The Vancouver Canucks' most infamous fans, the Green Men, will cheer the team on in Boston for Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Discount travel retailer Travel Zoo Canada is sponsoring the spandex-clad duo's trek to the East Coast. The company is hooking up Force and Sully – the nicknames they use to hide their identities – with travel and game tickets to cheer on the boys in green (and blue).
"We're going to sit behind [goaltender] Tim Thomas for a couple of periods. We're going to make his life miserable," Force announced at a Friday rally for fans and media in downtown Vancouver Friday.
Other than antagonizing the Boston Bruins' goalie, the twosome has a few other tricks hidden up their tight and bright green sleeves.
They hinted at a return of crowd-pleasing handstands, but didn't want to give much away.
"We try to keep the secrets close to the vest, or the green suit I suppose," Force said. "We'll bust some stuff out while we're there."
When the team played the Blackhawks, the green duo held up cardboard cutouts of a Canuck-jersey clad Vince Vaughn.
When they faced off against Nashville, the twosome wielded a cardboard Carrie Underwood – whose husband Mike Fisher plays on the Predators – dressed in a Canucks jersey.
Of course, not everyone loves the green duo. Just last month, complaints were lodged with the NHL against the superfans. Still, they're not deterred.
"We're going to do everything we can to totally screw up the Bruins," Sully said. "I'm going to be absolutely shocked if I return with all my teeth in tact."
The Green Men, who are employed by a local radio station, are hoping that they'll be given the same courtesy they've seen Bruins fans get in Vancouver, Force says. Or at least, the same reaction they received in Nashville when the duo heckled the Predators.
"They wanted to hate us but they didn't," Force said.
Mostly, they plan to represent Canucks fans when not many can make it to the playoff games to support the team.
"We're taking that fan spirit all the way to Boston," Force said. "Canucks Nation will be alive and well."
The Green Men superfans have been cheering on Vancouver's home team since the end of 2009, when they first donned the legendary emerald spandex suits. They say they never planned for it to become this big.
"We wanted to do this once and the fans wanted us to come back because it was helping the Canucks," Force said.
"As long as you guys want us there, we're going to keep going."
The superfans have generated a dedicated following of their own fans. The dynamic duo has over 150,000 ‘Likes' on Facebook and nearly 28,000 followers on Twitter.
