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Garth Rizzuto 6 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
Garth Rizzuto is the answer to a little known trivia question. Who was the first BC born hockey player to play for the Vancouver Canucks? Rizzuto was born in Trail BC in September 1947. Ironically e...
Anders Eldebrink 11 Jul 2013 | 05:11 am
Anders Eldebrink never made an impact in the NHL but he was a key cog on the Swedish national team for the entire 1980's and is extremely well respected back in Sweden. He was voted as the best left-s...
Lukas Krajicek 3 Jun 2013 | 04:36 am
I always kind of rooted for Lukas Krajicek. The defenseman had real potential to become an elite offensive player from the blue line. He had a world class skill set in terms of seeing the game and han...
Wayne Maki 14 Jan 2013 | 09:56 am
Wayne Maki will always be known for this ugly incident on the ice: Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Wayne joined older brother Ron "Chico" Maki with the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1967–1968 season....
Canucks Trivia 4 Jan 2013 | 11:12 pm
Who was the first Canuck player to score 40 goals? Which Canuck goaltender registered the first shutout in franchise history? Who was the first Canuck to be awarded a penalty shot? Which Canuck goa...
Adrien Plavsic 2 Jan 2013 | 01:32 pm
This is Adrien Plavsic, a once promising defenseman who played in over 200 NHL games but never truly caught on. Plavsic was at best sound if not spectacular. He had some good tools. He was a mobile s...
Brandon Reid 26 Sep 2012 | 07:43 am
Brandon Reid only had a couple of cups of NHL coffee totalling just 22 games. But he was a dynamic skater and as hard working a player as he was creative, and you could not help but pull for the littl...
Steve Weeks 31 Aug 2012 | 11:46 pm
For a guy who never really considered a career in professional hockey, Steve Weeks did alright for himself. When Weeks was a kid in the mid-1970s, he opted to go to Northern Michigan University on a ...
Bret Hedican 13 Mar 2012 | 03:13 pm
Bret Hedican celebrates the Stanley Cup with wife Kristi Yamaguchi Like a lot of young American hockey players young Bret Hedican was enthralled by the Miracle on Ice when the United States upset the...
Harold Druken 13 Mar 2012 | 10:40 am
This is Harold Druken, proud native of St. John's, Newfoundland. He played 146 games in the NHL, mostly with Vancouver but also with Carolina and Toronto. Druken never really stuck in the NHL. He had...
