Trevor Linden News

In the eyes of Mike Sveinson and his tens of thousands of friends, it would be a fitting gesture to one of Canada's greatest heroes.

Former NHLPA head Paul Kelly. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Canwest News Service Gaining an extra hour this weekend means many things to many people but, for Province readers, it just means more time to spend with the Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports.

Time is something we all take for granted - " but for a sick child, time is the most precious gift of all.

The 2010 Winter Olympic celebration takes on nation-wide prominence Friday when the torch relay begins its 106-day journey across Canada.

Check out the lengthy--but very compelling--piece in the Advance today by reporter Roxanne Hooper , who is beseeching local residents to write the Salvation Army and ask for Gary Johnson to be reinstated as the lead hand at the Gateway of Hope.

The Idaho Junior Steelheads of the Tier III Western States Hockey League are caught playing "strip hockey" during a practice at a municipally owned rink, shedding a piece of equipment each time they miss during an impromptu penalty-shot contest.

In his first full professional season, Mason Raymond follows the rookie credo to perfection: Be seen and not heard.

The concept of the statement game is sometimes rendered meaningless by the NHL's interminable seven-month schedule but, even within those 82 games, there are still dates which take on a deeper, existential significance.

Chris Chelios is pushing for a player committee to review how the NHLPA operates.

Did you know that Canucks legend Trevor Linden played for the Medicine Hat Tigers from 1985-88 and that Mark Fistric was the Giants' first-ever bantam draft choice? Photograph by: Les Bazso, The Province, The Province Darn you, Craig Cunningham.

Butterfly effect: When a remote event, like a butterfly flapping its wings, over time has huge consequences elsewhere.

Former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford is now coaching the Dallas Stars after a stint on the CBC.

Gradin became a star centre and now scouts for the team. Lindgren was a hard-nosed defenceman and he, too, is a Canuck bird dog.

Willie Mitchell had no problem parting with $200 on Tuesday after losing a bet with Alexandre Burrows on who would score first this season.

An announcement made by the Canucks general manager Mike Gillis has shocked hockey fans.

For sports fans, the longest-running soap opera of 2008 was "Vancouver Canucks: Extreme Makeover." For more than five months, the National Hockey League team courted Mats Sundin, the superstar Swede whom Canucks management hope will make fans forget Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison and Trevor Linden, all tail lights this season in an unprecedented ...

Former coaches and teammates hailed the retiring Trevor Linden on Wednesday as a consummate professional who always took time to do the little things right, both on and off the ice.

For the seventh game this year, Trevor Linden will be a healthy scratch. The Canucks have decided to bench the Canucks' all-time points leader to add some toughness to their lineup against Columbus tonight.

The twins got dinner. Mattias Ohlund got lunch. Figures. Almost from the time he arrived in Vancouver from Sweden in 1997 -- or at least since Ed Jovanovski became a Vancouver Canuck 15 months later -- Ohlund has been undervalued and overshadowed.

The Vancouver Canucks have opted for a fresh face rather than experience in hiring player agent Mike Gillis as their new general manager.