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VANCOUVER CANUCKS TRIVIA II

11) Who replaced Mark Messier as captain of the Canucks?


Markus Näslund received the Cyclone Taylor Trophy as the Canucks' most valuable player five times and the Cyrus H. McLean Trophy as the leading point-scorer for seven consecutive seasons--both club records.

12) Which goaltender made "The Save" in a first-round playoff victory over the Calgary Flames during the Canucks' 1994 Stanley Cup run?


With the deciding seventh game of the series tied 3-3 in the first overtime, goaltender Kirk McLean made what became known as "The Save", sliding across the crease feet-first and stacking his pads on the goal line to stop Robert Reichel on a one-timer pass from Theoren Fleury. The following period, Pavel Bure received a breakaway pass from defenseman Jeff Brown before deking Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon to score and win the series.

13) How many goaltenders played for the Canucks between Kirk McLean's departure in 1998 and Roberto Luongo's arrival in 2006?


Luongo's arrival in Vancouver ended a seven-and-a-half-year period of instability for Canucks netminding, with a total of 18 goaltenders having played for the club since Kirk McLean's departure in 1998. General manager Brian Burke coined the term "goalie graveyard" during his tenure in Vancouver to describe the club's goaltending fortunes.

14) Which Canuck recorded three hat tricks in a span of eight days?


In November 1986, Petri Skriko recorded three hat tricks in eight days and became the first-ever Canuck named NHL Player of the Month.

15) Who holds the franchise single-season record for penalty minutes?


Known primarily as an enforcer, Donald Brashear spent a lot of time in the sin bin, including 1997-98 when he set a Canucks record with 372 penalty minutes.

16) Who was the team's leading point-scorer in four of their first five seasons?


André Boudrias is best remembered for his time with the Vancouver Canucks, where he was the team's first offensive star and earned the nickname "Superpest" for his tremendous skating and forechecking abilities.

17) Who sent the Canucks into the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals with a double-overtime goal against Maple Leafs goaltender Félix Potvin?


In Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Greg Adams scored the game-winning goal in overtime, catapulting the team to their second-ever Stanley Cup Finals berth. He would also score the overtime winner in Game 1 of that Stanley Cup Finals against the New York Rangers.

18) Who was the first Canuck with 80 assists in a season?


With a League-leading 83 assists in 2009-10, Henrik Sedin surpassed his own team record of 71 assists in one season (2006-07).

19) Who holds the franchise single-season record for shooting percentage?


In 1992-93, Petr Nedvěd finished the season with 38 goals and 71 points, including a club record 15-game point-scoring streak and a franchise-record shooting percentage of 25.5%.

20) Who was the first Canucks goaltender with 9 shutouts in a season?


Roberto Luongo finished the 2008-09 season with back-to-back shutouts in the final two games against the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche to establish a new career-high of nine shutouts on the season, breaking Dan Cloutier's previous franchise single-season shutout record of seven, set in 2001-02.

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