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 Vancouver Canucks
| Who was the first Canuck to score an overtime goal in the playoffs? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
Dave 'Tiger' Williams. Tiger scored against the Calgary Flames on April 8th, 1982.
| Who was the Canucks first captain? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
Orland Kurtenbach. Kurtenbach wore number 25 and later coached the team.
| Who stood in at the All-Star game for Richard Brodeur? | Canucks Facts (Scavenger2003) |
John Garrett. Garrett was a replacement and became a cult hero to Canucks fans, though he was never the starter in Vancouver.
| Who scored the first goal in Canucks history? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
Barry Wilkins. He was our number 4, okay so that's a stretch.
| Who made the highlight reel pass to Pavel Bure, in game seven against Calgary in 1994? | Canucks Facts (Scavenger2003) |
Jeff Brown. It was overtime and Bure stood at center, and waited for the highlight pass from trade deadline day pick up Brown.
| Who is the first player to have his number retired by the Canucks? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
Stan 'Steamer' Smyl. Stan had a lengthy career with the Canucks and until this season he held the record for most goals in one season by a Canucks captain with 38.
| Who did the Canucks trade to receive Tony Tanti? | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
Curt Fraser. Curt Fraser is now the coach of the Atlanta Thrashers!
| Who did the Canucks play in their first NHL game? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
LA. Kings. The Canucks lost that game.
| Who did the Canucks never play in the playoffs in the 20th century? | Canucks Facts (Scavenger2003) |
Pittsburgh Penguins. The Canucks played Buffalo two years in a row and played Dallas on their way to the Cup Final in 94. They also played Philadelphia in a best of three affair in the late 70s.
| Who and or what was traded along with Todd Bertuzzi from the New York Islanders to the Vancouver Canucks for fan favorite captain Trevor Linden, in 1998? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
Bryan McCabe and a 3rd round draft pick. On February 6th, 1998 Trevor Linden was traded away from the only team he knew, by the 'evil' Mike Keenan for Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan McCabe and a 3rd round draft pick.
| Which two Canucks set the team record for goals in the shortest amount of time, when they scored 6 seconds apart? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
Greg Adams and Cliff Ronning. Greg scored at 8:51 of the second period of the Feburary 6th,1992 game against the New York Islanders while Cliff scored at 8:57.
| Which Canuck who is currently playing for their farm team scored an unusual first ever NHL goal against the Colorado Avalanche last season(1999-2000)? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
Zenith Komarniski. Zenith scored the goal, from the face-off dot at center ice in GM Place on one of the games greatest, Patrick Roy. It was an unbelievably soft goal because Zenith was just shooting the puck into the Colorado zone and Patrick was the only player in there. By the time the puck went into the net, Zenith was standing on the bench.
Steamer. Stan Smyl is the first Canuck to have his number retired. That number is 12.
| What season did the Canucks first come into the league? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
1970-1971. Before that they were in the old Western Hockey League.
| What player was traded to Boston as a draft pick with Cam Neely, for Barry Pederson in the Canucks worst trade ever? | Canucks Facts (Scavenger2003) |
Glen Wesley. Wesley was the draft pick that the Bruins acquired. Kyle McLaren was then a draft pick acquired by the Bruins when they traded him to Carolina.
| What player did the Canucks give up to acquire Markus Naslund? | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
Alex Stojanov. The most lopsided deal in Canuck history--at least in terms of one that went their way. This deal makes fans forget about the Barry Pederson for Cam Neely deal with Boston.
| What number did Robert Kron initially wear for the Canucks? | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
58. A checking center, Kron can also contribute offensively. He has good speed and can kill penalties. Selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1985 Entry Draft.
| What number did Gino Odjick first wear with the Canucks? | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
29. Always controversial, Gino quickly became a fan favourite for his willingness to drop the gloves.
| The Vancouver Canucks on March 26th, 1996 traded Alex Stojanov for Markus Naslund. Which team did the Canucks make this memorable trade with? | Vancouver Canucks Trades (natsco) |
Pittsburgh Penguins. Yes, the Penguins made a bad decision in trading this future star to Vancouver.
GM Place. For obvious reasons, this stadium is nicknamed "The Garage."
| The Canucks made their first finals appearance in what year? | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
1982. After sweeping the Flames in 3 games, the Canucks went on to defeat both the Kings and Hawks in 5 games, before succumbing to the Islanders.
| The Canucks first went to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1982 and lost 4 games to none against whom? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
New York Islanders. The Canucks played well, but were no match for the Islanders who were in the midst of winning their third of four cups in a row. It was exciting as it would be twelve years until they made it back to the finals.
| The Canucks first 'Draft Choice' in 1970, (second overall), was Dale Tallon. What future hall of fame player was the first pick that year? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
Gil Perrault. The Canucks lost a coin toss for the first pick and thus Buffalo took Perrault first. The next year the Canucks picked third and thus missed Lafleur and Dionne.
| The Canucks acquired the backbone of their 1982 run to the Cup final obtaining goaltender _______________ from the Islanders in 1980? | Vancouver Canucks Trades (natsco) |
Richard Brodeur . It was a steal as the Canucks only gave up a fifth round draft pick and also got a draft pick in return which they used to draft Moe Lemay.
| Richard Brodeur was acquired from what east coast team? | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
New York Islanders. King Richard led the Canucks to their first finals appearance in 1982, and was popular enough to have a song written about him!
| On January 17th, 1999 the Canucks aquired Ed Jovonovski and others for possibly the best player to ever pull on a Canucks jersey. The player the Canucks traded was _________________ ? | Vancouver Canucks Trades (natsco) |
Pavel Bure . Bure electrified the crowd every time he touched the puck, but differences with management made for a rocky relationship and he was dealt to Florida.
| In what year did the Vancouver Canucks franchise first make the playoffs? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
1975. The Canucks lost in 5 games to the Montreal Canadiens.
| In the famous game of the 1982 Stanley Cup run, when Canuck coach Roger Nielson held up a towel on the end of a hockey stick, in protest of the referees. Who were the Canucks playing? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
Chicago Black Hawks. It was at the old Chicago Stadium and was the start of towel power that propelled the Canucks to the finals .. that and Richard Brodeur.
| In the 2000-2001 season which Canuck broke the record for most goals in one season by a captain? | The Canucks of Vancouver (canadian_quizmaster) |
Markus Naslund . Markus scored 41 goals in the 2000-2001 season before it was cut short when he broke his leg in Buffalo. By reaching the 40 goal mark, Markus Naslund received a {$200,000} bonus in his contract. If he hadn't broken his leg and reached the 45 goal mark, he would have received an additional {$300,000} bonus on top of that. If he had made it to the 50 goal plateau he would have gotten {$500,000} more, for an even 1,000,000 extra on his contract.
| In his first game with the Vancouver Canucks, how many goals did Greg Adams score? (the player acquired with Kirk McLean) | Vancouver Canucks (noeliethegoalie) |
4. Adams and Mclean were acquired for highly skilled but underachieving center Patrick Sundstrom.
| In his first game with the Canucks, what controversial number did Gino Odjick wear? | The Canucks of Vancouver (natsco) |
66. Gino was a big fan of Mario Lemieux, but the league phoned the Canucks and requested that he change numbers. So, from then on he wore number 29.
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