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Whitecaps Look Lost In Space Against Galaxy
If there remained any doubt about who the Vancouver Whitecaps’ most valuable player is in 2014, tonight’s match removed it. The Caps returned to the Stubhub Center on Saturday evening without standout...
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Loads of blues, but not much white
The Vancouver Whitecaps had an opportunity to solidify their playoff hopes on Saturday, but chose to soil the sheets instead. A middling first half was followed by a disastrous second; the forward...
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El Maestro, meet El Conductor
Since joining Major League Soccer four years ago, the Vancouver Whitecaps haven’t been much for rising to occasions. Sure, they’ve started strong out of the gate the past few years, and they’ve rarely...
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Giants smash September with three wins
The Vancouver Giants opened the 2014-15 with a perfect September, taking a pair of wins off the rival Victoria Royals and beating the Portland Winterhawks for the first time in nine tries. Not since...
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Seven Questions about the #Canucks
After an interminably long summer of house cleaning, the Vancouver Canucks start the 2014-15 NHL season tonight against the woeful Abbotsford Heat Calgary Flames. While this particular foe still makes...
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Whitecaps post massive road win
Friday night saw perhaps the most impressive MLS win in Whitecaps history. Vancouver was riding a two-game win streak for the first time this season and sat two points out of the final playoff spot in...
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A Suffering Quakes Fan’s POV
We at Pucked in the Head are fortunate enough to run into thoughtful, passionate sports fans the world over. Case in point: the always-entertaining fanatical hockey/soccer/football border-crosser,...
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Canucks silence the Blues: a goal-by-goal breakdown
Until tonight, this year’s Vancouver Canucks have been fairly predictable. They won three straight against the barrels of tar sands waste that are the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, then lost in...
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Avs Bury the Canucks: a goal-by-goal breakdown
Yeah I know it’s late. Sue me. Let’s start with a moment of silence for Eddie Lack’s GAA and SV%, shall we? Oh my. While Ryan Miller has been good in all but one game, Eddie Lack has been pretty much...
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Canucks beat Canadiens: a goal-by-goal breakdown
Hands up everyone who predicted the Canucks would have seven wins after ten games. *crickets* That’s what I thought. The Canucks had the Montreal Canadiens number through the Naslund and early Sedin...
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Canucks Skim Oilers: a goal-by-goal breakdown
Note: I know I’m a few games behind. So what. It’s fun to look at all the scorin’ and goalin’ and such. Kevin Bieksa admitted it right there in Saturday’s post-game interview with Cassie...
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Preds chomp Canucks – a goal-by-goal breakdown
Two of this year’s pleasant surprises in the NHL have been the Nashville Predators and the Vancouver Canucks. Both are playing entertaining, offensive hockey — yeah, I know, Nashville?!?!?!? and...
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OMG! Canucks trump Sens: a goal by goal breakdown
The prevailing sports talk around Vancouver today is, “The Canucks are first in the NHL; who’da thunk it?” And I’ll admit, I’ve been pleasantly surprised thus far myself, but not for their perfect...
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RIP Pat Quinn
Pat Quinn was an intimidating presence in just about any room that he entered, but he was kind and generous to players, media and fans, and he was humble and thankful for the successes that he had on...
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Is there hope for 2018?
It is unknown at this time whether Benito Floro is familiar with the works of Emily Dickinson. Photo cribbed from a rudimentary foray into Googleland. As Benito Floro begins the onerous task of hauling...
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Vancouver Open moves to mid-August
The Odlum Brown Vancouver Open has announced a schedule change for 2015, moving the region’s biggest tennis tournament to August 15-23. Offering $200K in prize money, it is one of the biggest...
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Giants win third straight on Teddy Bear Toss night
Jackson Houck scored the shootout winner for the Vancouver Giants on Saturday night, but it was his period goal a full period earlier that made the fur fly. His one-timer from just left of Saskatoon...
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Five straight for the Vancouver Giants
The Vancouver Giants won their season-high fifth straight game Friday night, turning in what Brendan Batchelor lauded as a high point in his stint as the team’s play-by-play man: The contribution from...
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The 17th Initiative — Month One: Now That’s Ugly
Despite what the news tells you, good humans far outnumber the bad. Indeed, for the most part, people are pretty generous. There are good works all around us. Case in point: the folks at the Now That’s...
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Camilo out for the season — boo hoo, amirite?
There’s no love lost for Camilo round these parts. The man broke his contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps prior to last season, sparking a year-long search for a decent goal scorer. Sure, the Caps...
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