WATCH: Darpan Your City presents Canucks Diwali Night
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 25 Oct, 2022 09:34 AM
Darpan Your City shares with you highlights from Canucks 6th Diwali Night at Rogers Arena. Award winning South Asian visual artist Sandeep Johal was chosen as the designer for the Canucks Diwali themed jerseys.
Sandeep Johal shared more about the design for the jerseys and what it meant to create a Diwali themed logo for the Canucks. Punjabi singer Jazzy B was the intermission headliner.
Virtanen wept openly when the verdict was read in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Virtanen was charged in January with sexual assault in connection with an incident in a downtown Vancouver hotel room in September 2017.
Bains is the third player of South Asian descent to join the Canucks organization after Robin Bawa from Duncan and Manny Malhotra from Mississauga. He has become the first player of South Asian descent to win the Bob Clarke Trophy as the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) top scorer!
He is the first leading scorer in the WHL of South Asian heritage. Hear from him on what it means to be playing hockey professionally with his favourite team the Canucks during their up-coming season.
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Bains, 21, has appeared in 55 games for the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL) this season collecting 82 points (30-52-82) and 46 penalty minutes. He leads the league in both points (82) and assists (52), becoming the first player of South Asian descent to lead the WHL in points.