How do you use Canucks in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Canucks meaning
- plural of Canuck
- The Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team.
Using Canucks
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Canuck | The Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team.
- In the example corpus, canucks often appears in combinations such as: the canucks, vancouver canucks, canucks are.
Context around Canucks
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Canucks
- In this selection, "canucks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vancouver, creek, coach, split and tanner stand out and add context to how "canucks" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the vancouver canucks during the, and the canucks 4 3 and vancouver canucks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "canucks" sits close to words such as accreditation, ak and aldi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with canucks
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Canucks: Begin a season-long six-game homestand on Thursday against the Minnesota Wild. (14 words)
Canucks: Open a two-game home stand on Tuesday against the New York Islanders. (14 words)
Collin Delia stopped 29 shots in picking up his ninth win with the Canucks. (14 words)
At least there was cost certainty around Miller now, something that had made potential trade partners a little nervous last season, when the Canucks were talking to teams about trading a player who was then unsigned beyond the 2022-23 season. (41 words)
Canucks star Brock Boeser had a chance to complete a hat trick against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the dying minutes of the third period with an empty net in sight, only to fire it wide. (36 words)
He spent parts of 11 seasons with the Canucks, establishing himself as an effective pest and earning a spot on the Canucks’ top line with superstar twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the other series, the Spirit River Rangers and Dawson Creek Canucks split the first two games with the Rangers winning 5-4 and the Canucks 4-3 in overtime.
Canucks’ Tanner Pearson beat Flyers goaltender Cart Hart between the pads in the third round of the shootout, leading the Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Flyers.
Ferland hopes to play a top-six role for the Canucks, and got the feeling that was a possibility after meeting with Benning and Canucks coach Travis Green.
The Blackhawks and Canucks are tied at 63 points, but the Blackhawks hold the tiebreaker over the Canucks as they have more regulation and overtime victories this season than Vancouver.
Canucks GM Jim Benning is representing the Canucks at the lottery this year instead of president Trevor Linden.
He spent parts of 11 seasons with the Canucks, establishing himself as an effective pest and earning a spot on the Canucks’ top line with superstar twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
And before you knew it, they've got four on you," said Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau.
Andrei Kuzmenko, Vitali Kravtsov and J.T. Miller — into the empty net — all scored for the Canucks, while defenceman Akito Hirose contributed a pair of assists.
An image created more than a decade ago by Northwest Coast artist Andy Everson was given an added touch this week to honour the passing of Vancouver Canucks’ enforcer Gino Odjick.
At least there was cost certainty around Miller now, something that had made potential trade partners a little nervous last season, when the Canucks were talking to teams about trading a player who was then unsigned beyond the 2022-23 season.
Boston Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark, left, celebrates his empty-net goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period Saturday in Vancouver.
By playing on their heels, and being outshot 5-1 early, the Canucks forced Spencer Martin to deny Tolvanen on a breakaway.
Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom (25) stops a shot against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Dec. 31, 2022.
Canucks' Andrei Kuzmenko celebrates his shootout goal against the visiting Flames in a 3-2 victory on Saturday.
Canucks: Begin a season-long six-game homestand on Thursday against the Minnesota Wild.
Canucks captain Bo Horvat notched an assist and has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in nine outings.
Canucks: Open a two-game home stand on Tuesday against the New York Islanders.
Canucks star Brock Boeser had a chance to complete a hat trick against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the dying minutes of the third period with an empty net in sight, only to fire it wide.
Collin Delia stopped 29 shots in picking up his ninth win with the Canucks.
Conor Garland and Dakota Joshua each had a goal and an assist and Brock Boeser also scored for the Canucks, who are 6-0-2 in their last eight games.
Phrases with canucks
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with canucks
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the canucks 92×
- vancouver canucks 61×
- canucks are 11×
- canucks on 11×
- canucks have 7×
- canucks in 6×
- canucks who 6×
- canucks and 4×
- canucks at 4×
- canucks had 4×