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1987–88 Vancouver Canucks season

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Division
  
5th Smythe

Average attendance
  
11,002

Conference
  
Western Conference

Arena
  
Pacific Coliseum

Goals for
  
272

1987–88 record
  
25–46–9

Coach
  
Bob McCammon

Captain
  
Stan Smyl

Goals against
  
320

Alternate captains
  
Barry Pederson, Doug Lidster, Tony Tanti, Daryl Stanley, Garth Butcher

Regular season

The Canucks had a very disappointing season, they were not capable of winning 3 games in a row during the season. However after the season they were able to draft future captain Trevor Linden.

Contents

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

Did not qualify for the second season in a row.

Player statistics

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Roster

8 Greg Adams C

32 Jim Agnew D

21 Peter Bakovic RW

4 Jim Benning D

18 Ken Berry RW

27 Randy Boyd D

10 Brian Bradley C

35 Richard Brodeur G

25 David Bruce RW

5 Garth Butcher D

30 Frank Caprice G

21 Craig Coxe C

16 Dan Hodgson C

2 Willie Huber D

2 Ian Kidd D

28 Jean-Marc Lanthier RW

17 Paul Lawless LW

28 John LeBlanc LW

3 Doug Lidster D

22 Dave Lowry LW

34 Brett MacDonald D

1 Kirk McLean G

24 Larry Melnyk D

17 Rob Murphy C

7 Barry Pederson C

24 Michel Petit D

6 Dave Richter D

17 Jeff Rohlicek LW

19 Jim Sandlak RW

33 David Saunders LW

26 Petri Skriko LW

12 Stan Smyl RW

29 Daryl Stanley D

10 Ron Stern RW

14 Raimo Summanen LW

15 Rich Sutter RW

20 Steve Tambellini LW

9 Tony Tanti RW

34 Claude Vilgrain LW

14-17 Doug Wickenheiser C

23 Dan Woodley C

References

1987–88 Vancouver Canucks season Wikipedia