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Loyal Canucks’ fans enjoy season sendo

IN THE DRESSINGROOM...

HOCKEY fans continved te show their uasichding support for the
Vancouver Canucks during the team’s final r f game
ph ved recendy at GM. Place. It was a sellout. Phe crowd would
hove preferred to cheer their boys into the plavothy, but circum:
stance did nor rob them ofa good ame. ‘The Canucks responded
with a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Donald Brashear sur-

prised all with a two-goal effort and, to his credit, displayed show-

manship savvy by blowing, kisses to the fans when selected as first
star, Hard-working Marty Gelinas bagged his 35th and collected
three team awards. The arena was noisy with enthusiasm to the
end proving again that nothing beats hockey night in Canada.

Gealtender Kirk

McLean has a smile and a warm welcome for a ter-
minally ill young man who has flown in from Toronto to
meet him, Pavel Bure, Trevor Linden and the rest of

the ieam.

PERSISTANT AND POS!-
TIVE... Head Coach Tom
Renney enters the dress-
ing room.

TRES MAGNIFIQUE... Marty
Gelinas heads out of the
room with a stick for a fan.

GRIT AND DETERMI-
NATION... D-man
Dave Babych says hi.

BROADCAST UPDATE...
Hockey Night in Canada’s
Steve Armitage checks in.

LUCKY AND LOYAL... Paul Haysom,
left, celebrates his birthday with pal GREAT ANTICIPATION... West Van's

Jordan Stuart at the Canucks game.

SPORTS TALK... Radio personality Dan
Russell and sports writer Murray Todd
head into the Orca Bay Grill after the

game.

Doug Insley gets ready to watch the face
off.

BIRTHDAY
BETH...
West
Vancouver's
Beth
Haysom,
who
received
tickets to the
game for her
birthday,
heads back
to her seat
after the
sirst-period
intermission.

Lent
os

We
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NEWS photos Ann Hamilton

HOCKEY NIGHT IN VANCOUVER... Pavel Bure, left, and Gino Odjick pause at the
entrance to the Canucks’ dressing-room door after the Canucks’ 5-4 win over the
Edmonton Oilers and offer a great big thank you smite to the fans for their support.

GREAT GREETINGS...
Mogitny
extends a greeting to

Alexander
the fans.
THE CRUNCH... Injured Dave

Scatchard of the Syracuse Crunch
stops by the dressing room.

THE “NUMBER 12
Assistant Coach Stan
Smy! exits the locker
room corridor.

FROM THE LOFTERS... North Van resident
and Canucks’ organist Mike Foster plays
the organ high above the crowd.

HEART STRINGS... Longtime season
ticket holder Carol Minamimaye and
son Michael settie in.

TRIED, TESTED AND TRUE... The North Shore’s Soren
ammerberg and sons Christian, teft, and Anders —
loyal Canucks fans —— are ready to enjoy the game.

SWITCHING SEAT!

Tim Haysom heads for
the stairs and a seat
exchange with his brother.