The 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurred in Downtown Vancouver on the evening of June 14, 1994 and lead into the following morning. The riot was a result of the Vancouver Canucks loss to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Vancouver Canucks are a professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... The New York Rangers (NYR) are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...

The loss resulted in reports of 50,000 to 70,000 individuals converging upon Downtown Vancouver. What initially was a gathering precipitated into a riot at Robson and Thurlow Street, which later spread to surrounding areas of downtown. ^[1][2] Total damage to the downtown core was estimated at $1.1 million CAD. Like other Robson and surrounding retailers, the then Eaton's department store had more than 50 of its' storefront windows smashed.^[3] Robson Street is a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... ISO 4217 Code CAD User(s) Canada Inflation 2. ... Eatons was once Canadas largest department store retailer. ...

Subduing the crowd required the efforts of both the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP members. In all, 540 officers were directly involved with the riot. Many individuals were arrested and charged as a result. Due to the enforcement methods employed such as tear gas and rubber bullets, up to 200 individuals were injured as a result.^[4] Vancouver Police Department Coat Of Arms VPD Patch The Vancouver Police Department is the police force for the City of Vancouver. ... The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties; French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=20051222_140516_2124
2. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03EEDF163DF936A25755C0A962958260
3. ^ http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=df037f55-3491-4856-bf90-0bd99a0a7f49&p=2
4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E0D6163DF935A25755C0A962958260

External links

• Hour-long footage of the Riot at Google Video