Joe Pelletier

JOE PELLETIER writes a weekly column on the Vancouver Canucks for www.terracestandard.com

Here’s how he missed the NHL all-star game

Pelletier: We got lost getting back to the hotel in the big city

JOE PELLETIER writes a weekly column on the Vancouver Canucks for www.terracestandard.com

Canucks rolling along as expected

So far the Canucks season has unfolded pretty much as I had expected.

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Canucks need to reclaim fans’ devotion

Joe Pelletier on Canucks: It's time to occupy the ice!

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Tip loves a good Canucks Chicago rivalry

Joe Pelletier discusses the Vancouver Canucks NHL loss to Chicago Blackhawks, and his dog's reaction.

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Hockey’s Prisoner of War

Bob Carse was a promising hockey player out of Edmonton by winter, a gas station manager by summer.

Canucks fail to send message

AS if the Boston Bruins did not make it painfully obviously last season, the rest of the NHL was reminded on Monday night how to play the Vancouver Canucks: Target the Sedins and take any liberties you want. The rest of the team will do nothing about it.

Canucks appeal to the heart tonight

The Vancouver Canucks open the 2011-12 season on Thursday night with a home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Character to define Canucks this year

HOW daunting of a task do the Vancouver Canucks face in trying to get back to the Stanley Cup finals?

Canucks fans more wary this year

In talking with a number of Vancouver Canucks fans of late, I definitely get the feeling that 2011-12 season promises to be a very different season. Not necessarily for the team, but more-so for the long suffering fan.

Rick Rypien

Rick Rypien passes away

Stunning news this week as NHL tough guy Rick Rypien was found dead. The 27 year old NHL tough guy was known for his countless battles on the ice.

Rick Rypien

Canucks wait to make their move

Though their season ended in disappointment, the Vancouver Canucks appear to be quite content with their team as is.

Canucks’ Stanley Cup window not closed yet

The Vancouver Canucks amazing season did not finish as hoped in 2011. But unlike most other Stanley Cup finalists in years past, this does not necessarily have to be the team's only shot at a Stanley Cup championship.

Game 2 – Burrows is overtime hero

Alex Burrows father had some sound advice for his son prior to game 2: score a big goal and people will stop talking the controversies of game 1.

Game 1: Canucks win an ugly one

THE entire province of British Columbia was ready for a party. Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins did their best to snuff that out, but finally, with just 19 seconds left in the game, Raffi Torres, on a great pass from Jannik Hansen, solved Thomas to win the game. Apparently the goal was the latest game winning regulation time goal in modern Stanley Cup history.

It hurts to be a Canucks fan

YOU would think as a lifelong Canucks fan I would be pretty excited about their return to the Stanley Cup Final. Not even close. The best word I can use to describe my feelings is apprehensive.

Canucks triumph over Sharks

Seventeen years to the day that Greg Adams scored to send the Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup final, Kevin Bieksa scores to send the Vancouver Canucks to the 2011 Stanley Cup final!

Game 2: Sharks tank in Vancouver

Game 2: Sharks tank in Vancouver

The Canucks are up 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals. And this time around we can fairly say that that is very much the Sedins fault.

Game 2: Sharks tank in Vancouver

Sedins need to step up

TERRACE-BASED hockey writer Joe Pelletier talks about the series victory over the Chicago Blackhawks and what the Vancouver Canucks now face against the Nashville Predators.