October 17th, 2011 @ 11:21am by Rebecca Bollwitt
PepsiCo Canada and Canucks Sports & Entertainment have teamed up this year with Pepsi having the official beverage and food agreement with Rogers Arena. Image courtesy of PepsiCo Canada The Canucks For Kids Fund benefited immediately from this contract as PepsiCo Canada donated $10,000 to the cause along with a pair of Canucks home game [...]
October 9th, 2011 @ 11:00am by Rebecca Bollwitt
I first met Joey Kenward at the Pacific Coliseum four years ago when he was the voice of the Vancouver Giants. John set up the radio broadcast and Joey did production, the play-by-play, ran down to the locker rooms to do interviews between periods, then ran back up to the press box to call the [...]
October 6th, 2011 @ 1:42pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
The Vancouver Canucks hit the ice at Rogers Arena tonight to officially begin their 2011-2012 season as they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. With the events of June behind us, members of the Canucks Nation are looking straight ahead, and moving on. If you’re preparing yourself for another season of hockey with heart, here’s a [...]
September 23rd, 2011 @ 9:45am by Rebecca Bollwitt
The riot in June was voted Vancouver’s “Claim to Shame” in yesterday’s Best of Vancouver issue of the Georgia Straight but many believe the 11,000 volunteers who hit the streets in the morning to clean up our city should be our new claim to fame. Photo credit: PiscesDremer on Flickr People from all over the [...]
June 15th, 2011 @ 9:05am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Canucks fans are everywhere; on the streets, in the airports, and on every continent. When we used to do The Crazy Canucks podcast, we had listeners in New Zealand, China, the United States and the UK. Whether it’s expatriates now living abroad or international fans of the game in general, hockey crosses oceans or borders. [...]
June 13th, 2011 @ 1:46pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
I love featuring creative videos of Vancouver, from time lapses to tributes that tug at our heart strings. There’s no shortage of content being uploading during the Stanley Cup Playoffs and fan enthusiasm is at an all-time high. Even the Johnny Canuck video has been published on the Huffington Post. In case you were unable [...]
June 6th, 2011 @ 7:40am by Rebecca Bollwitt
This morning the BC Hydro Power Smart team will begin their “17 Hours of Kesler” campaign. The Vancouver Canucks’ own Ryan Kesler has been a member of Team Power Smart for the last few years and for the next 17 hours, Kesler-filled facts will be sent out from the @PowerSmartBC Twitter account. Power Smart BC [...]
June 3rd, 2011 @ 10:33am by Rebecca Bollwitt
Along with the many outdoor venues for watching the Canucks games on big screens, Rogers Arena will be opening its doors for away games starting Monday, June 6th. Photo credit: Ariane Colenbrander on Flickr Tickets go on-sale at 12:00pm today for $10 and proceeds will support the Canucks For Kids Fund. The Canucks Twitter account [...]