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The Vancouver Canucks hope the third time will be the charm, as the Canucks will face Chicago in the opening round of the NHL playoffs – the third consecutive year the two teams have met in the postseason.

The series will begin 7:00 Wednesday night at Rogers Arena.  TEAM1040 has it covered.

Chicago won the previous two series, both of the second-round variety, and both by 4-2 counts. Read more »

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The Vancouver Whitecaps FC return to the pitch on Sunday, April 10^th, 2011 for their 5^th Major League Soccer match (and 3^rd in 8 days) of the 2011 season against the Houston Dynamo. The Whitecaps record sits at 1W-1L-2D while the Dynamo record sits at 0W-1L-2D. This is the first ever meeting for the Whitecaps and Dynamo and will be played at Robertson Stadium. Kick-off at 4pm, coverage begins on TEAM 1410 at 2pm with post-match coverage until 8pm. The match will be the first home game of the season for the Houston Dynamo since they opened the season on March 19^th. Read more »

Christian Ehrhoff scored at 2:31 of overtime Saturday as the playoff-bound Vancouver Canucks wrapped up their best regular season in franchise history with a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

After rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the third, the Canucks got the victory when Ehrhoff’s slapshot from the blue-line beat Henrik Karlsson between his pads. Read more »

The Vancouver Canucks announced Thursday that they have signed defenceman Adam Polasek.

Polasek, 19, recorded 39 points (7-32-39) in 61 games with the QMJHL PEI Rocket in 2010.11 to finish second in team scoring among defencemen. He led all defencemen in scoring in 2009.10 with 41 points (13-28-41) and added 91 penalty minutes. Read more »