12 Days Vancouver Canucks Comment

Kevin Bieksa called out San Jose Sharks forwards Joe Thornton and Logan Couture for embellishing penalties.

Whether Bieksa was just trying to deflect attention from Vancouver's 3-0 series deficit or not, the Canucks defender went after the two Sharks hard on Monday. Bieksa called players "so-called Canadians" and said the duo exaggerate to draw penalties. "Couture, you can't go near the guy, he snaps his head back, he flails," Bieksa said Monday. "You touch him after the whistle and he is going to jump off the ice and throw himself into the glass." We'll see if Bieksa's tactic works in Game 4 on Tuesday night.

17 Days Vancouver Canucks Comment

Kevin Bieksa was the only Vancouver Canucks player who found the net in a 3-1 loss in Game 1 against the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.

In fact, Bieksa was the only player on the team to register a point, as his tally was unassisted. Interestingly, Bieksa scored the strange goal that eliminated the Sharks the last time the two teams played in the postseason.

SAN JOSE (5) v.s. VANCOUVER (4)

Must-Starts

Vancouver: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alex Edler

San Jose: Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture, Joe Thornton, Brent Burns, Antti Niemi

Sleepers

Vancouver: Derek Roy, Alex Burrows, Kevin Bieksa, Roberto Luongo or Cory Schneider

San Jose: Martin Havlat, Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle

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20 Days Vancouver Canucks Comment

Kevin Bieksa has been named the Vancouver Canucks nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy.

The award is given to the NHL player for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Bieksa organized a charity game during the lockout that raised $200,000 and has volunteered for mindcheck.ca, a mental health website dedicated to his buddy Rick Rypien who had serious mental health issues that led to suicide in 2011. "I don't think you do stuff like that for the acknowledgment or credit or notoriety," Bieksa said. "It's just the way I was raised. The way this team is shaped, we do a lot of community work, I think, more so than a lot of other teams around the league. We take a lot of pride in it and we enjoy doing it. NHL season or not, we still felt like we wanted to contribute and do what we could to help. And that's what we did."

21 Days Vancouver Canucks Comment

Kevin Bieksa returned to action on Saturday April 27.

This is great news for the Canucks because they can certainly use the 6-foot 200 pound physical defenseman.

22 Days Vancouver Canucks Comment

Defenseman Kevin Bieksa, who has missed five games because of a lower-body injury, will be back in the Vancouver lineup today when the Canucks wrap up their regular season with a game against the Edmonton Oilers.

"Even though I didn't talk to Kevin after today's (yesterday's) practice, he looked good and, if I was a betting man, I would say he would probably be coming into the lineup," Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault said. "I think health-wise, he's fine. He's had some good practices so his best thing is probably to play."

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