The Blues...stuck in the Vancouver Airport...8 hours and counting.
So the Blues are supposed to be playing the Sharks in 23 hours in a different time zone and are currently stuck eating overpriced sandwiches at the Vancouver airport.
Apparently they are missing a part on their plane.
So the Blues are supposed to be playing the Sharks in 23 hours in a different time zone and are currently stuck eating overpriced sandwiches at the Vancouver airport.
Apparently they are missing a part on their plane.
How does that happen?
Something needed to be replaced? Better on the ground, than in the air.
The past year Canada's World Juniors team had been awake for 30 hours — including for their bronze medal loss to Russia and flights to Helsinki and London — when they landed at Heathrow to find out their flight to Canada had been delayed a further 12 hours.
I remember when Dan Cloutier injured his groin at a morning skate in 2003. Johan Hedberg had to play and the Canucks AHL team was in the East and Alx Auld couldn't get a flight out.
So they signed a UBC 3rd goalie named Chris Levecque as a one time backup.
You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Levesque
The past year Canada's World Juniors team had been awake for 30 hours — including for their bronze medal loss to Russia and flights to Helsinki and London — when they landed at Heathrow to find out their flight to Canada had been delayed a further 12 hours.
I remember when Dan Cloutier injured his groin a a morning skate in 2003. Johan Hedberg had o play and the Canucks AHL team was in the East and Alx Auld couldn't get a flight out.
So they signed a UBC 3rd goalie named Chris Levecque as a one time backup.
You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Levesque
...why were they awake on the flight?
Are we just assuming they can't sleep on the plane?
Interesting you mention that. I think this is the last season Canadian NHL teams use Air Canada. AC went and removed first class seats from most of its charter airplane fleet, and NHL teams like the Canucks, Sens, Flames, leafs who lease from them were NOT happy.
