Taken just hours after the Canucks cleaned out St. Louis tonight.
Vancouver is a hockey city. Insane, mad, crazy-in-love-with-hockey Canadians that live and breath the sport. It's heart-breaking that we've never won the Cup. The closest was the finals back in '94 and the entire city rioted. It was only Round 1 tonight and things were already nuts. The amount of heart and passion we invest in our team is amazing. Fans wear their loyalty like a badge of armour, even to the point where they hate on each other for "bandwagon" jumping. Just to prove who's the more loyal Canuck, ya know?
I was never a "fan" but I knew my hockey once upon a time. It's more of a bittersweet sentiment now with my hockey reporting days behind me. Media scrums in the change rooms, interviewing hockey players one-on-one, sitting in the press box the entire season. I was hooked like a drug. Nothing could make me more amped towards a career in sports journalism!
And then one day I went to Cambodia and saw the world for what it really was. And then I had these crazy ideas in my head about "making a difference". I know. What the heck was I thinking? Five years later and here I am. A tiny bit wiser, but a whole lot more jaded.
It's ok. It'll take me a while longer but I'll get back on my feet. Wouldn't say it's too late to kick the can just yet. After all, Hazel Mae didn't get her break until her 30's, I think.
Comments (9)
Being jaded may be smarter, but it's a whole lot less fun.
i don't consider Vancouver a hockey city. where were all these "proud Canucks fans" during the team's dark years?
And is anyone talking about the Vancouver Giants?
i wish the sharks had gone 4-0. instead, they're just stressing me out.
don't worry coz the RANGERS will take it all!
j/kso what are you doing nowadays anyways?
just keep logging in those hours. it'll make the summit that much sweeter..
Hazel Mae was made famous b/c of her tight leather skirts :P
a big lot of us still cannot foolishly invest $350+ for a playoff game
getting paid to talk to sweaty specimens of the opposite sex must have been nice
omg i miss Vancouver so much! Thanks for uploading this video.