Hey gang! So I don't know if I mentioned this before, but for Christmas 2009 my parents got me this super cool Canucks journal for a gift, and I've been using it ever since to keep a diary of my thoughts on every Canuck Game. And I was thinking, one of my favourite things about being a Canucks fans is all the awesome and tough rivalries we have and how great it is to play against all of our tough, big rivals. Since we just played the Calgary Flames, another Northwest elite team and perhaps our biggest divisional rival of all time, I thought it might be fun to take a stroll down memory lane! Who wants to come with me!? I can only imagine how fun this will be, with all the back-and-forth tough play, there's sure to be plenty of grind-it-out wins and heartbreaking losses, because it's such a big and elite rivalry between two perpetually solid teams! Here it goes...

Excerpts from Beantown’s Canucks Journal

December 27, 2009

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 5-1! SPLENDID! And MayRay had hat-trick! Isn’t that awesome! Haha, and Calgary had to yank their goalie! Still, despite this aberration, it’s always nice to beat our tough, divisional rivals. Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

January 9, 2010

Nice try guys! Well the Flames managed to "win" in a shootout 3-2! Oh well, those shootouts sure are pesky. But that’s the way things go in tight rivalries! lose games that no one really wins except with Bettman points, right? Canucks are sure to get their share of those too! Can’t wait for the next game of such an awesome rivalry!

March 14, 2010

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 3-1! SO COOL! Haha, and Calgary had to yank their goalie after a horrible start! Still, despite this aberration, it’s always nice to beat our tough, divisional rivals. Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

April 10, 2010

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 7-3! THIS ROCKS! Haha, Calgary had to yank their goalie! Still, despite this aberration, it’s always nice to beat our tough, divisional rivals. Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

December 1, 2010

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 7-2! SWEET!!! MayRay had hat-trick! Isn’t that awesome! Apparently it’s his second ever! I wonder when he got his first? Still, despite this aberration, it’s always nice to beat our tough, divisional rivals. Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

January 5, 2011

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 3-1! AMAZING! Aww Luongo lost the shutout with 11 seconds left, still impressive considering all the amazing firepower the Flames have! Get it? Firepower? Flames? Haha! Flames are part of fire so it’s funny! Hahahaha! Anyway, can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

January 22, 2011

Nice try guys! The Canucks came back to tie the game with less than 10 min to go in regulation, but the Flames managed to "win" in a shootout 4-3! Oh well, those shootouts sure are pesky. But that’s the way things go in tight rivalries! Close games that no one really wins except with Bettman points, right? Canucks are sure to get their share of those too! Can’t wait for the next game of such an awesome rivalry!

February 12, 2011

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 4-2! SOLIIIIIID!!! Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry! Oh man it’s great to have tough divisional rivals, must be so exciting for their fans too, huh?

March 12, 2011

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 4-3! KICKASS!!!!! Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry! Man this rivalry has been so tight forever! Two elite Northwest division teams! So exciting to play our tough, tough rivals!

April 9, 2011

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 3-2! WHAT A COMEBACK! Despite being down 2-0 going into the third period on the road, and despite the fact that the Canucks already had clinched the President’s trophy and had nothing to play for, our boys still managed to pull off the victory! Can’t wait for the rivalry to resume next season!! What a tight rivalry!

November 1, 2011

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 5-1! SO AWESOME! Haha, Calgary had to yank their goalie! Still, despite this aberration, it’s always nice to beat our tough, divisional rivals. Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

December 4, 2011

Yay everyone! The Canucks beat the Flames 5-1! SPLENDID! Haha, Calgary had to yank their goalie! Still, despite this aberration, it’s always nice to beat our tough, divisional rivals. Can’t wait for the next game! What a tight rivalry!

Oh wow… so the Canucks record against the Flames has been 10-0-2 since I started my journal, with Calgary yanking their goalie 5 lopsided times in the 10 losses? Crazy, considering it’s such an even, close, tight, tough, bitter rivalry of Northwest division powerhouse elites! Wow!

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