Lach in the Crease
The 2016-17 NHL season has finally come to an end, and it finished in almost identical fashion as the season before. The Penguins are Stanley Cup Champions and Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. They once again faced a first-time finalist in the Nashville Predators, and won the series on […]
As a Canucks fan living in California’s North Bay, my best chance to see the team is by making the two hour drive to San Jose. On my way down to the SAP Center, I always take the Richmond Bay Bridge and go through Oakland. The Oakland route isn’t nearly as scenic as going through […]
It’s great to be a fan of the Ottawa Senators right now, but the only people who don’t seem to realize that are Ottawa Senators fans. After a busy offseason where the Senators promoted Pierre Dorion to general manager and named Guy Boucher the 11th head coach in team history, Ottawa has stormed out of […]
Hello, everybody! It’s been a wild couple months for me, mostly due to First of all, I have a new job! I recently joined on as a contributor for the fine folks at the Puck Prose NHL blog, which is part of the FanSided Network! I’m extremely excited for this opportunity, and you can check out […]
As we pass the quarter mark of the Canucks 2016-17 season, one fact has become very clear; Bo Horvat knows hockey. In the 2005-06 Canucks campaign, team captain Markus Naslund led the team in points with 79. The following year, Daniel Sedin won the club scoring title with 84 points while brother Henrik landed second […]
When Canucks fans are asked about college prospects, Adam Gaudette isn’t usually one of the first names you hear. But the way his 2016-17 campaign has started, the Braintree, Massachusetts native is certainly making a case for himself. The Canucks selected Gaudette in the fifth round (149th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft, after a […]
For the sake of transparency, I’ve been a goaltender for the last decade; therefore I might be a little biased when it comes to my position’s role in hockey. Okay, more than a little biased. VERY biased. But it’s hard to disprove the importance of a great goalie when the Montreal Canadiens have hockey’s prime […]
Hi everybody! It’s been a while since I wrote an LITC Update, and that’s due to the fact that I’ve been incredibly busy. I recently started a new job (and quit my old one in the process), so my schedule has been a little hectic. But while it’s finally starting to calm down in that department, […]
It’s no secret that Canucks right winger Jake Virtanen likes to play on the edge. Whether it’s at the junior level with the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen or at the game’s highest level in Vancouver, the six-foot-one sophomore from New Westminster has always walked the line when it comes to the physical side of […]
For most Vancouver Canucks fans, the 2016-17 season is expected to be an excruciatingly long and rough campaign. Despite all the last place predictions from fans and media alike, there are still plenty of positives going into this season. Once you’ve finished laughing at that notion, I’ll continue. The Canucks had a relatively quiet offseason, […]
Lach in the Crease