Canucks vs Flames : Trevor Linden Scores - April 13, 1989

[amahal19]

This was the day I was born!

[ironmaidenforlife123]

LINDEN FOR PRIME MINISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GmanGregilla]

Great move by Linden. But, also, a great short little pass directly to Linden.

[CanadaMMA]

Gotta love the retro uniforms.

[MMikezac]

Linden is terrible player

[Yoyomondo274]

Dude ur just messed up man sayin random stuff how is Trevor Linden messed up when he scored 30 goals as a rookie and lead the Canucks to there 2nd stanley cup finals

[ironmaidenforlife123]

@MMikezac Im not going to get mad at you, or start saying profanity....But you are just plain ignorant.

[DukeofColumbia]

Ugly sweaters . . .. but not as ugly as teh "Flying V"

[tjackson76]

those are the most awesome sweaters in the history of the nhl

[MovieManiac33]

I was at that game behind that very net. Loved it. One of the most intense games I've seen in Vancouver and this is the team that made Hockey popular again here. Started the snow ball effect. Before this season, they were sometimes only getting 6 or 7 thousand a game. 11 and 12,000 fans was a success it seemd. But I believe after this year, they started coming back.

[almo8989]

Linden is a big reason fans started coming back. Then came Bure and the city was nuts.

[vdven]

Yeah, for most of the 80s, Vancouver was a horrible hockey town. Even for Canada Cup games in 1984 the rink was at best half empty.

[landrykkb]

@MovieManiac33 In the 80's,it seemed the Vancouver Canucks weren't even on the NHL map at all with the exception of this 1988-89 team and the '82 Cup Final run.One of my friends told me the other day he was there in '82 and the Pacific Coliseum was as quiet as a mouse during the regular season before that magical run.

[MovieManiac33]

@landrykkb

Yeah that's right. It was only around this time when the fans started coming a bit. Before '89 it was normal to see 8 -10 thousand people at the Colasium unless big names like the Oilers or Flyers were in town when you'd see 13 or 14 thousand show up. Even more for the Habs when half the place was cheering for Montreal lol. But during the 88-89 season I did notice about a 3 thousand person increase on average as I'd keep my eyes on the attendance alot in the paper back then.

[landrykkb]

A RedWings fan in this generation laughs at the thought,but there was a long time even in Detroit that the Red Wings couldn't draw moths to the Joe Louis Arena.The same applied during the final days at the Olympia.

[Flamesfan7]

great goal, class act

[Banff4Life]

Best wishes Trevor, with whatever you decide to do after a brilliant career

[ironmaidenforlife123]

@Banff4Life I believe he is now heavily involved in real estate in Kitsilano, Vancouver.

[chipmunkz29]

you my friend just got sniped by trever linden

[Kevinesque]

Those uniforms, man, even a blind gay man would puke looking at those horrid things.

[brianwdelves]

No worse than they are wearing now.

[tacular3]

I liked those ones... The ones before were BRUTAL!

[Kevinesque]

The flying V? I don't remember those, I was a toddler when they were wearing them, but yes the pics and vids I've seen of them, they were god awful.

[tacular3]

Im the same age ... I didnt watch the canucks till game 1 of this series

[skyflame000]

Even as an 18 year old back then, he was very composed.

[ashkelwin]

You have clearly never played competitive sports then... NO professional athlete goes in to a game wanting to lose.

[Hoargoth]

And actually I hve been a Canuck fan my entire life, and i havent seen a goalie who cares less about his team and more about himself than Luongo. He is a tool... Great Goalie, Complete tool.

[HarmanSin]

@VOLKSN8R o hi kesler

[JonnyRidge]

I remember when Linden was a god still love him

[sgseeyawannabe]

why is he wearing a visor back then and now he took it off?

[Reinpret]

That a boy Linden.. Man i love that guy. Pure Heart man.

[BooyakaBooyaka619Hey]

Trevor Linden has been playing in the NHL for 20 years now. 16 with the Canucks.

He's amazing!

[calixa]

what a goal! that was great...flames had a great team this year though, wish montreal had beat them in the final though.

[Jomarie574]

Even thoo Canucks havent won the stanley cup but i hope in the near future they will win it

[Ckantor420]

hope canucks hold on to him till he retires... greatest canuck ever !

[brownboysproductions]

When Hockey Was Great. Bob Coles prime right here.

[zx7gp]

Welcome back for another season Captain.If all canucks emptied the tank in a playoff game like you do we would have cups to talk about.

[dpludwig]

How about the Game 1 overtime winner? Anyways, goaltending today is _so_ much better than it was back in '89 - this goal is an example of it.

[Mallard42]

The changes they made to hockey was suposed to open it up, and make it more exciting. I think the playoffs were way more exciting before.

[colkurtz88]

Now this was when the NHL was fun to watch.NHL today sucks.

so sad what has happened to the league.

[stupidsh1t]

Bettman's sucking up and shoving hockey into America' face. That's what's happening right now..

[BollocksUtwat]

Mr. Canuck. Ha. "Looking like he's played 19 playoff seasons" -- Almost...

[jackng]

trevor linden....one of the greatest

[ChineseinCanada]

Wow that was wide open hockey eh>?

[tacular3]

NO KIDDIN EH! The first game of this series was the first ever hockey game i saw!!! i was 9 years old. Havent looked back!!!

[Twagger27]

Linden is a legend! Why is the visor on?

[andrewnoon]

Wow bob cole sucked back then as much as he sucks now, why is he a play by play guy I will never know

[makinasilike]

hay thats my B-day.

[deviousdime]

happy b-day