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On a summer Saturday, Dave heads to the BC Floorball's Challenge Tournament to learn whassup with fast-paced indoor hockey sport and watch the Swiss Selects soundly defeat the Canadian Waveriders in an exhibition besides the 5-nation cup tournament.  While there, Dave talks to Switzerland's Simon and Simon (not to be confused with the TV show), rookie player Boris Mann, Stewart "The Fossil" from England (and another player from London) plus interviews with BC Floorball's Greg Beaudin (AKA Billy Tucker) and the "godfather" of Canadian Floorball, Finland's Juha Mikola.  Topics include rules and regulations, Swiss military training, beautifulness of Vancouver, pro players in Europe, equipment, sportsmanship and beer.

Grab Swiss Dominate BC Floorball Challenge - Canucks Outsider #55 (.mp3, 34:23, 32MB)

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Kris Krug's (Vancouver Photographer) kickin' at BC Floorball flickr page
via More Photos from the 1st Annual BCFF Floorball Challenge

BC Floorball's Tournament Coverage

Richard Eriksson's Week of Floorball report on Urban Vancouver and Youtube'd floorball video

The Province (via BC floorball Federation on esports)

North Shore News (via BC Floorball Fancy Footwork)

Greg Beaudin, President of BC Floorball (greg.beaudin@bcfloorball.com) says,

"The Future of Floorball in Canada, proven by the results of the day, is not in the hands of the skilled hockey players turned Floorball enthusiasts but rather in the youth who can grow up learning the skills and tactics of the game as the Swiss team graciously made us realize with the thumping that they handed us. We hope the spectators enjoyed watching true Floorball skill and we thank them for coming out to watch.  Floorball is an amazing team sport for its accessibility, versatility, affordability, energy and sportsmanship.  It is totally Gym friendly and we hope that schools and community centers are quick to value Floorball as an ideal, safe, and economical Gym sport for girls and boys.  We hope that all of you can spread the good word and build the buzz for Floorball.

Play Floorball in BC - Drop in an to experience the co-ed fun - new players welcome and may borrow gear.

When and Where: Register - Poster

Monday Night Floorball - $7 Mondays 6pm-7.45pm at the Roundhouse in downtown Vancouver 

[UPDATE] Summer hiatus Thursday Night Floorball - $7 Thursdays, 7PM Mulgrave School in West Vancouver

More Floorball:

bcfloorball.com - BC Floorball

playfloorball.com - Floorball Canada

floorballontario.com - Floorball in Ontario

floorballpro.com - Floorball Equipment 

Swiss Zimmerman vs. Canadian Zimmerman (by Kris Krug)

Bogus Coverage (no permalinks, tsk tsk ..., just here for posterity and shame):

The Outlook

The Courier

Mr. Furley and his cameras are heading to my confines in North Van for the impending Canucks win tonight - Game 5 pucks drops at 6PM PST so we'll try to fire up by 5:30 or so.

Same channels etc. and hopefully a solid stream and working chat for all three periods. 

• IRC: #canucks-outsider on irc.freenode.net
• ustream chat: ustream.tv/canucksoutsider (requires Java)
• skype: northvandave

No Canucks Outsider Live for Game 1 but we are working on it for future games in Round 2. Join us in the IRC channel #canucks-outsider live on irc.freenode,net during Game 1. 

This just in from my amigo Cosmo of the Clubside Breakfast Time podcast who is an alumni of Eastern Washington University, in Cheny, WA (no relation to Dick).  

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Eastern Washington University's own Men's Hockey Club is ranked first in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 2 West regular season rankings. The team receives an automatic slot in the national tournament, held this month.

Completing the regular season on the road with a win in Montana, the team finished with only one loss on its record. The hockey team will enjoy state-of-the-art facilities at Eastern´s new University Recreation Center, slated for completion in spring 2008. The center will feature a multipurpose sports surface that can be transitioned into an ice rink.

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My Crazy Canucks colleagues fired up another show yesterday (I was guest lecturing at Vancouver Film School which i mention just to make me sound smart and cool) - so, they filled my slot with an Oilers fan (shame) Loxy from Hot Oil.  Yup, meaing JJ and John were outnumbered by the talented ladies of hockey blogging so we'll see if they could keep themselves under control (unlikely).

I loaded TCC#20 - Alberta crap sandwich ( February 07th, 2007 29:02) up on my useless piece of crap but free from Telusthatwesuck iPod shuffle for my homeward bound commute listening pleasure and issue a strong advisory to do the same. 

Kudos to the Canucks for outreaching to the fans for content.  As long as the rights as non-exclusive, this is a great opportunity for crafty fans to show their skills. I think the NHL missed a huge opporunity post-lockout to really involve the fans into the decision making process.  I think the ill-fated Vote for Rory campaign was a sign that the fans want to be at least adknowledged by the suits since their opinions seem to be ignored while intelligence insulted with mediocre marketing.  

I dig the Canucks signs on buses and banners around town but not as much as user generated content.  Serve it up 'Nuckers!

Just a quick note that i checked out Floorball Hockey last week and plan on going back for another go here soon.  It is user friendly hockey with short sticks and not much equipment required (shorts and tshirt).  Co-ed, all-ages, international and cheap.  Sounds like a beauty.

Here's the lowdown and links.

Monday Night Floorball!!! - Starts Monday

Our popular Monday Night Floorball Sessions at the Roundhouse kick-off this coming Monday night.  All equipment will be provided so you can check out different sticks,  goalie gear and take part in a competitive game. It's a great opportunity to try the sport if you've never seen it and get a really good workout. We look forward to welcoming our regular players back who will be only too willing to show you the ropes and get you started!

All that's required is the $5 drop-in fee to the Roundhouse on arrival and normal gym kit. Greg Beaudin will be back, showing off his new moves learnt on his recent trip to Toronto and doubtless reliving the goal he scored in a league game there!

So it's New Year, it's Monday night, it's time for Floorball. See you at 6pm!

 
Michael Lindgren and The Fossil
Flickr stream here.

Dear Canucks Outsider,

I wasn't able to call from the game, but I thought typing a brief recap of the tonight's live game.

In my educated, first-hand opinion, I submit that the only two things that impeded Edmonton tonight were offense and defense.  If they would have added those two components to their game, they would have closed the door on your precious Canucks.

I thought that the Oilers showed off the spirit of giving that largely resides among the residents of Alberta by freely giving the puck away to the Canucks time and time again.  The goalie was kind enough to allow the Canucks offense to enjoy free reign on the back of his net, to boot.  In fact, he stepped aside multiple times to watch the shots sail in.  Fortunately, he was able to get his defensive cohorts on-side with the theme of "give them every chance possible"; and they refrained from hitting, brushing, or simply acting unseasonly towards the Canucks.  Any fights you saw were figments of your imagination, just like the two roughing calls against the Oilers in the third, which I am convinced the refs conjured in their minds because, you know, Canucks needed those extra power plays.

In the beginning moments of the second period, following the Canucks' second goal, I began rehearsing my brush-off story (how I'd explain this one without looking like a dufus for liking the Oilers); but by the end, I felt like I couldn't avoid looking like a dufus for liking the Oilers after this game.  Oh well . . .

My team lost.  They have now lost three in a row, while your team won their third in a row.  Based on the number of goals in the last week, one may even conclude that the Canucks have learned how to score.  Who'd have thunk that would happen this season!?!  Next thing you know, they'll score as many as the offensive powerhouse Phoenix (8-0 over San Jose)!

As I write this I'm sort of stalling before I come to a conclusion in hopes that I can come up with my aforementioned brush-off story.  However, on this very night, based on that three-stooges performance, I am a dufus for liking the Oilers instead of the Canucks.  You know, the Oilers, right?  Yeah, the ones that made the playoffs last year and went to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final while the Canucks were sitting around, trimming their pretty goatees, talking about how they could only beat the Oilers once last year.

Not a sore loser,
Reliable Jim

During CBC's Hockey Day in Canada, Dan Funboy and Dr. O join Dave Thorvald to discuss the Canucks' recent success, All-star game voting formats, and Leafs fans, before enjoying the Canucks 6-1 win over the Toronto squad. They also reminise about old time hockey in Regina and the impact of NHL players on Canadian towns while enjoying the coverage from Nelson to Tigsnit.

Download Canucks Outsider podcast episode #47 (23:30, 22MB, .mp3)

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Music snippets from:

"New Years" from "Citrus" by Asobi Seksu
Friendly Fire Recordings Buy at iTunes Music Store

Randy Bachman Band "Prairie Town" (from live on KISW)

Oh Canada - recorded by DaveO at:

• Dalai Lama citizenship ceremony, GM Place, singer unknown, Summer 2006
• Canucks vs. Buffalo, GM Place 2005(?), Richard Loney (rules)
• Governor General official visit, Oslo Olympic flag ceremony, Vancouver City Hall, March 2006

Don Cherry wearing my hat while Ron Maclean talks to Gilles Niewendyk (Joe's brother) after Canada vs. Czech at SLC Winter Olympics 2002

Yup, somethings up with the user permissions on the polls, gotta be logged in to vote eh.  Trying to twiddle the Drupal knobs to make it workie again so you can offer your knowledgable knowledge to the collective consciousness.  Stay tuned.

My amigo Jerry is heading to Nelson for Hockey Day in Canada.  Hopefully, he'll get to party with Ron and Don and Stanley and can provide some insightful commentary (from what he remembers after anyhow) - Here's what he says:

This saturday

I will be going to Nelson (about 30-45 minutes away) to take part in some of the hockey day in canada festivities. It is a CBC deal where every year they pick a town to broadcast from between games. (It is a triple header day - all 3 games are Canadian teams versus Canadian teams) There will be some puck-shooting accuracy contests, a peewee junior game, a major junior game between the Nelson Leafs and the Sicamouse team (can't remember their name) , and the part I am most excited about : you get to take your picture with The Stanley Cup! whoo & hoo! All festivities are free as well! Ron Maclean & Don Cherry will be there so I will likely see them somewhere along the way too! I am soooo excited about this. I will definitely be posting pictures of the day at some point sunday morning. This is gonna be sooo cool.

 

Again, the gang's all here to chatter about the Nucks continuing streak, tight divison races, Naslund's slump-break, beating the Oil, faceoff improvement, PK dominance, All-star fixes, Florida's roster, Wild coming, eastern roadtrip the Dave quota in alumni games and the forthcoming bonus holiday - Hockey Day in Canada. 

Hear for yourself in 46 minutes of banter over at TCC#15 - Seventh Heaven. ...  and follow these hi-jacked links for more info on the topics du jour:

• Rory’s All Star Status
• UBC Hockey at GM Place
• Canucks Alumni Game
• Hockey Day in Canada

Gather 'round while the whole batch of Crazy Nuckers rollick through 42 minutes of banter, served up tasty as TCC#14 - Five game streak high. 

During the winter of crazy storms, we - including Radio John, Miss Rebecca, J.J. Canuck and Alanah and Beyond (though she drops off, i still am on pace for the most disconnect +/- for the season.  What's that trophy called?) - enjoy the streak and check in on Rory, Burrows, Green, Linden, Luongo, and Naslund while i (DaveOutsider) also offer some lengthy discourse on the South East and North West divisions, building teams for the playoffs, Sedins scoring off the rush, World Junior tournament ... among other things i've forgotten.  oh yeah, we do some Canucks on the All-star team predictions.

Just roll on over to thecrazycanucks.com for more show notes and such or simply subscribe to the podcast for maximum handiness.

{Note: Cross posted at GetElastic and Urban Vancouver and 2010 Daily Vancouver and Ephemeral Feasthouse}

{another note: Here is an article i wrote in 1979 about BC place when they were first considering the plan to build at 60,000+ seat stadium in Vancouver - view large to read the story.

At the Pacific Coliseum to see the Vancouver Giants vs the Everett Silvertips duing the festive season, Dave enjoys some wine in a box seat and reminices with Mark about Canucks games past, prospecting prospects, win versus Flames, teddy bear toss while enjoying some Vince Guaraldi, Dean Martin, and JFA.

Download Canucks Outsider podcast episode #46 (40:11, 37MB, .mp3)

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photo/art by Bread the producer

 

The Crazy Canucks cohorts gathered around the Skypey yulelog for a dose of recaps and banter on the lads' fortunes versus the Flames (beauty win), win vs Wild, (whew) and bad loss to the same Wild (dammit) shortly thereafter.  The result is 35 minutes .mp3 Canuck-itude called "TCC#12 - Not too wild about the Wild."

Fill your egg nog and come along with Alanah, who is now CanucksandBeyond (insert echo effect here), Rebecca who's living a Canuck 604 life, Radio John Zooming along and JJG who is the Canucks Hockey blogger.

 

Miscellania includes Burrows gift-giving, Wild boredom, Luongo and media spotlight,  Rory all-star campaign, Giants and Silvertips at the Coliseum, yadda dabba do ... and me dropping off line, disappearing mysteriously ...

Sparing you in-depth details but, ... a few technical DNS changes resulted in a few duplicate posts coming along the wire.  If you entered an opinion in the newest poll, please do so again, along with reentering recent comments as needed.

This reminds me to thanks the dudes of Bryght - if you need a kick-a$$ content management system, hosted and tested, use Bryght drupal mojo. Not only is the system incredibly powerful, these guys are cool and tech guru Richard runs CanucksNation.com - an aggregator of most all Canucks related blog and pods (including my humble effort).  Richard will be drug into a forthcoming Canucks Outsider episode to talk about hockey night in Iceland.

 

Also thanks to Zhonka Broadband for webhosting support.  Zhonka provides unblocked, fast DSL for power users in Qwest-serviced homes and biz in Western Washington state.  If you are using anyone else, you are getting hosed.  Make a statement and step up your support for local, barrier-reduced Internet access.

If i were to work for an NHL team, the Canucks would be the only one i could commit my vast talents to ;-).  However, i have heard Carolina is a nice place to live and the 'Canes have hoisted the Cup, hhmmm .... Or as a Communications professional, being Bettman funnel to the public could also be as crazy as Mr. Toad's wild ride.  Adventourous and wise?  Follow the links below:

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As a guy who's lived in many foreign lands and prostelitized hockey all round ... even hauled sticks to Japan to practically beg guys for an hour of concrete chaos ..., GZ Expat's recent blog post makes me wanna hum happy songs and go door to door collecting stinky gear from garages to ship over.

If you haven't checked it out his brief documntation of a one in a million night in China (a million per day in Canda), then stop by to read Ball Hockey on the Streets of Guangzhou as he tells about a United Nations worth of kids with ancient gear looking to score on a stickless goalie.

So who's in?  Anyone wanna send some stuff over to him?  I think the plastic stick blades could work out great for him as a slender piece of wood for a shaft should be findable over there. 

here's your humble blogger as a young man cheering on the Canucks cup run in 1994 in in Saji village, Tottori, Japan

I stopped by Radio Zoom John and Miss 604 Rebecca's west end apartment for this episode with Alanah, newly of Kukla's Korner and JJ Canucks Hockey blog chiming in via Skype for our erstwhile roundtable. 

Topics include Vancouver Canucks OpEd's demise and rebirth, accreditation of grassroots media (us) -  recent games vs. Carolina (up early, won in OT), Flames (loss with minor comeback), and Yotes (punishing win over lousy team).  Plus banter on knowing your role, Jovo in town, Naslund hot or not and drinking sake.

Hear it for yourself, TCC#11 - Looking for a streak

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The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes are in Vancouver so Dave grabs a hot smokie and a scalper ticket and meets up with slightly sloppy friends in the wheelchair section. 

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He breaks down Daniel's OT winner and {rare} goals by Bulis, Chouniard and Tremblay and discusses the the SouthEast division and listens to Toadler rant on the drive back to North Van.

Music snippets from:

"Riptide" - Frequency db (olden site, band now defunct) check out Mastan Music hour podcast with Sam Densmore and Jeremy Wilson and look for SilverHawk {myspace} on tour

"Canadian Geese" - Gord Downie from Coke Machine Glow (don't sue me) Gord Downie's Coke Machine Glow - book and CD on Amazon - interested parties  check out Tragically Hip on Choogle on with Uncle Weed #31

"Darkside of You" - Numbskulz (hear Numbskulz on Choogle on #26 and Choogle on #19) 

Not only did Brian Rolston surprise a few people with his slapshot shootout goal on Canucks' Roberto Luongo, but now he's done the exact same thing to Marty Turco and Miikka Kipprusoff. 

Those three goalies are undoubtably the tops in the West and I'd say all are among the Top 5 goalies in the NHL, yet Brian Rolsto's hammer wins every time.  Un-freakin-believable.  Those who listen to the podcast know that despite my indifference for the Wild, I offer accolades to Lemaire's coaching ability and Rolston's all-around game.

Forget all these fancy "lacrosse" style moves where the players pick up the back on the back of the blade and whip it, just stride in and crank up and let errrrr rrrrrrip.  

YouTube abounds with the goals for your viewing amazement so here are link to user from wukwinn's stash of goals:

First off, here's Rolston's penalty shot (not shootout) vs Luongo (awarded when "almost all star" Rory Fitzpatrick hauled him down, here's the whole shootout so you can see Naslund's sweet goal and Morrison's sweet one and Bulis's lame attempt, plus Luongo getting a wee bit of revenge on Rolston in the shootout before Numunienruen wins it.

Just a post to claim a feed at Podcast alley (you can vote for podcasts you like and stuff).

My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-c91477162930e744de3309f987904b4e}

In case you don't subscribe to the Inside Edge mailing list from Canuck HQ, you probably should - at the least, you get the announcements for the Last Seat in the House program which is the smooth way to roll into games into fancy seats for cheap.  Great for thrifty folk like me!

The newest offer is for the game vs the Coyotes which I don't intend to attend, instead I'll be the guy looking for a cheap single as soon as the puck drops vs. the defending Stanely Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.  For you, here is the info:

Canucks single tickets...JUST HALF PRICE!

Available through this SPECIAL INSIDE EDGE PRESALE
Tuesday, December 12th vs. Ed Jovanovski and the Phoenix Coyotes

Limited seats available! Some lower bowl seats remaining.

This presale for Inside Edge members will only run until Friday morning at 10am, so don't delay - purchase your tickets as soon as they go on sale!
 
**The Inside Edge presale begins at 10AM Thursday, December 7th**
CLICK HERE to purchase tickets for the Canucks vs. Coyotes.

All 5 Crazy Canucks (Alanah, JJ, John, R'Becca, me) are in attendence in various states of mind (buzzed) and moods (ornrey) following a 4-0 drubbing by my hated Oilers (thanks Rich from Old School pizza for rubbing it in) and together attempt to breakdown the chaos at a noisy Shark Club over a few drinks.

The crew talks about, welll... i can't remember right now, ... but you know, the Canucks and hockey stuff. Alanah had special press credentials so was front and center for the Canucks post-game frustration and the Oil's jubilation.  Argh. 

Check out the Crazy Canucks episode #10 from the Shark Club

Merely a quick note in amongst the toils of a dayjob ... Episode 8 of the Crazy Canucks "hotstove" podcast is up as of November 20th, 2006 and titled, TCC#8 - Putting Pucks in the Net

Featuring the full crew Skype'ed in with Alanah Op-Ed (who is getting more and more famous), JJ Canuck blog who is getting more and more known), Miss Rebecca 604 (who is going to free concerts), Uncle Juan of RadioZoom (well, ... he knows Rebecca so goes along and podcasts free concerts;-)) and regular me who comments on the St. Louis lineup, getting quality wins and seeing the tight victory over the Blackhawks live at the rink (thanks Karl from Winnipeg!) - plus offer props to the Grey Cup winning BC Lions.

Another Crazy Canucks podcast is up and waiting for your ears.  TCC#7 - Vancouver and the Canucks lose power features Rebecca, John, JJ and me (Daveo) talking about the past three games (all losses) and discussing the root causes for the struggles.  Plus a shout out to Hockey night in Kandahar and a shut up to stupid trade rumours.

In other news, thanks to Winnipeg Karl, I'll be seated in Sec. 101, Row 9, Seat 8 vs Chicago on Sunday night after watching the Grey Cup with Dr. O and Dan Funboy!

Yes the old goalie with the ears which oppucy the entire sides of his noggin - John Garret has a blog and i did not know this until moments ago.  Funny to see a guy who does not look athletic at all and realize he played at a high level for several years.  He and Hughson have become my fave tandem when i seek reliable, homer-istic Canuck broadcast - nice to come home and tune in to their intelligent and witty commentary - much better than the usual CBC west coast crews (talking to you Millen).  Vancouver fans are fortunate to have a great radio duo (half anyhow ;-)) and decent crews doing the TV coverage (despite the stumbles of the alumni in PPV games).