The Canucks pre-season opener is no mere exhibition game. Red carpet, the Stanley Cup and a national broadcast on Sportsnet. Oh, and Nucks Misconduct is there, too.
After North Saanich won the voting for this year's version of the wildly successful Kraft Hockeyville promotion, the first question was 'Where will the game be held?'. While the $100,000 will go to the Panorama Rec Center in North Saanich, the 900 person seating capacity was simply too small. They decided to move it to the Q Center in Colwood, home of the BCHL Victoria Grizzlies and recent national champions Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse League.