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The term Canuck is a slang for Canadian (often used offensively). Since Montreal had already taken the term "Canadiens," Vancouver chose the name Canucks.

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In 1997 the Canucks unveiled a new logo, in which a Haida-style orca (killer whale) breaking out of a patch of ice

forms a stylized "C".

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