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Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match

Angry, drunken revelers ran wild on Wednesday night after the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, setting cars and garbage cans ablaze, smashing windows, showering giant TV screens with beer bottles and dancing atop overturned vehicles.

  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Angry, drunken revelers ran wild on Wednesday night after the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. (AP Photo)
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  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    The mob set cars and garbage cans ablaze, smashed windows, showered giant TV screens with beer bottles and danced atop overturned vehicles. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Smoke plumes rise from police cars set on fire following the Vancouver Canucks being defeated by the Boston Bruins in the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Revelers retreat as a police flash bang goes off in Vancouver. (AP Photo)
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  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Police on horseback had to come into action after a riot following the Vancouver Canucks being defeated by the Boston Bruins in the NHL Stanley Cup. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    A burnt out car lies upside down in the street following the riots. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    A riot officer watches as two police cars burn during a riot in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo)
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  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Rioters burn police cars after the Vancouver Canucks were defeated by the Boston Bruins in the NHL's Stanley Cup Final. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Police officers stand amongst debris after rioters moved through the area. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    A protestor demonstrates in front of a burning police car during a riot in downtown Vancouver. (AP Photo)
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  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Riot police look on as two police cars burn during a riot in downtown Vancouver. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    Rioters break the front doors of a Sears department store on Granville Street. (AP Photo)
  • Huge Vancouver riot after hockey match
    A woman lights her cigarette from a trash can fire during the riot. (AP Photo)
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    A rioter throws a mannequin at a Granville Street shop. (AP Photo)
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