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The franchise's first head coach was Hal Laycoe, who coached the Canucks for two seasons. Alain Vigneault coached the most games of any Canucks head coach with 540 games and has the most points all-time with the Canucks with 683 points, he also has the most points in a season of any Canucks coach, with 117 in the 2010–11 season. He is ...
Alexander Edler became the all-time leader in points among Canucks defensemen in 2018-19. Mattias Ohlund had been the highest-scoring defenseman in Canucks history for over a decade. Roberto Luongo ranks in the top-four in every major goaltending statistic in both the regular-season and the playoffs for the Canucks.
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The history of the Vancouver Canucks begins when the team joined the National Hockey League (NHL). Founded as an expansion team in 1970 along with the Buffalo Sabres, the Vancouver Canucks were the first NHL team to be based in Vancouver. They adopted the name of the minor professional hockey team that had existed in Vancouver since 1945.
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canucks are a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] The Canucks currently play home games at Rogers Arena. The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team, along with the Buffalo ...
During the campaign, the Canucks honoured Smyl, who had remained on the team as an assistant coach, by making him the first player in team history to have his jersey (number 12) retired. [36] In the 1992 playoffs , the Canucks won their first series since 1982 before being eliminated by the Oilers in the second round. [ 19 ]
On February 29, 2020, Tocchet earned his 100th win as head coach of the Coyotes in a 5–2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. [15] After the 2020–21 season, Tocchet and the Coyotes mutually agreed to part ways. [16] [17] On January 22, 2023, Tocchet was named head coach of the Vancouver Canucks to replace Bruce Boudreau. [18]
The Canucks had failed to qualify for the playoffs in Crawford's last season with the club and were seen to have underperformed after being considered Stanley Cup contenders after the 2004–05 NHL lockout. In replacing Crawford, who was the Canucks' record holder for all-time wins by a coach, Vigneault became the 16th coach in team history.