February 19, 2012 This was the game the Wild NEEDED to win, and they did. Not only was this a huge victory and confidence boost for the Wild, it was also part of National Hockey Day and it was against last year's Stanley Cup winners the Boston Bruins
Jokes at the expense of Canadians spread across the internet with the speed of, well, riot fire, after mobs took to the Vancouver streets following the Canucks Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins.
So much for home ice advantage.
The Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, on the Canucks’ home ice Wednesday night to win the Stanley Cup, the first time the franchise has claimed hockey’s holy grail since 1972.
