Did You Know...

The Vancouver Canucks had a great 2008-09 season, winning the Northwest Division and making it to the Western Conference Semifinals before being knocked out by the Blackhawks. Just making it to the playoffs isn’t good enough for a team that aims to be the best in the NHL, so they’ve beefed up their blue line, adding Brad Lukowich, Christian Ehrhoff and Mathieu Schneider. Will it be enough to take them all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals? Find out for yourself with tickets to GM Place to watch the Vancouver Canucks in action in the 2009-10 season!

Vancouver joined the NHL as an expansion team in 1970. The club struggled in its first four seasons, placing no better than sixth in its division from 1970-71 to 1973-74. In the 1974-75 season, however, head coach Phil Maloney guided the Canucks to a division title. Outstanding players included goalie Gary Smith, left wing Andre Boudrias, defenseman Harold Snepsts, and right wings Bobby Schmautz and Dennis Ververgaert. The Canucks lost in the first round of the 1975 playoffs, and they again fell in the first round in 1976, 1979, 1980, and 1981.