Herlev is a suburb about 11 km northwest of Copenhagen city centre, bordering Rødovre to the south, Ballerup to the west and Gladsaxe to the north. It is the site of the municipal council of Herlev Municipality , Denmark .
192-469: Herlev is the hometown of former Vancouver Canuck Jannik Hansen . Herlev is known for its hockey team, the Herlev Hornets . Herlev Church, Skt. Laurentii, was built around 1450 and is named after Saint Lawrence , a Christian martyr who was put to death by being placed on a gridiron over hot coals. The Herlev city coat of arms bears the symbol of a gridiron for that reason. Herlev Hospital
384-519: A 2002 playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings , "'Sedin' is not Swedish for 'punch me or headlock me in a scrum.'" As their careers progressed, the Sedins have worked on their strength, improving their puck possession, allowing them to play more effectively and with increased physicality. Daniel met his wife Marinette in his hometown Örnsköldsvik around 1998. She came with him to Vancouver upon
576-438: A line during the season with New York Islanders prospect Mattias Weinhandl . In the 2000 playoffs, Daniel added a team-leading eight goals and 14 points. He recorded two goals and two assists in the deciding game of the semifinals against Brynäs IF, a 6–3 win for Modo. Modo made their second straight finals appearance, where they lost the playoff championship to Djurgårdens IF in three-straight games. The 2000–01 season
768-439: A 12–9 loss to Team Chára . Towards the season, Daniel sustained a concussion after receiving a hit from Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith during a game on 21 March 2012. With Daniel in the neutral zone and without possession of the puck, Keith hit him in the head with his elbow. After being helped off the ice by a trainer, Daniel remained in the game for a shift before leaving the contest entirely. Two days later, Keith
960-508: A 4–1 defeat in the series. In his two games played in the series, he recorded two assists on goals both scored by Henrik. Due to another lockout , the 2012–13 season was delayed until January 2013 with an abbreviated 48-game regular season schedule. The Sedins this time remained in Vancouver, as they decided that would return to Modo only if the entire season again wound up cancelled. On 15 February 2013, Henrik recorded his 757th point against
1152-465: A bid to be one of the six teams due to join the league in 1967 , but the NHL rejected their application. Bid leader Cyrus McLean called the denial a "cooked-up deal", referring to several biases that factored against them. Speculation long abounded afterwards that the bid was hindered by Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe ; after a failed Vancouver-based business deal, he was quoted as saying that
1344-525: A boarding penalty. At the beginning of the 2013–14 season , the Sedins signed matching four-year, $ 28 million contract extensions with the Canucks. In 73 games, Daniel had 16 goals and 31 assists for 47 points in 2013–14 . The Canucks did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2008, as Daniel had a 23-game goal-scoring drought and injured his hamstring during the Heritage Classic against
1536-472: A coaching position with Vancouver. His departure as a player marked the beginning of a seven-year period in which the Canucks had four different captains—Boudrias, Chris Oddleifson , Don Lever and Kevin McCarthy . Following the 1976–77 season , Maloney was replaced as general manager by Jake Milford , who acquired such players as Stan Smyl , Thomas Gradin , Darcy Rota , Ivan Boldirev and Richard Brodeur ,
1728-439: A core that would lead the team throughout the 1980s. The Canucks made their first significant playoff impact in the 1982 playoffs . In their previous five playoff appearances, the team had failed to win a single series. Though the Canucks finished three games under a .500 win percentage in the 1981–82 regular season , they began gaining momentum by finishing the campaign on a nine-game unbeaten streak. Meanwhile, Smyl emerged as
1920-412: A dual coaching and general managerial role starting that year) and the top rookie in the league, respectively. The following year, the Canucks repeated as regular season division champions, while Bure emerged as arguably the team's first superstar with his first of back-to-back 60-goal seasons, totals which remain the highest recorded in Canucks history. As the team struggled to score in the second half of
2112-543: A few days later on 11 October revealed the fracture. He was sidelined for 18 games, returning to the ice on 22 November against the Chicago Blackhawks in which the Canucks lost 1–0 with Blackhawks' forward Bryan Bickell scoring the only goal of the game. Daniel notched his third career NHL hat-trick in a 4–2 win against the Atlanta Thrashers on 10 December. Four days later, he was named the NHL's Second Star of
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#17328514233172304-599: A four game sweep. He and Henrik played primarily on the Canucks' third line. Daniel received one third-place vote from the Professional Hockey Writers' Association for the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, finishing eighth in award balloting overall. Shortly into the 2001 off-season in May 2001, Daniel underwent surgery for a herniated disc in his lower back, from which he suffered during
2496-542: A goal by Daniel in a Canucks victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Daniel's overall statistical performance in 2014–15 was an improvement on the previous season. In all 82 games, he had 20 goals, 56 assists and a team-high 76 points; the latter figure was good for eighth in the NHL, and earned Daniel the Cyrus H. McLean Award. The goal total exceeded his output in each of the previous two seasons, and he topped 70 points for
2688-715: A home-ice advantage in the first series, having finished second in the Smythe Division to the Edmonton Oilers . The Canucks also had a home-ice advantage during the second-round series against the Kings, who upset the Oilers in the first round. Late in Game 2 of the conference finals in Chicago , Vancouver's interim head coach Roger Neilson , frustrated with what he felt was the poor officiating in
2880-437: A less aggressive playing style as they sought to reduce the number of risks they took on the ice. The Sedins remained among the top point-scorers on the Canucks; Daniel had 15 goals and 29 assists, and appeared in all 82 games. His total of 44 points was the fewest Daniel had tallied since the 2002–03 season. The Canucks' 69 points left them 25 behind the final playoff qualifier in their conference. The Sedins remained with
3072-529: A match against the Ottawa Senators at BC Place . The event was titled the 2014 Heritage Classic . Luongo was traded back to the Florida Panthers late in the season, while the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time in six years. This saw Gillis fired and Linden named president of hockey operations; Tortorella was also relieved as coach after his one season. On May 21, 2014, Jim Benning
3264-731: A member of the Northwest Division from 1998 to 2013, and one title as a member of the Pacific Division in 2024. The Canucks, along with the Sabres, are the two oldest teams in the NHL to have never won the Stanley Cup . The Canucks have retired six players' jerseys in their history— Pavel Bure (10), Stan Smyl (12), Trevor Linden (16), Markus Naslund (19), Daniel Sedin (22) and Henrik Sedin (33); all but Bure and Daniel Sedin have served as team captain, and all but Naslund were on one of
3456-518: A new $ 160 million arena situated in Downtown Vancouver , the following season. The Canucks made another significant move in the off-season by acquiring high-scoring Russian forward Alexander Mogilny from the Buffalo Sabres , reuniting Bure with his former CSKA Moscow and national team linemate. While Mogilny became the second player in team history to record 50 goals and 100 points in
3648-527: A playoff spot. During the campaign, Mogilny was traded to the New Jersey Devils for forwards Denis Pederson and Brendan Morrison . With Bure gone and Messier in the last year of his contract, several previously under-achieving players began developing into key contributors for the team, most notably Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi. In the off-season, Messier left the team and returned to the Rangers; during
3840-669: A playoff spot. The final game of the season, a 7–1 loss to the Calgary Flames, marked Trevor Linden's last NHL game, as the former Canucks' all-time leading scorer retired. Having missed the playoffs for the second time in three years, the team underwent numerous personnel changes in the off-season. After Nonis was fired and replaced with former player agent Mike Gillis in April 2008, longtime Canucks captain Markus Naslund , as well as Brendan Morrison , were let go via free agency. Also in
4032-487: A season, chiefly playing with centre Cliff Ronning , the expected chemistry between Mogilny and Bure never materialized, with the latter suffering a season-ending knee injury early in the campaign. Vancouver finished 1995–96 two games below .500 and were defeated in the first round of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche . The season also marked the arrival of another future Canucks superstar, as Markus Naslund
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#17328514233174224-503: A series of transactions he obtained the second overall pick. He used these second and third overall picks to select Daniel and Henrik, respectively. Gradin notified them of the Canucks' intentions five minutes before the Draft. Although Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Rick Dudley was ready to make Daniel his first overall choice before opening negotiations, he was convinced by Burke and Barnett that Daniel would not sign unless his brother
4416-521: A single-season by an NHL goaltender, with 47. The Canucks opened the 2007 playoffs with a quadruple-overtime win against the Dallas Stars . Ending at the 138-minute mark, the game was the longest in club history and the sixth-longest in NHL history. The Canucks also set a league record for shots against in one game, allowing 76. Vancouver won the series in seven games despite a lack of goal-scoring; Stars goaltender Marty Turco recorded three shutouts in
4608-525: A six-player trade. With the acquisition of Luongo, Cloutier was traded away to the Los Angeles Kings. With widespread changes to team personnel in 2006–07 , the Canucks won the Northwest Division title for the second time in three seasons. In his first season with the Canucks, Luongo was nominated for the Hart Memorial and Vezina Trophies. He also tied Bernie Parent for the second-most wins in
4800-508: A spot in the conference finals for the first time since 1994. Facing the second seeded San Jose Sharks in the conference finals, Vancouver won in five games against the second-seeded Sharks with Kevin Bieksa scoring the winning goal in overtime against Sharks' goaltender Antti Niemi . Advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1994, the Canucks won the first two games of
4992-427: A three-games-to-one deficit to win the series in seven contests. Games 5 through 7 were all won in overtime with goals from Geoff Courtnall , Trevor Linden, and Pavel Bure, respectively. The deciding seventh game featured two of the most recognizable and celebrated plays in Canucks history. With the game tied 3–3 in the first overtime, goaltender Kirk McLean made what became known thereafter as "The Save", sliding across
5184-542: A trade with the Washington Capitals to facilitate the return of Trevor Linden. The ex-captain returned to a markedly different Canucks team with a young core consisting of the aforementioned trio, defencemen Ed Jovanovski and Mattias Ohlund , as well as goaltender Dan Cloutier . In 2002–03, the Canucks set a franchise record with a 10-game win streak but lost the division title to the Colorado Avalanche on
5376-468: A two-goal effort (one on a shorthanded breakaway) from Linden (who was playing with cracked ribs), Vancouver lost the game by a 3–2 score. The Canucks' efforts to tie the game included a post hit by forward Nathan LaFayette with just over a minute remaining in regulation. The loss was followed by a riot in Downtown Vancouver, which resulted in property damage, injuries and arrests. Two days after
5568-458: A violent on-ice attack during a game against the Avalanche. On March 8, 2004, Bertuzzi grabbed Avalanche forward Steve Moore from behind and punched him in the head. As Moore fell to the ice, Bertuzzi landed on top of him; Moore suffered three fractured neck vertebrae, facial cuts and a concussion. The incident was in retaliation of a hit that Moore landed on Naslund during a previous game between
5760-810: A week after the Canucks' game 7 loss, Daniel was in attendance for the NHL Awards show in Las Vegas , having been nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL's most outstanding player and the NHL Foundation Player Award for his and Henrik's work in the Vancouver community. Daniel won the Lindsay Award over forwards Steven Stamkos of
5952-433: Is 120 metres (390 ft) in height. It is famous for being Denmark's tallest building and the fifth tallest hospital in the world. Its modern, functional architecture in bright concrete, glass and bronze-coloured aluminium gives a unique impression. Construction began in 1965 and the hospital was finished in 1975. It was opened in 1976. In 2021, the new emergency room and paediatric centre were opened by Crown Princess Mary ,
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6144-465: The 1990–91 season due to a reduced on-ice role with the team. In his place, the Canucks implemented a rotating captaincy of Linden, Dan Quinn and Doug Lidster ; of the three, Linden retained the captaincy thereafter, becoming the youngest permanent captain in team history at 21 years of age. At the end of the season, Smyl retired as the team's all-time leader in games played, goals, assists and points. Led by Linden and in large part to Quinn's dealings,
6336-532: The 1993–94 season , Bure recorded 49 goals in the club's final 51 games and contributed to 46.45% of his team's goals in the final 47 games of the season to carry the Canucks into the 1994 postseason. Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal called Bure "the NHL's best forward the last 40 games, scoring almost a goal a game." In 1994 , the Canucks made their second trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, entering
6528-451: The 1999 and 2001 editions. Daniel Sedin was born on 26 September 1980, in Örnsköldsvik , Sweden, six minutes after his identical twin brother, Henrik . The pair have two older brothers, Stefan and Peter. Their father, Tommy, is a school vice-principal and also played for Modo Hockey in the 1960s, while his mother, Tora, is a nurse. Daniel began playing organized hockey with Henrik when they were eight. They did not regularly play on
6720-560: The 1999 World Junior Championships in Winnipeg , Manitoba . He recorded ten points in six games, and tied for second in tournament scoring with Daniel Tkaczuk of Canada and Scott Gomez of the United States , behind Brian Gionta of the United States. Sweden failed to medal, losing the bronze medal game against Slovakia by a score of 5–4. Later that year, Daniel made his debut for
6912-523: The 2001 World Championships in Germany. In his second NHL season , Daniel struggled with the lowest goals total of his career, with nine. The campaign included a 25-game stretch without a goal between mid-October and the end of November 2001. With 23 assists, he had 32 points overall. Vancouver finished with the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference for the second consecutive year. Facing
7104-435: The 2001–02 season , the trio were nicknamed the " West Coast Express " (after the Vancouver rail service of the same name ) among Canucks fans and media. Over the next three years, Naslund ranked in the top five among league scorers and was a Lester B. Pearson Award winner and Hart Memorial Trophy finalist in 2003 . Bertuzzi was also a top-five scorer in the league in 2001–02 and 2002–03. During this span, Burke made
7296-514: The 2003–04 season on a line with first-year player Jason King . The trio were dubbed the "Mattress Line" (two twins and a King) and formed the Canucks' second scoring line until King was reassigned to the team's minor league affiliate midway through the season. Daniel was awarded his first penalty shot on 17 January 2004, in a game against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . He was stopped by goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère as Anaheim went on to win
7488-407: The 2009–10 season , the Canucks faced the longest road trip in NHL history, playing 14 games over six weeks, from January 27 to March 13, 2010. The schedule was a result of Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics , which shut down the NHL for two weeks, facilitating General Motors Place's use for ice hockey during the games . It marked the first time that an NHL market hosted an Olympics since
7680-692: The Art Ross Trophy as the League's leading point-scorer and the Ted Lindsay Award as the best player in the League, as voted by fellow players. Sedin was also nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the League's most valuable player . In Sweden, he and Henrik were awarded the Victoria Scholarship as the country's athletes of the year. Alongside his brother, Daniel was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022. Internationally, Sedin has competed on
7872-595: The Colorado Avalanche in the first round. In the 1996 off-season, Quinn hired Tom Renney whose tenure as the team's head coach lasted less than two seasons. Despite strong performances from Mogilny and team-leading point-scorer Martin Gelinas in Bure and Linden's absence (both of whom were injured for long periods of time during the season), the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first of four consecutive seasons that year. Making another high-profile acquisition on July 27, 1997,
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8064-535: The Czech Republic . Again, Sweden failed to earn a medal, finishing in fifth place. At the Men's World Championships, Daniel and Henrik both recorded five points; they were the youngest players on the squad. Sweden did not achieve a medal, however, losing to Finland in the tournament quarterfinal. Following his rookie season with the Canucks, Daniel made his third World Championships appearance, in 2001 in Germany. He
8256-528: The Le Mat Trophy Finals, in 1999 and 2000, where they lost both times. Selected second overall by the Canucks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft , Sedin moved to the NHL in the 2000–01 season . He spent his entire NHL career in Vancouver, and in 2016 became the club's all-time top goal scorer. After emerging as a top player in the club during the 2005–06 season , Sedin since recorded six consecutive campaigns of at least 20 goals and 70 points. In 2011 , he won
8448-509: The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Tokyo, Japan. It marked the first time in NHL history that a regular season game was held outside of North America—an effort from the league to attract attention to the sport in anticipation of the 1998 Winter Olympics , which were held in Nagano , Japan. As the team's performance continued to worsen, starting the 1997–98 season with three wins in the first 16 games, Quinn
8640-558: The Minnesota Wild in the second round. In both series, they were 3–1 comebacks; the Canucks rallied to beat the Blues, but lost their own 3–1 lead to the Wild, who had also come back from a 3–1 deficit in the first round, against the Avalanche. Amidst a run for the team's first Northwest Division title the following season , the Canucks received significant media attention for their involvement in
8832-530: The Montreal Canadiens . Head coach and general manager Phil Maloney (the third general manager in team history after Poile and Hal Laycoe ) recalled the importance of a successful season for the Canucks in that year specifically, as the rival league World Hockey Association (WHA) had established another major professional team in the city, the Vancouver Blazers . Competing for the same hockey market,
9024-541: The National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference , and play their home games at Rogers Arena . Rick Tocchet is the head coach, Jim Rutherford serves as the president of hockey operations, and Patrik Allvin serves as the general manager. The Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres . The team has advanced to
9216-416: The Ottawa Senators , on 2 March 2014 which forced him to miss nine games. He scored multiple goals in the last game of the season on 13 April. During the second period of that game, a hit by the Calgary Flames' forward Paul Byron sent Daniel's head into the boards and ended his season. He was stretchered off the ice and briefly hospitalised. On 23 November 2014, Daniel played his 1,000th NHL game against
9408-498: The Pittsburgh Penguins , a ceremony was held to honour Rick Rypien , who died by suicide during the 2011 off-season. For the rest of the season, the players wore decals on their helmets saying "37 RYP." The Canucks were strong contenders for much of the 2011–12 season, and clinched Presidents' Trophy, for the second consecutive year and second time in franchise history altogether. Despite projections for another Stanley Cup run at
9600-468: The Presidents' Trophy -winning and eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche , Daniel his first playoff assist and point with an assist on an Ed Jovanovski goal in the opening game of the first-round series, a 5–4 loss for the Canucks. He added his first NHL playoff goal in game three of the series on 16 April as the Canucks were eventually eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Avalanche in
9792-661: The Stanley Cup Finals three times, losing to the New York Islanders in 1982 , the New York Rangers in 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011 . They have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular season record in both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. The Canucks have won three division titles as a member of the Smythe Division from 1974 to 1993, seven titles as
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#17328514233179984-620: The Swedish men's team at the 1999 World Championships in Norway. He notched one assist over nine games as Sweden won the bronze medal. In 2000, Daniel once again competed in both the World Junior and Men's Championships . At the junior tournament in Sweden, Daniel matched his previous year's output with 10 points. He was the third highest point-scorer in the tournament, behind Henrik and Milan Kraft of
10176-573: The Swedish national ice hockey team . In addition to being a three-time Winter Olympian , he has appeared in two European Junior Championships, two World Junior Championships and four World Championships . He won gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and 2013 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm. Sedin earned a silver medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi and two World Championship bronze medals, at
10368-540: The Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. Born and raised in Örnsköldsvik , Sweden, Sedin and his identical twin brother Henrik played together throughout their careers; the pair were renowned for their effectiveness as a tandem. During his career, Daniel was known as a goal -scorer (150+ more career NHL goals than Henrik), while Henrik was known as a playmaker (150+ more career NHL assists than Daniel). Sedin tallied 393 goals and 648 assists in 1,306 games played in
10560-604: The Western Canada Hockey League in 1924, the team continued operations until folding at the end of the 1925–26 WHL season . From 1926 to 1970, Vancouver was home to only minor league teams. Most notably the present-day Canucks' minor league predecessor (also known as the Vancouver Canucks ) played from 1945 to 1970 in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League . With
10752-482: The William M. Jennings Trophy for allowing the fewest goals against. Entering the opening round of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs , the Canucks played the defending Stanley Cup champions and eighth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks , who had eliminated Vancouver in the previous two years in six games in the second round. While Vancouver initially took a 3–0 lead in the series, Chicago came back to win three straight games and force
10944-435: The playoffs as the seventh seed in the renamed Western Conference . Despite underachieving in the regular season (their points total decreased by 16 from the previous year, although they finished second in the newly renamed Pacific Division), the Canucks played well in the playoffs and embarked on another unexpected run. Opening the playoffs with a close first-round series against the Calgary Flames, Vancouver rallied from
11136-497: The "40 most memorable moments in team history." Following their victory over the Flames, the Canucks then upset both the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs (both in five games) en route to the franchise's second Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Forward Greg Adams sent the Canucks into the Finals with a double-overtime goal against Maple Leafs goaltender Felix Potvin in Game 5. Staging
11328-546: The 100-year anniversary of the Millionaires. Vancouver finished the year winning their fifth consecutive Northwest Division title and the third seed in the West, but were swept in the first round of the 2013 playoffs by the sixth-seeded San Jose Sharks . Vigneault and his coaching staff were fired at the end of the season, and replaced by John Tortorella . The Canucks participated in their first outdoor NHL game on March 2, 2014,
11520-421: The 2015–16 campaign, Daniel had 28 goals, 33 assists and 61 points in all 82 games. Despite his continued individual productivity, the Canucks as a team finished 28th in the NHL in points and third-to-last place in the league overall, failing to reach the postseason for the second time in three years as a result. By the 2016–17 season , their 16th with the Canucks, the Sedins were both 36 years old. They adopted
11712-430: The 4–2 win over the Bruins. Midway through the 2015–16 season , Daniel was named to the NHL All-Star Game for the third time. He played on a team representing the Pacific Division in a three-on-three tournament. Daniel contributed two goals and an assist in their first game, a 9–6 win over Team Central . In the final against Team Atlantic , he assisted on the only goal of the game in a 1–0 Team Pacific victory. For
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#173285142331711904-457: The Arizona Coyotes 4–3 at 2:23 in overtime. Daniel played his final game on 7 April, in a 3–2 shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers ; he retired alongside his brother Henrik at the end of the 2017–18 season after 17 seasons and 1,306 regular season games with the Vancouver Canucks. Despite their retirement, the Sedin brothers were named finalists for the King Clancy Trophy , awarded to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off
12096-422: The Bruins recorded a combined total of 23 goals within the whole seven game series. After losing Game 6 by a 5–2 score at TD Garden in Boston on 13 June, (a game in which the Canucks had a 3–2 lead in the series and had a chance to clinch the Stanley Cup for themselves with a 4–2 series win if they had won), Daniel told Vancouver Sun reporters, "We're going to win Game 7." Two days later, they went on to lose
12288-416: The Canucks a 3–2 victory over the Florida Panthers against Panthers' goaltender and former teammate Roberto Luongo . The goal was his second of the game and the 346th of his career, tying him with Markus Näslund for the franchise record. Ten days later, Daniel beat Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask for a third-period goal to become the highest-scoring Canucks player; it was his first of two goals in
12480-470: The Canucks and scored 22 goals, 49 assists and 71 points in all 82 contests played. He tied for third in team point-scoring with Todd Bertuzzi , behind Henrik and Näslund. His scoring success that season was influenced, in part, by the signing of winger Anson Carter , who played on the Sedins' line and led the team in goal-scoring. The trio matched the scoring pace of the Canucks' top line of Näslund, Bertuzzi and Brendan Morrison . Vancouver's head coach at
12672-400: The Canucks as a team finished as the third seed in the West. His 40 points ranked second in team scoring behind Henrik's 45 points. In the 2013 playoffs , he added three assists and no goals in a four-game sweep to the San Jose Sharks. Game 4 of the series and the series altogether ended by the San Jose Sharks on a shorthanded goal to due to a penalty assessed to Daniel in overtime to complete
12864-440: The Canucks emerged over the Blazers as the latter relocated to Calgary , Alberta , the following season . The Canucks posted a second consecutive winning record and made the playoffs in 1975–76 , but lost to the New York Islanders in a two-game preliminary series. It would be another 16 years until the team would have another winning record though they made the playoffs nine times in that span. Kurtenbach retired and assumed
13056-445: The Canucks in 2017–18 , with their contracts set to expire at the end of the season. Daniel said that he and Henrik hoped to retire with the franchise. On 30 November 2017, Daniel reached the 1,000-point milestone by scoring a power play goal in a 5–3 win against the Nashville Predators against goaltender Pekka Rinne , joining Henrik as the only players to gain 1,000 points in the Canucks organization. A pregame ceremony in his honour
13248-511: The Canucks in his first two seasons after the trade, he was traded away to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1989 as his performance quickly declined. Neely went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Bruins, recording three 50-goal seasons, and Wesley had a solid 20-year career. After the installation of former Canucks defenceman Pat Quinn as general manager in the summer of 1987, the team underwent an immediate rebuilding process, trading away core veterans for younger prospects and players. Among
13440-511: The Canucks returned to the playoffs having finished the season as the third seed in the Western Conference. He also tied a League record with four goals in overtime over the course of the season. On 13 January 2007, Daniel scored his 100th NHL goal in a 6–1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Leafs' goaltender Andrew Raycroft . Daniel notched his second career NHL hat-trick on 6 February, scoring two goals against Edmonton Oilers goaltender Dwayne Roloson and one into an empty net. He later took
13632-426: The Canucks rose to prominence in the early 1990s. This increased success came roughly around the time the Oilers and Flames began to sink in the standings. As a result, Vancouver won their first division title in 17 years with 42 wins, 26 losses and 12 ties during the 1991–92 season (it was also the team's first winning season since the 1975–76 season). During the campaign, the Canucks honoured Smyl, who had remained on
13824-400: The Canucks signed free agent Mark Messier to a three-year deal. They had come close to signing Wayne Gretzky the previous summer, but were reportedly spurned away when they refused to continue negotiations and gave Gretzky an ultimatum to sign. Heading into the 1997–98 season , Linden resigned his captaincy for Messier, who had developed a strong reputation as a leader, having captained
14016-542: The Canucks' final home game of the season a week later against the Minnesota Wild on 7 April, Sedin was awarded the Cyclone Taylor Award as the team's most valuable player (MVP) and his third Cyrus H. McLean Award as the team's leading point-scorer. Finishing the campaign with a career-high 41 goals, 63 assists and 104 points in all 82 games, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point-scorer. It marked
14208-547: The Chicago Blackhawks the following round, his production decreased to four points as the Canucks were eliminated in six games by the second-seeded Blackhawks for the second straight season. In the off-season, Daniel was named to the NHL second All-Star team . It marked the first time since 1973–74 that two brothers were named postseason NHL All-Stars, as Henrik had been named to the First Team. They were also chosen to appear together on
14400-450: The Chicago Blackhawks, joining Henrik and Trevor Linden as the only players in franchise history to reach that milestone. Daniel scored his 115th power play goal as a member of the Canucks in the third period of a 5–0 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on 7 February 2015, giving him the franchise record for power play tallies, which had been held by Näslund. On 6 April, brother Henrik recorded his 700th career assist, setting up
14592-545: The Dallas Stars, surpassing Markus Näslund as the Canucks' all-time leading scorer. On 22 April, in a 3–1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks, Daniel also passed Näslund by scoring a goal on Blackhawks' goaltender Corey Crawford and two assists on goals by Henrik and Zack Kassian , ranking both of the Sedins first and second in team history in points, respectively. Playing in 47 games out of 48 game lockout-shortened season, Daniel recorded 12 goals and 28 assists for 40 points as
14784-579: The Danish Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke , and Sophie Hæstorp Andersen , chairman of the Region Hovedstaden . There are several small, independent museums around Herlev, one of which is the Gammelgaard Art and Culture Center, which is owned and operated by Herlev Municipality and which houses various exhibitions of Danish and international contemporary art. Herlev train station serves
14976-508: The Flames defeated the Canucks in the opening round of the 2015 playoffs in six games. On 21 November 2015, Daniel recorded his sixth career hat-trick in a 6–3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks , cementing his spot and passing Todd Bertuzzi and Petri Skriko for fifth most hat tricks in Canucks history and also recorded his 900th career point with an assist on a goal by Henrik . On 11 January 2016, Daniel scored in overtime to give
15168-470: The Hockey Hall of Fame later that year, together becoming the first career Canucks to make it to the hall. Daniel made his North American debut competing for Sweden in the 1997 World U17 Hockey Challenge , held in Alberta . Leading the tournament in scoring with 26 points (nine goals and 17 assists) over six games, he helped Sweden to a silver medal. After going undefeated in five contests, they were defeated in
15360-588: The Millionaires, the Patrick brothers directed the building of the Denman Arena , which was known at the time as the world's largest artificial ice rink. The arena was later destroyed in a fire in 1936. The Millionaires played for the Stanley Cup five times, winning over the Ottawa Senators in 1915 on home ice. It marked the first time the Stanley Cup was won by a West Coast team in the trophy's history. Absorbed by
15552-450: The NHL did not want to see one of their franchises from the expansion of 1967 move so quickly and vetoed the deal. In exchange for avoiding a lawsuit, the NHL promised Vancouver would get a team in the next expansion round. Another group, headed by Minnesota entrepreneur Tom Scallen , made a new presentation and was awarded an expansion franchise for the price of $ 6 million (three times the cost in 1967 ). The new ownership group purchased
15744-550: The NHL, ranking him as the Canucks' second-highest points scorer all time , behind only his brother Henrik. Sedin began his professional career in the Swedish Hockey League with Modo Hockey in 1997 and was co-recipient, with Henrik, of the 1999 Guldpucken as Swedish player of the year. He played four seasons with Modo (including a return in 2004–05 due to the NHL lockout ), helping the club to two consecutive appearances in
15936-475: The New York Rangers over the Canucks in 1994 (he also captained the Oilers to a Stanley Cup in 1990). Linden later recalled regretting the decision, feeling that Messier generated hostility and tension in the dressing room. Messier later said if he could change one thing about his time in Vancouver, he would not have accepted the captaincy. The Canucks began the campaign overseas in a two-game series against
16128-524: The Pacific Division in the 2014–15 season, reaching the 100-point plateau for the ninth time in franchise history. They faced the Calgary Flames in the first round of the 2015 playoffs , losing in six games. Daniel Sedin Daniel Hans Sedin (born 26 September 1980) is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former winger who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with
16320-453: The Presidents' Trophy-winning and eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the 2002 playoffs , they were eliminated in six games. In 2002–03 , Daniel continued his point-scoring pace of the previous two campaigns with 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points in 79 games. Vancouver finished the season fourth overall in the West and advanced to the second round for
16512-476: The Sedin twins, who all returned to their former Swedish team, Modo Hockey . Upon the resolution of the labour dispute between NHL players and owners, new gameplay rules were set in place for the 2005–06 season that were intended to benefit skilled players and generate more goal-scoring. As the Canucks' basis of success in previous seasons was built on playing a fast-paced, high-scoring style of play, expectations for
16704-477: The Sedins in Sweden, where they agreed on identical five-year, $ 30.5 million contracts on 1 July. Four games into the 2009–10 season on 7 October, Daniel suffered the first major injury of his career, breaking his foot in a game against the Montreal Canadiens . He suffered the injury after being hit by a slapshot from teammate Alexander Edler . Although Daniel finished the game and recorded three assists on goals by Henrik, Alexandre Burrows and Steve Bernier, x-rays
16896-414: The Sedins' success with Carter in the season, the Canucks did not re-sign him after the season concluded. Daniel and Henrik re-signed with the Canucks to identical three-year, $ 10.75 million contracts on 30 June 2006. In the 2006–07 season , Daniel established himself as the Canucks' top scorer. He led the team with 36 goals and 48 assists for 84 points in 81 games to lead the Canucks in scoring as
17088-521: The Skills Competition, Daniel won the shooting accuracy segment by first beating Martin Havlát to all four targets in 7.3 seconds, then defeating Patrick Kane in the final in 8.9 seconds. The following day, Daniel recorded one assist as Team Staal lost the game 11–10. Towards the end of the 2010–11 season, Daniel compiled three goals and five assists in three games to be named the NHL's Second Star of
17280-404: The Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 ). Meanwhile, Pavel Bure, unhappy in Vancouver, had withheld himself from the team and requested a trade at the beginning of the campaign. By January 1999, he was dealt to the Florida Panthers in a seven-player trade, which saw eventual five-time NHL All-Star Ed Jovanovski heading west. The trade also involved two draft picks. Finishing last in
17472-631: The Tampa Bay Lightning and Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks, respectively. In Hart Trophy voting, he finished as the first runner-up to Perry with 51 first-place ballots and 960 voting points total (16 and 83 fewer than Perry, respectively). Daniel and Henrik also lost the NHL Foundation Award to Los Angeles Kings captain forward Dustin Brown . After being named to the NHL's second All-Star team
17664-573: The Vancouver neighbourhood of West Point Grey during the NHL season, returning to Sweden every summer. In March 2010, Daniel and Marinette made a joint $ 1.5 million donation with Henrik and his wife Johanna to the BC Children's Hospital 's $ 200 million project for a new building. The two families requested that it be put towards a pediatric intensive-care unit and a diagnostic imaging area. Daniel and Henrik are devoted harness racing fans and race horse owners. Their most successful trotter so far
17856-466: The WHL Canucks, and brought the team into the league with the Buffalo Sabres as expansion teams for the 1970–71 season . In preparation for joining the NHL, the WHL Canucks had brought in players with prior NHL experience. Six of these players ( John Arbour , George Gardner , Len Lunde , Marc Reaume , Ted Taylor and Murray Hall ) would remain with the club for its inaugural NHL season. The rest of
18048-542: The Week on 14 March. During that month, he totalled nine goals and 12 assists in 15 games, earning him NHL Second Star of the Month honours. With a goal on Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick and an assist on a Ryan Kesler goal against the Los Angeles Kings on 31 March, Daniel became the fifth player in team history to reach the 100-point mark in one season (after Pavel Bure , Alexander Mogilny , Markus Näslund and Henrik Sedin). Prior to
18240-469: The Week with seven points over the course of the week. In the final game of the season, on 10 April 2010, against the Calgary Flames , Daniel scored his fourth career NHL hat-trick in a 7–3 win. All three goals were assisted by his brother Henrik, helping Henrik pass Washington Capitals forward and captain Alexander Ovechkin for the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point-scorer. The last goal
18432-483: The Western Conference for a second straight year, Vancouver possessed the third overall pick in the 1999 NHL entry draft . Set on drafting highly touted Swedish forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin , Burke orchestrated several transactions to move up to the second and third overall picks, with which he chose both players. The Canucks began to show improvement in the 1999–2000 season , finishing four points out of
18624-455: The award, commemorated with glass plates, on 14 July, in the city of Borgholm . At the midway point of the 2011–12 season , Daniel was named to his second consecutive NHL All-Star Game in 2012 . He was one of four players representing the Canucks, including Henrik, Alexander Edler and Cody Hodgson . Chosen to Team Alfredsson in the All-Star fantasy draft, he recorded a goal and an assist in
18816-489: The bronze medal game. He finished with nine points in nine games, which tied for fourth in tournament-scoring. On 22 December 2005, Daniel was named to the Swedish Olympic team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . He joined Henrik, Markus Näslund and Mattias Öhlund as one of four Canucks on the squad. Competing in his first Olympics, he contributed four points as Sweden won a gold medal, defeating Finland 3–2 in
19008-407: The campaign—Orland Kurtenbach, Kirk McLean, Thomas Gradin and Harold Snepsts. In December 2010, the Canucks also honoured Markus Naslund by retiring his number 19 jersey. Naslund had retired two years after leaving the Canucks in 2008. The team finished the season first overall in the league for the first time, winning the Presidents' Trophy . Finishing with 54 wins and 117 points, the Canucks broke
19200-516: The central part of Herlev. It is part of the S-train line to Ballerup / Frederikssund . Local buses from the bus terminal outside the train station provide connections to more remote areas of the municipality. 55°43′30″N 12°26′15″E / 55.72500°N 12.43750°E / 55.72500; 12.43750 Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver . The Canucks compete in
19392-464: The city would not get an NHL franchise in his lifetime. Additionally, along with the Montreal Canadiens , Smythe purportedly did not wish to split Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) hockey revenues three ways rather than two. Less than a year later, the Oakland Seals were in financial difficulty and having trouble drawing fans. An apparent deal was in place to move the team to Vancouver, but
19584-577: The club before being traded away to the Chicago Black Hawks . By comparison, the Sabres chose centre Gilbert Perreault with the first overall selection they won from the lottery; Perreault went on to become a nine-time All-Star and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . With the Canucks' roster set, the team played its inaugural game against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9, 1970. They lost
19776-508: The club to its second regular season title in team history. Daniel then added 12 points in 13 playoff games as Modo advanced to the Le Mat Trophy Finals, where they lost to Brynäs IF . At the end of the campaign, Daniel and Henrik were named co-recipients of the Guldpucken , the Swedish player of the year award. The Sedins were considered top prospects for the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . Rated as
19968-440: The club's leader, replacing McCarthy as the captain after the latter was sidelined with an injury late in the season (he would retain that position for a team-record eight years). Continuing their success in the playoffs, the Canucks made the Stanley Cup Finals with a combined 11–2 record in series against the Calgary Flames , Los Angeles Kings, and Chicago Black Hawks. Despite having a losing regular season record, Vancouver had
20160-476: The competitive East Division , Poile assembled a core of players during this period led by Kurtenbach that included defencemen Tallon and Jocelyn Guevremont , as well as wingers Andre Boudrias and Dennis Ververgaert . Boudrias emerged as the team's leading point-scorer in four of their first five seasons. Prior to the 1974–75 season , Scallen and his ownership group from Minnesota sold the team to local media mogul Frank Griffiths for $ 9 million. Also in
20352-462: The contest 3–1; defenceman Barry Wilkins scored the Canucks' lone goal in the game and first in franchise history, a backhander against goaltender Denis DeJordy . Two days later, the squad recorded the first win in franchise history, a 5–3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canucks struggled in their early years, failing to make the playoffs in their first four seasons. Placed in
20544-491: The cover of EA Sports ' European version of the NHL 11 video game. On 9 October 2010, Daniel was named an alternate captain for the Canucks, who named Henrik captain during a pre-game ceremony to celebrate the team's 40th anniversary. He was joined by Ryan Kesler , Kevin Bieksa and newly signed free agent Manny Malhotra as alternates. Daniel wore the "A" during Canucks home games, along with Kesler. On 10 January 2011, Daniel
20736-411: The crease feet-first and stacking his pads on the goal line to stop Robert Reichel on a one-timer pass from Theoren Fleury . The following period, Pavel Bure received a breakaway pass from defenceman Jeff Brown before deking Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon to score and win the series. Fifteen years later, Bure's goal and McLean's save were ranked first and second in a Vancouver Sun article listing
20928-483: The deciding contest 4–0 on home ice for a 4–3 defeat in the series, one win short from winning the Stanley Cup. With nine goals and 11 assists for 20 points in all 25 games played, Daniel ranked fourth in playoff scoring behind Boston Bruins' forward David Krejčí , Henrik Sedin and Tampa Bay Lightning ’ forward Martin St. Louis . His 99 shots on goal marked the fifth-highest single playoffs total in NHL history. On 22 June,
21120-434: The ensuing season, the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history, hanging Linden's number 16 beside Smyl's number 12 in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008. Later that month, the Canucks acquired unrestricted free agent Mats Sundin . The arrival of the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain and 500-goal scorer in the NHL came with high expectations. However, Sundin scored below his usual pace and retired in
21312-461: The expansion draft, Canucks general manager Bud Poile chose defenceman Gary Doak . Among the other players chosen by Vancouver were centre Orland Kurtenbach , who was named the Canucks' first captain, as well as defenceman Pat Quinn , who later became the team's general manager and coach in the 1990s. Two days later, on June 11, 1970, the Canucks made defenceman Dale Tallon their first-ever Amateur Draft selection. Tallon played three seasons with
21504-431: The final. Four years later, he was once again named to the Swedish Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Despite going into the tournament as one of Sweden's key players (in the corresponding NHL season, he was third among Swedish players in points despite missing 19 games), he ranked seventh among team forwards in total ice time. Sweden failed to defend their gold medal from Turin, losing to Slovakia in
21696-461: The first Canucks player to win the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as the league's leading scorer and most valuable player, respectively. He achieved the feat with a franchise-record 112 points, surpassing Pavel Bure's mark of 110 set in 1991–92. Vancouver won the Northwest Division title and finished third in the Western Conference for the second-straight year. They opened the playoffs by defeating
21888-558: The first rookie in 2000–01 to reach 20 goals when he scored on 21 March 2001, in a 1–1 tie against the Columbus Blue Jackets . Finishing the campaign with that goal total, he tied for second among League rookies in scoring with Shane Willis of the Carolina Hurricanes , behind Brad Richards of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He also had 14 assists for 34 points in total. Making his Stanley Cup playoff debut on 12 April against
22080-465: The first round of the 2004 playoffs to the Calgary Flames. After their elimination, Burke's contract as general manager was not renewed and he was replaced by assistant general manager and director of hockey operations Dave Nonis . At 37 years old, he became the youngest general manager in team history. Due to the NHL lockout , the 2004–05 season was not played. Several Canucks players went overseas to Europe to play professionally, including Naslund and
22272-537: The first round of the playoffs. Daniel recorded a goal and two assists in the seven-game series. Daniel and Henrik were re-signed to one-year, US$ 1.25 million contracts on 10 September 2004. However, due to the 2004–05 lockout , Daniel returned to Sweden to play for Modo, along with Henrik and their Canucks teammate Markus Näslund . He finished the season with 33 points in 49 games, fourth in team scoring behind Peter Forsberg , Mattias Weinhandl and Henrik. When NHL play resumed in 2005–06 , Daniel returned to
22464-422: The first three rounds to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 17 years. Playing against the third-seeded Boston Bruins , the Sedins struggled to score in the Finals; through the series' seven games, Daniel recorded a goal and three assists for four points in all seven games in the series. Consequently, the Canucks as a team managed just eight goals as a team in that entire seven game series while
22656-470: The first time in Daniel's career defeating the fifth-seeded St. Louis Blues in the first round in seven games. During the 2003 playoffs , he appeared in a career-high 14 playoff games and recorded six points, as the Canucks were upset in seven games by the sixth-seeded Minnesota Wild . Daniel and Henrik were re-signed in the off-season to one-year, US$ 1.125 million contracts on 29 July 2003. The Sedins began
22848-458: The first time in NHL history that brothers led the League in scoring in back-to-back seasons, as Henrik had won the previous year. Chicago Blackhawks forwards Doug and Max Bentley also won separate scoring titles, but had achieved the feat three years apart in 1943 and 1946, respectively. He also received the Viking Award as the NHL's best Swedish player, following after Henrik who received it
23040-457: The first time since 2010–11. The Canucks returned to the playoffs with a second-place finish in their division fifth place finish in the Western Conference after missing the playoffs the year prior. In their first-round series with the Calgary Flames, Daniel scored two goals and had two assists. His goal in the fifth game in the first round gave Vancouver an eventual 2–1 win and extended the team's season. Despite his efforts and strong production,
23232-528: The game 2–1. On 24 February, Daniel recorded his first NHL career hat-trick with a four-goal effort in a 4–2 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Over all 82 games played, Daniel increased his production to 18 goals, 36 assists and 54 points. The Canucks won the Northwest Division title in the regular season and were the third seed in the West Overall , before losing to the sixth-seeded Calgary Flames in
23424-480: The game, placed a white towel on the end of a hockey stick and held it up in a gesture mocking surrender (waving the white flag ). The players on the Canucks' bench followed suit. When the series shifted to Vancouver for the next two games, the team's fans cheered them on by waving white towels above their heads. The habit stuck, becoming an original Canuck fan tradition now seen across the league and in other sports, known as " Towel Power ." The Canucks proceeded to win
23616-443: The goal tied the game at 4–4 with 1:13 minutes left to go in a 5–4 regulation win. On 30 November, he suffered a shoulder injury, sidelining him for four games. During his recovery, he was reprimanded by Canucks head coach Marc Crawford , who told him that playing through pain is part of being in the NHL. Later in the season, he missed an additional three games due to a back injury, shortening his rookie season to 75 games. He became
23808-522: The gold medal game by Team Ontario , 6–2. Back in Europe, Daniel competed at the 1997 European Junior Championships, recording two goals and six points over six games. The following year, at the 1998 European Junior Championships, Sweden's final game required them to beat Russia by four goals to surpass Finland in goal differential and win the gold medal. Daniel recorded two assists as Sweden won 5–1. In his NHL draft year, Daniel competed for Sweden at
24000-489: The ice and gives back to his community, which they won on 20 June. The two brothers shared the award, becoming the first brothers in NHL history to share the King Clancy Trophy. On 12 February 2020, Daniel's number 22 would be raised to the rafters alongside his brother Henrik's number 33 in an hour-long jersey retirement ceremony, the culmination of a week-long celebration of the twins' careers. On 22 June 2021, it
24192-650: The intention of attracting an NHL franchise, Vancouver began the construction of a new modern arena, the Pacific Coliseum , in 1966 (with the arena opening in January 1968). The WHL's Canucks were playing in a small arena at the time, the Vancouver Forum , situated on the same Pacific National Exhibition grounds as the Coliseum. Meanwhile, a Vancouver group led by WHL Canucks owner and former Vancouver mayor Fred Hume made
24384-468: The last day of the regular season. Individually, Naslund was surpassed the same night by Avalanche forwards Peter Forsberg and Milan Hejduk for the Art Ross Trophy and Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy , respectively. Entering the 2003 playoffs with the fourth seed in the Western Conference, the Canucks won their first playoff series in eight years, defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games before losing to
24576-467: The league allowed its players to compete in the games, beginning with the 1998 Games in Nagano. Among the several Canucks players named to their respective national teams, centre Ryan Kesler of the United States and goaltender Roberto Luongo of Canada played against each other in the gold medal game; Luongo and Team Canada emerged with the win. As the NHL season resumed, Henrik Sedin went on to become
24768-406: The lineup for the first three games of the 2012 playoffs , all of which the Canucks lost against the eighth-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. Returning for Game 4 on 18 April, Daniel helped the Canucks stave off elimination before they were defeated the following contest four days later with Kings forward Jarret Stoll 's overtime-winning goal for a 2–1 loss in the game and
24960-481: The lockout-shortened 1994–95 season , Quinn stepped down as head coach to focus on his managerial duties and was replaced by Rick Ley ; Vancouver finished with a .500 record that year. Their elimination from the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 4 of the second round marked the Canucks' last game played at the Pacific Coliseum, as the team moved into the new General Motors Place (since renamed Rogers Arena),
25152-444: The more key transactions was a deal with the New Jersey Devils , in which Sundstrom was traded away in exchange for winger Greg Adams and goaltender Kirk McLean . In addition to Quinn's trades, the team improved through the draft route with two selections, in particular. With the second overall selection in the 1988 NHL entry draft , the Canucks chose winger Trevor Linden from the Western Hockey League (WHL). The following year ,
25344-463: The next decade. Defenceman Bryan McCabe was also part of the deal, who would eventually be involved in a key transaction in the 1999 NHL entry draft . After the Canucks finished the 1997–98 season last in the Western Conference, former NHL vice president Brian Burke was named general manager in the summer. Suffering their worst season since 1977–78 the subsequent year , Keenan was fired midway through and replaced with Marc Crawford (who had won
25536-491: The off-season, on May 29, 2008, the Canucks lost defensive prospect Luc Bourdon to a fatal motorcycle crash near his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick . With Naslund's departure, Gillis announced on September 30, 2008, that Roberto Luongo had been named team captain, marking the first time since Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens in 1947–48 that a goaltender had been named the captain of an NHL team. During
25728-442: The off-season. The Canucks played the Los Angeles Kings , their first opponent in their inaugural season in 1970; both teams wore their original uniforms used in the Canucks' inaugural game. Throughout the season, the Canucks continued to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the creation of the "Ring of Honour", a permanent in-arena display commemorating their most significant players from past years. Four players were inducted during
25920-503: The outset of the 2012 playoffs , the Canucks were eliminated in five games by the eighth-seeded and eventual Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. Prior to the start of the 2012–13 season , the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) expired. Unable to agree on a new CBA, the NHL enacted a lockout on September 15, 2012. The lockout continued on for 119 days, which resulted a 48-game shortened season. The Canucks wore Vancouver Millionaires replica jerseys on March 16, 2013, to celebrate
26112-514: The pair are known for their ability to find each other intuitively with passes, often without looking. With offensive skill marking the prime component of his game, Daniel is known to avoid initiating contact with opposing players. Early in their careers, he and Henrik were knocked off the puck easily. As a result, players have often taken advantage of their lack of physicality by playing aggressively against them. This once led Canucks general manager Brian Burke to publicly complain, commenting during
26304-473: The pair to enter the 1999 Draft and not sign with their respective NHL clubs for two years, allowing them to become unrestricted free agents . This option required that they play junior hockey in North America, which was not their intention. Barnett also suggested either Henrik or Daniel opt out of the 1999 Draft, hoping that the team that selected the first twin would select the other the following year. On
26496-413: The playoffs only four times for the rest of the decade. Notable players that joined the Canucks' core following the 1982 playoffs included offensively skilled forwards Patrik Sundstrom and Tony Tanti . Beginning in 1983–84 , the Canucks' scoring title was held by either Sundstrom or Tanti for four of the next five seasons, the only season in which neither won the team scoring title was 1985–86 , when it
26688-431: The possibility of the Sedins' playing for separate teams, Vancouver Canucks Scout Thomas Gradin commented, "They're good enough to play with anyone, but separately their capacity might decrease by 10 or 15 percent." Nevertheless, Henrik and Daniel both entered the 1999 Draft expecting to be selected by separate teams. However, then-Canucks general manager Brian Burke already possessed the third overall pick and through
26880-538: The postseason in 2001 and 2002 as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference (losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winners Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings , respectively), the Canucks became regular contenders for the Northwest Division title. Coinciding with the team's success in the early 2000s was the rise of power forward Todd Bertuzzi and captain Markus Naslund into high-scoring wingers and NHL All-Stars. Joined by centre Brendan Morrison during
27072-446: The previous team records in both categories by significant margins. Individually, numerous players had career years. Daniel Sedin won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top scorer with 104 points, marking the first time in NHL history that two brothers won the award in back-to-back years. Meanwhile, Ryan Kesler tied Daniel Sedin for the team goal-scoring lead, with 41 goals. In goal, Roberto Luongo and backup Cory Schneider captured
27264-419: The previous two years, who had finished with 41 points more than Vancouver in the regular season standings—Vancouver took the first game to overtime . In the final minute of the extra period, Canucks defenceman and fan favourite Harold Snepsts gave the puck away with an errant pass from behind his net, leading to a Mike Bossy goal. Like the first game, the Canucks held a 3–2 lead after the first two periods in
27456-409: The previous year, Daniel received First Team honours with Henrik for the 2010–11 season. Returning to Sweden in the 2011 off-season, Daniel and Henrik were co-recipients of the Victoria Scholarship , as the country's athletes of the year. They became the third and fourth ice hockey players to receive the award, after Stefan Persson in 1980 and Peter Forsberg in 1994. Henrik and Daniel were presented
27648-416: The quarterfinal. Daniel had a goal and two assists in four games. After the Canucks were defeated in the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs , Daniel joined his brother in appearing at the 2013 World Championships in their home country. The Sedins helped lead Sweden to the gold medal match, where they won 5–1 over Switzerland . In four games, Daniel had six points, including four assists on power play goals during
27840-410: The riots, the team held a rally at BC Place attended by 45,000 fans, who congratulated the team for their effort. With a young core that included Linden, Bure and McLean still in their 20s after the 1994 playoffs, the Canucks appeared poised to remain contenders in the league. However, the team failed to record a winning season in the six years following their Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Prior to
28032-407: The roster was built through an expansion draft. To fill the Canucks' roster for their inaugural season, the league held an expansion draft in the preceding summer. A draft lottery was held on June 9, 1970, determining who between the Canucks and Sabres would get the first selection in the expansion draft, as well as the 1970 NHL amateur draft ; the Sabres won both spins. With his first selection in
28224-531: The same line until Daniel switched from centre to wing at 14. Daniel and Henrik both attended high school at the Nolaskolan Gymnasium in Sweden while playing professionally for Modo. Aged 16, Daniel and Henrik began their professional careers in 1997–98 with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League . Daniel recorded 12 points over 45 games during his rookie season. In his second professional year, he led Modo in scoring with 42 points in 50 games, helping
28416-403: The second coast-to-coast Finals in league history, the Canucks were matched against the Presidents' Trophy -winning New York Rangers . Vancouver achieved victory in Game 1 by a score of 3–2 in overtime, largely due to a 52-save performance by goaltender McLean. After losing the next 3 games, the Canucks won the next two to force a seventh game at Madison Square Garden on June 14, 1994. Despite
28608-428: The second consecutive season. His 1.35 points per game rate was third in the League behind Henrik and Ovechkin. In the subsequent 2010 playoffs , Daniel recorded ten points in the opening round against the Los Angeles Kings , including the series-winning goal on Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick in the late stages of Game 6 as the Canucks defeated the sixth-seeded Kings 4–2 in the game for a 4–2 series victory. Against
28800-412: The second game, but were not able to keep their lead, and lost 6–4. The Canucks were unable to complete their Cinderella run and were swept, losing their next two games by 3–0 and 3–1 scores. The 1982 playoffs proved to be the last year in which Vancouver won a playoff series until 1992 . After their improbable Stanley Cup run, the Canucks slipped back into mediocrity for the rest of the 1980s, making
28992-471: The second penalty shot of his career on 8 March, against the Phoenix Coyotes . However, he was stopped once again by Curtis Joseph ; Vancouver went on to win the game 4–2. Winger Taylor Pyatt , acquired in a trade from the Buffalo Sabres during the 2006 off-season, replaced Carter as the Sedins' linemate and went on to score a career-high 23 goals. In the opening game of the 2007 playoffs against
29184-458: The second round. Daniel recorded 74 points (29 goals, 45 assists) in all 82 games in 2007–08 , as the Canucks missed the playoffs for the second time in three years. He finished second in team point-scoring to Henrik and first in goals. The Sedins saw some time with Näslund on their top line during the season to form an all-Swedish forward unit. In 2008–09 , Daniel recorded 31 goals, 51 assists and 82 points in all 82 games, tying Henrik for
29376-428: The semifinal round, 3–2 in overtime. Daniel contributed two assists in four games. Throughout his career, Daniel has been known as a goal-scorer, usually finishing plays initiated by his brother, Henrik, who was known as a playmaker. However, Daniel is also a proficient playmaker like Henrik and generates many sequences with Henrik off the cycle . Daniel's familiarity with Henrik's play enhances his effectiveness;
29568-477: The series and equalled the league record for most shutouts in a playoff series. Advancing to the second round, the team was defeated in five games by the Anaheim Ducks, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year . Following the playoffs, head coach Vigneault received the Jack Adams Award . Suffering numerous injuries to players in the 2007–08 season , the Canucks struggled and finished three points out of
29760-629: The series in five games, making it to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history. Entering the Finals against the New York Islanders, the Canucks were the first team from Western Canada to play for the Stanley Cup in 56 years, when the Victoria Cougars reached the 1926 Stanley Cup Finals . It also marked the first-ever coast-to-coast Stanley Cup Finals. Competing against the Islanders—the Stanley Cup champions of
29952-521: The series on home ice against the third-seeded Boston Bruins , with Boston winning the next two in Boston. Vancouver won Game 5 at home while the Bruins won Games 6 in Boston and 7 in Vancouver to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972. After the game, riots and looting broke out in downtown Vancouver, repeating the events of 17 years earlier. During the season-opening game on October 6, 2011 against
30144-475: The seventh game in the series. Forced into overtime in game seven, winger Alexandre Burrows scored his second goal of the game in overtime on Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford following a failed clearing attempt by Chicago defenceman Chris Campoli to win the game 2–1 and the series 4–3. The Canucks played the fifth-seeded Nashville Predators in the second round, defeating the Predators in six games to clinch
30336-535: The single-elimination rounds. Daniel represented Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , while his brother did not attend due to health concerns. He played in all six of Sweden's games, scoring a goal and four assists as the Swedes ultimately lost to Canada in the gold medal game. In 2016, the Sedins participated in the World Cup of Hockey , playing together on Sweden's first line. Team Europe eliminated Sweden in
30528-445: The sixth-place Los Angeles Kings in six games, but were once again eliminated by Chicago in six games, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that year , the following round in six games. The 2010–11 season began on October 9, 2010, with a pre-game ceremony to commemorate the team's 40-year anniversary. Henrik Sedin was named in the ceremony as the team's new captain, replacing Roberto Luongo , who had relinquished his captaincy in
30720-426: The sixth-seeded Dallas Stars , Daniel assisted on Henrik's quadruple- overtime goal to end the longest-ever Canucks playoff game and the sixth longest in NHL history at 138 minutes and six seconds of play. Daniel struggled to produce offensively in the playoffs, however, managing five points over 12 games as the Canucks were eventually eliminated by the second-seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks in
30912-650: The start of Daniel's NHL career in 2000, and the two married in 2005. After earning a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of British Columbia Marinette became involved with the Canucks Family Education Centre, helping female immigrants transition to the English language. Together, they have two daughters, Ronja (born in 2005) and Anna (born in March 2011), and a son, Erik (born in 2008). They live in
31104-409: The subsequent off-season. The team finished the regular season with another Northwest Division title and the third seed in the Western Conference. In the 2009 playoffs , the Canucks swept their first round series against the sixth-seeded St. Louis Blues (the first four-game sweep in franchise history), but were defeated in six games by the fourth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the second round. In
31296-463: The summer of 1974, the Canucks were re-aligned within the league and placed in the new Smythe Division . They responded with their first winning record (38 wins, 32 losses and 10 ties), backstopped by goaltender Gary "Suitcase" Smith finishing first in the Division with 86 points. Making their debut in the Stanley Cup playoffs , the Canucks lost the opening series of the 1975 playoffs in five games to
31488-453: The sweep. In pursuit of a loose puck in the defensive zone, Daniel bodychecked Sharks' forward Tommy Wingels into the boards, resulting in a boarding penalty. The call would later be the subject of controversy as it was believed by many in the media, such as National Post journalist Cam Cole, as well as teammates, such as Henrik, that Daniel had made contact with Wingels shoulder-to-shoulder, which according to NHL rules, should not result in
31680-409: The team as an assistant coach, by making him the first player in team history to have his jersey (number 12) retired. In the 1992 playoffs , the Canucks won their first series since 1982 before being eliminated by the Oilers in the second round. Quinn and Bure became the first Canucks recipients of major NHL awards in the off-season, being awarded the Jack Adams Award as the best coach (Quinn assumed
31872-479: The team lead in points. He opened the campaign being named the NHL's First Star of the Week on 13 October 2008, with a five-point effort over two games. Steve Bernier had been acquired in the 2008 off-season in another trade with the Sabres, and began the season on the top line with the Sedins. Bernier was later removed; and on 12 February 2009, Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault moved Alexandre Burrows up from
32064-438: The team made a controversial selection by choosing Russian winger Pavel Bure 113th overall. Bure was believed by most teams to be ineligible for selection that year. Consequently, his draft by the Canucks took a year to be verified by the league as team management went about procuring documents to prove his eligibility. As the decade turned, a shift in the Canucks' leadership occurred as Stan Smyl resigned his captaincy prior to
32256-451: The team were high going into the season. However, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs, completing the regular season ninth place in the conference. The first line of Naslund, Bertuzzi and Morrison suffered offensively, as all three players recorded decreased points totals. Head coach Marc Crawford later recalled the campaign as a turning point for the team's offensive leadership as the Sedin twins began their rise to stardom, matching
32448-489: The team's September 2000 training camp, held in Sweden, Naslund was selected to replace Messier as captain, a position he held for seven seasons. As part of the team's stay in Sweden, they played exhibition games against Swedish and Finnish teams as part of the NHL Challenge . Under the leadership of general manager Brian Burke and head coach Marc Crawford, the Canucks once again became a playoff team. After qualifying for
32640-406: The team, his role was expanded and he was made de facto general manager. With control of player personnel, Keenan overhauled the roster, making ten trades within two months, most notably dealing Linden to the New York Islanders . Although the trade was unpopular with fans, the Canucks received winger Todd Bertuzzi in return, who would later become an integral part of the team's return to success in
32832-459: The third line during a game against the Phoenix Coyotes. Late in the campaign, Daniel was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week on 30 March 2009, after recording four goals and four assists in four games, including a game-winning goal. After the Canucks finished the season as a team as the third seed in the Western Conference, he added ten points over ten games in the 2009 playoffs , helping
33024-485: The third seeded Canucks sweep the sixth-seeded St. Louis Blues in the first round and advance to the second round, where they were defeated in six games by the fourth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks . Set to become unrestricted free agents on 1 July 2009, Daniel and Henrik began negotiating with the Canucks in the 2009 off-season and were reported to have asked for 12-year, $ 63 million contracts in mid-June. With free agency looming, Canucks general manager Mike Gillis visited
33216-487: The three Stanley Cup Finals rosters. Smyl has the distinction of being the only Canuck to have his jersey number retired at their former arena, Pacific Coliseum . The first professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver were the Vancouver Millionaires , formed by Frank and Lester Patrick . Established in 1911, the Millionaires were one of three teams in the new Pacific Coast Hockey Association . To accommodate
33408-421: The time, Marc Crawford, recalled that season as marking the Sedins' ascent to leaders on the team, stating that "by the end of that year, they definitely were our top guys. They had surpassed Näslund and Bertuzzi." Despite the brothers' individual achievements, the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first time in their careers as the Canucks missed the 2006 playoffs by just three points in the standings. Despite
33600-403: The top draft-eligible players from Europe, they were expected to be top five selections and expressed a desire to play for the same team. As they were unlikely to be picked by the same team, their agent, Mike Barnett , president of international talent agency IMG , presented them with two options to circumvent the usual NHL draft process, allowing them to play together. The first option was for
33792-514: The top line's production. Crawford was fired in the off-season and replaced with Alain Vigneault , who had been coach of the team's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manitoba Moose . Three days after Vigneault's hiring, Nonis dealt Bertuzzi to the Florida Panthers, ending the "West Coast Express" era. In return, the Canucks received All-Star goaltender Roberto Luongo as part of
33984-520: The two teams. For his actions, Bertuzzi was suspended by the NHL and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) through to the start of the 2005–06 season . He also faced legal action in British Columbia court , while Moore filed lawsuits against him and the Canucks organization in Colorado and Ontario courts. The Canucks went on to win their first Northwest Division title that season, but lost in
34176-448: The year before. Daniel's efforts in the 2010–11 season helped the Canucks win the Presidents' Trophy as the team with the NHL's best regular season record for the first in franchise history. Entering the 2011 playoffs , the Canucks beat the defending Stanley Cup champion and eighth-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in seven games along with the fifth-seeded Nashville Predators in six games and the second-seeded San Jose Sharks in five games in
34368-543: Was Daniel's and ( Henrik 's) first season with the Canucks and in the NHL. His NHL debut was the team's first game of the 2000–01 campaign on 5 October 2000, a 6–3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers . Daniel and Henrik became the fourth pair of twins to have played in the NHL. Three days later, Daniel scored his first career NHL goal against goaltender Dan Cloutier of the Tampa Bay Lightning . Assisted by Henrik,
34560-405: Was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alek Stojanov . The deal is regarded as one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history, as Stojanov soon became a minor-leaguer, while Naslund became the team's all-time leading goal- and point-scorer years later. Despite a late season swoon, Ley was fired and replaced by Quinn down the stretch. The team limped into the playoffs, losing to
34752-484: Was announced as general manager, having previously served as assistant general manager of the 2011 Boston Bruins championship team that had beaten the Canucks three years prior. On June 23, 2014, Willie Desjardins was named the 18th head coach of the Canucks. The team underwent a series of changes under the new management: veteran forward Ryan Kesler was traded to the Anaheim Ducks , veteran defenceman Jason Garrison
34944-568: Was announced that Henrik and Daniel would join the Canucks Hockey Operations department and were named Special Advisors to the General Manager. On 30 May 2022, the Canucks announced that the Sedins had transitioned into new roles with player development, working daily on and off the ice with young players in Vancouver and Abbotsford. On 28 June 2022, it was announced that Daniel would join his brother Henrik in being inducted into
35136-408: Was chosen by TSN in a fan-voted poll as the NHL's play of the year; Daniel received a between-the-legs tip pass from Henrik near the corner boards before beating Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff with a between-the-legs deke. Daniel finished the season with 29 goals, a career-high 56 assists and 85 points and playing in 63 games while the Canucks as a team finished as the third seed in the West for
35328-530: Was decided in Game 7), both division rivals. Following Milford's tenure as general manager from 1977 to 1982, the position was held by Harry Neale for three years, then Jack Gordon for two. The latter was responsible for trading away power forward Cam Neely to the Boston Bruins in 1986. In addition to Neely, the Canucks gave up their 1987 first-round draft pick, with which the Bruins chose Glen Wesley , and in return acquired centre Barry Pederson . While Pederson collected back-to-back 70-point seasons with
35520-405: Was fired as general manager after ten years with the team. Soon thereafter, Renney was fired and replaced as coach by Mike Keenan , reuniting him with Messier, another central figure from the Rangers' 1994 team. Keenan's hiring reportedly exacerbated tensions between groups of Canucks players and his negative relationship with Linden was given ample media attention. Two months into his tenure with
35712-515: Was held on 2 December. On 2 April 2018, Daniel and Henrik announced that they would be retiring at the end of the season in a letter thanking the Canucks organization and their fans. On 5 April, the Sedins played their final game in Rogers Arena against the Arizona Coyotes . In their last home game, Daniel recorded two goals including the game winner, both of which Henrik assisted on, to defeat
35904-462: Was injured midway through the tournament and had to return to Vancouver for surgery on a herniated disc in his lower back. Sweden defeated the United States 3–2 to win its second bronze medal in three years. He made a fourth tournament appearance at the 2005 World Championships in Austria . Sweden missed out on the bronze medal, losing to Russia , 6–3. Daniel had an assist in a losing effort during
36096-417: Was named the NHL's First Star of the Week after scoring five goals and seven points in four games. During that span, he scored the 10,000th goal in Canucks franchise history in a 3–1 win against the Calgary Flames on 5 January. Later in the month, Daniel competed in his first career NHL All-Star Game . Drafted onto Team Staal , he played with Canucks teammate Ryan Kesler opposite Henrik on Team Lidstrom . In
36288-482: Was on the same team. On 27 July 1999, a month following the Draft, Daniel and Henrik signed identical three-year, US$ 1 million contracts with the Canucks. As the contract did not require them to begin playing in Vancouver immediately, they announced on 12 August they would return to Sweden to play one more season with Modo. During the 1999–2000 season, Daniel finished second in team scoring with 45 points in 50 games, two points behind Henrik. The two brothers played on
36480-436: Was suspended five games for his hit by the League. Sidelined for the remainder of the regular season, Daniel finished 2011–12 with 67 points (30 goals, 37 assists) in 72 games, a drop off from his league-leading total from the previous season. Despite Daniel's injury late in the season, the Canucks won their second consecutive Presidents' Trophy and second Presidents' Trophy in franchise history altogether. He remained out of
36672-432: Was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning and veteran forward David Booth was let go in free agency, while Ryan Miller and Radim Vrbata were signed as free agents. This season saw the team honour former general manager and head coach Pat Quinn, following his death, by renaming a city street after him (Pat Quinn Way) as well as having his family participate in a pregame ceremonial puck drop. The Canucks finished second in
36864-470: Was won by Petri Skriko . For most of the second half of the 1980s, the Canucks competed with the Los Angeles Kings for the final playoff spot in the Smythe Division. In the years in which they qualified for the playoffs, the team was eliminated in the first round by either the Edmonton Oilers (in 1985–86 ) or the Calgary Flames (in 1982–83 , 1983–84 and the Flames championship season of 1988–89 , which
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