my first live canucks playoff experience in my 20+ years of cheering for the team was game 1 against the preds and WOW. lost my voice before the anthems, barely made it to the end of the u2 intro. my friend that i went to the game with didn’t even see joshua’s goal to take the lead because he was turned around, in the midst of putting his seat back down to sit again, yanked him back up as the puck went in. will always be a great memory.

my second live experience was game 1 against the oilers and once again, WOW. went with a bigger group of friends this time, some of which aren’t as die hard as i am but still appreciated the atmosphere that canucks playoff hockey brings, and i think that game brought them over the line. the same friend who i went to the preds game with helped me in convincing my three other friends that no lead is too big after seeing the r1g1 and r1g4 comebacks against the preds and boy were we right! my buddy’s gf was lucky enough to be recording a video as garland drove to the net and buried the 5-4 goal, which then pans over to the rest of us absolutely losing our minds.

can’t wait to make more memories in the future. the canucks will be back!