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Spot The Crazy Canucks Contest

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

A few weeks ago we mentioned a special photo shoot we had at GM Place and now you are able to see JJ, Alanah, DaveO, John and me as featured bloggers and podcasters on the Canucks’ official website. As it turns out, they’ve extended the FanZone campaign to outdoor advertising, including bus stops, Skytrain stations […]

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New Captain of the Vancouver Canucks

Comments 22 by Rebecca Bollwitt

What do Orland Kurtenbach, Andre Boudrias, Chris Oddleifson, Don Lever, Kevin McCarthy, Stan Smyl, Dan Quinn, Doug Lidster, Trevor Linden, Mark Messier, and Markus Naslund have in common? They’ve all worn the “C” for the Canucks since we entered the league in 1970. This morning at a press conference at GM Place the organization announced […]

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Raise a Reader 2008 Another Success

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The official snaps won’t be in the Vancouver Sun until tomorrow morning however earlier today I had the pleasure of traipsing around downtown with John, Jeff, and Alanah and meeting all kinds of Canucks thanks to Raise a Reader Day. “The Canwest Raise-a-Reader program has excellent momentum and this year, on the morning of Wednesday, […]

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New Canucks FanZone Celebrates Bloggers, Podcasters

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

A while ago I mentioned a photoshoot that us Crazy Canucks had at GM Place along with Richard Loat, well the pics are now up on the official Canucks website in the FanZone section. You can listen to our first podcast of our third season, which was recorded and published Monday night with everyone on […]

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Miss604 Poll: Vancouver 2010 Tickets On Sale Soon

Comments 18 by Rebecca Bollwitt

It has been announced that a first wave of tickets to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will go on sale in less than a month. Thirty per cent of tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be made available to the public, a spokesman for the organizing […]

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The Crazy Canucks Season Preview

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Yesterday John wrote a great warm up post for the 2008-2009 season of the Vancouver Canucks. If that wasn’t enough to get you riled up (in a good or bad way) this also just so happens to be season 3 of The Crazy Canucks podcast. We have quite a bit brewing for our faithful listeners, […]

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Naslund to the New York Rangers

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

New York took the Stanley Cup from under our noses in 1994, our beloved Captain Canuck went to the Islanders in 1998 and as of this afternoon the Rangers have scooped up our free agent captain, Markus Naslund. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Markus Naslund signed a two-year deal with the New York Rangers […]

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Vancouver Canucks Draft Prab Rai of Surrey

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

On Friday I was over at the Strutta event tucked into an office with DaveO while his brother fed us draft updates over the phone. I admit I was much more involved in the processed when the event was held in Vancouver but nevertheless, there were some interesting results. Continuing my Surrey love-fest this morning, […]

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Trevor Linden Street Naming Petition and the CBC's Early Edition

Comments 12 by Rebecca Bollwitt

My moment with Trev in 2006 Yesterday the CBC contacted Gary because he’s responsible for an online petition to get a street renamed after Trevor Linden. Unfortunately Gary wasn’t available to go into the CBC ‘bunker’ this morning so I was his stand-in. I was basically asked, “why name a street after Linden?” and after […]

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