The Green Men
| Sully and Force | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | versus Nashville Predators, December 22, 2009 |
| Information | |
| Aliases | The Green Men, Vancouver Green Men |
| Gender | Male |
The Green Men, known as Force (Adam Forsyth) and Sully (Ryan Sullivan), are supporters of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). They are known for sitting beside the opposing team's penalty box during Canucks games at Rogers Arena with their green full-body spandex suits. The suits are zentai, from the SuperFan Suit brand. Force wears the neon green suit while Sully, the shorter of the two, wears the darker suit. The two were inducted into the ESPN Hall of Fans in 2012. They have also appeared in a Pepsi billboard advertisement, wearing a Canucks jersey.
The idea for the Green Men started when the two friends, Force and Sully, decided to attend a National Football League game in Seattle. They ordered a pair of green suits to wear to the game after watching a Season 3 episode of the television program It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in which character Charlie Kelly wears a similar suit. Sully's suit arrived a day after the football game, so the Green Men went to a Canucks game instead. The owner of the roofing company that Sully worked for had access to the seats beside the penalty box, which is how they continually got those seats. The owner provided more free tickets after the duo rose to fame, but they have since been forced to pay for themselves. The Green Men entertain fans and annoy the opposition with their antics, which include handstands against the glass and the use of props such as a cutout of Carrie Underwood or Vince Vaughn in a Canucks jersey.
Some of their antics have been:
Their first appearance was when the Nashville Predators stopped by Rogers Arena, then known as General Motors Place, on December 22, 2009. They attended 13 games during the 2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season. In 2011, Force and Sully both finished their journalism program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and are trying to break into the media business.
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