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The Vancouver Canucks

Founded in 1970, The Vancouver Canucks are a professional National Hockey League ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their home arena is General Motors Place. The Canucks have been a very successful organization with two appearances in the Stanley Cup finals. Many stars have emerged from this organization including Markus Naslund, Stan Smyl, and Trevor Linden. The legendary Mark Messier also spent two seasons with the team.
The Vancouver Giants

The Vancouver Giants are the BC Division affiliate of the Western Hockey League. The Giants play at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. The giants have had many good seasons including playoff drives. The team includes several NHL hopefuls and many top prospects.
The Vancouver Whitecaps FC

With both a men's and women's team The Vancouver Whitecaps (officially Whitecaps F.C.) are Canadian professional soccer teams, which currently play in the USL First Division of the United Soccer Leagues (USL), the largest system of national soccer leagues in North America. Both teams play at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia. Recent accomplishments of the organization include the league championship twice in the last three years.
The Vancouver Canadians

The Vancouver Canadians are the Northwest League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are a minor league baseball franchise (dating back to 1979). The Canadians have had players like Jose Canseco, Rod Beck, Rickey Henderson, Scott Brosius, Jason Giambi, Tim Hudson and Miguel Tejada. They play home games at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The B.C. Lions

Founded in 1954 The British Columbia Lions are a Canadian Football League team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They play in the West Division. Their home field is BC Place (located near GM place the home of the Canucks). Like many other B.C. based organizations the Lions are known for their success. They currently sit on top of league standings and are undefeated this season! The Lions have many Grey Cups to their credit including the '64, '85, '94, '00, and '06 seasons.
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