Tocchet

With Rick Tocchet set to guide the Vancouver Canucks through his first full season with the team, the head coach has continued to emphasize the importance of good habits and accountability. Joining Sportsnet 650’s Halford &…

VANCOUVER — J.T. Miller checked out early from the second period. Figuratively, a bunch of his Vancouver Canucks teammates were already ahead of him. After a day off that was supposed to refresh the team, and a challenge from head…

VANCOUVER — Three minutes into overtime on Monday, Vasily Podkolzin found himself on the ice for the Vancouver Canucks. And it wasn’t because he fell off the bench. The 21-year-old winger, who was sent to the minors in November for remedial…

VANCOUVER — If Rick Tocchet didn’t fully understand the challenge in front of him, the Vancouver Canucks suckered him with reality on Monday. The National Hockey League team’s new coach is more concerned about the process than results, but…

VANCOUVER – In a season of massive disappointment and divisiveness, the most remarkable achievement by Vancouver Canucks management is turning the coach of an under-achieving, 27th-place team into a martyr. Bruce Boudreau deserved better.…

After weeks of speculation, the struggling Vancouver Canucks have fired head coach Bruce Boudreau.The Canucks announced the move on Sunday, saying in a release that the 68-year-old veteran NHL coach has been replaced by Rick Tocchet, former…

The Vancouver Canucks finally fired head coach Bruce Boudreau on Sunday and replaced him with Rick Tocchet, a move so widely expected that it had become the worst kept secret in the NHL. The firing comes one week after Canucks president…

While this is far from breaking news, it seems all but official that Rick Tocchet will be the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.The Canucks haven’t exactly kept this a secret, but Jeff Marek reported the coaching…