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Josh Hall one of our Vancouver Canucks bloggers is back with his Saturday GAME OF THE YEAR Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston Bruins matchup preview. 10:00 a.m. PT, on Rogers Sportsnet. We have Tim Thomas and Roberto Luongo. It’s still up in the air until Friday who will start for Vancouver. We won’t see Aaron Rome laying out Nathan Horton. Rome is out.
Vancouver Canucks post-riot update number 2 from Richard Hodges one of our Canucks bloggers who looks at Sophie LaBoissonniere. There are many who think the police should have been prepared. You’d agree for everything the Canucks have done for the community, the city, and the province they deserved better than to be indirectly responsible for millions of dollars of property damage and be the butt-end of jokes across North America.
It seems like a long time ago that the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins played in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. Today Vancouver BC police Chief Jim Chu announced 163 recommended charges for the first 60 people involved in the violent riot – including aggravated assault, break and enter, arson, and participating in a riot. About time…
NWSB insider Carolyn Smith brings us another intriguing article surrounding the Canucks Vancouver community. A Vancouver-area spa is giving out gift certificates to Stanley Cup rioters despite the anger and bad publicity the stunt will bring.
