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Vancouver Canucks celebrate third period goal by Henrik Sedin against Colorado Avalanche in NHL action at GM Place, Friday night, November 20, 2009, in Vancouver, B.C Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun Fall vacation is over for the Vancouver Canucks.

Vancouver Canucks Christian Ehrhoff celebrates his goal with Mikael Samuelsson against Colorado Avalanche in NHL action at GM Place, Friday night, November 20, 2009, in Vancouver, B.C. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Vancouver Sun This was going to be a story about Vancouver Canuck defenceman Christian Ehrhoff and how he rose through the ranks of the ...

Hey, you know, ita TMs never too early to be thinking about the playoffs in light of where the Nucks are this point of the season, which is close to a quarter of the way through.

6 and was rock solid in recording his second shutout in just six starts this season.

If there was any reservations about the Hawks inserting Antti Niemi for the first time in weeks, it was quickly forgotten as he covered every inch of the net to perfection in a 30 save performance.

This question has irked me for a number of seasons, so I throw it out to you Bleacher Report readers.

Darcy Hordichuk could be back in the Canucks lineup as early as Friday for Vancouver's game versus Colorado.

Canuck left winger Daniel Sedin is not practising with his teammates this morning at GM Place so it seems highly doubtful he will be ready for the Avalanche on Friday, as the team had hoped.

Daniel Sedin, who has been out of the Canucks lineup since Oct. 7 with a broken foot, did not skating again Monday at Canucks practice.

The Canucks are 25 per cent through the season but, as indicators go, predicting where they'll finish on this trajectory is as meaningless as the first-quarter score in a CFL game.

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 in Denver Nov. 14. A November 15, 2009 A A A A Kyle Cumiskey of the Colorado Avalanche skates against Rick Rypien of the Vancouver Canucks at the Pepsi Center on Nov.

Henrik Sedin's first career hat-trick and a pair of goals from Steve Bernier powered the Vancouver Canucks to an 8-2 win over the Avalanche in Colorado on Saturday night.

Rick Rypien gets the upperhand on Detroit's Brad May in a first period tilt Thursday at the Joe Louis Arena.

People seem to enjoy lists of 10. Well, here's another one. It's a list of Kurtenthoughts on the world of sports.

Henrik Zetterberg scored midway through the third period and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves, giving the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.

Ryan Kesler, with his three assists, is currently the highest scoring American-born player in the NHL with 16 points... Since being hooked in Anaheim last Friday, Canuck goalie Andrew Raycroft has stopped 40 of 41 shots.

The Canucks managed another win Tuesday, but one dogged by a question that has been asked far too often: At what cost? This time, it could be Henrik Sedin.

Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, 5 p.m. PDT, Xcel Energy Center The setup: The Canucks, winners of two straight, begin a tough five-game road trip in Minnesota and have to fly out after the game to Dallas, where they play the Stars on Friday.

It happened after a lopsided loss in Anaheim on Friday night, and again after the New York Rangers tied Tuesday night's game on a controversial power play 6:24 into the third period.

The Minnesota Wild seem to be turning things around after a rough start to their 2009-10 season.