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Chapter 1: What latest Canucks news did Rick Dhaliwal share?
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Let's go now to the Able Auctions hotline. Our next guest, intrepid Canucks reporter from Donnie and Dolly on Check TV. It's Rick Dollywall here on the Halford & Brough Show on Sportsnet 650.
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Chapter 2: What did the hosts learn from the recent Canucks match?
What up, Ricky D?
I did the wave in those Western Finals in the 80s, Jason. And I'll tell you something else. Dave Ritchie, Don Matthews, some of the greatest games BC plays. and you're bang on. The wave was big back then, and little Ricky was sitting up in the upper deck, $8 seats. Oh, memories.
Bruff, you just made my day. I called the upper deck Fight Central. Oh, I saw a great brawl one time at a Lions game. Oh, man.
Holy smokes.
In the 90s, it turned into like guys would go, do you want to go to the Lions game and get in a fight?
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Chapter 3: What insights did Rick Dhaliwal provide about the Canucks' draft strategy?
It was unbelievable.
It was, and I remember I saw one, 15 people. And this was back in the early 80s. It was phenomenal. But BC Place yesterday, guys. Okay, let me get into this. We're going to talk soccer first. The Canucks got nothing going on that compares to what soccer did yesterday. That was spectacular. And fans started gathering around BC Place at noon. I was just leaving downtown. You saw the sea of red.
before the kickoff, the PNE Fan Festival jam, and last night, Granville. You don't even have to like soccer to understand how a World Cup unites countries. Very few sports have this power and ability. It's truly a world event. The grass at BC plays, guys, stunning. Like, I'm sure the BC Lions would love to play on that. Not going to happen.
Vancouver may be a hockey town and always will be, but yesterday they showed up for soccer on the world stage.
Chapter 4: How did the World Cup impact Canadian soccer fans?
And I hate to bring up the Whitecaps. I hate to bring them into this. But how can they leave town when Vancouver does what they did last night and support soccer the way they did? It's only going to get stronger and bigger for the Switzerland game. Now, I'm going to tell you right now, and I thought of the Canadian team in 1986, and I'll tell you why. Because it was in the 80s?
No, no, because of the late, great coach, Tony Waiters. I was very lucky to interview Tony many times, a class act. The happiest guy in Canada last night would have been Tony Waiters. He did so much for Canadian soccer. And for him to know that Canada won their first World Cup game ever, he would have been the happiest guy.
Bob Lenarduzzi, Valentine, Dale Mitchell, Ian Bridge from Victoria, Randy Samuel, he was so good, Colin Miller, Paul Dolan and Nett. Those guys paved the way. And we can't forget about that 86 team. Those guys paved the way. And just like the 86 team, this is a very likable Canadian squad. I heard you guys talking earlier this week, Jonathan David's got to wake up.
What, he only played 61 minutes in the opener? I mean, he did wake up. He got the hat trick.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the Canucks' recent player contracts?
Kyle Lahren scores again. Just a blast to watch. A fun day. And Vancouver showed the world yesterday. that it's a world-class city. There was so much to like. There was so much to like, it's not even funny. It was an absolute wonderful event. I have two problems with yesterday, okay? Okay. You guys ganged up on me. You guys tagged me a couple of weeks ago on the streaming. Please don't say that.
Don't do it again. Don't ever say that again. You know what I mean. You ganged up on me. Don't do it again. Anyways, first you have 52,000 people wearing red in a building. and Canada comes out in black uniforms, ugly black uniforms.
Chapter 6: What are the hosts' thoughts on the state of Canadian soccer?
There is nothing in those uniforms that screams Canadian. It's a horrible decision. The color of the uniform in the field should match the color of the fans in the stands. Every single country does it. Let's hope they go back to red uniforms against Switzerland because it wasn't a good look last night. I don't know what you guys thought about it.
What color do the Swiss wear?
Yeah, they got white and red. We only got a couple choices because they got white and red. You know what? I like the black jerseys personally, but more importantly, there have been some massive Canadian soccer moments over the last four years. Actually, Duthie mentioned this on the broadcast yesterday where they've been wearing the iconic black jerseys.
Maybe the best one of them all was the Ice-Tecca game where Sam Adekube made the leap into the snowbank and they were wearing the all-black kits then. I did wonder if it was something about... luck or history or vibes that they went with the All Black yesterday because they had so many good moments wearing the All Black kits in previous iterations of this team.
Yeah, I just, look, Canada, you can go back to the hockey teams of the 60s, 70s, the Canada Cup, Phil Esposito, Coliseum, come on, Canada. It's always been red. I'm not a fan of these black uniforms. I'm just going to flat out say it.
What was the second thing you didn't like from the 6-0 win?
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Chapter 7: What questions did listeners ask during 'Ask Us Anything' segment?
The second is Donnie and I pay $18 a day to park in downtown. We're right by BC Place. Yesterday, these guys charged us $63. That's BS. The balls on these guys to charge that, it's ridiculous. Okay, why should I pay $63 for a game that I didn't go to? I mean, that's money that could go to DAZN. Don't do it. We're not doing it. We're not getting him up today. Then you guys tag team me.
Listen, these parking guys are the worst, and you can't even call them because I tried to call them. You've got to email these idiots. Anyways, they're lucky because if I would have got them on the phone, it wouldn't have been pretty. But to charge $63 when you charge $18 the other days is just ludicrous, and you guys know it.
So outside of those two things, it was overall a good experience?
Yes.
Oh, I loved it. Yeah, it was fantastic, right? And look, I didn't like the game because it got out of hand early, and then they started getting red cards.
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Chapter 8: What final thoughts did the hosts share before signing off?
Oh, the Kona injury was a real damper.
I mean, 79% possession, and thanks to the two red cards. But at the end of the day, you want to see a more competitive game, but you take it any time. Obviously, the next game is going to be more competitive, competitive. But here we go. We got the first win for Canada ever at the World Cup. Huge sign. It's absolutely what Canadian soccer's done in the last
Three to four years is pretty phenomenal.
It's very, very, very good. I wanted to mention, when you mentioned that 86 team, I mean, that's 40 years ago now. That was a long time ago. But the change is unbelievable. Like half of those guys on that 86 team were unattached. They were unemployed. Who was the guy that was like a water meter guy?
George Pecos. Yeah, like on the island.
These guys really had regular jobs, and a bunch of the teams that they were on had folded because that's what soccer teams did in the 80s. So they were like, okay, well, I guess we'll stick around and train for the World Cup. The difference now in the quality of the players, I mean, Kone is playing in Serie A in Italy, the top league.
You've got players like Alphonso Davies playing for Bayern, who's one of the biggest clubs in the world. It really is incredible how far it's come, not just in soccer knowledge among the fan base, but just in the quality of the player in Canada.
It starts with the academies. It starts early. And the academies are way better. The kids are getting great teaching. I mean, it starts early. It's starting early. Why are there so many NBA players from Canada? It starts early. The kids are getting better at an early age. They're eating right. In hockey, they've got skating coaches, this coach, that coach.
The kids are getting better coaching at a younger age than they did 20, 30, 40 years ago, and that's making a massive difference in all sports. It's all sports. But to watch Canada do that on the world stage yesterday was absolutely phenomenal.
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