Quotes of the Day

Vancouver Canucks fans jump onto a burned and overturned pickup truck in downtown Vancouver during rioting after the Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs to the Boston Bruins June 15, 2011.
Friday, Jun. 17, 2011

Open quoteWe were supposed to wake today hung over from a Stanley Cup victory. Instead the city opens its bloodshot eyes to the much sadder reality of a tarnished reputation.Close quote

  • IAN MULGREW,
  • a columnist for the Vancouver Sun, on the violent riots that followed the defeat of the Vancouver Canucks by the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup playoffs; the incident was one of Canada's worst episodes of rioting in recent decades
Photo: REUTERS / Anthony Bolante | Source: NYT