The Vancouver Canucks are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks joined the league in 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres.

In its 38-year history, the team has twice advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, but both times, defeated by New York teams: the Islanders in 1982, and the Rangers in 1994. Along with the Ottawa Senators, the Canucks are the only Canadian teams to have not won the Stanley Cup.