Mathieu Schneider News

The evening began with a news conference at the Wachovia Center, where Allen Iverson made a tearful return to the fold of the Philadelphia 76ers.

I am puzzled by the fact that Shane Oa Brien has been sat out for seven straight games, at the time of this writing.

Mathieu Schneider has been a Montreal Canadien, a New York Islander, a Toronto Maple Leaf, a New York Ranger, a Los Angeles King, a Detroit Red Wing, an Anaheim Duck, an Atlanta Thrasher, a Montreal Canadien for a second time, and he's currently a Vancouver Canuck.

This game was supposed to be all about the goalies and in the first period it was.

Defenceman Shane O'Brien will return to the Vancouver Canuck lineup for tonight's game against the New Jersey Devils after a three-week exile that saw him sit out seven games as a healthy scratch.

The San Jose Sharks have taken care of business on the road. Now Joe Thornton says it's time to enjoy the comforts of home.

In 24 hours, the Vancouver Canucks saw the best and the worst of the National Hockey Leaguea TMs Western Conference.

Sami Salo of the Vancouver Canucks looks on from the bench during their game against the Minnesota Wild at General Motors Place on November 8, 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver Canucks forward Kyle Wellwood has just one assist in 17 games this season and acknowledges he is feeling the pressure to produce.

Daniel Sedin has missed 18 games after missing just one over the past five regular seasons.

Back come the Canucks. Three of them. That was Bob Cole's famous and generic call from the 1994 Stanley Cup final as the Vancouver Canucks played the eventual champion New York Rangers.

A 4-0 lead. And a rare goal by a Canuck defenceman. Mathieu Schneider just blasted through Alex Burrows' excellent screen after a nifty setup by Mikael Samuelsson, making it 4-0 at 8:22 of the second period.

Every Monday, we break down Vancouver's schedule for the upcoming week. The Games: Friday vs.

One-quarter of the way into the National Hockey League season, Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault still doesn't know what kind of team he has.

It turned out at least a little good came from the Vancouver Canucks' road odyssey - space missions are shorter - that looked at times as stormy as the blizzard that hit Colorado as they were leaving Saturday night.

Henrik Sedin had his first NHL hat trick and Roberto Luongo stopped 32 shots, helping the Vancouver Canucks snap a three-game skid with an 8-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.

It looks like the Canucks will ice the same lineup tomorrow against the Colorado Avalanche here in Denver as they did against the Red Wings in Detroit.

People seem to enjoy lists of 10. Well, here's another one. It's a list of Kurtenthoughts on the world of sports.

Two key things will have happened if things go well tonight for the Vancouver Canucks: the game will have been dull, and they'll have beaten the Detroit Red Wings .

It's another head-scratcher from Canuck coach Alain Vigneault. He has opted to start unproven Cory Schneider in goal tonight against the Stars, rather than the red-hot Andrew Raycroft.