Canucks Begin Against Sharks

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It's here everyone!! The NHL regular season schedule has been officially drawn up and come October the great sport of hockey shall again be gracing our world! This season promises to be one of the best yet as the Chicago Blackhawks aim for Stanley Cup number 4 and sees the arrivals of Nathan Mackinnon, Seth Jones and Aleksander Barkov as well as the departure of Ilya Kovalchuk. It also see the new division realignment which ensures that all 30 teams will play each of the 30 arenas at least once this season. The playoffs will start from April 16th onwards.

Between February 9-25 will see an Olympic break as the 2014 Winter Olympics commence in Sochi, Russia (which once again the British Hockey Team will not be invited to) with the Canadians aiming to defend their gold medal from Vancouver 2010.

Ironically the Vancouver Canucks begins where the last one ended away to San Jose Sharks at the newly named SAP Center on October 3rd with our home opener against the Edmonton Oilers being October 5th. Hopefully by then our goalie situation will having something approaching resolution! November 30 will be one for the diary as it sees Alain Vigneault and John Tortorella both hoping for revenge on their former sides as Vancouver meets the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden!

I will be on the look out for games to attend during my 10 day trip to Toronto, Montreal and New York in November, so if anyone fancies taking this honorary Canuck out for some hockey then please give me a shout!!

Here's to a great season and once again GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

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