Roberto Luongo News

A Whitefield family has been displaced after fire ripped through their home at 9 Nutting Road early Sunday morning.

The St. Louis Blues will try to snap a season-high losing streak this evening in a matchup with the Vancouver Canucks at Scottrade Center.

The Vancouver Canucks are riddled with injuries and the New York Rangers have practically none, so on paper this should not be a fair fight tonight at GM Place.

It really hurts when he coughs. Vancouver Canuck goalie Roberto Luongo's quick return from a broken rib was stalled Sunday by flu-like symptoms that prevented him from practising as planned.

Help is on the way for the Canucks, but it's not as if they're desperate for reinforcements.

The Vancouver Canucks expect to have goalie Roberto Luongo back in the crease sometime during their five-game road trip, which starts Thursday night in Minnesota.

Roberto Luongo's cracked rib is a significant thorn in Vancouver's side, but it's also a window of opportunity for Andrew Raycroft , the ex-Bruin netminder who went shopping for a new hockey home as a free agent in July.

Wednesday's Canucks-Rangers game - the third period, in particular - offered some insight.

Brad Richards scored midway through the second period, Brenden Morrow added a third-period power-play goal, and the Dallas Stars beat Vancouver 2-1 despite a 45-save performance by Canucks rookie Cory Schneider on Friday night.

Martin Havlat of the Minnesota Wild keeps his eyes on the on the puck while he attempts to set up a screen near Andrew Raycroft #30 of the Vancouver Canucks during the game at the Xcel Energy Center November 5, 2009 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The natives of Livonia, Mich., could end up going head-to-head much of the game.

The Vancouver Canucks are operating without their star goalie, yet the team has barely missed a beat.

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Ryan Kesler's in for a huge raise when his current contract with the Vancouver Canucks expires at the end of this season.

Samuelsson pushes Canucks past Rangers Vancouver Canucks' Rick Rypien, left, celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers with teammates Tanner Glass and Christian Ehrhoff during third period NHL hockey in Vancouver, British Columbia November 3, 2009.

The Detroit Red Wings struggled to overcome poor goaltending, a mediocre penalty-killing unit, blown leads, generally snakebitten secondary scorers, erratic refereeing, and fantastic, if sometimes spotty, goaltending at the other end of the ice during their game against the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, but they changed the script from their four ...

The following appeared in Sunday's special White Towel insert in The Province. The Vancouver Canucks are experiencing one of the most painful stretches in franchise history.

The setup: There always seems to be an extra buzz in the air when an Original Six team visits, especially one from the East that doesn't get to Vancouver very often.

I just received an email from my Vancouver Canucks E-news, thatA Roberto Luongo is sidelined with a hairline fracture to his rib.

Detroit's loss of Johan Franzen and the offseason departures of Marian Hossa and Jiri Hudler has left Detroit in the middle of the pack at 17th overall in the goal scoring department where they have been perennial top of league giants.