Vancouver Canucks Hall of Fame
Who's your favourite all time Canuck? Here's a list of some of the greatest Canucks. Is your favourite on the list?When the Canucks selected Stan Smyl in the 3rd round (40th overall) of the 1978 Amateur Draft, there were snickers from some of the other clubs. Smyl, you see,polos ralph lauren, was only 5'8" and was a poor skater. But he had helped lead the New Westminster Bruins to two Memorial Cup Championships and their coach, Punch McLean, assured Canuck GM Jake Milford that he'd never be sorry he'd picked "The Steamer". His drive and will to win would overcome any physical liabilities. How prophetic! Smyl became a fixture at right wing for 13 seasons in Vancouver and wound up leading the team in all time games played (896), goals (262), assists (411) and points (673). He became team captain in 1982 and led the Canucks all the way to the Stanley Cup finals against the New York Islanders. In November 1991 he announced his retirement and the Canucks raised his jersey number 12 to the rafters at the Pacific Coliseum. He then turned to coaching and was an assistant to Vancouver's head coach for the next eight seasons. In June 1999, he was named head coach of Vancouver's top farm team, the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL, which he guided to a second place finish.
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2. Thomas Gradin
In the summer of 1978,ralph lauren mujer, the Canucks changed their uniforms from the original hockey stick and rink logo design to the deep "V" and streaking skate. In keeping with this dramatic departure from tradition,ralph lauren ireland, the club also added a new coaching staff plus nine new players. One of these players was Thomas Gradin,polo ralph lauren, a fleet Swedish forward who'd originally been drafted by Chicago. The Canucks obtained his rights in exchange for a second round draft choice. Gradin would go on to be the Canucks top centre for eight seasons and finish third in all time team scoring with 550 points. He also had 38 points in as many playoff games and led the team in post season scoring in their 1982 march to the finals. Gradin wound up his NHL career with one season in Boston before returning to play in Sweden. For the past eight seasons,ralph lauren skjorte, he has been Vancouver's top European scout.
3. Tony Tanti
During the 1982 83 season, the Canucks were looking to boost their goal scoring and took a chance by sending dependable Curt Fraser to the Chicago Black Hawks for an unproven rookie named Tony Tanti. As a junior with Oshawa, Tanti had broken scoring records set earlier by Wayne Gretzky and the locals,ralph lauren ireland, of course, were hoping he'd bring that scoring touch to the west coast. And he did. In his first full season as a Canuck (1983 84),ralph lauren nettbutikk, he set a new club mark with 45 goals and added 41 assists for 86 points. He followed that up with 39, 39, 41 and 40 goal seasons, respectively. In eight Canuck seasons,ralph lauren, Tanti totalled 250 goals and 220 assist for 470 points and he remains fifth overall in team scoring. He concluded his NHL career with brief stints in Pittsburgh and Buffalo and then resurrected it by playing five seasons in Berlin,ralph lauren, Germany. He now resides in West Vancouver and is an agent for a wholesale flooring business.
4. MacDonald, Richard Brodeur began his pro career as a member of the Quebec Nordiques of the WHA, despite being claimed in the 1972 Amateur Draft by the NHL New York Islanders. After seven seasons with the Nords, he returned to the NHL when the two leagues merged in 1979 and played briefly for the Islanders in 1979 80. He then was traded to Vancouver where he played the next seven seasons. In 1982, "King Richard" was brilliant in backstopping the Canucks all the way to the Stanley Cup finals against the Islanders. During his illustrious tenure with the Canucks, he won the coveted Molson Cup and unprecedented four times, earned 131 wins and six shutouts.
5. Orland Kurtenbach
This big prairie boy turned pro with the Western Hockey League Canucks in 1957 and promptly won that league's rookie award. Those WHL Canucks were a farm club of the NHL New York Rangers,ralph lauren, the team to which he graduated in 1960. He was traded to Boston,ralph lauren espa?a online, to Toronto and back to New York before the NHL Canucks selected him in the 1970 Expansion Draft. He was Vancouver's first team captain and was voted MVP in each of his first three seasons here. A nagging back ailment forced him into early retirement in 1974. All told, "Kurt" played 13 NHL seasons scoring 119 213 332 while collecting 628 penalty minutes (Kurtenbach was widely acknowledged as the most feared fighter of his era). He then turned to coaching, first with Canucks Tulsa farm club, then with the parent team from 1976 to 1978. He later coached Richmond and Chilliwack in the BC Junior League. "Kurt" is a longtime member of the Canuck Alumni Board of Directors, sat for years on the selection committee for the alumni's UBC scholarship program and remains an avid participant in alumni games. He was the 1986 winner of the Jake Milford Plaque for outstanding service to hockey in BC and was recently elected to the BC Hockey Hall of Fame.
6. Garth Butcher
Three years into a stellar junior career with the Regina Pats, the Canucks made this rugged defenceman their first choice (10th overall) in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. The two time WHL first all star turned pro with Vancouver in 1982 83 and remained a cornerstone on the Canuck blueline for the next nine seasons. Though not a prolific fighter,ralph lauren norge nettbutikk, Butcher's aggressive style and reputation as a classic "needler" earned him a club record 1,668 penalty minutes during his Canuck career which spanned 610 games. (That mark was subsequently broken by Gino Odjick). After leaving the Canucks in 1991,polo ralph lauren, he played for St. Louis, Quebec and Toronto before retiring in 1995. He now resides near Bellingham, WA from where he is the director of that city's minor hockey program.
7. Don Lever
The Canucks selected this smooth skating centre in the first round, third overall,ralph lauren shoes, of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft, following a stellar career with the Niagara Falls Flyers (61 goals, 65 assists, 126 points in his final season, 1971 72). He showed rapid progress with Vancouver, going from 38 points in his rookie year to 48 the next and 68 in 1974 75. During the latter campaign, Lever connected for a career high 38 goals while helping propel the Canucks to their first Smythe Division Championship. Lever also set a club mark by playing in 437 consecutive games between Oct. 7, 1972 and Jan. 124, 1978 (a record later broken by Trevor Linden,polo ralph lauren, 482 games). Lever served two seasons as Canucks captain ('77 78 and '78 79) and took part in 593 games for the Canucks,ralph lauren mujer, scoring 186 goals and 221 assists for 407 points, good for sixth place in all time team scoring. He was traded to the Atlanta Flames on Feb. 8, 1980 in a multi player transaction that brought Darcy Rota and Ivan Boldirev to Vancouver. He later played for Calgary, Colorado and New Jersey before retiring at the end of the 1986 87 season. He is now an assistant coach with the Buffalo Sabres.
8. Jack McIlhargey
Jack McIlhargey was a Philadelphia Flyer back in the '70s when the team was known as "The Broad Street Bullies". And with 390 minutes in penalties in only 99 Flyer games, "Bucky", as he's nicknamed, fit the Philly mould nicely. In 1976 77, the Canucks were missing that element of the game and landed McIlhargey in a multi player swap. It was a homecoming for McIlhargey, who was born in Edmonton but raised in North Burnaby, and he became an instant hit with Canuck fans. He played four seasons with the Canucks before returning for another stint with the Flyers. He concluded his playing career with two final seasons with the Hartford Whalers. He returned to Vancouver in 1985, became an assistant coach for the Canucks for seven seasons and then was head coach of their minor league affiliates from 1992 to 1999. He returned behind the Canucks bench as an assistant to Marc Crawford on June 18,ralph lauren, 1999.
9. Darcy Rota
The Chicago Black Hawks' first round draft pick in 1973 following an illustrious junior career with the WHL Edmonton Oil Kings. He played six seasons with the Hawks and two with the Atlanta Flames before a blockbuster, eight player deal brought him back to his hometown, Feb. 18,polos ralph lauren, 1980. Over the next four seasons,polo ralph lauren oslo, Rota played 289 games for the Canucks, scoring 120 goals and 116 assists for 236 points. His gritty play (6 3 9 and 54 penalty minutes) helped propel the Canucks to the finals in 1982. The following season (1982 83), he scored 42 goals and 81 points, and both of those totals remain club records for a Canuck left winger. He was forced to retire prematurely in 1984 after sustaining a serious neck injury. Throughout his career, he was nicknamed "The Mayor" because he loved to meet people and was a great community ambassador. He remained with the Canucks as their public relations director in the mid '80s before pursuing other business interests, which included a stint as a TV broadcaster. Most recently, he coached and managed the Burnaby Bulldogs of the BC Junior Hockey League and is currently starting up a new team for that League based in Coquitlam.
10. Harold Snepsts
One of the most popular players ever to don a Canucks uniform,ralph lauren norge, Big Harold had two stints in Vancouver during his 17 year career. He played over 1,000 NHL games with the Canucks, Minnesota North Stars,ralph lauren outlet, Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues. His 781 games with Vancouver is second only to the 896 played by his longtime teammate Stan Smyl. He's the only Canuck defenceman ever to be awarded a penalty shot and he scored on it. A four time winner of the Babe Pratt Trophy as Canucks outstanding defenceman, Harold also played in two NHL All Star Games, including the first ever in Vancouver in 1977. Louis. He recently spent two seasons as head coach of the WHL Portland Winterhawks but has now accepted a position with the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau.
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11. Trevor Linden
Anyone who doubted the dedication and focus of Trevor Linden had it instantly dispelled the night of Nov. 17, 1988 when the Canucks played the North Stars in Minnesota. That's the night he scored his first NHL hat trick. Remember,ralph lauren, he was just 18 and fresh out of junior hockey (Medicine Hat Tigers). After the game,ralph lauren, Linden stormed into the Canucks dressing room and slammed his stick against the wall. Oh, yes,ralph lauren skjorte, he'd scored three goals, all right,polos ralph lauren, but Vancouver lost the game 7 6, and that was all that mattered to Linden. Over the next 10 seasons, Linden showed that mettle to Canuck fans night after night.702 games' worth. He was a four time winner of the Molson Cup and Cyclone Taylor Trophy as team MVP, and a two time winner of both the Cyrus McLean Trophy (leading scorer) and the Canucks Most Exciting Player Award. He had six 30 goal plus seasons for Vancouver and wound up with 247 goals and 322 assists for 569 points,polos ralph lauren baratos, good for second place in all time team scoring. The team's captain from 1991 to 1997,outlet ralph lauren, Linden also set the team's "Iron Man" record by appearing in 482 consecutive games. Off the ice, his dedication to service in the community was legendary and it rewarded him with the King Clancy Trophy in 1997. That prestigious NHL award is bestowed for "leadership qualities on and off the ice and for noteworthy humanitarian contributions to the community". He was traded to the New York Islanders for Todd Bertuzzi,ralph lauren skjorte, Bryan McCabe and a draft pick (Jarkko Ruutu),polo ralph lauren, Feb. 6, 1998. Just over a year later, the Isles dealt him to the Montreal Canadiens. On Mar. 13, 2001 he was dealt to Washington with Dainius Zubrus and a draft pick for Richard Zednik, Jan Bulis and Washington's First Round pick. Then as fate would have it he returned to his home team. On Nov. 10, 2001 he was dealt to Vancouver for a pair of draft picks. He calls Vancouver home in the off season and also spends a fair amount of time at his mountain retreat in Montana.
12,ralph lauren usa. Kirk McLean
One of the first trades made by GM Pat Quinn when he joined the Canucks in 1987 was arguably his best. He basically dealt Patrik Sundstrom to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Kirk McLean and Greg Adams. McLean would go on to be the most successful goaltender in Canuck history while Adams was a top line winger for eight seasons. "Captain Kirk",ralph lauren norge, as he was known,ralph lauren usa, played 516 Canuck games, had 211 wins and recorded 20 shutouts. He led the entire NHL with 38 wins in 1991 92, won the Molson Cup three times and the Cyclone Taylor Trophy as team MVP twice. His finest performance, however, was during the playoffs of 1994 when he backstopped the Canucks in all 24 games enroute to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals. His pad stacking, game saving stop in the deciding game of Vancouver's first series against Robert Reichel and the Calgary Flames remains one of the most amazing saves in playoff history. McLean recorded four shutouts that spring. In 1997 98, he was traded to Carolina, then Florida, and finally to a two year stint with the Rangers, where he wrapped up his stellar career in 2000 01. He remains Canucks' all time career leader among goalies in virtually all netminding categories, including shutouts (20) and wins (211). He's now a regular with the alumni hockey team where he can now be found skating as a forward.
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