This is taken from the mints website below:
"At an amateur level, a Vancouver Canucks fan melted a Loonie into GM Place during a shinny rental on March 25th, 2004 and the team went on a win streak of 8-0-1. When NHL team officials removed the Loonie the night before the Canucks were to face the Calgary Flames in the playoffs, the Canucks lost all three home games and the series. Coincidence?"
Now the canucks are blaming the loonie. HAHA.
http://www.mint.ca/luckyloonie/about.asp