The Life Of A Canucks Fan

from Jack Knox of the Times Colonist, • Periodically, a man who looks like Col. Sanders? angry brother will appear on screen, dressed in a suit that appears to have been sewn from the Von Trapps? drapes by Fraulein Maria, or perhaps Colin and Justin.

This is Don Cherry, whom Canadians voted into seventh place on the CBC?s list of greatest Canadians, one spot behind Lester Pearson and just ahead of Sir John A. Macdonald. Think of this the next time you laugh at Americans for voting for Sarah Palin.

• After leading Vancouver to its first winning season in 1975, star goaltender Gary ?Suitcase? Smith was at a team Christmas party when he was introduced to the team owner?s wife, an heiress to the Ballard pet-food fortune. ?Gee,? he said, ?I see the resemblance on the can.?

The next morning, the owner phoned Canucks general manager Phil Maloney. ?He told me to get rid of Gary Smith,? Maloney told Victoria author Jeff Rud in Canucks Legends.

• If a hapless Canuck (a term once considered redundant) should put the puck into his own net, invoke the name of Lars Lindgren. The defenceman famously scored the prettiest own goal in league history, picking the corner with a perfect wrist shot, which is kind of like running over your own dog. ?Eight million Swedes, and we have the only one who can?t skate,? lamented coach Harry Neale.

• Just for context, here?s the all-time three-star selection: 1. Jesus. 2. Trevor Linden. 3. Everybody else. Some people would flip the first two.

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