MY VIEW: I stood at Canucks game, was told to sit down. Who's wrong?

I'm a big Canucks fan. So is my adult son, so we were excited to buy tickets to their season-opening game Oct. 9 in Vancouver.

Jerseys on, we stood in the lower bowl to watch "warmies" (pre-game warmup) — a tradition we have — before their battle with Calgary Flames last Thursday night. The vibes were high as we enjoyed a couple Canucks-logo'd beers (made by Granville Island Brewing) and walked up the stairs to our upper-bowl seats, behind Thatcher Demko in net.

We watched the new, Star Wars -like hype video featuring Canucks players in space ships, followed by Al Murdoch's introductions of Canucks coaches and team personnel. When he began calling players' names as they skated to centre ice, it was time to stand and cheer every one of them as another NHL season arrived at Rogers Arena.