VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Founded by Thomas K. Scallen, Lyman D. Walters and partners, as an NHL expansion franchise.

Lost their first NHL game to L.A. Kings by the score of 3-1in Pacific Coliseum. The first Canucks goal was scored by Barry Wilkins.

Canucks had their first win at home in their second NHL game against Toronto by the score of 5-3

Canucks had their first win on the road against Buffalo by the score of 4-1

Canucks' first hat trick was by Orland Kurtenbach against California in a 5-2 victory

Canucks' first two men short goal was scored by Andre Boudrias against Chicago. That goal was also the 100th in team history. Canucks lost 4-2 in that game

Canucks defenceman Dale Tallon was the first player to represent Vancouver in the NHL All-Star Game at Boston Garden

A Vancouver club record was set with 11 goals against the California Seals in a 11-5 game

Canucks' first 0-0 tie game was against Toronto

The first Canuck to record hat tricks in consecutive games was Bobby Schmautz. The Canucks defeated Buffalo 9-5

Canucks' first penaly shot/goal went to Andre Boudrias in a 5-2 victory over Buffalo

The first time the Canucks have two representatives in the NHL All-Star game, they were right winger Bobby Schmautz and defenceman Jocelyn Guevremont

The first Canuck goalie to register consecutive shutouts was Ken Lockett

The Canucks had their first playoff win, 2-1 over Montreal in the Forum; the game winning goal was scored by Garry Monahan

In their third playoff game, the Canucks had a shut out. They won the game 4-0 at home against Montreal. The goalie was Ken Dryden

Dennis Ververgaert of Vancouver scored 2 goals ten seconds apart in the third period of the 1976 All-Star Game which set an All-Star Game record

Chris Oddleifson was the first Canuck to score two shorthanded goals in 5-5 game against Toronto

Canucks played its only penalty-free game against N.Y. Rangers. Canucks lost 7-3

Canucks celebrated their 500th franchise game in the NHL. They 4-2 won over Chicago.

Canucks shutout Moscow Spartak 2-0 in their first exhibition game versus a touring Soviet club

Vancouver hosted the NHL All-Star Game in Pacific Coliseum. The Campbell Conference lost 4-3 to the Wales Conference.

Canucks celebrated the franchise's 200th victory after defeating Washington 4-2

First time ever in NHL history, referee Kerry Fraser awards Vancouver two penalty shots in the same periodin a 4-4 tying game against Detroit

Canucks' first time playoff series win against Calgary 4-1

Vancouver eliminates Los Angeles from the playoffs winning the series 4-1

Vancouver won the opening game of the Campbell Conference championship in Chicago Stadium with the score of 2-1

Canucks were presented with the Clarence Campbell Trophy after they elmininated the Blackhawks 4-1

Canucks lost 6-5 in overtime in their first-ever game of the Stanley Cup finals

The first Canuck who reached the 500th career point milestone was Thomas Gradin in a 4-3 Vancouver's victory over L.A. 4-3

Stan Smyl was the first Canuck to score his 200th career goal in a dispointing 6-5 lost to New Jersey

Petri Skriko scored his third hat trick in eight days; he scored 12 goals and 2 assists for 14 points in a span of five games

Pat Quinn who was head coach of L.A. Kings accepted the position of President and General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks

Trevor Linden scored his first NHL hat trick

At age 72, Walter 'Babe' Pratt, an original member of the Canuck organization and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame passes away

The first Canuck to play in 800 regular season games was Stan Smyl

The first Canuck rookie to score 30 goals in a season was Trevor Linden

Without a doubt, the Rookie -of-the-Year went to Trevor Linden

Stan Smyl became Assistant Coach after retiring as the Canucks all-time leader {games played (896), goals (262), assists (411) and points (673)}

The first Canuck to receive the honor of NHL Player-of-the-Month for October was Kirk McLean after posting a 9-2-1 record and a 2.37 GAA

In honor of Stan Smyl the Canucks retired his No. 12 jersey

The fastest Canuck goaltender to reach the 20-win mark was Kirk McLean

The Calder Trophy went to Pavel Bure as the league's top rookie.

Head Coach Pat Quinn recieved the Jack Adams trophy as NHL Coach-of-the-Year

The first Canuck to earn all-star status was Kirk McLean as he was voted a Second Team All-star

Ryan Walter played in his 1,000th NHL game against the New York Islanders at the Pacific Coliseum

Pavel Bure became the first Canuck player to reach the 100 point mark. He finished the season with a club record 110 points

Goaltender Kirk McLean earned his club record 127th career victory, passing Richard Brodeur

Vancouver with a 8-6 victory against LA, broke the 100 point barrier for the first time

Pavel Bure scored his 50th goal vs the LA Kings

Vancouver's first seven game playoff series win came when Pavel Bure scored at 2:20 of the second overtime period to give Vancouver a 4-3 win over Calgary

Kirk McLean blanks the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 in Game 3 and 2-0 in Game 4, both at the Pacific Coliseum which recorded his second consecutive playoff shutout over the Leafs. The shutouts gave McLean four in the playoffs, equalling an NHL record

An NHL record for minutes played in the playoffs (1,544) was set by Kirk McLean

Pavel Bure was selected the NHL's First Team All-Star Right Winger. He was the first and only Canuck to achieve the honor