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Canucks Super Skills competition results

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CANUCKS SUPER SKILLS COMPETITION

Fastest skater, one lap

Blue: Kassian (14.590 seconds), Weise (14.037), Raymond (14.133).

White: Ballard (14.582), Schroeder (14.385), Hansen (14.314).

Winner: Weise 14.037

Hardest shot

Blue: Barker (88.9 mph/90.0/90.0), Garrison (97.4/100.5/101.8), Luongo (64.3/67.8)

White: Alberts (96.3/97.4/95.4) Edler (97.8/97.3/96.7), Schneider (72.3/75.3/76.4).

Winner: Garrison 101.8 m.p.h.

Shooting accuracy (four targets)

Blue: Barker (4-for-5), Raymond (4-for-4), Kassian (1-for-8).

White: Lapierre (4-for-4), Burrows (4-for-7), D. Sedin (4-for-8).

Winner: Tiebreaker time: Lapierre 8.6 seconds, Raymond 8.8.

Puck-control relay

Blue: Ebbett-Tanev-Volpatti

White: Higgins-H. Sedin-Hansen

Higgins over Ebbett/H.Sedin over Tanev/Hansen over Volpatti/

One-on-one challenge

Blue: Kassian

White: Schroeder (winner)

Breakaway relay

Blue: Raymond (0-for-2), Bieksa (0-for-2), Ebbett (0-for-2) vs. Schneider/Volpatti (1-for-2), Hamhuis (1-for-2), Malhotra (0-for-2)/Kassian (0-for-2), Weise (0-for-2).

White: Higgins (0-for-2), Burrows (1-for-2), Ballard (0-for-2) vs. Luongo/Schroeder (1-for-2), D. Sedin (0-for-2), Lapierre (0-for-2)/Edler (0-for-2), H. Sedin (0-for-2).

Winner: White

Overall points: White 14, Blue 9.

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Manny’s mum on faceoff secrets; Canuck specialist does not want to give away the tricks of his trade

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Kevin Mio Postmedia News Many hockey fans are aware that Vancouver Canucks forward Manny Malhotra suffered a career-threatening eye injury last season when he was hit by an errant puck. Malhotra, who wasn't wearing a visor at the time, missed most of the Canucks' run to the Stanley Cup Final before returning wearing a full visor. This season, Malhotra is wearing a visor and has become a vocal supporter of making sure more players follow suit. Malhotra is best known as a defensive and faceoff specialist, scoring 103 goals and adding 164 assists in 801 career NHL games. He spoke with Postmedia News recently about what it's like finally playing for a Canadian team, his take on visors, and what makes him so good at faceoffs. Q. You wore a visor while playing junior, but took it off in the NHL. What made you do that? A. Well, it was a comfort issue. I felt that I could see the ice better. When you...
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Malhotra encourages use of visor; Life after injury gives Canuck a new outlook

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Iain MacIntyre Vancouver Sun COLUMBUS, Ohio - Monday was a good night for Manny Malhotra. Of course, almost all of them are. After nearly losing vision in his left eye last March, the former Blue Jacket took the opening draw here and set up Chris Higgins' first-period goal in a 3-2 Vancouver Canuck victory. A lot of ex-teammates were glad to see Malhotra playing, but they're not nearly as glad as he is. "I think everybody was worried about him last year," veteran Blue Jacket R.J. Umberger said after the morning skate. "It was scary, especially with a guy you're friends with. "I think some of us know we should be wearing [visors], but guys are stubborn. It's almost one of those things that if it became mandatory, I think guys wouldn't have a problem." Malhotra, who did not wear a visor until he was struck by a puck in a March 16 game against the Colorado Avalanche, has talked to teammates about eye...
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Malhotra’s return to lineup full of emotion and faceoff wins

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Vancouver Canucks v Boston Bruins - Game Three
Brad Ziemer Vancouver Sun Man oh Manny, that was a lot of fun. In fact, except for one lost faceoff, it was just about perfect. Centre Manny Malhotra made an emotional return to the Vancouver Canucks lineup in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, welcomed back to thunderous chants of 'Manny, Manny' from an appreciative Rogers Arena crowd. "I got some goosebumps out of it," said Game 2 hero Alex Burrows. Imagine how Malhotra felt. "It definitely got me thinking from March 16th to where I am now," Malhotra said after the Canucks' 3-2 overtime win over the Boston Bruins. "It's a privilege to play in front of fans like this. When you come to Vancouver, to say that the fans here are passionate would be a gross understatement. "So just to be able to be out there again, to hear them cheering, to hear an ovation like that, it definitely makes you feel like a Canuck. You just feel like a part of this...
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Manny Malhotra: The buzz and hype is great, but he’s ready to play some hockey

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Ben Kuzma The Province Manny Malhotra knows he's in the right city at the right time and at the right price point. From trying out with the San Jose Sharks a year ago to trying to get the Canucks to the next competitive level, the centre's arrival was overshadowed by the offseason acquisition of Keith Ballard and free-agent signing of Dan Hamhuis. But there are no shadows in Vancouver because everybody knows your name and your game. Expectations only rise when you bring a 62 per cent faceoff efficiency and a gritty shutdown game to a team that had the worst playoff penalty killing last spring at a sorry 68.5 per cent. And with the hunger for the franchise's first Stanley Cup never more apparent, Malhotra can help feed that animal Saturday with he lines up with Peter Schaefer and Jannik Hansen against the Los Angeles Kings in the season opener. "There's always a buzz about the Canucks," Malhotra said Thursday. "I've been...
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Manny Malhotra should earn ‘A’ for effort; New Canuck finds niche as on- ice leader

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Iain MacIntyre Vancouver Sun The same words can mean different things in different sports. A tackle in football is not the same as a tackle in soccer. Hitting a runner in basketball means draining a shot while on the move. In baseball, it means, well, hitting a runner. A hooker in rugby is a player. A hooker in golf is one of Tiger's exes. Or his drive. But the same words in two sports rarely have less in common than "Manny being Manny." In baseball, it means Manny Ramirez talking on his cellphone in the outfield, or dashing behind the wall at Fenway Park and not reappearing until the second pitch of the next inning, or spectacularly catapulting through the air to cut off, as the left fielder, a throw towards the infield by the centre-fielder, thus allowing an inside-the-park home run. That's the Ramirez Manny. In hockey, Manny is Malhotra. Manny being Manny means taking less money to play where he wants, and running the...
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