So, you’re a fan. But why the Canucks?

[Maginator]

Grew up in Alberta, but would visit cousins every year in Langley. 

 

One Easter the Canucks were in the playoffs and I got hooked. That next Christmas I got my first Canucks jersey.

[tas]

2 hours ago, ItalianCanuck1 said:

Fell in love with 2007 team: Luongo, Salo, Bieksa, Mitchell, Ohlund, Sedins, Naslund.

out of curiosity, do you mean '06-'07, or '07-'08?

[smithers joe]

started watching or listen to hockey in the mid 40’s big fan of gordie howe and alex delvecchio. in the 50’s the canucks played in the pchl and then the whl. two canuck players lived in our neighbourhood. andy bathgate and larry popein. their baseball team practises at collingwood park. they let us teenagers shag flies at practise. the next year they both were called up by the rangers. when the team became a nhl team in 1970, i move along with them. i loved every team. some weren’t very good but the players tried to win for us. my favourite canuck player has always been stan smyl. i coached in a hockey tournament against his brother harvey. they sure look alike. my brother was a canuck fan until he died in 1999. i’ll be a fan until i die too. 

i use to have hockey and baseball cards from that era, but when i joined the navy those cards got thrown away. my son collected cards from the earl canucks. 

 

[Bure2Win]

7 hours ago, Shift-4 said:

I only discuss self torture with my therapist

Golden

[We_Are_All_Canucks_4_life]

I got into hockey watching the 89 playoffs with my mom. I picked the canucks because I liked the Jersey colors.  I am trying to get my young kids into hockey as well and hoping they stick with the canucks.

[spur1]

Why?.....I was born in the same hospital as Wendel Clarke in 56.  However we moved to the BC southern interior when I was 5 months old. I became a huge Lions fan in 63 after my best friends parents got one of the first TV’s in town (Joe and Willie were awesome). It was just natural after that to be a Canucks fan when they arrived in the League in 1970. 

I thank my lucky stars we moved to BC or I would have suffered even more as I would have been a Melon Head and a Leafs fan. 

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, what ever you prefer. 

[Junkyard Dog]

I was born in Thunder Bay Ontario. Dads side lives in Toronto, Mother is from BC. Moved to lower mainland as a baby. Grew up watching WCE as child and Sedins progressing into elite players. Was young though and dad tried to get me to watch more Leafs Funny enough I started watching the Habs more so because I was a huge Carey Price fan. Also love Shea Weber bc we share first name. Went from bandwagoner to hardcore fan when they got Luongo. He became my favourite player and I started playing goalie after that. 
 

Born as an Ontario kid, raised BC boy. 

[canuck73_3]

Grew up 20 minutes from the Coliseum. And Trevor Linden, Gino Odjick, Cliff Ronning, and Pavel Bure. 

Edited December 21, 2019 by canuck73_3

[DS4quality]

My sister introduced me to hockey and I used to watch  BCTV and CBC's broadcast in Fort st John with rabbit ears and tin foil. I started to listen to Jim Robson when games were not televised. 

Tony Tanti and Patrik Sundstrom in the 80's were my favourites. Then Trevor Linden and Pavel Bure in the 90's.

I moved to Alberta for 12 years and Toronto for 2 but always chose canucks. 

[Rick_theRyper]

Grandpa watched them from day one, with my dad. I watched every game when I was young when I visited him, best memories I have are watching hockey with him. Remember bits of the 94 run, was only 6. Now I have two boys following suit. Ups and downs I’ll watch them till my last days. 

[J-23]

Dad moves here in 82 when he was 8 or 9 and has been watching since. Grew up in a pretty big hockey family, uncles, cousins all big hockey fans. Some of them been watching the Nucks since day one, 80s and 90s. Been watching for as long as I can remember.

[spook007]

6 hours ago, ItTakesAnArmy said:

Did you know that Curt Fraser's fist goes from the top of your forehead to the bottom of your chin? Second biggest hands next to Howe's.

Like a freaking eclipse of the sun...and then there was only darkness

 

[Crabcakes]

One of the first things that got me interested in hockey was when Vancouver got a team.  Back in the day, us kids used to watch a period or so and flood into the streets to play road hockey.  There were about 10 of us in 2 blocks and it became quite competitive.  The biggest thing was the Habs new goalie, Ken Dryden. 

 

Back then, we got most of our Canucks info via the newspaper and we collected all the players in our Esso Super Savers books.  But how often did we see them play?  A couple of times a year on HNIC when they played the Leafs or Habs.  My Dad was a Blackhawks fan and loved Bobby Hull.  I liked them too but preferred Gordie Howe but I almost never saw him play.  It was different back then.  As I grew older I became more of a Canucks fan but it wasn't until maybe 75 when they finally topped the Smythe division that I was a real "fan"

[Rick Blight]

7 hours ago, debluvscanucks said:

Told the story many times here.  It's in my blood.

 

Raised with sports being huge in the family....it was in the background as a child and grew to be comfortable over the years.

 

Ex played hockey, back when I started scorekeeping out at Burnaby 8 rinks.  There's a story about an ice cream bucket full of pucks and a line brawl to be told here.  Or not.

 

I started REALLY watching the Canucks in the 90's...that was "my" team.  Before that, went along to watch because I liked the boy who was also watching.

 

When my ex left it was up to me to keep the hockey fire going for my young son...he played and he really LOVED the game.  So we started going to Canuck events together and it was our thing.  It just sort of blossomed from there.  My kids are everything to me and so the fact that my son and I could connect through our shared love for our team was awesome.  I was all in and everything was about hockey back then for us.  

 

As my kids are now older and have moved out on their own, it's my thing.  I have met several friends through hockey and have created my own little social network.  I've been known as the "go to" for hockey at workplaces, etc. for a decade + now.  I live, breathe, eat and sleep it.  Everything in my life that requires scheduling has to be done AFTER I check the game schedule.

 

My Mom was a true blue Canuck fan and it's also a big part of her legacy to continue that.  She loved Trevor Linden and also...Brent Sopel (?!?!).  She played poker with Gino and she so wanted to see her team win a cup.

 

Sometimes in big moments (like the 2011 final) I shed a tear that's all about missing her.  Used to love to call her after games.

 

This is now part of my history...it's not just a game or a team to me.  People call me a homer (including my son), and I wear that like a badge of honour.  Damn right I am.  Because part of being a homer is "home"....and my Canucks are home to me.

 

 

My dad was a true blue fan as well. Many years ago I bought him a bottle of Balblair '89 Scotch on the condition that we would not drink it until we celebrated a Canucks' Stanley Cup together.. Sadly, he did not live to see that day but I still hold out hope that I will be able to drink that bottle in celebration some day. Although there are times when I think I will have to pass that bottle on to my grandson in hopes that he will be able to celebrate that elusive Cup some day.

[Ghostsof1915]

Born and raised in Ditchmond. 

I was the dumb kid who was happy getting Canucks hockey cards as a kid. 

 

 

[Toyotasfan]

Always been a Canucks fan but used to cheer for the Flyers come playoff time. Back when the Canucks usually had 60 point seasons.

[Iron Fist]

-10th oldest team in the league

-the canucks aren't original six but they are second six by default ( golden seals and north stars don't exist anymore and merged into 1 franchise that changed its name)

- In my life the way the canucks have been  able to always reinvent/reinvigorate the franchise no matter what is amazing.(bure era-->west coast express era--> Sedin era-->lotto  boys era. 

-since the last time a canadian franchise won the cup, canucks have been the cream of the crop of canadian franchises. 

- hometown team

-diversity of the fanbase, whether you're brown, black, yellow or white, we come together and bleed blue and green. its magical watching this.

-everytime theres a trade or big name free agent. were involved in it. the entertainment value of being a fan is there

 

I can't explain it. Its hard to show anybody right now, our souls were shattered 8 years ago and a lot of us haven't been able to put ourselves back together since then but we will eventually, we're fragile right now. 

 

Welcome to the canucks.

[JRSJ]

16 hours ago, Shift-4 said:

I only discuss self torture with my therapist

I vote post of the season. Thank you, I needed that.

[spook007]

Being a sailing hockey loving Dane, I had the good fortune to spend almost a year in Vancouver in 2005-2006 half of the time (winter season) alongside Canada Place. The locals had a nick name for our vessel, which was a blue cable laying vessel, but don’t remember it...

Anyway, got tickets center ice for a preseason game against Oilers, which Nux won 6-2 i believe. I was sold on Canucks from that day. For that year I went as often, as I could, to GM place. Tickets were $50 on the street so it was affordable. Totally fell in love with the city, the team and the locals. 
Went to the local pubs around town to watch the away games as well as the home games, I couldn’t get to. 
Magic times...  

Edited December 21, 2019 by spook007

[Winter Soldier]

Despite growing up on the border that separated Flames fans and Oilers fans, I never cared for Albertan hockey as my father was and remains a big Habs fan. With no built in loyalty at home, I remember falling in love with Markus Naslund and the WCE and from then I never looked back. This was long before I knew that I would live in the city itself for at least a decade and counting.