Canucks forwards who have had ice time this season so far include Steve Bernier, Mike Brown, Alexandre Burrows, Pavol Demitra, Jannik Hansen, Darcy Hordichuk, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Kessler, Taylor Pyatt, Mason Raymond, Rick Rypien, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Mats Sundin, and Kyle Wellwood. Goalkeepers include Jason LaBarbera and Roberto Luongo. The team’s defenders include Kevin Bieksa, Rob Davison, Alexander Edler, Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Nycholat, Shane O’Brien, Matthias Ohlund and Sami Salo. Unfortunately, Demitra and Rypien are currently on injured reserve.
Canucks in the system include forwards Mario Bliznak, Alexandre Bolduc, Matt Butcher, Jeff Cowan, Mark Cullen, Mats Froshaug, Dan Gendur, Colby Genoway, Evgeny Gladskikh, Michael Grabner, Cody Hodgson, Jason Jaffrey, Ilia Kaplukov, Jason Krog , Pierre-Cedric Labrie, Taylor Matson, Charles-Antoine Messier, Michel Ouellet, Prab Raj. Sergei Shirokov, Sergi Topol, and Patrick White. Defenders include Juha Alen, Nolan Baumgartner, Patrick Coulombe, Taylor Ellington, Zack Fitzgerald, Kris Fredheim, Denis Grot, Shaun Heshka, Kiril Koltsov, Daniel Rahimi, Yann Sauve and James Sharrow. Goalkeepers include Morgan Clark, Julien Ellis, Lukas Mensator, Curtis Sanford and Cory Schneider.
Coaches and staff include head coach Alain Vigneault, associate coach Rick Bowness, assistant coach Ryan Walter, video assistant coach Darryl Williams, goalkeeping advisor Ian Clark, strength and conditioning coach Roger Takahashi, medical coach Mike Burnstein, medical coach Jon Sanderson, assistant medical coach Marty Dudgeon, crew manager Pat O’Neill, assistant crew manager Jamie Hendricks, assistant crew manager Brian Hamilton and doctors from medical staff Bill Regan, Mike Wilkinson, Jeffrey Norden, Side Sheard, and Alan Boyco.
Although the Canucks are pretty low on the Western Conference League roster, thankfully they have plenty of time left in the season to make it to the top. However, the competition down the road is going to be pretty tough with the Red Wings and several others on the roster. The Canucks took home an overtime loss against the Sharks before the break, but will have a chance to get back into the swing of things with two more games in January against the Predators and Wild with both games scheduled at home for the team. .
In the month of February, the Canucks will hit the road to hit the ice on the road against the Blues, Coyotes, Stars, Flames, Senators, Maple Leafs and Canadians. Home games in February will present opportunities for the Canucks to host games against the Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Canadiens and Lightning.
Come March, the season will be in full swing and the Canucks’ home games will be against the Blue Jackets, Wild, Sharks, Kings, Avalanche, Stars and the Blues. Road games will include opportunities for the Canucks to hit the ice on the road such as games against the Kings, Ducks, Coyotes, Stars, Blues, Avalanche, Blackhawks and The Wild.
When the season ends in April, the Canucks will play just six more games. At home, the Canucks will host games against the Duck, Avalance, Flames and Kings. The rest of the games will take place with the Canucks taking the ice on the road for the last few times of the season against the Oilers and Avalanche.