Milan Lucic Talks Coquitlam Express, Vancouver Giants, Winning Stanley Cup In Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - March 2, 2023 - PRLog -- Vancouver's own, Milan Lucic stopped by the Vancouver Podcast, I Only Touch Greatness to chat with Ryan Haze and Big Mike, this is a special episode because they was joined by members of the Coquitlam Express BCHL team.

Lucic talks about his time spent playing for the Coquitlam Express, and what it meant for his development before being noticed and invited to play for the Vancouver Giants after going undrafted in the WHL draft.

He tells a great story from his Coquitlam Express days, of the time it was snowing and the team bus was being targeted by kids throwing snowballs, so the bus pulled over and Lucic came out the bus trying to fight everyone.

He then talks about his famous shift, the shift that changed his life in the Memorial Cup finals again Medicine Hat. He talks about how proud he felt to win the Memorial Cup in Vancouver.

They then talk about Draft Day and how he never expected to be drafted to the Boston Bruins, he talks about Winning the Stanley Cup in 2011 against the Vancouver Canucks, in Vancouver and how the town turn on him and it hurt him inside. Instead of being celebrated for being a local guy, he was hated. He mentioned how he wishes to play in Vancouver one day. He Talks about playing in LA, Playing in Edmonton and now Calgary and what its like to play in the battle of Alberta.

They talk about a lot of good things in this great interview, Here is the opening clip of the interview:

https://youtu.be/2bEDdXuCdl8