And the city shall not burn

You know Vancouver city officials were secretly breathing a sigh of relief when the LA Kings beat the Canucks 2-1 in overtime tonight to eliminate the Canucks in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Canucks played pretty badly to start the series and ended up in a 3-0 hole, something few teams climb out of and there was to be no miracle this time, either.

On the plus side, a short playoff run means people will turn to other things to entertain themselves this summer instead of rioting and pillaging the downtown core. So…lose-win, I guess!

Well, that was a riot

After last night’s 4-0 loss in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final, several hundred idiots in downtown Vancouver decided to have a riot. This may be the best image to capture the absurdity of rioting over a hockey loss:

Lovers in a dangerous time

(Photo courtesy of Rich Lam/Getty and is part of the photo gallery in this CBC news story.)

I will have more on the game/riot shortly!