Being a good, classic Canadian gal, there is nothing I love more than the game of Hockey (and good beer). In fact, I played it for years and I do believe that there are still a few frat boys limping from the day they said a girl couldn’t play defense. Needless to say they’ll never say that again.
You’ll have to forgive, but growing up a Leafs fan, this isn’t the first time I’ve had the Stanley Cup Playoffs at home. I know how a Playoff for the Great Canadian Game should be celebrated and I have been watching on for that true Canadian spirit that really screams Canucks to the country as a whole and not just to this freaky temperate zone of Canada that’s never truly experienced a real Canadian winter, when you flood the backyard and strap on a pair of skates.
I’ve watched the green men and seen more than I particularly cared to see …
My heart lept at the mention of fan parody songs on youtube, but this my friends is not the True White North, where one heads home from school to shovel the pond for a game of pick up … (I question whether these men have ever even played) …
So in my unapologetic Great White North Hockey snobbery, a glimmer Canadianna hope shone from of all places, one of my best friends, the Hockey Nut in Canada, otherwise known as Mark Leiren-Young. Just please overlook his ill spent youth cheering for the Boston Bruins over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was young and stupid, clearly some wisdom has come with age.
… and with this, there is hope … no, there is promise … that the Canucks will show the Bruins what it means to be Canadian and a true Canuck. We showed you what we were made of in the War of 1812 and we will do so again this playoff season! GO CANUCKS GO!
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