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The Van Jose Podcast

Jersey Bet | The Van Jose Podcast: Nov 21, 2018

In this week’s episode, Lach and Nora preview the Canucks and Sharks first meeting of the season, discuss their previous matchups of the past week and the recent changes behind the bench for the Oilers and Blues. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2PTSj0o Subscribe on Google Play: http://bit.ly/VJPGooglePlay Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2FeOuPb

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The Sunday Crease

The Sunday Crease: Rise of Virtanen, Boeser’s injury woes and a fun and crazy squad

In the time since I wrote the last edition of the Sunday Crease (nearly a month ago), the Canucks have become one of the biggest surprises in the National Hockey League. Not only is Vancouver currently in sole possession of first in the Pacific Division in November, but they’re also riding a six game point […]

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The Van Jose Podcast

Pettersson = Gretzky | The Van Jose Podcast: Nov 7, 2018

Hi! We’re Lachlan “Lach in the Crease” Irvine and Nora Scally, and welcome to The Van Jose Podcast! In our first ever episode, we tackle the amazing start to Elias Pettersson’s career, who are the real San Jose Sharks, the Ottawa Senators “hotstoving” video and more!

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The Sunday Crease

The Sunday Crease: Pettersson aftermath, Boeser and Horvat gaining momentum and a…podcast?

Being a hockey writer/fan hybrid is really difficult sometimes. Every now and then, a moment or event comes along where, even though you need to be impartial and take all sides into consideration, your mind is blurred by the personal bias your mind has spent a lifetime building. For me, that moment came midway through […]

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The Sunday Crease

The Sunday Crease: Pettersson’s magical debut, Gagner and the Season of Youth

If you want to describe the Vancouver Canucks first two games of the 2018-19 season, you really only need two words. Elias. Pettersson. It was only fitting that Elias would be the one to score Vancouver’s first goal of the new season, for his first NHL goal on his first shot in his first game. […]

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The Sunday Crease

The Sunday Crease: Recapping (almost) every Canuck’s preseason

“Hey Lach, where was the Sunday Crease last week? I wanted immediate analysis on preseason hockey, something we all care very deeply about!” Yes, the Sunday Crease didn’t go up as planned last week, and that’s due to a couple different issues; a larger work schedule and poor time management on my own part led […]

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Fear the Fin

Pacific Preview: Vancouver Canucks

Ask a Sharks fan for their thoughts on the Vancouver Canucks, and the answers probably won’t be very positive. Memories of a once dominant franchise featuring some of hockey’s most hated pests like Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows have left San Jose’s fanbase with a very foul taste in their mouths, even though the Canucks of today are nothing like […]

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The Sunday Crease

The Sunday Crease: Roussel’s injury, training camp and how a tougher Pacific Division means a brighter Canucks future

Let’s be honest with ourselves; even though the Canucks opened training camp in Whistler on Thursday, the hockey talk in Vancouver has been focused elsewhere. It’s not very often that two faces of their respective franchises are shipped off in the same week, but when it does happen you can bet the Canadiens are involved […]

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Fear the Fin

Top 25 Sharks Under 25: No. 7 Rudolfs Balcers is an Ottawa Senator

Well, this is awkward. If this article had gone up on Wednesday or earlier, I’d have told you that Rudolfs Balcers was going to be the face of the San Jose Barracuda in 2018-19. Since being drafted by the Sharks in the fifth round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Balcers has grown to become one of the more […]

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Top 25 Sharks Under 25: No. 11 Sasha Chmelevski may be a diamond in the rough

April 4, 2018 will go down as one of the biggest days in Alexander Chmelevski’s career. Just hours after signing his entry level contract with the Sharks, Chmelevski began his pro hockey career by deking San Diego Gulls goaltender Kevin Boyle and scoring his first American Hockey League goal as a member of the Barracuda. The Huntington Beach native […]