The Vancouver Canucks have had many memorable moments throughout their franchise’s rich history.
Some of these moments stem back to the early years of the team, such as Gino Odjick’s unlikely penalty shot success, Tiger William’s iconic goal celebration and Greg Adam’s Stanley Cup ticket-punching tally.
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Others, of course, took place in the latter half of the club’s existence, including Roberto Luongo’s 72-save playoff debut performance and Matt Cooke’s last-second heroics that sent the team into game 7 overtime (and Ed Jovanovski into penalty box hysteria).
There are even a small handful of unforgettable moments that will go down in franchise-changing infamy. The “Heritage Moments” of Vancouver hockey, if you will.
They are the ones that have been permanently ingrained in the hearts of Canuck die-hards, so much so that we can’t think of anything else when we hear “The Stanchion” or “The Dragon Slayer”.
These events have done it all, from skyrocketing the fanbase into pure euphoria, to shattering their hopes and dreams into a million shards, and the list will continue to grow as the team moves onto the next batch of young, exciting franchise superstars.
However, when it comes to storybook ending moments in Canucks’ history, you’ll be hard-pressed to find one as fitting and emotional as Daniel and Henrik Sedin’s last home game in Vancouver.
Before we get to that, we need to first set the stage. And in typical Sedins fashion, they waited until the last minute to announce their retirement to avoid as much attention as they could.