2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2008–09
Year:	2008
Team:	Vancouver Canucks
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	3rd
Division:	Northwest
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	45–27–10
Homerecord:	24–12–5
Roadrecord:	21–15–5
Goalsfor:	246
Goalsagainst:	220
Generalmanager:	Mike Gillis
Coach:	Alain Vigneault
Captain:	Roberto Luongo
Altcaptain:	Ryan Kesler Willie Mitchell Mattias Ohlund
Arena:	General Motors Place
Attendance:	18,630 (101.1%)^[1]
Minorleague:	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Daniel Sedin (31)
Assistsleader:	Henrik Sedin (60)
Pointsleader:	Daniel Sedin (82) Henrik Sedin (82)
Pimleader:	Shane O'Brien (196)
Plusminusleader:	Willie Mitchell (+29)
Winsleader:	Roberto Luongo (33)
Gaaleader:	Roberto Luongo (2.34)
Divisionwin:	Yes

The 2008–09 Vancouver Canucks season was the 39th season in the National Hockey League.

Season events

See also: 2008–09 NHL season.

Off-season

On June 17, 2008, the Canucks named Ryan Walter as an assistant coach. He joined head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant coach Rick Bowness on the Canucks' coaching staff. Walter, 50, played in 1,003 NHL games over 15 seasons with Washington, Montreal, and Vancouver, scoring 264 goals and 382 assists. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1986. A native of New Westminster, British Columbia, Walter was the second overall pick by the Washington Capitals in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

The Canucks lost two key veterans to free agency. Markus Naslund, the Canucks' captain for the previous seven seasons, signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the New York Rangers, while Pitt Meadows native Brendan Morrison signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks.

The Canucks also lost a promising young defenceman in Luc Bourdon, who died in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick. The Canucks honoured Bourdon with a tribute in the season opener, October 9, against the Calgary Flames.

Among the Canucks' roster additions was Steve Bernier, who was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres for a second- and third-round draft pick, and Pavol Demitra, who signed a two-year, $8 million contract.

The Canucks announced on September 4, 2008, that they will honour Linden in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008 before a game against the Edmonton Oilers. His jersey number, 16, will be retired by the team, joining former captain Stan Smyl as the second Canuck to have his number retired.

Pre-season

The Canucks' 2008 pre-season began on September 12 with the opening of their annual prospects training camp. The camp consisted of 22 players and was held in Vancouver, British Columbia at both General Motors Place and the University of British Columbia campus, as well as in Camrose, Alberta.^[2] The prospect camp was then followed by the main training camp, held over two days beginning September 20 in Whistler, British Columbia.^[3]

On September 30, 2008, the Canucks named Roberto Luongo as the twelfth captain in team history, with Luongo becoming only the seventh goaltender in NHL history to be named team captain. NHL rules prevent goaltenders from physically wearing the captain's letter "C", however, they do not prevent goaltenders from being named captain. The Canucks also named Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, and Ryan Kesler as alternate captains. Mitchell assumed the duties of dealing with officials during games, while Ohlund took faceoffs and performed other ceremonial duties.^[4]

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Vancouver	4–3		SO		16,839	1–0–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010010
2	September 23		1–2	Vancouver			18,630	2–0–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010014
3	September 27	Vancouver	3–2			Luongo	16,721	3–0–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010052
4	September 28	Vancouver	5–4		SO		16,481	4–0–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010060
5	October 1		1–6	Vancouver		Luongo	18,630	5–0–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010072
6	October 2		2–3	Vancouver		Sanford	18,630	6–0–0	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010082
7	October 5		4–3	Vancouver	OT	Luongo	18,630	6–0–1	http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010097

Standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

2008–09 Game log
October: 6–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 0–6 Vancouver 18,630 1–0–0 2 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020007 2 October 11 Vancouver 5–4 OT Luongo 19,289 2–0–0 4 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020026 3 October 13 Vancouver 1–5 Luongo 16,847 2–1–0 4 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020036 4 October 16 Vancouver 4–3 OT Luongo 19,011 3–1–0 6 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020053 5 October 17 Vancouver 2–5 18,449 3–2–0 6 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020059 6 October 19 Vancouver 2–4 Luongo 21,193 3–3–0 6 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020076 7 October 21 Vancouver 2–4 Luongo 12,057 3–4–0 6 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020084 8 October 25 3–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4–4–0 8 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020118 9 October 28 1–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 4–5–0 8 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020131 10 October 30 Vancouver 4–0 Luongo 13,652 5–5–0 10 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020146 11 October 31 Vancouver 7–6 SO Luongo 16,704 6–5–0 12 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020149
November: 8–3–2 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 6–6–0 12 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020167 13 November 4 0–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 7–6–0 14 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020175 14 November 6 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 8–6–0 16 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020189 15 November 8 0–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 9–6–0 18 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020205 16 November 12 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 9–6–1 19 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020227 17 November 15 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 10–6–1 21 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020246 18 November 17 Vancouver 1–2 SO Luongo 11,299 10–6–2 22 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020257 19 November 19 Vancouver 6–3 Luongo 18,200 11–6–2 24 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020269 20 November 20 Vancouver 3–2 Sanford 18,568 12–6–2 26 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020274 21 November 22 Vancouver 3–1 Sanford 17,040 13–6–2 28 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020285 22 November 24 2–3 Vancouver OT Sanford 18,630 14–6–2 30 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020304 23 November 27 4–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 14–7–2 30 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020322 24 November 29 Vancouver 1–3 19,289 14–8–2 30 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020345
December: 6–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Vancouver 2–3 Schneider 13,299 14–9–2 30 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020351 26 December 4 Vancouver 5–6 Sanford 19,116 14–10–2 30 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020372 27 December 5 Vancouver 2–1 Schneider 18,568 15–10–2 32 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020376 28 December 7 Vancouver 4–5 SO Schneider 13,411 15–10–3 33 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020395 29 December 9 Vancouver 3–1 Sanford 12,441 16–10–3 35 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020404 30 December 13 Vancouver 0–3 Sanford 16,839 16–11–3 35 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020439 31 December 14 3–5 Vancouver Schneider 18,630 17–11–3 37 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020443 32 December 17 2–4 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 18–11–3 39 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020458 33 December 20 3–1 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 18–12–3 39 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020484 34 December 22 3–4 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 19–12–3 41 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020493 35 December 23 Vancouver 0–5 Schneider 17,496 19–13–3 41 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020506 36 December 26 3–2 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 19–14–3 41 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020514 37 December 28 0–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 20–14–3 43 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020532 38 December 30 3–2 Vancouver Schneider 18,630 20–15–3 43 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020546
January: 2–5–5 (Home: 0–5–3 ; Road: 2–0–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Vancouver 2–1 16,502 21–15–3 45 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020558 40 January 2 Vancouver 3–4 SO LaBarbera 14,902 21–15–4 46 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020561 41 January 4 3–2 Vancouver SO LaBarbera 18,630 21–15–5 47 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020582 42 January 7 Vancouver 4–2 LaBarbera 16,839 22–15–5 49 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020597 43 January 9 6–4 Vancouver LaBarbera 18,630 22–16–5 49 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020612 44 January 10 4–2 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 22–17–5 49 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020624 45 January 13 5–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 22–18–5 49 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020640 46 January 15 4–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–19–5 49 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020653 47 January 18 6–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 22–19–6 50 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020676 48 January 20 Vancouver 1–2 OT Luongo 17,496 22–19–7 51 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020691 49 January 28 5–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–20–7 51 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020715 50 January 31 4–3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 22–20–8 52 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020740
February: 9–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 5–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 3–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 23–20–8 54 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020758 52 February 7 3–7 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 24–20–8 56 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020788 53 February 10 Vancouver 6–4 Luongo 16,431 25–20–8 58 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020801 54 February 12 Vancouver 4–3 Luongo 14,872 26–20–8 60 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020816 55 February 13 Vancouver 1–2 LaBarbera 18,532 26–21–8 60 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020823 56 February 15 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 27–21–8 62 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020840 57 February 17 Vancouver 4–3 SO Luongo 19,289 28–21–8 64 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020852 58 February 19 Vancouver 5–2 Luongo 19,716 29–21–8 66 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020863 59 February 21 Vancouver 3–2 SO Luongo 19,504 30–21–8 68 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020880 60 February 24 Vancouver 0–3 Luongo 21,273 30–22–8 68 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020897 61 February 27 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 31–22–8 70 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020922
March: 11–3–1 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 4–3–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 32–22–8 72 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020939 63 March 3 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 33–22–8 74 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020951 64 March 7 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 34–22–8 76 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020978 65 March 9 Vancouver 2–3 Luongo 16,995 34–23–8 76 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020988 66 March 11 Vancouver 3–4 OT Luongo 16,967 34–23–9 77 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021002 67 March 13 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 35–23–9 79 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021017 68 March 15 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 36–23–9 81 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021037 69 March 17 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 37–23–9 83 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021049 70 March 19 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 38–23–9 85 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021060 71 March 21 Vancouver 1–5 Luongo 17,125 38–24–9 85 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021077 72 March 24 Vancouver 5–2 Luongo 17,276 39–24–9 87 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021094 73 March 26 Vancouver 2–4 Luongo 19,250 39–25–9 87 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021107 74 March 27 Vancouver 4–1 LaBarbera 16,177 40–25–9 89 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021114 75 March 29 Vancouver 4–0 Luongo 21,673 41–25–9 91 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021131 76 March 31 Vancouver 2–1 OT Luongo 18,568 42–25–9 93 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021141
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 6–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 42–25–10 94 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021156 78 April 4 Vancouver 3–5 Luongo 16,839 42–26–10 94 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021172 79 April 5 4–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 42–27–10 94 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021180 80 April 7 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 43–27–10 96 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021194 81 April 9 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 44–27–10 98 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021208 82 April 11 Vancouver 1–0 OT Luongo 13,397 45–27–10 100 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008021217
Legend:

Playoffs

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference quarter-final vs. (6) St. Louis Blues: Vancouver won series 4–0 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 St. Louis Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030171 2 April 17 St. Louis Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–0 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030172 3 April 19 Vancouver St. Louis Luongo 19,500 3–0 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030173 4 April 21 Vancouver St. Louis OT Luongo 19,250 4–0 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030174
Western Conference semi-final vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago won series 4–2 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 30 Chicago Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–0 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030241 2 May 2 Chicago Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–1 http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030242 3 May 5 Vancouver Chicago Luongo 22,659 2–1 http://www2.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030243 4 May 7 Vancouver Chicago OT Luongo 22,682 2–2 http://www2.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030244 5 May 9 Chicago Vancouver Luongo 18,630 2–3 http://www2.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030245 6 May 11 Vancouver Chicago Luongo 22,687 2–4 http://www2.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008030246 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
^‡Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records

Awards

• Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending October 12, 2008.^[5]
• Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending November 9, 2008.^[6]
• Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending November 23, 2008.^[7]
• Roberto Luongo was named to the Western Conference roster for the 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Montreal.^[8]
• Daniel Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the week for the week ending March 29, 2009.^[9]
• Henrik Sedin was named the NHL's second star of the month for March.^[10]
• Roberto Luongo was named the NHL's first star of the week for the week ending April 12, 2009.^[11]

Records

• Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for consecutive shutout minutes with 242:36 on November 12, 2008 versus the Colorado Avalanche.^[12]
• The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home losses with 7 on January 18, 2009 versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.^[13]
• Mattias Ohlund set a franchise record for the most points scored by a defenceman with 322 points on March 15, 2009 versus the Colorado Avalanche.^[14]
• The Canucks set a franchise record for consecutive home wins with 11 on March 19, 2009 versus the St. Louis Blues.
• Roberto Luongo set a franchise record for most shutouts in a season with 8 on April 9, 2009 versus the Los Angeles Kings, and ended the season with one more, for a total of 9 shutouts and tying Kirk McLean for the all-time franchise lead in shutouts.

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	700th point	October 11, 2008
	100th game	October 13, 2008
	1st goal	October 16, 2008
	200th win	October 16, 2008
	200th win	October 16, 2008
	200th game	October 25, 2008
Roberto Luongo	500th game	October 31, 2008
	700th game	November 2, 2008
	300th assist	November 4, 2008
	200th game	November 12, 2008
	200th game	November 20, 2008
	400th point	November 24, 2008
	1st game	November 27, 2008
Henrik Sedin	400th point	November 27, 2008
	200th game	November 29, 2008
	1st game	November 29, 2008
Steve Bernier	100th point	December 4, 2008
Cory Schneider	1st win	December 5, 2008
	100th game	December 17, 2008
	100th point	December 22, 2008
Henrik Sedin	600th game	December 26, 2008
	100th game	January 2, 2009
Daniel Sedin	600th game	January 2, 2009
Alexandre Bolduc	1st point 1st assist	January 4, 2009
	200th game	January 7, 2009
	500th game	January 10, 2009
	500th game	January 13, 2009
Willie Mitchell	100th point	January 18, 2009
Henrik Sedin	100th goal	March 13, 2009
Alain Vigneault	500th game	March 19, 2009
Pavol Demitra	300th goal	March 31, 2009
	100th point	April 2, 2009

Transactions

See also: 2008–09 NHL transactions.

Trades

June 4, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Steve Bernier	To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2009 – Brayden McNabb 2nd-round pick in 2010 – Petr Straka
September 2, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Lawrence Nycholat	To Ottawa Senators Ryan Shannon
October 6, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Shane O'Brien Michel Ouellet	To Tampa Bay Lightning Lukas Krajicek Juraj Simek
December 9, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Conditional pick in 2009	To Chicago Blackhawks Jimmy Sharrow
December 30, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Jason LaBarbera	To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2009 – Jordan Samuels-Thomas
February 4, 2009	To Vancouver Canucks Nathan McIver	To Anaheim Ducks Mike Brown

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
		Three-year, $2.25-million
		Two-year, $2.3-million
		Two-way deal, $1.2-million
		One-year, $500,000
		Two-year, $8-million
		One-year, $560,000
		One-year, $700,000
		One-year, $5-million

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract Terms
		Two-year, $8-million
		One-year, $2.75-million
		Two-way deal
		Retired

Received from waivers

Player	From
	Toronto Maple Leafs
	Philadelphia Flyers

Lost on waivers

Player	New Team
	Anaheim Ducks
	Tampa Bay Lightning
	Calgary Flames

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Cody Hodgson (C)		Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2	41	Yann Sauve (D)		Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
5	131	Prab Rai (C)		Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6	161	Mats Frøshaug (C)		Linköpings HC Jr. (Sweden)
7	191	Morgan Clark (G)		Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

7th Canuck

On October 25, 2008, the Canucks retired the jersey number '7' in honour of the fans, the "seventh Canuck". Originally, the plan was to have a randomly selected season ticket holder unveil the banner before every home game and have it raised to the rafters, but after the first game it was abandoned.

Farm teams

Manitoba Moose

The Canucks' AHL affiliate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Moose' home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season.

Victoria Salmon Kings

The Canucks' ECHL affiliate based in Victoria, British Columbia. The Salmon Kings' home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2006–07 ECHL season.

External links

• Vancouver Canucks official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: NHL Attendance Report - 2008-09. ESPN. December 20, 2015.
2. News: Vancouver Canucks prospects camp opens Friday, September 12. Vancouver Canucks. 2008-09-08. 2008-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20080920085339/http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=381443&page=NewsPage&service=page. 2008-09-20. dead.
3. News: Pap. Elliott. Bernier not playing with twins as camp opens in Whistler. The Vancouver Sun. 2008-09-20. 2008-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20080921155624/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/story.html?id=aa3333f2-1665-4dee-b8a2-beb7954a6b5b. 2008-09-21. dead.
4. News: Canucks name goaltender Luongo as team captain. TSN. 2008-09-30. 2008-10-01.
5. News: Sports Network. Sedin, Booth, Brodeur selected as NHL's Three Stars. TSN. 2008-10-13. 2009-01-21.
6. News: Ziemer. Brad. Luongo sets 'good example' with NHL star of the week honours. The Vancouver Sun. 2008-11-10. 2009-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106022210/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/sports/canucks/story.html?id=08a797a4-4d61-4b75-85d1-02efad9f6c19. 2012-11-06. dead.
7. News: Associated Press. Savard, Henrik Sedin, Khabibulin are Three Stars. Sports Illustrated. 2008-11-24. 2009-01-21.
8. News: Luongo only Canuck all-star. The Vancouver Sun. 2009-01-07. 2009-01-21.
9. News: NHL. Chris Mason, Daniel Sedin and Cam Ward named NHL's stars of the week. NHL. 2009-03-30. 2009-03-31.
10. News: NHL. Ward, Sedin and Nash named 'Three Stars' for March . NHL. 2009-04-01. 2009-04-01.
11. News: NHL. Canucks' Luongo NHL's first star of the week. CBC Sports. 2009-04-13. 2009-04-14.
12. News: The Canadian Press. Luongo's shutout streak snapped as Avs edge Canucks. TSN. 2008-11-13. 2008-11-14.
13. News: The Canadian Press. Blue Jackets shootout victory adds to Canucks home woes. TSN. 2009-01-19. 2009-01-20.
14. News: Ohlund is a 'real stats boy' . . 2009-03-15 . 2009-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318144706/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sports/Ohlund%2Breal%2Bstats/1392989/story.html . 2009-03-18 .