ESQ wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:30 pm
Dang, that's pre-Pacific Coliseum days?? Where did they play back then?
The played at the PNE Forum back then. The Forum didn't have plexiglass either, just wire fence. There had been a much larger arena on Denman back in the days of the Millionaires but it burned down in the 30s. The Coliseum open toward the end of the '67-68 season.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:47 pm
by Megaterio Llamas
This was Denman Arena, home of the Millionaires and the Vancouver Lions hockey clubs.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:57 am
by Mickey107
Mike Walton once stayed out and skated behind the Zamboni after a second period of a Canuck game to show his indignation regarding his ice-time.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:39 pm
by Madcombinepilot
Sounds like a real ‘team first’ kinda guy!!
I bet he was a coaches favourite
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 3:04 pm
by Strangelove
Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:39 pm
Sounds like a real ‘team first’ kinda guy!!
I bet he was a coaches favourite
Well at that point in time ole "Shakey" was in his 30s and had played ~650 NHL/WHL games.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:23 pm
by SKYO
Master hip checker Dan Hamhuis announces his retirement:
"Happily going into retirement now from hockey," Hamhuis said guesting on TSN 1040. "(I) feel real at peace with it."
Hamhuis also told the duo that going into this season, he went into the year thinking he'd spend one year in Europe or retire. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, that took playing in Europe off the table for the veteran defenceman.
The 37-year-old had eight assists in 60 games with the Predators this season. He spent 16 season in the NHL with the Predators, Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks. He scored 59 goals and 297 assists in 1148 games
Hamhuis won an Olympic Gold Medal with Canada as part of the team that won the 2014 tournament in Sochi."
Hamhuis had himself a great career. The consummate professional.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:31 pm
by Mickey107
could see this team in the fall of 2020 ?
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:08 pm
by Megaterio Llamas
The celebration is on! The Vancouver Canucks drink from the Lester Patrick Cup following their sweep of the Portland Buckaroos in the 1969 WHL championship playoffs. Happy Canucks from L to R are: Bryan Hextall, Bob Lemieux, Andy Bathgate, Len Lunde, Bob Barlow, Darryl Sly, Marc Reaume, and Ted McKaskill.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:10 pm
by Megaterio Llamas
LA Blade Willie O’Ree lifts the puck over Vancouver goalie Gilles Villemure, as Vancouver’s Bruce Carmichael (9), Moe Mantha (3), and Dunc McCallum (20) attempt to defend. Marc Boileau (6) is poised for a rebound which never came. 1965-66 season at PNE Forum in Vancouver.
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:19 pm
by Megaterio Llamas
Here's ten year Canuck veteran Dennis Kearns in his early days with the arch rival Portland Buckaroos.
The crew cut would give way to long disco era locks
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:28 pm
by Mickey107
Oh! Sorry!! is it not official yet?
Re: Past Canuck Players
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:31 pm
by Megaterio Llamas
Vancouver’s George Gardner gloves a high shot off the stick of Denver’s Georges Guilbault at the Denver Coliseum in November, 1969. Brad Selwood (6) defends for the Canucks.
Portland’s Fred Hilts (5) rounds the net looking for a scoring opportunity as Vancouver’s Dunc McCallum (20) chases, but Canucks goalie Gilles Villemure has just poked the puck away. San Diego International Sports Arena, 1965-66.
