Daniel Wagner

23 hours ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Daniel Wagner

It’s been a long time coming. 45 years ago, Gordie Howe scored the final goal of his storied career at the venerable age of 52. It was a playoff goal, to boot, scored for the Hartford Whalers against an appropriately legendary franchise in the Montreal Canadiens, who had just won four-straight Stanley Cups. The fans at the Montreal Forum gave Howe a standing ovation, which is not the typical reaction from Canadiens fans to a playoff goal scored by the opposing team.

2 days ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Daniel Wagner

Development hasn't been a linear path for Danila Klimovich; it's been more of a roller coaster. The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick from 2021 took an unusual post-draft path, jumping to the AHL with the Abbotsford Canucks as an 18-year-old — the only one in the league.

3 days ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Daniel Wagner

The Vancouver Canucks will have another hole to fill behind the bench for next season. Yaroslav "Yogi" Svejkovsky will be leaving the Canucks and signing with the Philadelphia Flyers, according to reports by David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period and Rick Dhaliwal of ChekTV. Svejkovsky will be sticking with former Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet after he jumped ship to join the Flyers last month. Assistant coach Yogi Svejkovsky is leaving the #Canucks for Philadelphia to join Rick Tocchet.

5 days ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Daniel Wagner

Arturs Silovs is having an absolutely dominant postseason for the Abbotsford Canucks. The 24-year-old goaltender leads the Calder Cup Playoffs in goals against average (1.61) and save percentage (.941) and has won 10 of his 14 starts to help carry the Canucks to the Western Conference Final, where they have a 2-0 lead on the Texas Stars. On Saturday, Silovs posted his fifth shutout of the playoffs, stopping all 26 shots he faced in a tightly-contested 1-0 win.

1 week ago | tricitynews.com | Daniel Wagner

As the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers head into the Stanley Cup Final, a few former members of the Vancouver Canucks are going with them. The Panthers have three former Canucks — or Canucks prospects — on the roster: Gustav Forsling is eating up minutes on the top pairing, Nate Schmidt has 3 goals and 7 points from the third pairing, and Jonah Gadjovich has chipped in a couple of goals from the fourth line.