An Abbotsford Canucks announcer was hit with a chair and no one will talk about it
So the long and short of this all is that yes, it does seem Abbotsford Canucks announcer Brandon Astle was struck in some way with a chair allegedly thrown by a Colorado Eagles fan during the broadcast of Monday's series-clinching win for the Canucks at Blue Arena in Loveland, Colo.
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'Got some yahoo chirping at me from behind,' Astle said late in the first period of the game, after Phil Di Giuseppe scored to make it 2-0.
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'I'm fired up. He threw my chair at me. Hit me right in the back of my leg. What was he doing here?' he then said about 20 seconds later, after a whistle had stopped play.
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'Unreal. Have another beer,' he then quipped to the viewing audience.
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Astle later posted to X about the incident, first posting a classic WWE clip of Stone Cold Steve Austin attacking The Rock with a chair, then a later post where he commented on a post of the audio of the incident.
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'I could have handled this better, but was in shock & fired up as you can tell, as that has never happened to me before… I know that one yahoo does not reflect the Eagles organization or their fans & apparently was found and kicked out,' he wrote.
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ummm @brandon_astle, are you good? 😮 pic.twitter.com/pat9y1b683
— Lizz Child (@LizzChild) May 26, 2025
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An account on X then went at him, suggesting they were the fan and that Astle's account was incorrect.
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Astle did not respond to an inquiry about the event, though another source told Postmedia that Astle's claims were indeed legit.
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But no one else is really talking either, leaving a few questions.
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The Canucks' director of communications Craig MacEwen declined to comment: 'we don't have any comment. Feel the incident has been dealt with and is over.'
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Kevin McGlue, the Eagles' vice-president of communications, also declined to further clarify what had happened: 'Thank you for reaching out. We have had discussions with Brandon over the past 24 hours, and the two teams are not going to be providing any further comment on the matter.'
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McGlue wouldn't even confirm or deny that the fan who is alleged to have thrown the chair was ejected from the building.
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The silence is a bit odd, though perhaps the Canucks would rather concentrate on their outstanding playoff run: they're set to face the Texas Stars in the AHL Western Conference championship, starting Thursday at the Abbotsford Centre.
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Often road announcers in the AHL are left to broadcast from a table in or adjacent to the stands. What Colorado's setup is isn't known. Was there a security guard posted in Astle's area? How did the fan get so close to him in the first place? Should the Canucks have had a staffer sitting with him?
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