canucks.nhl.com - 11/14/2008
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The new sweater, featuring the ‘Stick and Rink’ logo accented with ‘V’ and ‘Johnny Canuck’ logos on each shoulder, honours the rich Canucks past and shows the team’s commitment to tradition Photo Gallery | Video | Story
torontosun.com - 11/16/2008
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torontosun.com —
Having just been given the hook by coach
Ron Wilson midway through the second period, Vesa Toskala
peered up at the scoreboard, shrugged his shoulders, then plopped his butt on the Maple Leafs bench. "I actually felt really good," Toskala said ...
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A tale of two goalies
thesportscorner.ca - 11/11/2008
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thesportscorner.ca —
It was our present to Toronto. To mark
the 41st year since the Maple Leafs won a
Stanley Cup, 24 hours delivered the gift of a Leaf-mobile to our Eastern friends. We just modified it a bit to remind them that, well, the Leafs still suck.
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Crushing the Leafs-mobile
thestar.blogs.com - 11/17/2008
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thestar.blogs.com —
It was intriguing to watch, hear and read
all the flattering things about Kyle Wellwood on the
weekend, and to see how he has apparently resuscitated his career in Vancouver.What nobody seemed inclined to discuss, however, was what the Maple...
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A Thick Coating of Teflon
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Canucks release 3rd jersey
Waiting For Stanley —
Wow, the "leaked" jersey from months ago was correct. Here is the new 3rd jersey. What do you think? More images here. An introductory video about the concept: Maybe this is what's behind the timing of Luongo changing his mask. T tags:Canucks+release+new+3rd+jersey Johnny+Canuck Stick+in+Rink V ...
Canucks Third Jersey Released
Kuklas Korner —
Thanks to Zanstorm of Waiting for Stanley, I was given a head’s up about this news from the Canucks.com:
The Vancouver Canucks unveiled their new third jersey Thursday night at the Sports Celebrities Festival and they didn’t reinvent the hockey sweater with the look - it’s a classic vintage throwback that honours past eras of Canucks hockey.
The jersey, which will be officially worn on-ice by the Canucks when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 15, is familiar in its overall look. Of course there’s some subtle twists on the original.
The game will make its ...
Canada’s Hated Meet To Share Their Feelings
Yankee Canuck —
Gamenight at the garage and the big (marketing) news is that the team that has already retired us and given us a gold star now gives us another object of consumerist love to sink our rapidly depreciating currencies into: third jerseys! You can find out more about it here , here and here . Sadly I have yet to hear my cell ring about the endorsement for this . Patience my pets…patience. Not much team news other than Salo is on the way back but Beeeska is still out for two weeks or so. Davison seems the guy to step in for the top scoring defenseman but Nycholat was recalled too so who knows. Up front it’s a ...
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