Wake With Elias

Wake With Elias: All-Star Festivities Begin

Thatcher Demko and Fin have made their way to the NHL’s All-Star celebrations.

By Markus Meyer Feb 4, 2022, 6:00am PST

NHL: Vancouver Canucks at Nashville Predators

Canucks News

In the lead up to the NHL’s All-Star game and skills competition, Fin has been dominating on the dodgeball court:

Nobody means business on the Dodgeball court like @CanucksFIN pic.twitter.com/U4FejoGiMd
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) February 4, 2022

In his appearance at the All-Star game, Thatcher Demko is setting an interesting milestone:

Making his #NHLAllStar debut, @Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko is also set to achieve an NHL first when he appears in Las Vegas.#NHLStats: https://t.co/pdsjApvQRu pic.twitter.com/pt7wxccYeE
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 3, 2022

And Demko’s merchandise is looking sharp:

Found our favourite item in the #NHLAllStar merchandise store! pic.twitter.com/cADKmOkR9P
— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) February 4, 2022

An impressive end-to-end rush from Jack Rathbone:

#Canucks @abbycanucks

#3 Jack Rathbone almost finishes off the end to end Bobby Orr rush. pic.twitter.com/eYxUPN89Si
— CanucksAbbyFan2 (@Fan2Abby) February 4, 2022

A fun little interview with coach Bruce Boudreau:

Got to catch up with Bruce Boudreau last night...

His answer on how things are going in Vancouver (& how long things will last) is hilarious

(Wait for it...)@BoudreauCrystal | #canucks https://t.co/spPeTcdkcw pic.twitter.com/ECacFKnmGC
— Allie Berube (@allieberube) February 4, 2022

And Elias Pettersson included in the NHL’s biggest disappointments of the season:

Elias Pettersson was an elite 5v5 scorer -- between 2018-19 and 2020-21, he slotted between MacKinnon and Huberdeau for points per hour.

This year? He’s scored 5v5 points at a 4th line rate.

Inside Pettersson and the NHL's 10 biggest disappointments: https://t.co/PM2DZQNhVA
— Harman Dayal (@harmandayal2) February 3, 2022

Hockey News

In sad news, trailblazing journalist Robin Herman has passed away:

.@ThePHWA mourns the passing of trailblazing member Robin Herman, one of the first to break hockey media's gender barrier. She burst through the door at the 1975 #NHLAllStar Game in Montreal, forging a path forward for so many.https://t.co/nJrvowGNFi
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) February 3, 2022

Danielle Goyette has become the ECHL’s first female coach:

.@ThePHWA mourns the passing of trailblazing member Robin Herman, one of the first to break hockey media's gender barrier. She burst through the door at the 1975 #NHLAllStar Game in Montreal, forging a path forward for so many.https://t.co/nJrvowGNFi
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) February 3, 2022

The Anaheim Ducks have hired former Red Wings executive as their general manager:

IT’S OFFICIAL: We have hired Pat Verbeek as our General Manager.

Verbeek is a two-time Stanley Cup Champion who has spent 35 years in the NHL, the last 16 as an executive.https://t.co/V6zWiJMuzQ
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) February 3, 2022

And some tough news for USA Hockey at the Olympics:

Tough news - @usahockey confirms Brianna Decker’s injury in the opener puts her out for the remainder of the Games. #Beijing2022
— Alex Maragos (@AlexMaragosNBC) February 3, 2022