When the Vancouver Canucks reconvened recently after a weeklong layoff for the National Hockey League all-star break, no one was happier to get back to work than forward Maxim Lapierre.
Strange as it may seem, it’s impossible to call Canada’s 4-0 loss to the United States in the final of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament a disappointment.
The last time Milos Raonic hit the tennis courts in Vancouver, the then-unknown teenager from Thornhill, Ontario, was a straight-sets loser in the opening round of the 2010 Odlum Brown VanOpen at West Vancouver’s Hollyburn Country Club.
To maximize the productivity of individuals and the team as a whole, the Canucks place considerable importance on year-round strength and conditioning.
Don Hay insists that not much has changed in the hockey world since he last guided Team Canada to the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in 1995.