Almost a week after the Anaheim Ducks ruined the Canucks’ season and home opener, the Canucks get their opportunity for revenge. And boy, did they get it.
The game had everything – pretty goals, big saves, big fights, a penalty shot, and even phallic-shaped light sabers.
Pew pew!They have frickin’ laser beams introducing the #NHLDucks, here’s hoping the Sedin twins have the real laser show. #Canucks #TGATT
— Clayton Corley (@opiatedsherpa) January 26, 2013
Yup, they had that and more.
One team in tonight’s match up will see their first win of the season. I, for one, can’t stand to see Calgary get a win before us, so let’s hope we take it. Maybe the Shaft theme song will help us here. It can’t hurt.
If that didn’t get you pumped for the game, maybe Gary Valk can.
“They’re gonna wanna bang you…” – Gary Valk #hockeyporn #tweetsoutofcontext #TGATT
— Kent Basky (@KentBaskyNM) January 24, 2013
Doesn’t it feel like we were just here? After a full day of NFL playoffs, we’re right back into hockey mode. Let’s just hope tonight’s game goes a little better than last night’s. I mean, it can’t get any worse, right?
Dear Boys in Blue, it’s not really Octobuary. I hope it’s not a lot to ask that you have it a little more together tonight. #tgatt
— Tara T (@gamewornjersey) January 21, 2013
Here we go.
Hello hockey fans. I’m still having a little trouble believing it, but we’re back baby. It’s been a long 8 months, but the contracts are signed, the ice is prepped, and we’re ready to go.
Tequila game prep. This will be great, or horrible. It’s all up to the boys in blue. #Canucks#TGATT
— Chad Forrest (@C_Forrest) January 20, 2013
* cue ominous tone *
No NHL? No problem. Thanks to the Wyatt Arndt (or @TheStanchion of Legion of Blog fame), we have #fakecanucksseason games, starting with tonight’s fake season opener between your Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames. And our best faker, Chris Golden recaps the game in your tweets.
Also, I’m here at the fake Saddledome and 12 fake Flames fans have informed me… that the Fake Canucks suck. #TGATT
— Matthew Brosseau (@MattBInYYC) October 12, 2012
The rivalry in the fake season is as intense as it is in real life.
Gary Bettman waited around ALL WEEKEND, and Donald Fehr never called him. If Justin Long has taught me anything it’s that he’s just not that into you.
Love the visual of Bettman and Daly dicking around the NHL HQ, waiting for the phone to ring, playing waste basket-ball, eating pizza
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) Septembre 13, 2012
And just like that, the NHL is in its 3rd lockout in 18 years, and this, tweeps, is how we all reacted.
As NHL teams chart their futures and select their newest stars at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, we track your reactions in this version of The Draft According to Twitter.
We have a trade to announce: The Wild and Canucks just traded logos according to #TSN #NHLDraft
— Steven Foster (@stevenfoster1) Juin 22, 2012