson and David Quadrelli host.

Canucks 4 (21 SOG)

Red Wings 1 (27 SOG)

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The Canucks blew into the Windy City to face the Bedardless Blackhawks tonight, and Chicago sure could've used North Vancouver's finest in the lineup in this one as the Canucks tertiary scoring took over this game. Garland with 2 goals, Hoglander with his 17th!!! and Dakota Joshua rounded out the scoring with a Gordie Howe hat trick....and in the most unsurprising news ever, Demko was amazing. Canucks win 4-2.

Jeff Paterson and Farhan Lalji host.

Canucks 4 (38 SOG)

Blackhawks (23 SOG)

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Captain Quinn and Co. woke up in Washington today to take on the Great 8, Alexander Ovechkin and his Capitals. Vancouver looked to bounce back after an OT loss yesterday in Detroit. Ovechkin found the back of the net for the 5th game in a row, but the Canucks managed to come out on top 3-2. Hoglander had a beauty and JT Miller finished it off with the game winner, while Thatcher Demko was Vezina worthy, as usual.

Jeff Paterson hosts.

Canucks 3 (29)

Capitals 2 (33)

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The Canucks woke us West Coasters up early today as they motored into to Detroit to try to make up for getting hammered against Boston. Detroit struck first, but Vancouver came out hard in the second with a big response to go up 3-1. As we have come to know, there's 2 things the Canucks never do: one is blow leads in the 3rd period, and the other is lose 2 games in a row... well, scrap that idea, as Detroit answered back with 2 goals in the 3rd, followed by another in OT to beat the Canucks 4-3 in overtime.

Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host.

Canucks 3 (31 SOG)

Red Wings 4 (28 SOG)

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It was billed as a battle of the heavyweights between the top 2 teams in the NHL, but it was a first round KO for the Bruins as they absolutely hammered the Canucks, bringing back some bad memories from 2011. Boston looked hungry from the jump, but it was the Canucks who were forced to eat a large serving of humble pie as they gave up 2 more short handed goals in a effort that, thankfully, we haven't seen very often from this years team. They will look to regroup for their back to back early starts on the weekend.

Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host.

Canucks 0 (17 SOG)

Bruins 4 (25 SOG)

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The Canucks stormed into Carolina to face the Hurricanes, fresh off the bye week and all star break and with a shiny new toy, in Elias Lindholm. The newest member of the Vancouver squad did not disappoint, potting 2 goals and playing a solid all-round game. JT Miller put in the winner, Captain Quinn had another 2 points to extend his lead atop the D scoring race in the NHL and Thatcher Vezina, er I mean Demko, was huge when he needed to be, backstopping the Canucks to a 3-2 win, which ties him with Dan Cloutier for the longest win streak in Canucks history.

Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host.

Canucks 3 (19 SOG)

Hurricanes 2 (24 SOG)

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We've assembled our own All Star team here at Rinkwide to discuss the Canucks season to date, assess the teams All-Stars, and look ahead to the the probable playoff picture. Jeff Paterson is joined by Irfaan Gaffar and David Quadrelli as they chat about what has been a historic season in so many ways: from Dakota to Demko, from Connor to the Quinn...the guys look back at the first half of this incredible breakout season for the Vancouver Canucks.

***after the initial recording and production of this episode, Vancouver made a couple of major moves, both on the ice and in the office, which Jeff provides a late breaking update on, as well.

Hosted by Jeff Paterson, Irfaan Gaffar and David Quadrelli.

Produced by Mike Rogerson.

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It was a game of the good, the bad and the ugly, as the Canucks fell to an early 4-1 deficit to the Columbus Blue Jackets. No lead is too big when you've got a heated Brock Boeser though. Brock netted a hat trick to bring the Canucks back to evens, and then Petey was able to put it away in overtime...which means the Canucks head into the All-Star break atop the NHL standings.

Jeff Paterson and Irfaan Gaffar host.

Canucks 5 (33 SOG)

CBJ 4 (31 SOG)

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It was an up and down battle at Rogers Arena as the Canucks fell behind by 2 twice, and came back both times, only to lose in overtime. The offense came from one place and one place only tonight and that was of course, Pius Suter??? Suter scored all 3 goals for the Canucks tonight, 2 of which were set up by Captain Quinn, who extends his lead atop the D scoring race in the NHL. And also yes, there was a benching in the 3rd period, but this time it was not Kuzmenko, but Nikita Zadorov. After being slow on a couple of coverages, Coach Tocchet decided to sit the big man down for the final 19 mins of the game. All things added up to a 4-3 loss to the STL Blues in overtime. The OT goal AGAIN came after a blatant missed crosscheck to Petey's back.

Jeff Paterson and David Quadrelli host.

Canucks 3 (32 SOG)

STL Blues 4 (18 SOG)

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The Bedard-less Blackhawks visited Vancity tonight to try to keep pace with the League Leading Vancouver Canucks. The Hawks haven't won a road game in their last 18 tries, so on paper this should've been a walk in the park...but the Hawks outshot the Canucks, only to be blanked by Thatcher Demko. Kuzmenko looks to be finding his confidence again, as he picks up assists on both Canuck goals. And in the least shocking stat of the day, Quinn Hughes scored again, increasing his lead atop the NHL D scoring race.

Jeff Paterson and David Quadrelli host.

Canucks 2 (29 SOG)

Blackhawks (31 SOG)

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