Vancouver June 15, 2011

I was born and raised in British Columbia and was a resident of Vancouver when I was a kid.  I have loved watching Canuck hockey since I was little and I am a Canuck fan and always will be.  Sure I would have loved it if the boys hoisted the cup yesterday, it would have topped off a stellar year.  But that didn't happen.  What did happen was as the Mayor of Vancouver Gregor Robertson put it "A small band of hooligans" created chaos and mayhem.  There was an element in the crowd that was going to act this way no matter who won or lost, these folks were using it as an excuse to commit criminal acts. 

THOSE WHO DID THIS WERE NOT TRUE FANS.  True Fans are those who took their kids home early or the ones who stayed and showed appreciation to their Canuck team and the players of  the Boston Bruins who won the cup.  True fans are the people who left peacefully and went home.  Those who tried to stop the chaos only to be injured.  These are true fans. 

As a result of the actions of a small percentage of people, we may never see family events like fan zones again, which is such a pity and injustice to the true fan.  We lost a large part of our dignity and respect yesterday, and that is what I grieve as a  TRUE Vancouver Canuck fan. 

As a fan I want to apologize to the Vancouver Canucks team, you didn't deserve this and thank you for the fantastic year you gave us. 

2 MORE - BRING IT HOME CANUCKS!!!!

GO CANUCKS GO!

BOOYAH!!!!!  THE BOYS DID IT!!!! 

I am still doing the happy dance!!! The dog is still hiding due to the noise I generated during the game.  She actually went family shopping and hung out at the neighbors for the rest of the game.  I rang my broken brass bell (see previous CANUCKS post)  I went for my celebratory scooter ride downtown, tooted my horn & waved like a crazy woman.  I was wearing my Canuck jersey overtop of my coat *even with hockey it was still ATGATT!   By the way Vixen is Canuck blue if you didn't know it.  (Yup I know its a cheesy excuse to go for a scooter ride on a beautiful summer night)

Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of all the other fans in downtown Victoria, it was just too busy to pull over on Government Street to stop and take a pic.  When I got home from my Canuck euphoric fest of a scooter ride, motorcycle man took a pic of me in my jersey and the traumatized doggis sitting behind me.  I made it up to her by giving her extra cookies and took her for a walk.

JUST 2 MORE!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING HOME THE CUP!!!

THE CANUCKS DID IT! THEY WON GAME 1 YEAH BABY!!!!

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL!!!  I was so happy I had to go for a celebratory scooter rip downtown after the game.


I was cheering so hard I freaked my little doggis out. We have a hockey tradition that when the team we love scores we ring a bell that we had on our floathome.  I was ringing it so hard that I actually broke the bell.  OMG - good news is I can still use it!

The broken bell - snapped like a twig - OOPS!

Freaked out Doggis - she needs tranquilizers now!

OUCH that had to hurt!

He shoots, he scores!!!  Yeah! TORRES!!!!!

GREAT JOB LUO!!!!!!  YEAH BABY!!!

GO CANUCKS GO!!!

MAY THEIR STICKS BE MIGHTY, PENALTIES FEW, REF-ING FAIR 

AND GOALS PLENTY!!!!!

Here are a few of my favorite things!!!

CANUCKS HOCKEY, DIVA CUPCAKE & SCOOTING

OKAY BOYS DO YOUR STUFF BRING IT HOME!!!!!  YOU ARE CANADA'S TEAM!!!!      I AM PROUD TO BE A CANUCK!!!!!!

GO CANUCKS GO

I am died hard Canuck fan and have been since I was little.  I am hoping that they will do it this year and get in the final series and play for Lord Stanley's Cup.  I am praying to the hockey Gods and asking that they KEEP LUONGO IN HIS NET and NOT FLOPPING AROUND IN FRONT OF THE GOAL!  

I will also add to my little hockey prayer that the Sedins work their magic and that the magic continues for Kesler, Burrows and Bieksa and all of their blue and green brethen do their part and keep the puck going in the right direction the Shark's goal!   May their sticks be hot and penalties few and powerplays mighty and that the Greenies get in the heads of the Sharks!

Amen!

Going to get the Shark sushi that I ordered! (Naw I'm having a cheeseburger!)

GO CANUCKS GO!