Posted on 11/26/2014 12:33:52 PM PST by TurboZamboni
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks honored late coach Pat Quinn in a pregame ceremony on Tuesday night. A moment of silence was held for Quinn before the Canucks hosted the New Jersey Devils. A video tribute was played while Mark Donnelly sang "Danny Boy." Canucks players wore "PQ" decals on their helmets that will remain for the rest of the season. Quinn, who died Sunday at 71 following a long illness, was a defenseman with the original Canucks team that entered the NHL in the 1970-71 season.
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Mark Donnelly singing Danny Boy, in tribute to Pat Quinn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqEKwnHkkn0
4/2/1969 vrs. Bobby Orr. The ‘elbow or shoulder’ nuke blast!
Phew! For a minute I thought they were saluting the Dem governor of Illinois!
Pat Quinn? Didn’t he just lose the Illinois gubernatorial election?
Ah, their enforcer. I thought that name rang a bell.
Viktor Tikhonov, the legendary Soviet coach passed on the same day.
Bookmark. I will ping the “Hockey Ping List” when I get home from the hockey game.
He came to my house once when I was a kid. He was with the Tulsa Oilers at the time and had a local off-season job, and was going to have a business dinner out with my dad. He brought autographed photos for me and my brother. Of course, not being sports-minded at that age, it wasn’t until many years later that I appreciated mine.
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