“They were a huge part of growing up for me,” he told Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet. “I remember going to the old Coliseum at the PNE. To be honest, like it was yesterday, I can still see in my head Jeff Brown hitting Pavel Bure for a stretch pass through the Calgary D and going forehead-backhand on Mike Vernon. That ‘94 playoff run… you understand the significance and how important the Canucks are to, obviously the City of Vancouver, but the province as a whole. I grew up a Canucks fan, for sure.”
