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Edited October 21, 2023 by Rip The Mesh

[Jess]

Given the age of our team now, it's coming time where a lot of these original guys are getting to their last years. Glad we still have ol' Kurtenbach around.

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2 minutes ago, -AJ- said:

Given the age of our team now, it's coming time where a lot of these original guys are getting to their last years. Glad we still have ol' Kurtenbach around.

Must be the Amway products. When I was  round 13, 14, Kurt was a huge spokesman for them. My Mom and Dad were too, really into it. Orland was #1 though.

My late folks  put together meetings, so I got to see Kurtenbach in my house a couple times.

[1970 And Beyond]

Dunc was my first favorite Canuck

[Kevin Biestra]

Rest in peace.  A really underrepresented and underrecognized figure in early Canucks history along with guys like Cesare Maniago and Charlie Hodge.  Guy was holding down the fort every night against what looked like the hailstorm of arrows coming down at the end of 300.

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2023 by Kevin Biestra

[Wilbur]

Dunc Wilson's 148 games put him on page 20 of my Canucks binder (140-148 GP).  That's getting up there for a goalie.  You could argue, of all the players on this page, he had the greatest impact on the organization.

 

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Currently tied for 13th in all-time Canuck wins.

 

12    Kay Whitmore    74    36    28    6
13    Dunc Wilson    148    34    86    12
13    Eddie Lack    82    34    30    9
15    Garth Snow    109    33    52    11
16    Corey Hirsch    101    32    42    13

 

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8 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Dunc Wilson's 148 games put him on page 20 of my Canucks binder (140-148 GP).  That's getting up there for a goalie.  You could argue, of all the players on this page, he had the greatest impact on the organization.

 

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Currently tied for 13th in all-time Canuck wins.

 

12    Kay Whitmore    74    36    28    6
13    Dunc Wilson    148    34    86    12
13    Eddie Lack    82    34    30    9
15    Garth Snow    109    33    52    11
16    Corey Hirsch    101    32    42    13

 

 

Yeah Dunc was great.  He and Charlie Hodge held the fort that first 1970-71 season.  Charlie was a borderline Hall of Famer and it showed.  Dunc was like the early Rocky Balboa of goalies, an underdog ham and egger and he didn't get a ton of wins but gave the team a chance to win more often than not in the high scoring 70s.  I would say it is Dunc and Kay Whitmore for most impactful on that page.  Kay was the backup for the 1994 run and had one really good season for us as a backup like Steve Weeks did in 1988-89, getting some leaguewide attention for his performance.

 

Corey Hirsch was yet another young goalie who was supposed to come in and unseat Kirk McLean (like Troy Gamble) but nobody ever really did accomplish that.  Kirk only went when Messier and Keenan were blowing up the entire team from top to bottom (Linden, Babych, Odjick, etc.).

 

Oh and if I remember right, Jim Nill scored at least one really important goal for us in the 1982 playoff run to get to the Cup Final.  At a minimum he had the double OT winner against Chicago in game 1 of the semifinal.

 

 

Edited December 3, 2024 by Kevin Biestra