AppleJack Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I love this story... Its so interesting the different ways we have all come to love this one team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. White Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I live in Victoria and my dad is a Canucks fan so it was kind of a natural decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_pwnzor Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 When the Sedins moved from Modo to Vancouver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Canucks vs Minnesota back in 2003, back when I liked Matt Cooke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyPerry Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 started out as a flyers fan, biggest Lindros fan, then canucks got Bure, started paying more attention to the canucks, then 94 cup run sealed the deal, was forever going to be a canucks fan from then on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I was a hockey fan before the Canuck's were even granted a franchise. I remember being heartbroken when we lost the initial spin for draft position. Dale Tallon was no Gilbert Perreault. Edit... I forgot to say I was born in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 i once said, give me a team full of stan smyl's and i'll give you a stanley cup....too bad so many fans never saw him play...stan left everything on the ice...yes, he is still my favorite canuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel_Bure 10 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thanks. Its my dream one day to have enough money (and after my step father retires cause he works wonky shifts) to take my step dad to a Detroit/Vancouver game I don't think he's been to a Detroit game before and I think it would be a nice way to thank him for always being there for me and basically being my dad. When I was 16 I saved up all my babysitting money and gave it to my mom and she got two tickets to a Canucks/ Flyers game that I gave him for Christmas that year. I still remember that game. It ended in a 2-2 tie and I almost got into a fight with a flyers fan LOL. That was my very first Canucks game and even though I have seen four/five other games since its still one of my fondest memories. I also love hearing how other fans came to love this team and why they stayed on as Canuck fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I always liked the underdogs and and 35 years ago they were the dogs of the league with those cool flying v Jerseys what's not to love . I grew up in Thunder Bay Ont and now live in Winnipeg and u couldent pay me to go to a jets game once a nuck fan always a nucks fan love to see a cup soon its been a long ride 35 + year's as a hard core nucks fan let's win this dam thing I'm getting old and crankey lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 i once said, give me a team full of stan amyl's and i'll give you a stanley cup....too bad so many fans never saw him play...stan left everything on the ice...yes, he is still my favorite canuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckelhead70 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Smyl, Gradin, Tanti......living between Buffalo and Toronto the freaking media will drive you nuts with these teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Games like Vancouver vs Nashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMacNamedDre Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 94 Riot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 i once said, give me a team full of stan amyl's and i'll give you a stanley cup....too bad so many fans never saw him play...stan left everything on the ice...yes, he is still my favorite canuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Smyl was still playing when I started watching the Canucks but I don't think he was the player he once was. Though I still remember him being tough as nails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The '94 run, the first hockey game ever I remember watching is game one against the Flames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Grew up watching the Canucks with my Dad and brother,never looked back, been a fan as long as I can remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 For me part of it was geography I guess, being born and raised on the island. The main thing that made me a fan was watching the 1989 playoffs against the Flames with my Grandma and her best friend (who were both die-hard Canucks fans) at their apartment in Surrey. They explained to me the importance of those particular games which made it obviously more exciting, and after seeing those Canucks push the heavily favoured Flames to the very edge I was completely hooked. After that my fanaticism escalated as the team rose into a contender with all those great players we gained afterward like Bure, Ronning, Courtnall, etc.. 1994 was the peak for me and I was devastated when we lost the cup but I was so proud of our guys who left everything they had, and then some, on the ice. I've been a huge fan since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzysheep Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The first game of hockey I ever watched was the last Olympic ice hockey final, it was shown on telly over here in England. I'd enjoyed the winter Olympics but hadn't caught a hockey game but was at a loose end so watched it. Even though I didn't fully understand everything I was hooked after ten minutes and it was Luongo's performance that, once I'd decided I was a hockey fan, decided I would be a Van fan. tldr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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