believe

i am a huge fan of our vancouver canucks. i believe in them and i'm still a huge fan. watching game 7 turn into a loss was absolutely heart breaking. the boys in blue should be held up high for the tough season they put in. we, like other teams, suffered many injuries, took a lot of criticism, had good runs, and a few bad runs. what was most impressive about last night was watching the true hockey fans inside rogers arena standing waving their white towels to show their support to the canucks and congratulate the boston bruins on a well-deserved win.

what was not-so-impressive was watching the riots take place downtown vancouver. i watched the news in complete disbelief. we displayed such a great sense of community when the olympics were in vancouver, but when the canucks make it all the way to the stanley cup final and lose in game 7 the city exploded. it was embarrassing to know that this footage would be broadcasted around the world. our great reputation from hosting an amazing olympic games would now be destroyed.

this is not a true sense of who canadians are. this was meant to be a family event. somewhere to bring your family down in support of the canucks. instead it turned into a war zone where people defied the police, they ignored instructions to get out of the area, and they completely destroyed the beautiful city where i love to spend my time. what a joke! the poor businesses, banks, buildings, and innocent bystanders who suffered all of this destruction.

what really did show a good sense of community and support was the actions of the emergency response teams. surrey and abbotsford both deployed their extra forces to assist the vancouver police/rcmp with their efforts. the police worked their asses off trying to gain control. there was a lot of questioning regarding their loss of control, but what people forget to realize is there were well over 100,000 people downtown. and what....300 police officers?? good luck.

the groups on facebook have all started to pop up with photos of the losers who participated in these riots. i personally hope that each and every one of those hooligans gets what they deserve. i hope if anyone can identify someone in these photos that they report it to the vpd. they need a swift kick in the ass and should be held accountable for their participation in these horrendous riots. and those that felt it necessary to stay downtown and take pictures and videos, completely ignore police instruction to go home...i'm sorry, but if you were injured you asked for some of it.

i still believe in my team, i love watching hockey, i am so proud to be canadian. this is not the way we behave in this country and i hope that the reflection on our country has not been altered by this behaviour.

congratulations to the vancouver canucks on their fantastic season. we're already gearing up for 2011/2012 and look forward to another awesome playoff run next year!

i believe!