Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Number Five: This was some strange type of game and maybe that was predicated on the intensity of each team’s practice. While the Canucks went through an easy skate, the Colorado Avalanche’s was an all out assault of speed, intensity and workmanlike effort. The Av’s evidently carried this into the game, as they completely dominated the [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by Larry "The Nucks IceMan" Johnson
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson I will get to Cody Hodgson in a minute but first I need to lay the groundwork for this question. There are some real peculiar dealings happening these days in the NHL trade market. For example, the St. Louis Blues had a young coveted defenseman by the name [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Ken Campbell of the Hockey News has a great point in his article – Why so many RFAs are still unsigned. Take a look at the numbers as reported by capgeek.com – 91 forwards, 44 defensemen and 11 goaltenders still unsigned and the names are quite recognizable to [...]
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry ‘The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Carrying on from my previous article (link), I wrote that the Chicago game would be the first of the two stages of the litmus test, with the second being the Colorado Avalanche. Stage One was to see how the Nucks measured up to a highly talented team with [...]
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Posted on April 6th, 2009 by Nucks IceMan
Written by: Larry “The Nucks IceMan” Johnson Apr.6 – Colorado Avalanche 4, Vancouver Canucks 1. It is now an official losing streak, with the 4-1 Avalanche win over the Canucks now 3 games and counting. This is where it started on Dec. 2 (3 games and counting blog). What a way to go into the [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2009 by Nucks IceMan
Mar.28 – The last place Colorado Avalanche must have been watching the Vancouver Canucks games because they delivered 3 hits before the game was 45 seconds old and finished with 23 to 12. Surprise start was Jason LaBarbera, whose last start was Feb.13th and he was tested early. It only took the ‘Nucks 3 minutes [...]
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