Canucks steal shootout win in Denver...

The Vancouver Canucks keep finding ways to earn points, but they're not exactly doing it in style.

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Photos: Canucks defeat Avalanche 3-...

Roberto Luongo and Kevin Bieksa came up big in Denver Saturday afternoon, stealing their team a shootout win after a three periods of shaky play.

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Canuck notebook: Booth plays through...

Already missing Chris Higgins, the Vancouver Canucks were almost without their other second-line winger on Saturday.

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• Game within a game

Canucks' grate expectations: When just...

It is a sign either of the evolution of a hockey team or the degeneration of its market that the Vancouver Canucks are third in the National Hockey League, 7-3-3 in the last five weeks, and still the sky is falling.

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Canucks’ ailing Chris Higgins left ...

Keith Ballard, left-winger? It could happen Saturday when the Vancouver Canucks meet the Colorado Avalanche in a matinee game in Denver.

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Bitz shows bite in win over Avalanche...

Playing his first NHL game in nearly two years, Byron Bitz was competent, physical, landed a huge hit and grappled in a big fight.

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Listless Canucks stun Avalanche late...

The Canucks scored first but were down 2-1 for more than half the game after Jay McClement scored in the second. But late heroics from Kevin Bieksa tied up the game and sent it to OT and a shootout.

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Gallagher: Optimism sets Brent Peterson...

When last Brent Peterson was in the news, the former Nashville Predators' assistant coach had just come out of deep brain stimulation surgery to help him with his Parkinson's disease which is now 10 years on since diagnosis.

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Canucks' Plan B is for Bitz, not Ballard...

Ballard practiced in Chris Higgins' place, but Byron Bitz gets called up from the Wolves instead.

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Ailing Higgins to stay behind as Canucks...

Keith Ballard was playing left wing at practice on Friday at Rogers Arena, but the Canucks are hoping the defenceman doesn't have to play there on Saturday afternoon when they take on the Colorado Avalanche in Denver.

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