Canucks fans have a type. Go back through the list of fan-favourites who have connected with the city and you’ll start to see a trend. Hard working, tough, selfless team players who fit the underdog role have always managed to grab fan’s hearts in this city.
Troy Stecher didn’t have an easy path to the NHL. The Richmond-native has had to battle questions about his height his entire life and never got to hear his name called at the NHL draft.
But Stecher did have one thing. He had that same hard-working, tough, gritty attitude that Trevor Linden, Stan Smyl, and Gino Odjick all possesed.