The story of “The Lotto Line”
Grab a seat, and get comfortable, because this is an incredibly bizzarre tale. It’s the tale of a young man’s tweet going viral in the Vancouver sports world, getting on radio shows, and even getting featured on last night’s broadcast.
That young man was The Canuck Way’s very own Jacob Calvert. The tweet was one for the ages, reaching peak creativity. Both Jacob and Cory Kropielinski came up with the idea.
The tweet challenged Canucks fans to think of why the Canucks’ first line could be named “The Lotto Line”. Try and figure out why. The following screenshot is from the broadcast last night, and was featured with roughly nine minutes remaining in the third period.
HE. HAS. GONE. HOLLYWOOD. @CanuckCalvert pic.twitter.com/SIn15KTrz7
— David Quadrelli (@QuadrelliD) October 18, 2019
The first line of Brock Boeser, who wears number six, Elias Pettersson, who wears 40, and J.T. Miller, who wears 9. Still don’t get it? Perhaps the most popular lottery game in BC is called Lotto 649, which when spoken aloud, is what the first line’s jersey numbers are.
This isn’t the first time the 649 nickname has come up, however, as colour commentator and former Canucks’ goalie John Garrett was given the nickname by his teammates, due to him having a goals against average of 6.49 in the 1984-85 season.
Even the BCLC replied to the tweet, giving a green checkmark of approval after TSN’s Matt Sekeres put out a poll asking if the Lotto Line is a name that could stick. What do you think Canucks fans? Is “The Lotto Line” something that can stick long term with these three players?