Edmonton vs. Calgary

I was lucky enough to snag tickets to the upper colonade of the Rexall Place for the Oilers/Flames game tonight. It was insane, the moment everyone stood up for Oh Canada, you realized how mad Edmonton is for hockey. The place was damn near sold out.... for an exhibition game.

Welcome to Edmonton Pronger.

First period the two teams felt themselves out like a couple of 14 year olds hitting first base. It was awkward and boring.

Second period I managed to sneak down to the Gold section with a few beers, along with my paranoid friend Jay who figured we'd be executed if we got caught. But some smooth talking with the usher and she never knew the difference. Now I had a seat to actually view this shit.

Calgary buried one. Fuck them, Morrison really blew that one. But I suppose Salo would have been 4 down, so one bad goal isn't that bad. Rookie phenom Dion Phaneuf proved he's not just a junior star... he's a major league slugger... when he totally crushed Torres with an open ice hit. I was surprised Torres even got up.

Still a boring game to this point. Then the 3rd period started and shit hit the fan. It was a real game then. Back and forth, intense action. Robbie Shremp again was the best Oiler around, making plays, passing the puck... only Radek Dvorak showed equal skill. Actually DVO proved once again why he's the best Oiler around. Total speed, defensive and offensive skills. He burned an entire Calgary PP on his own ripping around in their end with the puck, stripping the CGY D of the puck. All by himself. I yelled out "Give him a statue" and everyone in my section applauded the idea.

Then finally the crowd yelled for Pronger to shoot, but like the pussy he was all night, he didn't. Instead he passed it off to Stoll, who blasted it past everyone into the net. Finally we got to scream. The game was real now.

OT settled nothing. And the token shootout actually meant something. Everyone got denied for Calgary... somehow. Shremp, Pisani, Pronger all fucked up too.

Then Ryan Smyth, the mulleted retard went in on his shot and by some stroke of God, he sent it between Krahn's legs for the win. The place went nuts. Even if it was Smytty, the Oilers won and that's all that matters.

My only question... where the hell MacT gets off putting Pisani and Pronger out on a shootout when he has Radek Dvorak on the bench.

The Oil won, which is what matters in the end. But the won't keep winning with shitty SO picks.

Good night.