GO CANUCKS GO! (AND A TICKET GIVEAWAY)
I can’t believe we’re finally here again. It’s been a long road since ’94. The Vancouver Canucks are in the Stanley Cup finals, and we’re just one win away from the Stanley Cup. Ticket giveaway below to the sold-out Canucks Game 6 Viewing at Rogers Arena tomorrow night!
I’ve been a huge Vancouver Canucks fan since I was very young, and I can’t tell you how much this means to me. As ‘Nucks fans know, there’s been a lot of heartbreak, disappointment, and inordinate amounts of stress to follow this team over the years. Fans have jumped on and off the bandwagon, hated the team, loved the team… and despite this many die-hards have retained the faith over the year. Well, it’s all the same now, and the entire city and Vancouver Canucks fans around the world — new or long-time — deserve to call this team their own and take credit in supporting this team in their run for the Cup. Because We Are All Canucks, right? And This Is What We Live For! 
Although I’m pretty sure my parents made sure I was a Canucks fan since I was a baby, my relationship with the Vancouver Canucks started during the 1991-1992 season when they won their division title, Trevor Linden was the captain, and Pavel Bure started to shine. I was only 7 years old, and I remember sitting on the floor listening to the radio with my dad, watching him closely to learn when to cheer and when to boo. Just a couple years later I had a much better understanding of hockey, and I was already a die-hard fan with posters and newspapers plastered around my room and doodling Canucks logos while in elementary school. In 1994, my true love affair with the Canucks began, and I remember being on the ultimate high during their playoff run, and I remember the devastating pain and sadness I felt when they lost in Game 7 to the New York Rangers. We could barely afford a working TV back then, so while the picture on the TV was often not very good, I remember we would play the radio over the TV and hang on every word.
Over the years I continued to follow the team with dedication, and later in high school I went to my first Canucks game with a family friend. It was the greatest moment getting caught up in the game, hearing the crunch of the boards and the skates on the ice. My favourite player pretty much since 1991 was (and still is) Trevor Linden. I loved his hard work on the ice, his classy style of leadership, his penalty killing and forecheck, how he carried himself in interviews, and for all the charity work he did off the ice. Other players I loved included Mattias Ohlund, Gino Odjick, and even Ruutu.
In University I followed the Canucks with NHL Centre Ice across the country in Ontario, where Leafs fans reigned supreme. I definitely took some heat there, but tried to catch every game and wore my jersey proudly. When I returned back to Vancouver and started working, I continued to follow the team… even getting to go to some playoff games! I even met Trevor Linden by chance one day, got his autograph on my jersey… which I will treasure forever!
It was a hard transition when Linden decided to retire, and they retired his jersey. I cried my face off watching them raise his number in GM Place, realizing I would never again see him play on the team. I had cheered for him my whole life, and I honestly didn’t know what to do with myself. It felt like a whole new team to me. I would always cheer for them and love them, but it wasn’t quite the same.
Eventually I started to find new players to cheer for, and I started to warm up more and more to Alain Vigneault and his interesting coaching style and way of shuffling the lineups. It feels like like ’94 now, with the stories and the drama… heck, we even have a new set of twins! The characters are emerging and I think I’m starting to have new favourites. My fave player since he got on the team has been Raffi Torres. Yes, I know. I love his grit and balls-out style of playing. Other favourites include Higgins and Lapierre.
So here we are. It’s June 2011 and the Canucks are one win away from the Stanley Cup. The city is going crazy, and fans around the world are going crazy! We’ve waited for this for so long. I’ve waited for this for so long. The team worked hard all year. They worked hard during the playoffs. They deserve to win the Stanley Cup.
Bring it home!
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This year we’ve been saving up for the wedding, so since we’re not going to get to any playoff games this year, we decided to get tickets to the away game viewing at Rogers Arena so we could still experience the energy in the building. Plus we think they might win it tomorrow. I ended up buying a couple extra tickets… so here we go!
VANCOUVER CANUCKS TICKET GIVEAWAY TO SOLD-OUT GAME 6 AWAY VIEWING AT THE ROGERS ARENA
What: I am giving away two pairs of tickets (4 tickets total) to two lucky winners to the sold-out Game 6 Stanley Cup Viewing at Rogers Arena
Where: Great seats for the viewing in Rogers Arena (the best seats for viewing the Jumbotron are in the balcony), so you are entering either for Section 309 Row 2, or Section 324 Row 4.
When: The game is tomorrow, Monday June 13 at 5:00 pm in Vancouver. Please only enter if you can go.
How: You can enter this giveaway just by leaving a comment on this blog post before 11:00 PM today (Sunday June 12). I will draw the random winners tonight and give them them the tickets in person or e-mail the tickets to them.
Extra Entry via Twitter (Tweet this!): I want to win tix to #Canucks Game 6 Sold-Out Viewing at Rogers Arena! #bringithome RT to Enter @VancityAllie http://tinyurl.com/6hy6khr
Good luck! Go Canucks Go!
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June 12th, 2011 at 11:18 am
FIRST PICK ME
June 12th, 2011 at 11:22 am
This sounds amazing! Go Canucks Go!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:22 am
YAY GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:24 am
I came back to Vancouver just to watch this game
June 12th, 2011 at 11:25 am
Go Canucks!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:26 am
I would love to get a chance to go to a Canucks SCF game! I’ve never been to one before!
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June 12th, 2011 at 11:27 am
Oops I do realize its just a viewing… lol.. GO CANUCKS!
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June 12th, 2011 at 11:30 am
I would love to be at Rogers Arena when the Canucks win the Cup in Boston! I have a day off from work Monday so can go! Please pick me!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:31 am
This would be amazing! Go Canucks go!!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Go Canucks! I’d love to go!
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June 12th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Wonderful story! Just like everyone I would love to win the tickets! Thanks for giving us the chance.
June 12th, 2011 at 11:40 am
woohoo!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:40 am
GO CANUCKS GO!!! I would love to go! Are you guys going?
June 12th, 2011 at 11:46 am
I haven’t been able to go to any of the games yet this season so thanks for the chance of winning tickets!!! Go Canucks Go!!! Bring the cup home where it belongs!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:49 am
Go Canucks Go!!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:49 am
Go Canucks, Go…
June 12th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Would love to experience this!!.. #GOCANUCKSGO! Luv, @BruiseViolet
June 12th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Go Canucks!
June 12th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Would LOVE to be chosen! Go CANUCKS Go!
@westcoast_belle (twitter)
June 12th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Great post! And awesome giveaway! GO CANUCKS GO!
June 12th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Tried to get tickets for this, but was all sold out! It would be amazing to be there!
June 12th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
I would like to enter!! I am in Los Angeles but would let my dad take the tickets, my parents live in the Lower Mainland, so I am entering for them!
I will be watching from the Redondo Beach Cafe in California, but we are travelling back to BC for game 7..just in case!
June 12th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
will you come to boston wit me
June 12th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Oh pick me pick me!
June 12th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
As always, great post about your love for the Canucks. If I win I will take my 11 year old son who also loves the Canucks. Thanks
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June 12th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
This viewing is going to be EPIC! I would LOVE to go!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Go Canucks Go! I love the canucks too and would love to be in GM place tomorrow night!!
June 12th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Count me in !
June 12th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
I would love to win this for my Husband he would go crazy and wear his signed jersey.
June 12th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
I’ve been looking for these! Great atmosphere and crowd! Go Canucks Go!!
June 12th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
I WANT SUM TICKETS PLZ! THX KINDLY, ALLIE.
June 12th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
GO CANUCKS GO! We would love to go see this viewing tommorow
June 12th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Wooo hoooo!!! Great contest! THANK YOU! Bring it home, boys
June 12th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
June 12th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
I would love to take my teen brother to this!!! Go Canucks GO!!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
It would absolutely make my whole year if I got to go to!! I’ve been trying to find tickets everywhere!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Would love tickets for these!!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Go Canucks!!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
YES PLEASE!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I tried to get tickets for this but it was sold out. So excited for game 5!!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:39 pm
i want to win! great giveaway allie!
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June 12th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Go Canucks, hoping for some tickets
June 12th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Would love to go as I’ve only been to pre-season games. Pre-season games are also as fun to watch…but it would be EVEN more amazing to there at the FINALS!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Oh I would love to go! I have been a Canucks fan all my life!
June 12th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
OMG… I SO want to be there tomorrow night! I “Currently” work ’til 5pm but REALLY want a reason to leave early. I believe! Go Canucks Go! Bring it home.
June 12th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Um, other people have got nothing on moi!
Canucks games and me go together like one, two three!
Pick me ’cause I rhymed that last sentence?
June 12th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Whaaa? Would love to go to this!!! Kick ass blog too sista!
June 12th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
I’d love to win the tickets and cheer on the team at Rogers Arena!!
June 12th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
I’d love to win these for my sister! Go Canucks!
June 12th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Pick me, please! I gotta watch with the rest of the crazies (trust me, it’s a compliment).
Mila M. recently posted.. canucklehead07- RT @trevor-linden- I did say Mavs would win in 6 and I did say @VanCanucks would beat Bos in 6 gmsI think I am going to go 2 for 2!
June 12th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Let’s go Vancouver! Go Canucks Go!
June 12th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Would love to surprise my boyfriend with a pair of tickets! *Fingers crossed*
June 12th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
I’d love to win!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Thanks to everyone who entered! Now compiling all the blog and Twitter entries and will do the draw shortly!
VancityAllie recently posted.. GO CANUCKS GO! AND A TICKET GIVEAWAY
June 12th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Go Canucks Go!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
I believe!!!
June 12th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
I HOPE IM NOT GOO LATE! WE WILL WIN TOMORROW
June 12th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
hope it still counts! were winnning the cup tmr!
June 12th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Thank you to everyone who entered! The winners have been randomly drawn by random number generator and congrats to…. #31 ChadC and on Twitter @JWhids … you can both claim your prize by emailing allie@vancityallie.com by tomorrow at noon. Otherwise another winner will be drawn! Go Canucks Go!
June 16th, 2011 at 4:21 am
I’m so sad. I’m sad because of the Canucks didn’t win and I’m sad because of what’s ahppening in Van city. But hey, I’m sill a “Nucks fan and I’m nto giving up on them, it’s amazing that we got that far anyway! there’s always next year..and the year after that… and the year after that… and so on =)
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June 16th, 2011 at 9:23 am
I am feeling very, VERY sad today as well.
The Canucks had a great season and unfortunately didn’t win. It happens. I’m still proud of our boys.
What happened last night was disgraceful and definitely not indicative of 99% of Canucks fans out there.
On a positive note, hundreds of Canucks fans went out there this morning in jerseys to help clean up Vancouver!