Hockey

Illustration of Canucks manager and coach smiling and watching the team play in the arena, three team plays visible on the ice ring.
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Canucks orchestrate hierarchy overhaul

Peak Web June 29, 2026

By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer After finishing rock bottom in the NHL Western Conference, the Vancouver Canucks are set to reshape their managerial team. The 2025/26 campaign saw the Canucks pick up 25 wins across 82 games, finishing 19 points behind the next worst-performing team in the NHL. This is following their 2024/25 season, when the team picked up 38 wins, and finished fifth place in the Pacific Division — out of eight teams. Their 2025/26 season is regarded by many as the worst season in Canucks history: star player and captain, Quinn Hughes, was traded away, and the team…

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A man in a Team USA jersey (left) shaking hands with a man in a suit (right) with a hockey rink in the background.
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Wayne Gretzky’s false Canadiana

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Wayne Gretzky’s name is synonymous with the sport of hockey. His number “99” is retired across the National Hockey League — the only number retired for all 32 teams — and even wearing the two…

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three players standing on podium: at the top is a boy in a blue jersey with “USA” written in red, to the left of him is a player in blue who shakes his hand, and to the right of him is a player in red and white with a bronze medal on.
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Canada falls to Czechia in WJC quarterfinals again

Peak Web January 30, 2025

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer For the second year in a row, team Canada fell in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship quarterfinals to Czechia. Though Canada holds the record for most tournament titles with 20, the team…

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A hockey rink illuminated with individual lights. Displayed on the ice are a red, diamond-shaped logo with blue streaks, and a yellow T and S melded together against a blue background.
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Rogers Arena sells out as women’s hockey takes over Vancouver

Peak Web January 27, 2025

By: Hayley Palmer, SFU Student On January 8, the top women in the world faced off in front of a sold-out Vancouver crowd.  The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) kicked off its first season last year and is made up…

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Two men wearing shirts with the Canucks orca logo pose with baseball caps decorated with the Whitecaps logo resembling mountains.
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BC’s major sports teams for beginners

Peak Web November 26, 2024

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Editor’s note: stats are taken from November 22, 2024.  Vancouver Canucks After a remarkable playoff run in the last season, the Vancouver Canucks got off to a shaky start by losing their first three games…

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Remembering Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau

Peak Web November 19, 2024

By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor with contributions from Kaja Antic, Sports Writer  Content warning: mentions of death by drunk driving.  On August 30, 2024, purple Gatorade nearly sold out in Calgary.  The drink isn’t an athlete’s typical choice, as most…

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A close-up of a player in a red hockey jersey with the words “SFU” written in white.
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A Red Leafs mid-semester recap

Peak Web November 6, 2024

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Editor’s note: this article has been printed with stats from as early as November 1, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.   Volleyball The women’s volleyball team has seen a lot of success this season. With a current…

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Two men in blue jerseys with a green stripe on the sleeve and blue helmets hug as they look to the side. Behind them are the boards and glass of a hockey rink. Cheering fans are visible through the glass.
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Catching up on the 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks

Peak Web October 17, 2024

By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor The Vancouver Canucks stunned their fans at multiple points last season, from starting their season with an 8–1 win against a division rival in the Edmonton Oilers, to winning the Pacific Division at the end…

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A hockey player skating away from the camera with his name plate written in Cree syllabics.
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Indigenous athletes of past and present

Peak Web October 2, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Ethan Bear — Hockey In 2020, Bear became the first NHL player to wear a jersey with Cree syllabics on the nameplate. Bear, who is from the Ochapowace Nation in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan), was playing for…

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Minnesota Wild’s hat trick scorers Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov smiling after the hockey game.
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The Rundown

Peak Web March 19, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer February 15: Caitlin Clark sets NCAA women’s all-time scoring record Clark scored 49 points in the Iowa Hawkeyes’ 106–89 defeat of the Michigan Wolverines. She took less than three minutes to score the eight points…

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