A security guard barely dodges a punch thrown by a rioter.

A woman tries to prevent the rioters from inflicting more damage.

Restraining the woman, the rioters successfully vandalize the store.

Looters ransack Sears department store, taking everything in sight.

A helicopter flies overhead as a crowd dances in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery in what seemed to be the only peaceful gathering of the night.

Just outside the downtown core, all is quiet. A stark contrast to the pandemonium happening minutes away.

On the 15th of June 2011, the Vancouver Canucks hockey team lost 4-0 to the Boston Bruins in a much-anticipated final round of the Stanley Cup 2011 series. Riots quickly broke and the Vancouver Police Department struggled to control the crowds. People were injured, cars were overturned and set alight, and shops were broken into and looted. It was gut-wrenching to see this deplorable mob behaviour cast an ugly mark on the night and the city.