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Canucks Coach EP01

Matthew Hawkins — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:20 +0000

The other day my good buddy and fellow Canucks fan, Clayton Imoo, did a little interview with me about the upcoming Canucks season.
Check out his video and my latest Canucks Coach episode below:

A little intro to the Canucks coach.
A new episode will be loaded up for each Canucks home games.

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My Canucks Fan Journey

Matthew Hawkins — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:48:57 +0000

I started watching the Canucks when I was at least 7 or 8 years old. I was a die hard fan from the start. Tony Tanti, Stan Smyl, heck I grew up with the a poster of Trevor Linden the year he was drafted. I lived and breathed Canucks hockey.

I remember watching Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in 1994. Madison Square Garden. I remember Bure chasing the puck for an icing with seconds to spare in the game they would soon lose. I remember the feeling of defeat. The feeling of doubt that we would never see this moment again. Well, here we are today. Here is Vancouver sitting at the threshold of something that will go down in history one way or the other. Another moment to believe the Stanley Cup will makes it home in Vancouver.

Since getting into video, one of the first things I started doing was making fan videos for the Canucks. It’s been a fun ride and one I’ll continue to take as life goes on.
I’ve had the amazing privilege, because of being a Canucks fan, to do some awesome things with it:
- interview Dan Murphy from Sportsnet (still wish I had audio fixed and that I did that interview in character)
- visited GM Place (now Rogers Arena) for a behind the scenes tour, days before Crosby showed up for the first time on the West Coast
- interviewed Clayton Imoo (after years of talking about doing a video together…again with the audio…)
- interview with Brent Butt (because I persisted or he relented or both and I wish I had my audio fixed for this too… sigh)
- got to be on CTV and GLOBAL News a number of times (mostly because my kids are cute)
- was on the Canucks centre ice screen throughout a whole season for the opening videos (only pieces of my stuff, but still amazing)

I’ve been lucky and I hope to keep doing my nutty stuff for them.
I compiled a few of my favorite Canuck fan moments into one video for you to enjoy.

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Canucks Game 5 Live Fan Stream

Matthew Hawkins — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:41:18 +0000

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GAME 5 SHARKS vs. CANUCKS (2011 Playoffs) Check out CBC.CA or ATDHE.ME to watch it LIVE online. Cheers!

You can enjoy our live stream here tonight. Starting at game time.
Feel free to join the chat (login to uStream.tv to do so) and enjoy the wild antics, crazy fans and silent yelling (kids will be sleeping…maybe).
GO CANUCKS GO!
Sorry for the ad, but it’s this first video here. Just hit play and wait for the ad.

Free live streaming by Ustream

Also, please enjoy the latest Ultimate Canucks Fan interviews:

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Brent Butt Interview

Matthew Hawkins — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:03:18 +0000

A little while ago, I invited Brent Butt (creator & star of Corner Gas & Hiccups) to do a video interview with me.

In a moment of weakness and the persistence of fans, Brent obliged.

It took a bit of scheduling and some more persistence on Twitter, but Brent was very gracious to make the interview happen.

My wife and I took in his show on the 14th of April at the Comedy Mix. Very funny (the guests too). We got to spend a few minutes to talk with Brent that night and set-up the time for the interview.

I must say I was nervous having a chance to sit down in character with an icon in the Canadian Entertainment industry. It was also intimidating knowing that Brent sat down with George Stroumboulopoulos early this same week. However, the show went on.

We sat down and chatted for 30 minutes and I really enjoyed my time. A very special thanks to my good friend Geoff Heith for filming and to the Comedy Mix for letting us use their green room. And of course, a very special thank you to Brent for going through with this whole crazy thing. Enjoy the rye and I hope we can connect again soon.

Hope you enjoy the interview.
Cheers,
Matthew A. Hawkins

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Geoff’s Pics of Me

Matthew Hawkins — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:19:03 +0000

Geoff Heith is an awesome photographer. Great at video. Entrepreneur. And most of all a great friend.

Check out his own site here AND check out his wedding photo/video company here!

Just check out the pics he took of me below.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PHOTO! SO AWESOME GEOFF!!!!

I’m ready for the Canucks playoff run, are you???

Cheers,

Matthew A. Hawkins

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Video Invitation to Brent Butt

Matthew Hawkins — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:54:26 +0000

I’m a fan of the Vancouver Canucks AND Brent Butt. He is a funny man.

So, it made sense to me to ask Brent Butt if he’d do a video interview with me about comedy and the Canucks (a perfect combination in my mind).

*This just in, Brent has said that he’ll do the interview with me… once he’s at 12,000 followers on Twitter. It’s just a matter of time! Follow him here.

To Mr. Brent Butt,

Here is my video invitation to you:

If you’re on Twitter, if you could ReTweet this, that would be most awesome.

So what do you say Brent Butt, shall we do an interview?

Thanks,

Matthew A. Hawkins

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Sportsnet’s Dan Murphy & Matthew A. Hawkins

Matthew Hawkins — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:21:36 +0000

Geoff Heith and I got the amazing opportunity to go and visit Dan Murphy from Rogers Sportsnet Pacific. Most anyone who watches the Canucks on Sportsnet knows who Dan Murphy is and it was great meeting him in person. The small studio and office is just a stone’s throw from Rogers Arena and we got to hang out with Dan and ask him a few questions.

It was a great morning just meeting Dan, but shortly after that we were able to capture some footage inside Rogers Arena for a few minutes. Just goes to show you, anything is possible.

Thanks to Dan Murphy (@sportsnetmurph) and Geoff Heith for the great morning.
Question is now, will Dan keep following me on Twitter? I hope so.

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Ultimate Canucks Fan Episode 02

Matthew Hawkins — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:35:24 +0000

Well this is a first for me. I laugh just thinking of posting this.
I had this idea the other night of making fun of the referee that really messed things up for the Canucks. They were playing the Predators on January 11th 2010 and there were two terrible calls made by NHL ref Stephane Auger (pronounced Au-Jay) that were at the end of the game and helped cause the loss for the Canucks (you can watch the calls that Auger made here and here)

Check out Burrows response to Auger. Which he got fined $2500 for – Check it Here

So I present to you a music video I made for the Canucks in honor of the tool of a ref: Stephane Auger. It’s called “I Just Pulled an Auger on You”

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Ultimate Canucks Fan – EP01

Matthew Hawkins — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:31:09 +0000

Here it is.
It’s an intro into things to come. So if you have any ideas or feedback, email me at matthewahawkins [at] hotmail [dot] com

Go Canucks Go!
Enjoy.

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