Facebook page called "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" has attracted more fans in two weeks than the Nickelback fan page has acquired in its existence on Facebook. (Getty Images)

Wednesday night, as Canucks across the country were watching the Canadian men's hockey team emerge victorious from its Olympic quarter-final match against Russia, there was an equally nail-biting Canadian competition unfolding online.

I'm talking about the Facebook-inspired showdown between Canadian rockers Nickelback and... a pickle. And, as of late last night, it's looking like the pickle has trounced the wildly successful hard rock band.

Started as a bit of a lark by Facebook member Coral Anne on February 3, the Facebook group entitled, "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" has become a hit of How You Remind Me proportions, picking up unexpected momentum in the last three weeks, until the plucky little dill finally surpassed Chad Kroeger and co. late yesterday. At last count, the pickle has more supporters (1,489,737) than the Nickelback fan page (1,422,984 members strong) has acquired in its existence on the popular social networking site.

No word yet on what the band thinks of the online upset, but the founder of the pickle-inspired Facebook fan group has weighed in on the outcome, taking pains to say the page was always meant to be funny and her intent "was pro-pickle, more than anti-Nickelback."