The Vancouver Canucks have already found a new way to celebrate wins, and this one comes with a little Flavor Flav flair.
After Saturday night’s 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames, the team unveiled a fresh post-game ritual: the player of the game now gets an oversized Canucks-themed, bedazzled clock necklace. Brock Boeser handled the handoff to Liam Öhgren, who finished with a goal and an assist in the win.
“A bedazzled clock with a chain starting at 7 a.m., not 7 p.m.,” Boeser told the team. “The first one is going to Ohgy, got us going.”
The clock marks a change from the team’s previous post-win tradition, which began midway through last season and featured a battle axe as the player-of-the-game prize. That version was tied to first responders in the city. This one is a little lighter, and a lot more in line with a Flavor Flav-style showpiece.
There’s also a specific twist to the clock itself: it’s set to 7 a.m., not 7 p.m. The message behind it is simple - the work starts at the beginning of the day, not when the puck drops.
Öhgren had the final word after becoming the first Canuck to wear it.
“Great win, boys,” Öhgren said. “Get some rest and get at it tomorrow.”
Saturday’s result was a gritty one for Vancouver, which erased Calgary with four unanswered goals in the third period. And while this was supposed to be a tough season for a team deep into a scorched-earth rebuild, the Canucks have opened with two wins in their first three games. The new clock tradition is just the latest sign that, at least early on, things are looking a lot better than expected.
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