Canucks schedule has big road trip due to Olympics

Facing the mother of all road trips, the travel-weary Vancouver Canucks would typically be bellyaching about the 2009-10 NHL schedule served up Wednesday.

But the Canucks are riding the Olympic spirit, and team officials say that a 14-game epic over 40 days is simply the team doing its part as good hosts for the 2010 Games.

“We have no complaints regarding the schedule and are satisfied the NHL took into account the challenges we faced hosting the Olympics,” general manager Mike Gillis said by e-mail.

In late January, the heart of hockey season, the Canucks will lose access to their home arena, General Motors Place, for the Olympic hockey tournaments. The Games will also shut down the NHL for two weeks.

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