{"id":50812,"date":"2025-08-07T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50812\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:59:10","slug":"new-vancouver-canucks-forward-evander-kane-spotted-playing-beer-league-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50812\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane spotted playing beer league hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane is back playing beer league once again in anticipation of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Kane, who was<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/oilers-canucks-trade-evander-kane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> acquired by the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> from the Edmonton Oilers in a trade earlier this offseason, is<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/oilers-evander-kane-playing-beer-league-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> no stranger to beer league action<\/a>. While he didn\u2019t appear to suit up last summer due to injury, he was<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/oilers-forward-evander-kane-playing-beer-league-edmonton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> spotted playing in multiple games<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent trade, Kane was suiting up in a league in Edmonton once again. The only difference this time was that, while still rocking Oilers gloves, he had Canucks pant shells on.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You pull up to your 9 o\u2019clock beer league game and see Evander Kane on the other team\u2026 what\u2019s your first move? \ud83c\udfd2 <\/p>\n<p>(Via: storo92)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wyKkfcVKV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7wyKkfcVKV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Game Notes (@GameNotesBud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameNotesBud\/status\/1953109569137459328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As was the case two years ago, he continued to<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/oilers-kane-beer-league-hockey-fake-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> play under the name Fa Afo<\/a>. It\u2019s a tribute to his own saying that he used <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/oilers-kane-doubles-down-violent-game-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">following a playoff game versus the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>, where he got the better of Keegan Kolesar in a scrum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen ya wanna f*ck around, sometimes ya gotta find out,\u201d Kane told reporters at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Kane, who was donning No. 25 in the game, wound up finishing with two goals and four points in what was an 8-3 win for the Broadstreet Bullies, the same team which he suited up for numerous games with two summers ago.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Kane is out playing beer league is a positive sign for Canucks fans, as it indicates he\u2019s likely fully healthy and ready to go for the upcoming season. The 34-year-old was forced to miss the entire 2024-25 campaign due to injury, but was able to return for the playoffs and score six goals and 12 points in 21 outings.<\/p>\n<p>You might also like:<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/sneak-peek-canucks-single-game-ticket-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sneak peek at Vancouver Canucks single-game ticket prices for 2025-26<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane is back playing beer league once again in anticipation of the 2025-26 season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-50812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}