Lach in the Crease
Saturday could not have gone much worse for the Vancouver Canucks and their dwindling playoff hopes. After starting the weekend just one point behind the St. Louis Blues, they’re suddenly hanging on for dear life thanks to being on the wrong side of so many games and some rotten health luck. The Canucks arrived in New York […]
30 tries. It took 30 tries for the Vancouver Canucks to comeback and win a game they were losing after two periods, and it couldn’t have come at a more crucial time than Wednesday in Calgary against the Flames. Is it a coincidence that it came on a night that I got the backup call […]
Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. Rumours of President Jim Rutherford and GM Patrik Allvin’s plans have been entirely quiet on the trade front leading up to Friday’s deadline. But with the defending Pacific champion Canucks clinging onto their playoff hopes in a prime seller’s market, the franchise is at a […]
The Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings on a Wednesday night. What could possibly be better? A lot, apparently. Continue reading at CanucksArmy.com!
In 2002, Steve Courneyea was sitting outside a hospital with ripped stitches in his right arm, taking stock of his life. The day before, Steve had been stabbed several times over a small bag of crack cocaine on the streets of Vancouver, and after leaving the hospital to get high, he’d accidentally reopened the wound. […]
Vancouver Warriors’ goalie Aden Walsh had to fight his way to the National Lacrosse League (NLL), both metaphorically and literally. Facing the defending champion Buffalo Bandits in front of the home Rogers Arena fans, Walsh found himself in an early battle when Bandits forward Tehoka Nanticoke crashed into his legs. As Nanticoke attempted to get […]
As two large red Chinese dragons loom from the ceiling of the Lansdowne Mall, a smaller golden dragon made of bricks rises underneath them. In celebration of Lunar New Year, the Richmond mall invited Robin Sather, Canada’s only certified Lego master builder, to construct a dragon sculpture out of Lego bricks in front of the […]
In this episode: Lach and Cody discuss Émilie Castonguay’s historic hiring as Canucks Assistant GM, first impressions and the bright future ahead for the franchise, Vancouver’s loss to the Blues and the depleted depth situation, Mikey DiPietro’s bad luck starts, Yushiroh Hirano’s first AHL goal, reassessing the trade markets for J.T. Miller and Tyler Motte, […]
In this episode: We’re talking about the Canucks 2-1 shootout loss to the Panthers, Spencer Martin’s incredible performance, the overtime disaster, Luongo’s return to Vancouver and Lachlan’s jersey retirement check-in, the Canucks hiring Rachel Doerrie for their analytics department, the Oilers continuing to spiral and the Kraken getting a team puppy. Subscribe to the CreaseCast […]
In this episode: Jacob New jumps on the show to discuss his Botchford Project victory, before Lach and Cody break down the Canucks victories over the Predators and Capitals, Elias Pettersson’s big revival, how to get Nils Höglander going offensively again, the 3rd line’s big scoring weekend, the team’s return to playing home games, Leon […]
Lach in the Crease