Entries with the tag: mason+raymond

Even When Vancouver Wins, They Lose

by Alanah McGinley on 03/18/08 at 04:49 AM
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From TSN:

The Vancouver Canucks big win over the Phoenix Coyotes Monday night was a costly one.  The Canucks lost winger Mason Raymond mid-way through the third, when he was hit knee-on-knee by Coyotes defenceman Keith Ballard. Early reports have Raymond out of action for four weeks with an MCL sprain.

There was no penalty called on the play, but Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault thinks the league should look into what he called ‘a dirty play’.

Was it a dirty play? That wasn’t my impression.  Ballard was just moving fast and missed his target.  While the results are terrible—and it probably should have drawn a penalty—it didn’t appear to be purposeful, just a case of bad timing when trying to connect an awkward hit.

Video is below.

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Canucks Scoring Power

by Alanah McGinley on 01/16/08 at 02:52 PM
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Mason Raymond back in town. From the Vancouver Sun,

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled forward Mason Raymond from the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose, the Canucks announced Wednesday.

Going the other way are forwards Mike Brown and Rick Rypien, who are headed to Winnipeg.

Mike Brown was solid for his time up, but I don’t have any real theories why Rypien even came to town.  The roster shifts to accommodate the acquisition of Kris Beech shall remain a mystery to my bottle-blonde hockey brain.

But regardless, it’s a good thing Raymond’s back—he has 3 goals in 23 games for the Canucks this season. 

And on this team, that’s good enough to rank you in the Top-10 scorers.

Unrelated Update: Apparently David is curious about my reaction to this.  Well, I haven’t got much to say… except I can’t figure out how he got video footage of my European tour…

Everybody Loves Raymond

by Alanah McGinley on 12/12/07 at 04:15 AM
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Mason Raymond? Oh yes, indeed—he’s got a Hollywood future.

But more on that in a second…

First, a quick review of the conga line of trashed hockey players filing their way off the Vancouver Canucks and into various health care facilities this week.  As Vancouver assistant GM Steve Tambellini commented yesterday, “It seems to be coming at us in bunches.”

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