There are plenty of Vancouver Canucks fans around Aldergrove, but few are easier to spot than Ed Zezchuk.

Zezchuk, a trades inspector with the District of Maple Ridge who makes his home in town, has turned his van into a tribute to the team.

鈥淚t鈥檚 all painted in Canucks colours,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檝e got 鈥楪o Canucks Go鈥� on it.鈥�

That took plenty of effort on its own, but it was only the beginning.

鈥淚 put two giant hockey sticks on it,鈥� Zezchuk said. 鈥淚 just started with the sticks and everyone liked them. They鈥檙e actually fiberglass sticks, the blades and everything. I got the butt ends on the sticks and I taped them up.鈥�

That part of the project was completed before the playoffs, but the reaction it drew inspired Zezchuk to keep adding to the van.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been awesome,鈥� he said. 鈥淓veryone鈥檚 been kind of egging me on, so it kept growing.鈥�

The next part of the van features more logos, as well as a couple of elaborate decorative pucks.

鈥淚鈥檝e got these little twirly things I painted up with the Canucks鈥� colours and logos, and then I built two giant hockey pucks,鈥� Zezchuk said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e about 30 inches high, right on the front. They鈥檙e lighted in the centre, so they鈥檙e all black but then they have a centre you can turn on and they actually light up.鈥�

The centrepiece is a uniquely Canuck touch.

鈥淚n the middle, I鈥檝e got a giant Stanley Cup that I made,鈥� Zezchuk said.

鈥淏ehind that, I made a special little apparatus. Basically, I got a little 19-inch Johnny Canuck that I ordered, and then I mounted a piece of eight-by-20 aluminum on a spring system. It springs, so it鈥檚 kind of like he鈥檚 chasing the Cup.鈥�

The van鈥檚 seen modifications throughout the playoffs to reflect Vancouver鈥檚 ongoing success as well.

Besides the Canucks logo, he has added the logos for Chicago, Nashville, San Jose and Boston, with X鈥檚 through the teams Vancouver has eliminated.

It鈥檚 been a labour of love for Zezchuk, but a time-consuming one.

鈥淚鈥檝e put about 48 hours into it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 kept adding on and now it鈥檚 gotten pretty full.鈥�

The van modifications have been expensive, too, but Zezchuk鈥檚 made an effort to use recycled supplies whenever possible.

鈥淢oneywise, I鈥檝e got about $70 just in bolts, because I have to bolt everything down. I鈥檝e spent probably about $400,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 use a lot of recycled materials, because I鈥檓 a building inspector but I also have my own plumbing company, so for a lot of it, I use pipe and that. I was able to scrap some stuff off people who kind of helped me out.鈥�

Zezchuk said the idea just came to him shortly before the playoffs.

鈥淚 just felt like I wanted to do it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 weird; I鈥檝e got my own woodworking

shop and that and I just felt like 鈥業 can do this!鈥�

He鈥檇 initially planned to only do a few modifications, but the response encouraged him to continue.

鈥淓verybody liked it, so I just kind of kept going,鈥� he said.

For Zezchuk, this is just the latest act in a lifetime of supporting the Canucks, though.

鈥淚鈥檝e been following the Canucks for so many years, for 40 years, ever since I was a kid,鈥� he said.

He said this season proved the ideal time to create this van, though, given the Canucks鈥� regular-season success and playoff run thus far.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I started this year, I had a really good feeling,鈥� Zezchuk said.