For the big fight over the weekend, we made our way to Wings on Kingsway. We tried to get there a little earlier to reserve a spot due to the 4:00pm start of the Canucks and Leafs game. The pub was packed, and putting our name on the waitlist was pointless, as there were two large groups ahead of us.
They were playing trivia inside the pub, but we were in a rush to find another location. The first question was who was the first Canuck to have their jersey retired? The whole pub roared 'Stan Smyl.'
I was anxious to leave, but then came the next question: "During the 94 playoffs..." it was about here that my eyes bulged out of my head,"...which Canuck scored the most game winning goals?" I heard loud yells of "Bure!" and "Linden!" But they were all wrong. Then one idiot yelled out "Mogilny!"
A pub of 60 plus supposed Canucks fans didn't know the answer. My sister turned to me waiting for me to yell something out. Here it was, fifteen years after that fateful playoff run, time slowed to a crawl and then came the image of number 14 streaking down the left wing and blasting a slapshot glove side corner against Mike Vernon in overtime.
Geoff Courtnall. And with that I silenced the whole pub. Well my sister silenced the whole bar. I muttered Geoff Courtnall and she yelled it out. She walked up to claim her prize an XL Bud light t-shirt to the stunned faces of 60 plus confused onlookers.
That still didn't land us a table though, but man did it feel good beating out every single fan there. Fifteen years of dwelling in the past? Redeemed and well worth it. I hate the Rangers.
A little about the fight, Machida should've lost.
