By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore News Ocean Hyland remembers her first hockey game well. Hyland was seven years old when her uncle brought her and her sister to Rogers Arena to see the Vancouver Canucks play. He bought them one jersey and they took turns wearing it. She remembers a blimp floating around the arena, and staff firing T-shirts into the crowd. \u201cI remember we so badly wanted to catch a T-shirt,\u201d said Hyland. \u201cWe were eating cotton candy and I remember it was so much fun. It was something that we got to go and do with our uncle and watch the game.\u201d Hockey was part of family life for Hyland, she said. Her dad would often have NHL games playing on the TV, sometimes… <\/p>\n
By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore News Ocean Hyland remembers her first hockey game well. Hyland was seven years old when her uncle brought her and her sister to Rogers Arena to see the Vancouver Canucks play. He bought them one jersey and they took turns wearing it. She remembers a blimp floating around the arena, and staff firing T-shirts into the crowd. \u201cI remember we so badly wanted to catch a T-shirt,\u201d said Hyland. \u201cWe were eating cotton candy and I remember it was so much fun. It was something that we got to go and do with our uncle and watch the game.\u201d Hockey was part of family life for Hyland, she said. Her dad would often have NHL games playing on the TV, sometimes... <\/p>\n