City organizers had set up a two-block long fan zone on six-lane Georgia Street near the Rogers Arena. Two big screen TVs were set up for fans to watch the game. The bars were high. The Vancouver Canucks made it to game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Boston Bruins. Hundreds of people gathered around in downtown Vancouver to watch the game. Due to the last riot in 1994, police and government tried their best to make sure everything was under control, although the riot began immediately after the conclusion of the Boston Bruins’ win over the Vancouver Canucks. At least 140 people were reported as injured during the incident. After the riot, thousands of volunteers organized on social media sites to clean up the damage. The estimated 15,000 volunteers, many taking a day off work, had stated that they went downtown to clean up the damage to "... show that not all Canucks fans are like that."This is important to Canada because it shows the rest of the world how real and intense we are about hockey. Although it shows that some Canadians are very serious and love hockey, most Canadians think of the riot as something to not be so proud of. People were hurting others and damaging businesses solely due to the fact that their hockey team lost and that is not what being Canadian is about. I chose this personally as something that I’m not proud of, it happened close to home and because of a sport that i really love. It’s horrible that fans of these sports would do so much damage over a game. I believe it was many criminals and anarchists who participated in the riot and disguised themselves as fans. There was countless media coverage on the riot which led to the rest of the world having knowledge of this incident and giving the rest of the world an incorrect view of what Canadians are really like.
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