When A Hockey Game Sparked A Riot

The craziest part of this series in my opinion is that even though it went seven games, Vancouver got outscored 23-8 in the series. That is absurd!

I loved the Boston fan at Vancouver game next season holding the sign, "Winning the cup here was a riot"

The next day my 6th grade teacher snuck my class out of school, took out 24 toonies at the bank, took us downtown to help clean up. The principal tried getting him in trouble but all the parents defended him for teaching us a lesson. Thank you mr. scott!!

The burnt H2 Hummer at 10:05 was ours! Crazy seeing your family truck burning at age 11

Something you didn't mention was how absolutely dominant Tim Thomas was, Canucks put 246 shots on net and Thomas only allowed 8 goals, for a 96.7% save percentage. Arguably the best goalie performance in a stanley cup series ever

Just ask the 96-98 Red Wings and Avalanche teams how fast 1 hit can change a series/rivalry and how long a grudge can be held, too.

That hit on Horton pissed off the Bruins so much that they sent the Canucks to hell.

I wanna thank you for doing this video. After the Canucks lost the series, I refuse to watch any highlights from that series for pretty much 13 years. It bothered me how close we were for winning the cup and how it took till Game 7 with the first goal from the Bruins, to be trailing in a series for the first time that playoffs. But after watching your video and realizing how close the games actually were in Vancouver, I realized how much better the Bruins were. It was just wasn't our time yet. This video made me be able to live in peace with those Finals now. I think I needed it.

You just brought back all the anxiety of an 11 year old kid seeing his favourite team lose in the finals for the first time. Great video

I remember that series like it was yesterday and the aftermath. The games itself are why I love hockey so much more than any other sport; it was a war for each of those 7 games. You don't really see that in any other sport.

Wow, I haven't watched hockey in a long time but that recap really brought me back to the pure intencity that games have and how much i used to enjoy it. Five stars

would've loved to see some recognition for potentially the greatest playoff performance by a goalie in nhl history from tim thomas. 25 games with a goals against average of 1.98 and a .940 save percentage. shout jean-sebastien giguere but this one ended with a stanley cup win on top of the conn smythe. my goat tim thomas

I’ll never forget Horton pouring the Boston water onto the ice and how the team responded and rallied around him

Just because someone's eyelids aren't shut, doesn't mean they're conscious. That's a significant neurological injury/TBI. The eyes will look towards the area of the brain injury, and his were looking up and left. Definitely not conscious.

I was a kid cheering for the canucks when this happened, the whole series was so incredible but so heartbreaking, but then the riots happened and i was just confused, i remember asking my parents what was going on in the news and not understanding why people were doing it just because of the game. It made the loss so much worse.

This was some of the best days of my life that Canucks run. Absolutely magical memories of that team. I remember when Canucks played Boston during regular season next year and this series basically just continued from game 7 😂

This series defined both a team and a city, and not in the best of ways. I think Vancouver has finally forgiven itself and is giving much needed love to this new squad. They stand on the shoulders of giants, and deserve just as much to be the next era of Canucks hockey.

It’s actually crazy how much of an impact that hit had. I love the Bruins, but they’ve had so many heartbreaking losses by choking games away that the 2011 team is an anomaly. The Horton hit not only woke up the whole team, but it even eradicated the choking aspect that they’re known for

My dad is a big lifelong hockey fan. Specifically the Montreal Canadiens. He was on his way to my sisters to seattle from winnipeg and got caught up in this and pepper sprayed. One of his greatest memories lol

Your videos have genuinely sparked a light in me I feel like I haven’t felt in a long time