LFV Day 2: Amazing Hockey
Thursday · Mar 6 · 2008 | 8:05 PM PSTLIVE FROM VANCOUVER!
Just got back to my hotel from the Canucks game a little while ago. It was unbelievable. Having experienced a long playoff run and a Stanley Cup championship in Tampa, I thought I knew what exciting hockey was. Wow. I didn't know anything.
It's not even the playoffs. It was a big game for the Canucks tonight, but not that big, you know? The atmosphere in that building was incredible. Absolutely unforgettable. I realized that I'd never really been to a hockey game until I went to one in Canada.
I'm sure I sound a little crazy, but for as big a hockey fan as I am, it's just a great feeling to be surrounded by people who feel the same way about the game. Yeah, we don't have that in Tampa. Not to mention, five goals in the first six minutes, that was pretty intense.
Earlier in the day, I walked around Stanley Park and visited the aquarium. Just in general, this city is pretty awesome. Vancouverites, I love your town! Mind if I stay?
Anyway, one more thing before I sign off for the night. Concepts! Got a couple for the Canucks and a bonus for the Nashville Predators, their opponent tonight. First one's my favorite.
Love the logo. Love the green jerseys. Love it all. (I love it so much maybe I'll marry it.)
Another design I've got here incorporates the same cool logo but it just doesn't work well for me, overall.
And we continue this downward tumble with a yellow Preds jersey. No, this wasn't meant to be an in-your-face for the Canucks' big win tonight, it was just all I had.
I really don't like yellow jerseys. Only seems to look good on the Swedes.
And finally, I leave you with a glimpse of the game — specifically the singing of the national anthems — from my particular vantage point in section 329.
Reader Comments (40)
For you Jrhippe,
http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html
Probably too many words for you, but there is a nice graph you may like.
Also you can check this page out for polar bear habitat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear
Again I encourage you to ignore the words as they will only confuse you. You will notice that Vancouver does not fall into this area. (IF you can find Vancouver that is.)
By the way could you please post a link to the information calling Vancouver the "least safe city in the Canada." (A number of others from Canada in the top 25 too) I live in Edmonton and although I am ashamed of I'm pretty sure we have Canada's worst crime rate.
Anyways, I won't argue with Edmonton being near the top of best hockey cities, however I am pretty sure that any Canadian City or Hockey Market US city (Wild, Red Wings, Rangers etc) falls into this category as well. I have games in all these cities except New York, and have found the fans to be equally passionate.
If that was too much for you I have posted one more link that I presume might be more your "style."
http://www.coloring.com/
Enjoy!
PS. The definition of BLOG is "a publication of PERSONAL THOUGHTS, EXPERIENCES, and web links. It is updated frequently and is usually a mixture of what is happening in a PERSON'S life and what is happening on the web or in the media."
What's the address of your blog?
Crime Stats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Canada
Any idiot can cheer for a team while it's winning. To stay with a team that hasn't had success in 40 long years?
That takes us canuck fans. We love our canucks no matter what.
(Exceptions being Naslund, Cowan and Isbister)
Personally, I would go with a darker green on the first concept and move the Johnny V to secondary status. It still strikes me as being a little too cartoony for my tastes. I like the idea behind it, though.
Glad you're having a great time in Vancouver, Chris! I think you're a good luck charm for us. We'll have to fly you up for the playoffs.
Awful awful awful awful Canucks jerseys. I vow to burn down GM Place if they decide to wear anything with that logo on the ice.
Jrhippe made some ridiculous statements in that first post, but the shiver-inducing thought that people in this city actually WANT that logo to be used makes me lean, ever so slightly, towards his support. The Flying V was less of a cut-and-paste copout than this.
And every repost is a repost repost - just in case (and because this post brings up the same subject matter as before).
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"Then what the heck do you call the Philadelphia Flyers' Flying P crest? The Boston Bruins' Spoked B? The Calgary Flames' Flaming C? The Montreal Canadiens' CH? Lazy designs?"
-I hate the flaming C with a passion for the same reason as the V logo (although they went even further in their laughably nonexistent design work with their flag patches). Ditto the flying P. If you're going to hire graphic artist to come up with a logo, make them actually do some WORK.
-The Bruins and Habs can be excused for their simplistic designs because of the age of their clubs and their desire to maintain their vintage legacy, one that Vancouver, compared to the Original 6, shouldn't be pretending to have. Calling a few years in the WHL a legacy is laughable compared to that teams like the Leafs and Habs possess.
"diehard fans in any particular city not only cheer on the home team because of the local identity, they also cheer on the team name."
They'll cheer on whatever name the organization has decided upon. They could be called the Vancouver Marshmallowpuffs and people are still going to support them because they're THE LOCAL TEAM. The team's name is a completely independent variable, it's where they play that's significant for the majority of fans.
"The name "Canucks" was chosen in honour of Canada's fictional hero, Johnny Canuck. Most people in the US don't know "what a Canuck" is nor the history behind Vancouver's proud hockey namesake."
Right, let's pick something that is unknown to virtually everybody (or at best is identified as a negative stereotype) instead of showcasing something about Vancouver that the world over recognizes and celebrates. Putting JC's head on the logo isn't going to say anything about what a Canuck is, it's just going to leave the vast majority of people saying "huh?".
"We are Canucks, not Orcas."
Nothing about this proposed logo says ANYthing about Canucks either. You've been rambling on yet nothing you've said reflects how this miracle logo is suddenly going to create a dictionary reference for 'canuck'. It's a V with a head on it. Saying it's JC's head dosen't contribute anything because 99% of people frankly just aren't going to care who his identity is. Basically all you've said is 'The logo identifies us with the Canucks because Johnny Canuck's last name is 'Canuck'". Circular reasoning dosen't make for a good jersey logo, neither does letter-stamping purely for the sake of letter-stamping. It's a weak secondary logo at best, and that's only because I could use a sheet of paper as a urinal and it'd turn out better than the rink-and-stick.
Matthew, we will agree to disagree, okay? No hard feelings, okay? :) You prefer logos that have more detail to them, I prefer simplicity. Fair enough. :) We all have our respective opinions and tastes. However, it is always good to keep an open mind. Chris and I both love the Johnny Canuck V because it truly defines the Canucks' name.
Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Canuck
I love the green the way it is on this concept. Not too bright, but vibrant enough to stand out on the ice. Green would look absolutely great on the Canucks. If the Canucks had gone with the Johnny Canuck V or something similiar to it back in 1970 and never changed it at all, most Canuck and non-Canuck fans would love it. The Vancouver Giants of the junior Western Hockey League have a similiar logo. The Pittsburgh Penguins' Skating Penguin logo has a cartoony look to it, but like the JC-V logo, it doesn't look overly animated. The penguin defines the name and the gold triangle defines the city. Simple, yet effective. Pittsburgh fans were thrilled when Mario Lemieux brought that logo back. The Chicago Blackhawks have the head of Chief Black Hawk. If you were to put the JC-V alongside of the logos of teams like Calgary, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, it wouldn't look out of place at all. The BC Lions' logo is also very similiar to the JC-V logo. Very much the same concept.
Let's forget about Vachon Pastries and look on the positives of the Canucks' future crest. The best way to judge a logo is to compare it to other teams' logos. At first, I wasn't all that crazy about having just Johnny's head with the V. But after doing some comparisons with other longtime NHL logos, I fell more and more in love with it. I even bought a T-shirt off of eBay with the JC-V logo. We are Canucks, not Orcas.
Speaking of the BC Lions, Chris, if you ever have a chance, you should also come to Vancouver in the summer time. Do you like football? Check out a Lions game at BC Place Stadium. Great atmoshere and the tickets are more affordable. Canadian football is almost the same as American football. If you like soccer, check out the Vancouver Whitecaps at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. When the weather is nice, there is nothing like being at an outdoor sporting event with a beer and a hotdog in hand! Do you like soccer? The Whitecaps and your hometown Tampa Bay Rowdies(bring them back!) had some memorable games in the old NASL.
Also, Chris, if you like good restaurants, go to White Spot. There is one on the corner of Georgia and Seymour Streets. They also have big-screen TVs to watch sporting events. It's my favourite restaurant and if you like pasta, go to the Old Spaghetti Factory. There is one in Gastown.
Anyway, Chris, enjoy the rest of your time in Vancouver. Your NHL Tournament of Logos website is first-class. Keep up the great work! :))
Glad to hear that you're having a good time!
Vancouverites- My GF and I were thinking of places to move to (we move every sept. to a new city doesn't matter where) and it came down between Vancouver and Li'hue, Kauai. We were both about to choose Vancity until we both read the newspaper for 3 weeks and decided, at least to us, that there was too much crime. At least too much for us to feel safe. So we picked Kauai. We currently live in Denver and both have never felt un-safe anywhere we go. Plus everyone has the mid-west niceness without the mid-west attitude towards life. If you ever can, please visit.
Sorry guys and gals, but the druggie image is too much for us.
Chris- Glad you are enjoying your vacation. But when do you think we'll see some more ghettofarmboy? I have been wondering what happened to his project. I really like him.
I visited Vancouver a couple of years ago and I have to say I didn't have any problems with crack dealers, pot heads, prostitutes OR polar bears. I really found it to be quite enjoyable. Great weather too! (A rarity, I know. It was just one of several visits I have made to Vancouver in the past.)
As to your response, Chris. Great job in dealing with this individual. Just one thing... You DO realize that banner should be hanging in Calgary, right? I just watched a "Classic Series" feature on the 2004 Cup on NHL Network, and the replays of that Gelinas "no-goal" in Game 6 STILL clearly show the puck crossing the line.
I somehow made it into the Maple Leafs section at a Stars game once. They were all very nice. I know some people from Winnipeg, they were nice too. The only dicks I ever talked to from Canada were from Ottawa. But I'm sure it was just a few bad apples. I think they were just mad because they finally realized that their logo really does look like Stiffler with Marvin the Martians hat. Yeah, that has to be it.....
Your talking about east hastings, not robson. Also we do have banners for various division titles and couple conferance winners. We also won the cup once too (a real fan would no when). I agree the amount of Canucks coverage on this site is disproportianate but, dont you think thats because more canucks fans are submitting fan art than fans of other teams?
But dude its about love not hate.
Then again this all makes sense if you a leafs fan, or someone in edmonton who has to remind himself of the gretzky days just so he can look at himself (or herself) in the mirror.
Carnell T.
Glad you liked Vancouver, you came at a great time, saw a great game and got some rare March sunny weather.
It is a great city, no doubt.
Canucks fans can be as lame as the next team when the nucks are losing but when a game is good they're among the best.
Come back anytime.
your really lucky, ive been wanting to go there for a long time
im from tampa, and ive been to a couple of games, i went to one the stanley cup year, and the atmosphere was good, but i cant imagine the atmosphere in a canadian arena
and to the guy who posted the colouring book website ahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha that made my day
loungo winning the mask tournament probilygot jrhippe all mad lmao
keep up the good work