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Tuesday, October 30th, 1996. Pavel stars in Canucks winPavel Bure scored the Vancouver Canucks first goal, assisted on another, as well as hitting the post on another occasion, in a Canucks 6-3 win over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The effort earned Pavel the 1st star of the game. "With the new system, in the beginning, we didn't really know what to do," said Bure. "Right now, we're still thinking where to go, but we scored six goals and we still had three guys back. I think we're familiar with it now."
Saturday, October 26, 1996. PHEW !The Vancouver Canucks hung on to a chaotic last few minutes to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 before their first sell-out crowd of 18,422. This was the Canucks first win over the Penguins since 1991. Corey Hirsh in the net for the first time before a home crowd this season, stared down Mario Lemieux on a penalty shot late in the third period. Pavel's attempt to score his first point of the game failed when he missed a shot on the empty net. Although having a strong game, Pavel was left without point. Wednesday, October 23, 1996. A replay loss with Colorado for CanucksColorado scored 3 third-period goals to break a 1-1 tie to put away the Canucks in the rubber game before a Vancouver crowd of over 17,000. Pavel played on the 'Russian' line of Mogilny and Semak, but the line did not score any points. Saturday, October 19, 1996. Pavel and the Canucks, Avalanched by Colorado... and Bure'd !The Vancouver Canucks tonight were trashed and soundly beaten and by the Colorado Avalanche 9-2. Pavel Bure scored his goal with the score 9-0 with only 2 minutes left in the game to spoil the shut-out bid by Patrick Roy. The goal by Pavel, brought his season total up to 3 goals. Pavel Bure has resurrected businessIf his new company is successful, he will be watchmaker to the stars instead of watchmaker to the Czars. Pavel Bure has resurrected his family's long-dormant business of making fine watches. "When I was born, it was my great-great grandfather's company," Bure explained. "They named me after him. He was huge; he was making watches specially for the Czars. Still, a lot of times I see in history books, his name is still there. I am the sixth generation of the watch company." The inner workings of the watches are assembled in Switzerland and the solid Russian gold casing is added in Russia, Bure said. Don't expect to see the watch in Sears' Christmas catalogue. The price of the luxury time pieces: about US$30,000 each. Vancouver Sun, Saturday, Oct.19, 1996 ppB2 ----Go back to the Headline list---- Thursday, October 17, 1996. Solid WinPavel set up the first and last goals (the assist for this one though was for some reason not credited to him), in the Vancouver Canucks 6-1 win over the previously only unbeaten team in NHL, The Dallas Stars tonight in Dallas. The team chartered out immediately after the game for their next venue in Denver. Mystery ailment bothers BureDALLAS - Has Vancouver Canuck star Pavel Bure been seeing stars or is he just plain sick? A touch of mystery surrounded the Russian Rocket's absence from a late afternoon practice following the team's arrival here Wednesday. The Canucks meet the Dallas Stars at 5:30 PDT. "I don't think it's serious at all and he'll obviously play," Renney explained. "The doctors said keep him away from contact and any real physical exercise for a few days and see how that might help. It's just precautionary; he doesn't need any tests or anything. I don't know how much it's bothering him, to tell you the truth, that would be for Pavel to answer." So we asked. Bure certainly appeared to be in the throes of some sort of ailment as his eyes were watery and his face pale. by Elliott Pap, Vancouver Sun, Thursday, Oct.17, 1996 ppF2 ----Go back to the Headline list---- Sunday, October 13, 1996 Bure and Canucks burnedPlaying a matinee game against Boston Bruins, the Vancouver Canucks got stung with only seconds left in overtime, to lose 5-4 to the Boston Bruins, although outshooting the opposition more than 2-1. Pavel was left scoreless, although playing a strong game with many shots on goals and with some spectacular plays. Saturday, October 12, 1996. Bure and BurePavel Bure came close to duplicating his brothers feat tonight in a 5-3 win over the St.Louis Blues. Pavel scored the insurance goal and added an assist, whilst Valeri scored 2 goals in a 5-2 win over the N.Y. Rangers. Both boys were the 3rd star in their respective games. Wednesday, October 9, 1996. Pavel scores his First Goal of the SeasonPavel Bure scored his first goal of this short season on the games' first play and shot on goal, 14 seconds into the game in losing 2-1 to the Buffalo Sabres before a home crowd. Although the Canucks outshot the Sabres almost 2-1, goalie Dominic Hasek made some unbelievable saves, including one goal line save in which he (Dominic) blindly placed his glove behind his sprawling body, to stop a Pavel shot, that had the puck drifting inches from the goal line! Sunday, October 6, 1996. Zilch Points Tonight!The Canucks came out playing without their regular flash, and ended up losing to the Edmonton Oilers 2-0. Saturday, October 5, 1996. Pavel plays his first NHL Regular Season Game in almost a yearPavel Bure set up the Vancouver Canucks' insurance and last goal, in their 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames in the NHL season opener, before a home crowd of 17,501. But it was Bure's collision with the boards midway through the third period that many fans won't forget. The Russian Rocket had been flying by Todd Simpson on the outside, but the Calgary defenceman gave Bure a hard push on the way by, knocking him forward and forcing him to slide helplessly into the end boards at high speed. Bure managed to break the impact by sticking out his arms but still hit the boards hard with his head. "It was a really dirty play," said Bure of Simpson's push that went unpenalized by referee Paul Stewart. "I saw the boards coming fast and just put out my hands. Now I know how hard the boards are."
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