Patrick Johnston: A look at Canucks New Year’s games past

With the Vancouver Canucks playing on New Year’s Day in New Jersey, we look back at some notable games played on the final day of years past …2009 vs. St. Louis
The 4-3 overtime win at St. Louis’ Scottrade Center on Dec. 31, 2009, was one that ticked off a few boxes: a fight, some rough stuff, a comeback, an overtime goal
Rick Rypien fought Cam Janssen in the first. There were four further skirmishes, none to the same degree as Rypien’s, but all were about animosity.
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