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All Involved In The Vancouver Riots Can Turn Themselves In And Get A Free Massage Or Manicure
Vancouver-area spa empire Eccotique has announced its "Calm Down and De-Stress" promotion, whereby participants in June's Vancouver riots can earn a $50 gift certificate for turning themselves to the Vancouver Police Department....
Partying Bruins Refused A Round Of Shots From Angry Canucks Fan Ryan Reynolds
From today's Boston Herald gossip pages:...
City Of Vancouver Says Stanley Cup Riots Were NHL's Fault
"Riot control is not the League's problem, and the issue here is that Vancouver seeks to make it the League's problem so the blame can be shared if this crap happens for a third time in the city during a Cup Final. 'Hey, thanks for pumping millions of extra dollars into our local economy for three m...
Independent Investigation Reveals Two Key Causes Of Vancouver Riot
"[T]here were too many people and they were too drunk." [NHL.com]...
The Worst Time To Make Up A Quote From A GM Calling One Of His Players Crazy Is Probably In That Player's Obituary
Or, anyway, we think that the worst time you can invent a GM's quote calling a player "crazy" is in that player's obituary....
From Fans To Rioters: The Pivotal First Minutes Of Vancouver's Self-Immolation
Kurtenblog dug up this unseen raw footage of the birth of the Canucks riots, from outside the Post Office where the first flipped, flaming car kicked off the night. It's a frightening testament to mob psychology, and does make you wonder at the lack of visible police....
This Is Easily The Most Amazing Video Of The Vancouver Riots
Did you know 360° video was a thing? It is. And it's awesome. Time to relive the Canucks riots with full visual immersion. [North Studio 360] [Alternate link, since we broke the first one]...
Why We Shouldn't Blame Roberto "LeBrongo"
More people than ever before watched game seven of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night, and that's a good thing for hockey. Both the league and fans hoping for growth should delight that the NHL had its best American TV rating in 38 years even though one of the teams came from Canada....
Meet Vancouver's Golden Riot Couple
"An avid traveller and aspiring stand-up comedian, the 29-year-old Mr. Jones has been in Canada on a 12-month work visa since last fall and has worked in the hospitality industry in Vancouver. He and Ms. Thomas are going on a trip to California soon and plan to move to Australia later this summer." ...
"One Word ..... History :) :) :)": Vancouver Rioters Brag About Rioting On Facebook
Should we publicly shame them? Yeah. Yeah, we should....
When And How The Canucks Lost The Series
Patrice Bergeron's shorthanded goal made it 3-0 Boston in the waning moments of the second. For all intents and purposes, it was an insurmountable lead and was the moment the Cup engravers could start checking their spelling. But it was also a microcosm of so many things that swung the series for ...
Help Identify Vancouver's Hardened Thugs Like This Guy (UPDATE)
After the public embarrassment comes the public shaming. Enterprising Vancouverites have set up a page where you can upload your photos of last night's troublemakers, and more importantly, identify any that you recognize. VPD will announce later today how to narc out these assholes (and we'll update...
A Terrible Beauty Is Born
Your morning roundup for June 16. Happy Comp-Lit-Major Christmas, everyone! Amazing photo via Getty Images....
There Was The Dumb Drunk Portion Of The Vancouver Riots, And Then Things Got Sinister
At about the three-minute mark in this video, the band of drunks redirects its impotent rage onto a man (described in the YouTube video as a security guard) who tries to keep them from smashing the department store windows. I'm still trying to make sense of when a sports-related riot shifts from b...
Your Canucks/Bruins Game Seven Open Thread
Tonight marks the 16th Stanley Cup Finals series to go to a Game Seven. One of those games went to overtime. Canadian teams are 6-5 overall; one of the five represents the time the Canucks helped end the New York Rangers's half-century drought in 1994....
Luongo's Legacy: Not Tonight
There are two things you should know about Roberto Luongo's final game this season, besides the one thing you will remember....
Roberto Luongo And The Last Stand Of the Superstar Goalie
Playoff hockey belongs to goalies. But recently it's belonged to goalies you've barely heard of beforehand—think of Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Miikka Kiprusoff, Cam Ward, Ilya Bryzgalov, Nikolai Khabibulin, Michael Leighton, Ray Emery, Antti Niemi—many of whom you barely hear of afterward, too. Every g...
The Canucks Are On The Verge Of Historical Mediocrity
If the Bruins go on to win the Stanley Cup despite an inferior resume to that of the Canucks, no one will blink. There's nothing unusual about the better team losing a playoff series. Seven games isn't enough to guarantee a representative result. But if the Canucks win, they'll cap off one of the mo...
Brad Marchand Punching Daniel Sedin Like An Inflatable Clown, Set To An Adorable Child's Song
We came across this cute Canucks kid, doing his own version of a Twisted Sister classic. We spruced up the visuals....
Canucks Fans Get Their Hearts Stomped In Realtime
As many away teams do when there's a chance to clinch (the Mavs did it), the Canucks hosted a viewing party for fans at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. NHL.com decided it would be a fun idea to set up a livecam to capture crowd reactions....