Checking the score for the Canada-U.S. World Juniors semifinal yesterday, it was clear that the TSN live scoreboard wasn’t functioning properly. But take a look at who was listed as “Canada’s Starting Goalie”: Listing Marc-Andre Fleury, who committed the game-losing gaffe in 2004 against the States, seemed like a bad omen. But as the team [...]

For my second Oilers game of the season, I wanted to see Ryan Smyth play for the opposition. He distributed pucks to fans before leaving the warm-up, as he always did, and the “boo birds” did greet him when he touched the puck (though I think, to a lesser extent than his Edmonton debut in [...]

My sister Felicia was able to score Amanda and I discounted tickets to Friday night’s Edmonton Oilers game against the Vancouver Canucks. The seats ended up being very good – executive level – and just above the opposition’s covered exit off of the ice (providing closeup views of Naslund and Ohlund. Whoo.). Unfortunately, that was [...]

Just returned from the annual Edmonton Oilers Superskills competition held at Rexall Place. I’ve never been that consistent with attending season games, but I’ve been surprisingly regular with this particular event. I am amazed by the increase in attendance over the last three years. In 2003, the head count was probably under 4,000. Last year, [...]