@Smashly61 Of course it still would have happened, it was inevitable. But had they been given the approval to have police brought in before the start of the game, it would have allowed for contingency plans to be put into place quicker, and possibly even prevented it from spreading as far as it did. Everything looks good in hindsight, though. I just think City Hall had a lot to do with why police presence downtown was minimal given the size of crowd.
THIS GUY PLAYS IT DOWN...BUT IT DOES REPRESENT THE TOWN..BECAUSE IT HAPPENED THERE..PERIOD..TIME TO CHANGE THE STORY AND NOT LET IT AGAIN..TWICE IN 15 YEARS IS ENOUGH
@yvonne100ism Canadian governments like to show they trust the majority of Canadians. Were setting examples around the world by not taking away freedoms after a very small minority group of shit heads try an start a riot. The majority of people went home to their families after the game. It may not be the easy way of doing things but it sure is the most fair to the majority of people who can go out an enjoy a safe and fun night outside.
Gary Bettman and Colin Cambell as well as the rest of the National Hockey League and the American media branded the vancouver canucks as the villains of this play off series. The Canucks had there cup taken from them how did you think the canucks fans would react? if they want to label the canucks and their fans as anarchist and villains then so be it!
Just because there are a few people out there who think that it's fun to "riot" or to create havoc doesn't make Vancouver a second-rate city! For every classless person out there creating a mess, there is another person who will come down and help clean that mess up because they genuinely love this city and want to show that events like last night do not define who we are!
Why is it that everyone responds to this video as Canada's gone crazy. Hello it was the City of Vancouver. In the Province of British Colombia. Canada is much bigger that this one province. You can't group us all together, that's Stupid!
It's the city of Vancouver's fault also, for allowing 100,000 fans to just stand around in the streets. I also fail to believe alcohol wasn't available (which they claimed during the game). Considering in one clip, there's a bunch of guys with beer bongs.
@fineshot2000 - umm do you realize the Stanley Cup lives in the hockey hall of fame in TORONTO Ontario CANADA right?.. lol @ being back home in the USA.. btw the majority of that Boston team is Canadian..
@ChicSunglasses yeah but because of those people that stood there and took pictures, the police couldnt get to the people who were causing the damage. they just should have listened to the police and gone home.
@joeb1963 So, are you saying that being a TERRIBLE loser was the right way to go about it? o-o So you lose the cup, the RIGHT way to go about it is to plan to get it next year, not torch a car.
You can assume this riot happened because there were too many drunks curious of how manly their egos are. In the end they showed us how stupid and lame they really are. Goodluck to the quiet Van folks.
@hammertime12345678 Did you here of the LA riots in 1992, or the berkley riots in 2009? People tend to miss our own riots but when its another countries, they will "never forget"
It's all young brats from the suburbs. no different than granville on a friday night, they come in to the city and act out because it's not their town.
@Smashly61 Of course it still would have happened, it was inevitable. But had they been given the approval to have police brought in before the start of the game, it would have allowed for contingency plans to be put into place quicker, and possibly even prevented it from spreading as far as it did. Everything looks good in hindsight, though. I just think City Hall had a lot to do with why police presence downtown was minimal given the size of crowd.
THIS GUY PLAYS IT DOWN...BUT IT DOES REPRESENT THE TOWN..BECAUSE IT HAPPENED THERE..PERIOD..TIME TO CHANGE THE STORY AND NOT LET IT AGAIN..TWICE IN 15 YEARS IS ENOUGH
well done except for when they were beating the civilians that were trying to make it home safely.. -.-
Fuckin up.our awesome city, already in so much dept. Not smart at all.
@yvonne100ism Canadian governments like to show they trust the majority of Canadians. Were setting examples around the world by not taking away freedoms after a very small minority group of shit heads try an start a riot. The majority of people went home to their families after the game. It may not be the easy way of doing things but it sure is the most fair to the majority of people who can go out an enjoy a safe and fun night outside.
Gary Bettman and Colin Cambell as well as the rest of the National Hockey League and the American media branded the vancouver canucks as the villains of this play off series. The Canucks had there cup taken from them how did you think the canucks fans would react? if they want to label the canucks and their fans as anarchist and villains then so be it!
Just because there are a few people out there who think that it's fun to "riot" or to create havoc doesn't make Vancouver a second-rate city! For every classless person out there creating a mess, there is another person who will come down and help clean that mess up because they genuinely love this city and want to show that events like last night do not define who we are!
Why is it that everyone responds to this video as Canada's gone crazy. Hello it was the City of Vancouver. In the Province of British Colombia. Canada is much bigger that this one province. You can't group us all together, that's Stupid!
It's the city of Vancouver's fault also, for allowing 100,000 fans to just stand around in the streets. I also fail to believe alcohol wasn't available (which they claimed during the game). Considering in one clip, there's a bunch of guys with beer bongs.
@fineshot2000 - umm do you realize the Stanley Cup lives in the hockey hall of fame in TORONTO Ontario CANADA right?.. lol @ being back home in the USA.. btw the majority of that Boston team is Canadian..
@ChicSunglasses yeah but because of those people that stood there and took pictures, the police couldnt get to the people who were causing the damage. they just should have listened to the police and gone home.
@joeb1963 So, are you saying that being a TERRIBLE loser was the right way to go about it? o-o So you lose the cup, the RIGHT way to go about it is to plan to get it next year, not torch a car.
You can assume this riot happened because there were too many drunks curious of how manly their egos are. In the end they showed us how stupid and lame they really are. Goodluck to the quiet Van folks.
@hammertime12345678 Did you here of the LA riots in 1992, or the berkley riots in 2009? People tend to miss our own riots but when its another countries, they will "never forget"
It's all young brats from the suburbs. no different than granville on a friday night, they come in to the city and act out because it's not their town.
fuck that,when your team plays like that in the most important game OF the canucks franchise...YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO START A RIOT!
I thought Canda was almost the only part of the world with sain people, now im seeing the whole world is pretty screwed up.
It would cost anything the way i would do it. I'd make the punks work on a chain gang fixing the stuff they destroyed.
@sum41him Yes JUST HOCKEY its a sport so what get over it try again next year, you must be canadian.
What a handsome mayor we have. Too bad we have so many ugly personalities on the streets.
@StoryBookMaker
even if this hadnt happened, you should still wish you werent canadien
Canadians are crazy I thought they were peaceful, I mean its just hockey calm down.
@thorfoot1 wouldn't be enough room and it costs money to hold people in prisons
He's hot! You guys have a one hot mayor, I sure didn't expect this.
Vancouver is such a beautiful city its a shame to see this happen
They only did this because NBC wouldn't show the green men
O..o the Jails in Vancouver are gonna be fully packed!!
@fineshot2000 what planet are you from safe there????
I hate how Canadians pronounce been as "bean".
We should use this as a pretense for invasion.
Good job trashing our own beautiful city
took a lot of money out of taxpayers for the olympics so i doubt cleaning up the city would be a problem
I DID NOT SEE THIS HAPPENING... 1994...
@b800ful I'm from Minnesota. and it's called a sense of humor. i said "JUST HOCKEY!?" with sarcasm.
@StoryBookMaker move to america... lol
he fully ignored the fatality question
This was all Clayton Rouche's fault!
haha this guys such a bad mayor :P
I hold the mayor 100% accountable.
@sum41him oh my bad. USA
"Small number" hahahaha
"Small Number". lol!
Hahaha a "small number"...typical bullshit-artist politician.
@ochoxxcincoxx
Small number?
GO WINGS
how they gonna put 100,000s ppl in jail ?
@kieenn I might like that!
@b800ful JUST HOCKEY!?
@modernricky Cool!!!!!
He seems like a good mayor.