Glad you had a great time. And bravo to all of you for your endless canucks coverage. You help me feel like i’m not the only one with an unhealthy canucks obsession.
One side note - You do have a lot of hair. I think it would look amazing dyed electric blue come playoff time!

Congratulations on your team being able to “slaughter” a team with 4 of 6 defencemen injured and a minor league goalie. You are the type of fan that hockey doesnt need the type that thinks someone should beat up someone else just for wearing an opposing teams jersey. You are pathetic.

Trini -- Thanks!  But I must ask: is there such thing as an unhealthy Canucks obsession? I think we can leave the mental health worries to those lunatics who dare wear the Wings jerseys on the streets of Vancouver before a HNIC matchup.

As for the blue hair… that sounds like a dare.  Hmmmm. Anyone wanna make a 2008 hockey bet? It’s been a while since I’ve done something truly stupid…

Cole -- I empathize with the Wings.Vancouver was missing most of its top-4 D through long stretches of this season, too.

But that’s not the point. The point is I was just joking and you’re taking it way too seriously.  So don’t whine to me about “pathetic”. 

Get a grip on yourself, man—your team has 89 points and still 18 games to go.  Doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy beating them the ONE time it happens all year long. 

Good grief.

You arnt “pathetic” because of the slaughter comment. You are pathetic because you said “Well, it was actually just their jerseys on a couple of random white guys apparently out looking for a beat-down… but still… *shudder*.”

That type of thinking is pathetic.

Holy, Cole. Chill. After all, you are reading a little blog called ‘Canucks and Beyond’. What do you expect? Her to cheer for the wings?

I have yet to find myself relating to any hockey/wings fan that thinks that someone in an opposing teams jersey is asking for a beat down you sound just like the leafs fans that pushed around and verbally assulted an 8 year old for wearing an opposing teams jersey.

Wowsa, tough crowd here. And just HOW many people have been ragging on the Canucks over the last few weeks (even their OWN fans) geez. Give us a break.

I’ll give you a break when you stop acting like retards, Eh! Freakin canadians

and re:

You are pathetic because you said “Well, it was actually just their jerseys on a couple of random white guys apparently out looking for a beat-down… but still… *shudder*.”

In Vancouver I’ve seen some pretty scared folks wearing Red Wings jerseys say… after the Lidstrom shot ‘heard round the league’. I think Alanah was just alluding to the fact that this is one hockey-crazy town and we’re pretty happy our team was able to defeat the Wings especially since we’re coming off a slump ourselves.

I’m willing to guess that Cole is an University of Michigan fan, thats how they all act. Unfortunately many of them are also Red Wing fans. Just ignore them. Keep up the good work Alanah.

Cole,

We have online pharmacy’s here in Canada that are well equipped to supply you with all the Prozac you need. They are perfectly willing to ship across the line at deeply discounted rates vs. your local pharmacy. Please, do take advantage of it.

Alanah, please, no more attempts at humor. It brings out the weirdo’s. I think this one might be armed.

Thanks for the comments.

This reminds me, I was just saying the other day that I think Wings fans generally have a great sense of humor about themselves (certainly better than some of those Vancouver fans that freak out on the Canucks.com boards).

But I guess there’s a dud in every group.  My “attempts” at humor, as Laker says, can sometimes go horribly wrong. (How is that possible?!)

Anyway, the original point of this entire post was just: “Alanah had fun. And—I swear—no Wings fans were injured in the making of this post.”

Sorry there, Nuks fans, you’ll have to forgive Cole. It’s been a traumatic three weeks here in the frozen north and apparently irony and satire are a bit more than he can handle right now.

As for you, Cole, come on, bud, look at that second photo again. I mean, geez, with a cherubic face like that you gotta give her a break. 

On behalf of Wings fans everywhere, I apologize for Cole, whoever he is.
This is a super post, Alanah, photos and all!

My wife always gets sick with just a sip of red wine.
However, she has 2 glasses of Pinot Grigio or Savignon Blanc every evening with dinner.

As for injuries, I hope the Canucks’ year-long, devastating injuries are behind them.

OlderThanChelios -- Cherubic? Very nice—and I figure that’s just one step away from being ‘angelic’. (It’s so nice to finally be appreciated!) Geez, I’m starting to feel bad for trying to run down that guy in the Chelios sweater on Saturday…

w2j2 -- Thanks! And Pinot Grigio is a fine choice (although so is lager, for that matter...).

As for injuries… Well at least, whatever the worst case scenario for Detroit over the next few weeks, you’re certainly not going to miss the playoffs.  Hopefully the time will allow some guys to heal up (*unless the Wings are going to face the Canucks in the first round, in which case: all bets are off. No more well-wishes!)

Hey Alanah, love your stuff and glad to here you had a great time both at open practice and the Northern Voice Conference.

Keep up the good work. It’s refreshing to get intelligent opinions from you and The Crazy Canucks about the Canucks and the game.

I think there’s some sort of rule that says, “Genuinely thoughtful and intriguing entries are bound to piss off the whackies.”

I’m with W2J2--Many apologies on behalf of us crazy Wings fans…

Though, that being said, I must protest the “no Wings fans were harmed.” Oh, my, my pride was severely, severely bruised when Ryan Kesler skated down on Jimmy Howard and reminded me why the kid needs another year in the AHL and some tighter pad straps so he can seal those god-damned things to the ice! I think I’m supposed to challenge you to a duel or something (you know, pride and the glove dropping and pistols in the morning or whatnot), but, in the spirit of noting to Sp4r7an that not all of us Michigan alums are batpoop insane, I’ll say, stop worrying about your hair!

Besides, isn’t there a rule that a hockey fan bashing Canadians gets a 5-minute major for besmirching hockey’s motherland? 

Love your post.  Thanks for sharing.

Dammit. I just realized I’d been signing my posts “Cole” the last three days.  I deserve every bit of abuse you’ve heaped on me.  I ran out of porridge the other day and I’ve been cranky ever since.

George James Malik

Would it hurt more if we reminded you that Kesler was from Michigan?

Heh heh.

Ocenbrez -- Thanks, and I’m very flattered that you listen to it.  As for the intelligent opinions on the show… you’re obviously fans of my co-hosts.

George -- Well, hurting your pride doesn’t bother me at all. I’m pretty sure all those freakin’ Stanley Cup rings make you immune to my worst efforts.

IwoCPO -- S’okay, Bill. I know where you live…

Ryan -- I think it always hurts Wings fans to be reminded Kesler is from Michican…

Ryan--Kesler’s from Livonia, a west-side suburb which is all of five miles north of where I grew up.  One of my childhood friends grew up next door to Mike Modano, but that doesn’t mean that I root for him

The best way I can describe Kesler (and, as Sp4r7an will tell you, this is clearly a University of Michigan bias) is that he came from a family of Michigan fans, but rooted for Michigan State, and went to Ohio State, the only college that hates the University of Michigan more than Michigan State.  I dunno, but I kind of figure that his play proves that he’s got an iconoclastic bent…

“See you in the highlight reel?”

“Mervellieux!”

“Glovely!”