EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup final in a celebration reaching north of the Arctic Circle and drawing in fans from as far away as the Philippines.
On Monday morning, Oilers fans sloughed off grey clouds and rain to pack the team store at downtown Rogers Place.
At the same time, Oilers fans celebrated under the midnight sun with a cavalcade of 50 or more cars, trucks and ATVs driving up and down the gravel streets of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories, honking horns, leaning out of windows, cheering, waving flags and having a good time. The Oilers were Canada’s last hockey dynasty, winning four Cups in the 1980s followed by a fifth in 1990.
An unscientific street poll of Oilers jerseys indicates fans favour the blue and orange ones with few going in for the road whites. Most sport the prime numbers of the team’s alpha players: 97 and 29 . More recently,"Play La Bamba, baby!" became the catchphrase of the late Ben Stelter, a six-year-old Oilers superfan whose enthusiasm and support became an inspiration to star players such as McDavid.Stand on a street corner these days anywhere in Edmonton and in a few minutes a car will whiz by bearing a tiny flag with the Oilers logo snap-snapping in the breeze, struggling mightily to stay affixed to its plastic mast.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is now 2-for-2 on hockey playoff bets with counterparts in B.C. and Texas.
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