2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot

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Coordinates: 49°17'03"N 123°07'16"W


Smoke billowing from fires in downtown Vancouver during the riot

Date: June 15, 2011; 13 years ago
Time: 7:45 p.m. – midnight (PDT)
Location: Downtown Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°17′03″N 123°07′16″W
Also known as: Vancouver riots
Type: Sports riot, hooliganism, vandalism, arson, vehicle fires
Cause: Vancouver Canucks series loss to the Boston Bruins in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals
Deaths: 0
Non-fatal injuries: 140 (1 critically injured, 3 seriously)
Property damage: $4 million CAD (estimated), ($5.25 million in 2023 dollars)

On the evening of June 15, 2011, in the downtown core of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a riot broke out almost immediately after the conclusion of the Boston Bruins' win over the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals, in which the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.

Nearly 150 people were injured during the incident, including four stabbings. On the night of the riot, nearly 100 arrests were made by the Vancouver police, including 85 for breach of peace, eight for public intoxication, and eight for criminal code offenses such as assault and theft. In 2015, four years after the riot, police finished their investigation and recommended the final charges against two suspects, bringing the total to 887 charges against 301 people. The riot did an estimated $4 million in damage, with an additional $5 million being spent on additional staffing costs for prosecuting the rioters.

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Vancouver riot kissing couple still together 4 years later
Rich Lam's iconic photo of Canadian Alex Thomas and Australian boyfriend Scott Jones went viral

CBC News · Posted: Jun 25, 2015 9:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 26, 2015


The couple seen in a viral photograph kissing on the ground during the Vancouver riot are still together — four years later.

As Vancouver marks the anniversary of the infamous 2011 Stanley Cup riot this month, the couple are still an item and are now living in Australia.


Canadian Alex Thomas and her Australian boyfriend Scott Jones now live in Melbourne. (CBC)

Canadian Alex Thomas and her Australian boyfriend Scott Jones now share a place in Melbourne, where Jones is a bar manager and Thomas works in sewage planning and wastewater treatment, according to The WorldPost, Huffington Post's world news site. Thomas has also applied for Australian citizenship.

The couple were trying to get out of the downtown area, following the Vancouver Canucks' Game 7 Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins, when they were caught in the massive riot.

Thomas fell during the mayhem and Jones embraced her on the ground to comfort her, they told CBC News in an interview two days after the riot.

"She was a bit hysterical afterwards, obviously, and I was trying to calm her down," Jones said.

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