Vancouver Riots After Loss In 2011 Stanley Cup Finals

Although the Vancouver Canucks didn't win the Stanley Cup, some of their fans decided that it worthwhile enough to riot like it was 1994.

Below are a couple videos to show the damage that ensued which includes fans fighting amongst themselves and lighting a car on fire:



















UPDATE: The Big Lead has added some more riot clips and here they are for your perusal:

Nathan Horton Pours Water On Vancouver's Ice

Although Nathan Horton was unable to play in the rest of the Stanley Cup, he might have had a hand in the Bruins winning the Stanley Cup.

Before game seven, Horton decided to use a Gatorade bottle to squirt some water onto the ice near the Boston bench:



(Courtesy of Big Bad Blog)

Actress Rachel McAdams Is Excited To Be On The Jumbotron

It's not often that we see celebrities getting really excited about appearing on the Jumbotron at major sporting events but don't tell that to actress Rachel McAdams.

Recently, she was in Boston for game four of the Stanley Cup Finals when "The Rachel McAdams Cam" came out and might have provided the interweb with another cute Rachel McAdams moment:



(Courtesy of With Leather)

Raffi Torres Game Winner Propels Canucks to 2011 Stanley Cup Game One Win

The first game of the Stanley Cup Finals came down to a rather dramatic finish with a goal by Vancouver's Raffi Torres in the final thirty seconds of the third period to take home the victory.

Watch this beautiful feed from Jannik Hansen give the Canucks, a 1-0 series lead:

Will The Stanley Cup Return To Canada, This Year?

Tonight, the Stanley Cup Finals begin as the Boston Bruins face off against the Vancouver Canucks to have a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup. The Bruins have not won a Stanley Cup since 1972 and many fans still feel the pain of 1990 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

However for the nation of Canada, it's been nearly seventeen years since any Canadian team has hoisted the cup. The last team to do so was the 1993 Montreal Canadiens led by coach Jacques Demers. Since that victory, four Canadian teams have made the Stanley Cup Finals and none were successful in claiming the cup.

In a sport, that is so popular in the great white north, it's still somewhat of a national tragedy when the Carolina Hurricanes/Tampa Bay Lightning/and Anaheim Ducks have claimed trophies in recent memory and the Toronto Maple Leafs/Edmonton Oilers/and Montreal Canadiens have not.

This year might be Canada's best shot in reclaiming the cup, Vancouver's goaltender Roberto Luongo was the goaltender for the Canadian national team during the Winter Olympics and he might be the deciding factor in a series that features Boston's prevalent defense making it hard for offensive talent like Mason Raymond/The Sedin Twins/and Ryan Kesler.

The Bruins are going to be a formidable opponent for Canucks offense but the one possible weakness is goaltender Tim Thomas who has had a rather up and down playoffs so far but if the Bruins defense shuts down the Canucks, Thomas will not need to perform at such a high level.

For the common fan, it's a series everyone wants to see, Offense vs. Defense, USA vs. Canada, and even, 17 year drought vs. 28 year drought. All I know for sure is that one of those droughts will end and for Canada's sake, Vancouver better be the victor or it will be another year that the national sport will not claim the highest trophy in the land.