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Beat me to it. Most Canadians I met in the 90s were Red Wings fans.That describes a large portion of Canada too.
Beat me to it. Most Canadians I met in the 90s were Red Wings fans.That describes a large portion of Canada too.
Canada had a HUGE Wings/Devils fan baseBeat me to it. Most Canadians I met in the 90s were Red Wings fans.
So maybe the canes are honorary Canadians?They did, in 06. You need to make the finals in order to riot more often!
Edmonton also plays second fiddle when it comes to riots
As a lifelong lower mainlander, I disagree. I find it to be a very bandwagon city. Always have.
I also like the Canucks, so I'm not just being a salty Oilers fan
To be fair, that was just Surrey having a night out downtown.What do you mean? Look at all this passion!
To be fair, that was just Surrey having a night out downtown.
Lol. I'm a surrey boy. I think the majority of charges laid were on Surrey residents lol.As someone who was living about 5 blocks from the riot, I've never seen Vancouverites find more towns and cities to blame on something instead of Vancouver.
Oilers have a very loyal fanbase. Community fought hard in the late 90s and 2000s to keep that team. Generally have a fantastic presence in the community too.
No arguing in terms of raw numbers though Vancouver has the 3rd largest fan base though.
Most of what happened was pinned on out of towners, multiple people said before the game that guys were talking about it win/lose. Was less about hockey and more about stirring shit upLol. I'm a surrey boy. I think the majority of charges laid were on Surrey residents lol.
I remember meeting friends DT for the game that night. I was late and the first period had started while I was on the train. Some young guys got on at the Scott Road station, and I shit you not were talking about causing all sorts of shit.
Long before the game was over lol.
True story, one of the dudes that was arrested for beating the shit out of that guy was a friend I grew up playing ball with when we were kids. Turned into a real piece of shit. Guess where he was from, haha
f***in Surrey, man.Most of what happened was pinned on out of towners, multiple people said before the game that guys were talking about it win/lose. Was less about hockey and more about stirring shit up
I am surprised you’d even admit from being there lolf***in Surrey, man.
Consider Cost of Living in both provinces, you’ll notice a stark difference.The raw numbers show there's way more Oiler fans spending a considerable amount more money on their team.
I'm proud to say I survived it, but then I remember I'm still young and it will probably get me eventually.I am surprised you’d even admit from being there lol
Consider Cost of Living in both provinces, you’ll notice a stark difference.
We always used to get into arguments about who was worse. People from Surrey or people from Duncan, Surrey always won but we won’t get into why on here .I'm proud to say I survived it, but then I remember I'm still young and it will probably get me eventually.
I was working in Yellowknife years ago and when we first got there we started talking to the local guys on site. They asked where we were from and everyone said Prince George and the locals just smiled and nodded. I said Surrey and one guy looks at me with a straight face and goes "shit man, I've heard a lot of stories about that place".
Most of what happened was pinned on out of towners, multiple people said before the game that guys were talking about it win/lose. Was less about hockey and more about stirring shit up
We could always pile on the multiple edmonton relocation fiasco’s, couple with the 06 riotYeah. It's all fun to point and laugh at Vancouver rioting because they lost a sports game...but it was abundantly clear that there was a whole other element of socioeconomic underpinning to that whole thing that had absolutely nothing to do with hockey. There are some pretty heavy duty alienation things and cost of living anxiety going on around the lower mainland communities and Vancouver proper, that were already massively growing around that time.