Vancouver Canucks fans set cars ablaze, fling bottles after loss

Vancouver Canucks fans set cars ablaze, fling bottles after loss Stanley cup riot

VANCOUVER—Furious Canucks fans are running riot in downtown Vancouver after their Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup final.
Eyewitnesses say at least two parked cars have been set ablaze, while others have been tipped over.
Pandemonium reigned in the streets, which were strewn with garbage and filled with acrid smoke.
Some fans were seen flinging beer bottles at the giant television screens in the immediate aftermath of the 4-0 loss.
Others chanted obscenities and leaped over raging bonfires as riot police moved in to try to restore order.
The chaos is eerily reminiscent of a similar riot that erupted in the city in 1994 following a similar Cup loss to the New York Rangers.

Roberto Luongo will be in net for the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7

Roberto Luongo will start in net for the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of their NHL playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight. 7pmin vancouver

That was the definitive word Monday from coach Alain Vigneault who had trouble maintaining a poker face in front of the media.
"We've discussed all the decisions but I can tell you right now, Louie's playing (Tuesday)," Vigneault said.
Of course, he also said Luongo would start Sunday's 4-3 overtime loss in Chicago, but rookie Cory Schneider got his first playoff start instead.
It wasn't Schneider's first appearance in the playoffs.
He mopped up for Luongo in lopsided losses in Games 4 and 5 as Chicago rallied in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final after Vancouver won the first three games.
"Positive," Vigneault said with a smile and a chuckle when asked if he was sure Luongo would play one of the most critical games in the franchise's 40-year history. "Would I lie to you?"