Fans go on rampage as Bruins lift Stanley Cup
(NEWSER) - Hockey fans enraged by the Canucks' 4-0 home loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals went on a rampage in downtown Vancouver. The mood turned ugly downtown as some 100,000 fans watched the game's final minutes at bars and restaurants, and on giant outdoor screens. Groups of angry Canucks fans hurled beer bottles at the screens, chanted obscenities, and set cars and garbage cans ablaze as peaceful fans fled, the Province reports. Riot police used tear gas to disperse angry mobs amid widespread looting and brawling as the mayhem spread. More»