Rob Williams

Vancouver

National Sports Editor at @DailyHiveVan, @OffsideDH, covering the Canucks and other things. @ThePHWA member. Email: [email protected]

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Articles

Canucks Bar and Grill has been replaced at Vancouver Airport

2 days ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

FoodSportsHockeyUrbanizedCanucksMay 12 2025, 7:04 pmAfter more than 14 years at Vancouver International Airport, the Canucks Bar and Grill is gone from YVR. “Icons Sports Bar and Grill” has taken over the former Canucks-themed restaurant, which sits in the U.S. departures area past airport security. The Canucks Bar and Grill first opened on September 17, 2013, featuring Canucks decor and memorabilia. It even used to feature a gift shop near the entrance.
Who is and isn't calling NHL playoff series for Sportsnet in the second round

1 week ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs ended in dramatic fashion, with a pair of Game 7 classics over the weekend. First, it was Mikko Rantanen, the Dallas Stars forward, who haunted his former team. Rantanen scored a hat trick in the third period as the Stars overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Somehow, that game was topped on Sunday in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Jets looked dead and buried, down 3-1 with two minutes left in the third period.
Sorry Messi: Vancouver Whitecaps beat Inter Miami AGAIN in historic victory

2 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

May 1 2025, 2:01 amThe Vancouver Whitecaps didn’t just beat Inter Miami, they embarrassed Lionel Messi’s club. Six days after the Whitecaps defeated Miami at BC Place, with Messi again playing all 90 minutes, they did it again. This time it was a 3-1 victory for Vancouver on Inter Miami’s home turf. It’s the biggest win in Whitecaps franchise history in the MLS era, and puts Vancouver into the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup.
Jon Cooper would save the day if Vancouver Canucks can get him as their coach

2 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

Apr 30 2025, 6:29 pmPerry Nelson/USA TODAY SportsThe Vancouver Canucks have egg on their face after Rick Tocchet decided to leave the team. Tocchet reportedly turned a big contract, perhaps as much as $25 million on a five-year deal, per CHEK’s Rick Dhaliwal. So the Canucks bucked up, but does that make the organization look any better? Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin need to pivot and look for another coach.
Rutherford drops hints on potential Canucks coach candidates to replace Tocchet

2 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

Apr 30 2025, 12:56 amRick Tocchet is gone and the search is on for the next head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Jim Rutherford described Tocchet’s decision to leave the team as “disappointing news” at a Tuesday afternoon press conference at Rogers Arena. The 76-year-old president of hockey operations has seen just about everything during his Hall of Fame career, but he called this “a little bit surprising.”But the Canucks will push on and there will be no shortage of potential candidates.
Tocchet explains why he's choosing to leave Vancouver Canucks

2 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

What a difference a year makes. Rick Tocchet seemingly could do no wrong during the 2023-24 season, leading the Vancouver Canucks to one of their most successful seasons of all-time. The Canucks were the surprise of the NHL, winning the Pacific Division with a 109-point season and pushing the heavily favoured Edmonton Oilers to Game 7 in the second round. That team rejuvenated the fanbase in Vancouver. But now?
Sedins ran Vancouver Sun Run and the Canucks legends crushed it

2 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

Apr 28 2025, 8:19 pmHenrik and Daniel Sedin posing for a photo at the 2019 Vancouver Marathon. They ran the Vancouver Sun Run this weekend (Vancouver Marathon)They’re 44 years old and played their last games with the Vancouver Canucks seven years ago, but Daniel and Henrik Sedin aren’t done competing. The Canucks legends were among the 39,378 people that finished Sunday’s annual Vancouver Sun Run and they probably ran it faster than anyone you know. They crushed it.
Vancouver booed Messi in monumental upset win by the Whitecaps

2 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

Apr 25 2025, 1:00 pmThey came for Lionel Messi, but it was the Vancouver Whitecaps who put on a show. Messi got a hostile reception from the sold-out BC Place crowd, with many of the 53,837 fans booing him every time he touched the ball on Thursday night. It’s not the kind of reception Messi is used to getting. Led by the Southsiders, it was clearly in support of the Whitecaps. But it also served as a little bit of payback for the Argentinian who snubbed Vancouver last year.
Leafs' Auston Matthews caught stealing Senators player's stick and breaking it

3 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

Apr 22 2025, 11:44 pmThis will put a smile on the faces of Toronto Maple Leafs fans. There are no friends between foes during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and that is especially true of Ridly Greig — a noted foe on the Ottawa Senators. So when Auston Matthews got a chance to extract some revenge, he took it. He took his stick, too. Sportsnet’s cameras caught Greig losing his stick at the Leafs bench in Game 1. Matthews picked it up and smashed it in half over the boards before handing it to the trainer.
Will Messi show up for Vancouver Whitecaps match at BC Place? Here's what we know so far

3 weeks ago | dailyhive.com | Rob Williams

Apr 22 2025, 11:10 pmAre things about to get… Messi? That’s something that everyone, including the Vancouver Whitecaps, wants to know. Lionel Messi’s club team, Inter Miami CF, is scheduled to play at BC Place on Thursday. But as we found out last year, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll play, or even board a plane to Vancouver. There are some differences from last year, though. For starters, it’s a semi-final match in the Concacaf Champions Cup.