Like any sport, hockey aficionados are passionate, knowledgeable, and appreciate the nuances of the game.
There is probably no country in the world that has as many fans per capita as Canada.
Now, I've watched a hockey game with Canadians before...in fact, it was the Women's Gold Medal Game from the 2018 Olympics against the US. The US won (I had to slink out of the room) and it was great. You learn a lot about a sport by watching with serious fans.
Tonight, however, I had an amazing privilege to attend a Vancouver Canucks game in Vancouver and, not only that, we had front row seats against the glass. It was crazy good. Here's a video that Google auto-made for me and some pics are below. I feel exceedingly grateful for this opportunity.
The Rogers Arena was a great venue and I was impressed by how many staff people were on hand to help...those Canadians, so nice!
Another cool thing was to see how multi-cultural the crowd was (Vancouver is that way as a city), but it seems to me that hockey has a melting pot-like effect on Canadians.
And, this may sound crazy, but since I know all the words to O, Canada! (how I became an honorary Canadian), I actually sang the entire song and got a wee bit emotional as I did.
One of my "bucket list" items was to watch a live hockey game in Canada. Mission accomplished.
Plus...the Canucks won 4-2 and now I know who "Johnny Canuck" is.
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