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Angry, drunken fans ran wild Wednesday night after the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, setting cars and garbage cans ablaze, smashing windows, showering giant TV screens with beer bottles and dancing atop overturned vehicles.
The violence appeared to start when fans set fire to a stuffed bear decorated to symbolize the Bruins.
Anthony Bolante / Reuters
Some 100,000 Vancouver Canucks fans gather at the corner of Georgia Street and Hamilton Street in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia under a giant jumbotron television to watch Game-7 of the Stanley Cup NHL Playoffs on June 15.
Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press via AP
A police car burns during a riot in downtown Vancouver on June 15 following the Canucks' 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins.
Geoff Howe / The Canadian Press via AP
Police confront rioters.
Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP
Police officers pursue rioters.
Rich Lam / Getty Images
Riot police in front of a burning vehicle.
Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP
A police officer walks amid debris following the riot.
"What I've seen is a complete disgrace," said Beth Hope, 28, who is originally from England but has lived in Vancouver for two years. "I'm a Canucks fan, but my jersey's in my bag. I'm ashamed to be a fan right now."
Hope said she saw a parkade on fire and cars ablaze.
"It's insane, it's absolutely insane," she said. "What's the point? Our team lost. Why destroy your own city? I'm afraid."
Read the full story and see images from Game 7 in an earlier post on PhotoBlog.
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Ahhh, those laid back easy going Canadians.....ya gotta love 'em.
I hope the police are able to use every picture posted on every news site and blog to arrest all these thugs. The fact that they're hockey fans is irrelevant. They're thugs who wanted an excuse to destroy property, steal, and attack police. I hope all of them were caught on film, get arrested, have to pay restitution, and get more than just community service. I cannot fathom walking up and breaking through a store window and stealing or setting a police car on fire. They were not just "angry drunk hockey fans".
The last set of pictures I expected to see coming from a Canadian city.
I've been to Vancouver a few times and loved it. I'm sorry to see this happen to such a wonderful city. Ribbit.
No wonder they lost. The town seems to be populated with losers!
Vancouver is such a beautiful city and great place. After yesterday I am utterly embarrassed of and disappointed in anyone who was involved. I hope they're ashamed of themselves. These losers are not representative of the great people who actually live in Vancouver and appreciate it. It was great to see all of those true Vancouverites who came together this morning to volunteer their time and clean up after the poor excuse for human beings who ruined it on Wednesday night.
Here are what true Vancouverites look like -
Vancouver? That's over in Texas, aint it? Damn Mexicans are always bitching about something. Who are the Bruins? Is that the Austin Democrats? Is Bruins mexican for "Illegal Immigrant? I got to admit that since all the marijuana plants in Arizona caught on fire, I'm having trouble focusing. My wife keeps telling me to get off the porch, stop drinking beer, and stop inhaling as much smoke as I can, but for some reason, I find her comments, funny as hell. There's these big orange and white airplanes flying real low dumping this powdery orange dust on everything. I wonder if that's cocaine from Mexico? Hang up, let me draw a line and I'll get back to ya.
It's not cocaine, its a real powerful laxative, don't snot it.