“Try to relax and breathe,” Leech offered as Cliff Ronning was instructed to keep an eye on his former teammate. Then Odjick shuffled on the ice and the chant started, filling the arena, filling a heart that has been damaged but not broken. Never in his wildest dreams did he think he’d be putting on a uniform and being with those guys again.”“It’s amazing,” Odjick said. “It started 30 years ago in my first game.”That was Nov. 21, 1990 when Odjick fought Dave Manson and Stu Grimson in a 4-1 Canucks’ win at the Pacific Coliseum. But it’s also the story of the Canucks’ team of the early- and mid-’90s, an unconventional confederacy of filberts and nonconformists who came together under Pat Quinn and remain tight to this day.

Source: National Post January 11, 2020 22:18 UTC