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This is a list of players who have been named team captain of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. Pages in category "Vancouver Canucks captains" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Markus Naslund was the Canucks captain for eight seasons. In each of his two seasons with the Canucks, Taylor Pyatt recorded 37 points, a career high for points in a season. Alexander Edler began his Canucks' career in 2006. Mike Weaver joined the Canucks for the 2007–08 NHL season and finished the year with one assist in his 55 games.
Bo Horvat was named the 14th captain in team history, [140] following a one-year hiatus without a captain with the retirement of long-time captain Henrik Sedin. The 2019–20 season also saw the rookie campaign of Quinn Hughes , who finished the regular season with 8 goals and 45 assists for 53 points in 68 games, finishing as runner-up in ...
The history of the Vancouver Canucks begins when the team joined the National Hockey League (NHL). Founded as an expansion team in 1970 along with the Buffalo Sabres, the Vancouver Canucks were the first NHL team to be based in Vancouver. They adopted the name of the minor professional hockey team that had existed in Vancouver since 1945.
[2] [3] He was named captain of the Canucks at age 21, making him one of the youngest captains in league history. In that capacity, Linden was nicknamed " Captain Canuck " and led the team to back-to-back Smythe Division titles in 1992 and 1993, followed by a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1994 , where they lost in seven games.
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo served as captain for two seasons (2008–09 and 2009–10), but because of the League's rule, he was not allowed to serve as captain on-ice or wear the "C" on his jersey, though it was incorporated into the artwork on his mask.
Quinn Hughes (born October 14, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and captain of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hughes was drafted seventh overall by the Canucks in the 2018 NHL entry draft.
At the end of the 2007–08 season, Sundin was the longest-serving non-North American-born captain in NHL history. [1] Sundin last played for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2008–09 season before announcing his retirement on 30 September 2009.