Archive for the ‘canucks’ Category

New Captain of the Vancouver Canucks

September 30th, 2008 by Miss604   22 Comments

What do Orland Kurtenbach, Andre Boudrias, Chris Oddleifson, Don Lever, Kevin McCarthy, Stan Smyl, Dan Quinn, Doug Lidster, Trevor Linden, Mark Messier, and Markus Naslund have in common? They’ve all worn the “C” for the Canucks since we entered the league in 1970.
This morning at a press conference at GM Place the organization announced [...]

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Raise a Reader 2008 Another Success

September 24th, 2008 by Miss604   3 Comments

The official snaps won’t be in the Vancouver Sun until tomorrow morning however earlier today I had the pleasure of traipsing around downtown with John, Jeff, and Alanah and meeting all kinds of Canucks thanks to Raise a Reader Day.
“The Canwest Raise-a-Reader program has excellent momentum and this year, on the morning of Wednesday, September [...]

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New Canucks FanZone Celebrates Bloggers, Podcasters

September 16th, 2008 by Miss604   2 Comments

A while ago I mentioned a photoshoot that us Crazy Canucks had at GM Place along with Richard Loat, well the pics are now up on the official Canucks website in the FanZone section.

You can listen to our first podcast of our third season, which was recorded and published Monday night with everyone on the [...]

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The Crazy Canucks Season Preview

September 4th, 2008 by Miss604   3 Comments

Yesterday John wrote a great warm up post for the 2008-2009 season of the Vancouver Canucks. If that wasn’t enough to get you riled up (in a good or bad way) this also just so happens to be season 3 of The Crazy Canucks podcast.

We have quite a bit brewing for our faithful listeners, [...]

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Naslund to the New York Rangers

July 3rd, 2008 by Miss604   9 Comments

New York took the Stanley Cup from under our noses in 1994, our beloved Captain Canuck went to the Islanders in 1998 and as of this afternoon the Rangers have scooped up our free agent captain, Markus Naslund.
Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
Markus Naslund signed a two-year deal with the New York Rangers today—New York [...]

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The Vancouver Canucks Draft Surrey Player Prab Rai

June 23rd, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

On Friday I was over at the Strutta event tucked into an office with DaveO while his brother fed us draft updates over the phone. I admit I was much more involved in the processed when the event was held in Vancouver but nevertheless, there were some interesting results.

Continuing my Surrey love-fest this morning, it’s [...]

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HockeyStars Contest and Miss604 Book Giveaway

May 14th, 2008 by Miss604   6 Comments

This is what happens when you celebrate community, volunteers, fans, and those active in hockey: HockeyStars.com is a new social networking portal focused on all of these important people when it comes to local minor hockey players in BC, the real stars of the game.

HockeyStars is devoted to the real stars of the game. It’s [...]

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Who is Your Backup Team

April 21st, 2008 by Miss604   11 Comments

There are only two games left in round one of the NHL playoffs, both coming down to the wire for the Caps vs Flyers, and the Sharks vs Flames. Tonight the Habs took the Bruins in another Game 7, which is probably for the best since my nephews now all own sweaters and my niece [...]

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Trevor Linden Street Naming Petition and the CBC’s Early Edition

April 9th, 2008 by Miss604   11 Comments

My moment with Trev in 2006
Yesterday the CBC contacted Gary because he’s responsible for an online petition to get a street renamed after Trevor Linden. Unfortunately Gary wasn’t available to go into the CBC ‘bunker’ this morning so I was his stand-in. I was basically asked, “why name a street after Linden?” and after [...]

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Canucks Fan Appreciation 2008

April 6th, 2008 by Miss604   10 Comments

Update: Read my thoughts on page A6 of today’s Province newspaper.
Update: I’ll also be on the CBC’s Early Edition with Rick Cluff Wednesday morning (April 9th) talking about Trevor Linden and more specifically, the petition to rename a street after him.

From The Canucks Hockey Blog
Did anyone even notice the score last night? I’m sure [...]

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