Markus Näslund received the Cyclone Taylor Trophy as the Canucks' most valuable player five times and the Cyrus H. McLean Trophy as the leading point-scorer for seven consecutive seasons--both club records.

With the deciding seventh game of the series tied 3-3 in the first overtime, goaltender Kirk McLean made what became known as "The Save", sliding across the crease feet-first and stacking his pads on the goal line to stop Robert Reichel on a one-timer pass from Theoren Fleury. The following period, Pavel Bure received a breakaway pass from defenseman Jeff Brown before deking Calgary goaltender Mike Vernon to score and win the series.

Luongo's arrival in Vancouver ended a seven-and-a-half-year period of instability for Canucks netminding, with a total of 18 goaltenders having played for the club since Kirk McLean's departure in 1998. General manager Brian Burke coined the term "goalie graveyard" during his tenure in Vancouver to describe the club's goaltending fortunes.

In November 1986, Petri Skriko recorded three hat tricks in eight days and became the first-ever Canuck named NHL Player of the Month.

Known primarily as an enforcer, Donald Brashear spent a lot of time in the sin bin, including 1997-98 when he set a Canucks record with 372 penalty minutes.

André Boudrias is best remembered for his time with the Vancouver Canucks, where he was the team's first offensive star and earned the nickname "Superpest" for his tremendous skating and forechecking abilities.

In Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Greg Adams scored the game-winning goal in overtime, catapulting the team to their second-ever Stanley Cup Finals berth. He would also score the overtime winner in Game 1 of that Stanley Cup Finals against the New York Rangers.

With a League-leading 83 assists in 2009-10, Henrik Sedin surpassed his own team record of 71 assists in one season (2006-07).

In 1992-93, Petr Nedvěd finished the season with 38 goals and 71 points, including a club record 15-game point-scoring streak and a franchise-record shooting percentage of 25.5%.

Roberto Luongo finished the 2008-09 season with back-to-back shutouts in the final two games against the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche to establish a new career-high of nine shutouts on the season, breaking Dan Cloutier's previous franchise single-season shutout record of seven, set in 2001-02.