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BEST FEVER

And, on the 25th day, the skies opened, a light bright enough to blind, seared through the atmosphere and on to the Vancouver Canucks.

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For it is this day, the organization that couldn’t finally could, returning joy and dance to the Lower Mainland.

If you listened at just the right time you could hear cheers echoing off the coastal mountains and that billion dollar stadium with the weird cables and that funny hole.

It was at this moment, the Canucks vaulted into playoff position, a wild card spot bestowed on them for a dominating defeat of the sad hockey team from Denver.

If you were to watch just this one game, you would believe in the Canucks, completely, especially their power play. They whipped the Avs so thoroughly, you started to wonder if they were going to win multiple playoff rounds.

OK, that part didn’t happen. Instead, the Canucks barely got out of the thin air with two points.