More than 500 people came out to Alberni Toyota on Sunday, Oct. 27 to meet former National Hockey League defenceman Harold Snepsts as part of the 2019 Vancouver Canucks’ Toyota Tundra tour.
The tour has been travelling around Vancouver Island, and Alberni Toyota partnered with the Vancouver Canucks to bring the tour here, said Chris Turner of the Chris Turner Experience at Alberni Toyota.
Port Alberni’s stop was arguably the largest for the tour this year, Turner said. “According to the Canucks’ organization they’ve never had a reception as big at an event as ours,” he added.
At Alberni Toyota on Sunday, members of the BC Hockey League Alberni Valley Bulldogs showed up to play ball hockey with fans. The local Kinsmen club barbecued hotdogs and hamburgers courtesy of Buy-Low Foods and Quality Foods, Boston Pizza provided pizza, Tim Hortons was there with coffee and hot chocolate, and there were multitudes of Vancouver Canucks’ prizes to be won. PEAK FM was on location all day as well.
Young fans were eligible to enter a contest to be a junior trainer at a Vancouver Canucks’ game later this season.
