Edmonton has a new hero in as talk of upsetting Dallas grows

"They chanted his name on the buses and trains on the way home from Tuesday's game. They called radio stations Wednesday to dedicate David Bowie's Heroes to the local boy who did good. ...It turned Edmontonians into believers."

Mets fans say they and the Mets have a philoshopy. I say the Oilers and Oilers fans do too. This doesn't happen in other Canadian hockey cities anymore. Every year during the playoffs I'm reminded why I keep having urges to live in Edmonton AGAIN someday. To be a part of that electricity is something special.

I would not be surprised if I lived in Edmonton again some day.

"All week children have been wearing Oilers jerseys to school and there have been an inordinate amount of people walking around the city with blue and copper coloured hair."

When you enter the city of Edmonton, you're greeted with the sign, "Edmonton, City of Champions". That really sticks with you when you grow up. That probably explains a lot. ;-)

Written on April 19, 2001