Some Vancouver Canucks players made one heck of a gesture before playing the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
One night before the Vancouver Goldeneyes were set to host a historic home opener at the Pacific Coliseum, four Canucks players were spotted wearing jerseys of the city\u2019s new PWHL team.<\/p>\n
One of those players was Aatu R\u00e4ty.<\/p>\n
Not only did the Finnish centre rock a jersey to the rink, but he had to track down a Goldeneyes sweater in an unusual way.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw a couple of guys had them in the locker room,\u201d he said. \u201cI asked around and they didn\u2019t have any, so [the team] Ubered one for me today, which is pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, in case you didn\u2019t know, you can have hockey sweaters sent to your house via an Uber. What a world.<\/p>\n
When he entered Rogers Arena, R\u00e4ty was seen wearing a Michela Cava sweater.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the jerseys, they\u2019re so cool,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Jake DeBrusk, Kiefer Sherwood, and Kevin Lankinen were the other three Canucks seen wearing Goldeneyes jerseys on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Go Goldeneyes\u2757\ufe0f\u2070\u2070Reppin\u2019 @PWHL__Vancouver<\/a> ahead of their first-ever home opener tomorrow! pic.twitter.com\/OgJBgFe4TM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n For R\u00e4ty, he had a mission after the game: finding tickets for the Goldeneyes\u2019 home opener on Friday night.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope they still have some tickets,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a day off, so I\u2019m gonna go and watch.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think\u00a0they have the Finnish national team captain there too,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a super high-level women\u2019s game, so I\u2019m definitely interested to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n The Goldeneyes do have one Finnish player, Michelle Karvinen, who captained Finland to a bronze medal at the 2025 World Hockey Championships.<\/p>\n With the Goldeneyes entering their inaugural season as favourites to win a PWHL championship<\/a>, perhaps there was some hope that their good mojo would rub off on the Canucks.<\/p>\n Instead, Vancouver lost 4-2 to the Dallas Stars. That drops them to 3-6-1 on home ice this season.<\/p>\n For a while, it looked like there could be some good Goldeneyes energy in Rogers Arena. The Canucks were largely the better team against the Stars. But, once again, a couple of defensive breakdowns thwarted what was otherwise a good effort.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was probably our best game of the year,\u201d head coach Adam Foote told reporters postgame.<\/p>\n \u201cWe frustrated them. In the second period, we pretty much dominated that period.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t carry that momentum into the third period. Despite outshooting the Stars 25-14 through two periods, Dallas began the third with the advantage on the shot clock.<\/p>\n They outshot Vancouver 7-2 in the final frame before Colin Blackwell buried the eventual game-winning goal after an ill-timed pinch from Tom Willander.<\/p>\n Colin “Colin Blackwell” Blackwell \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 pic.twitter.com\/zWd1iGePoF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Down a goal, the Canucks only got two more shots on goal before Mikko Rantanen\u2019s jaw-dropping backhand spin-o-rama sealed the victory for Dallas.<\/p>\n MIKKO RANTANEN THAT WAS DISGUSTING! \ud83e\udd2e pic.twitter.com\/4stk25SEFK<\/a><\/p>\n