The Heartland of Hockey
So, I was watching Global tonight, and apparently some sporting magazine (the Hockey News or the Sporting News, I can't remember which) ranked Calgary as the best hockey city in Canada. What a bunch of crap! So, apparently 60,000 Edmontonians sitting out in -30C weather for 8 hours, watching their team lose was less impressive than a bunch of Calgarians crowding around their saddle shaped stadium, during a playoff run in spring, with additional distractions. Really, any Canadian hockey city should be able to draw a crowd for a winner. There's a reason why Rider fans are considered the best in Canada. Screw you and the horse you rode in on Calgary!
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please, to having been in both edmonton and calgary during their respective playoff runs, it is blatantly obvious that calgary has the better fans. the way in which the city embraced this run was phenomenal and cannot be solely judged by the 'red mile', or 'flamesgirls.com'. this is not to say that the bandwagon wasn't teeming with people who didn't know the difference between a hockey stick and brad mccrimmon -- but true fanfare doesn't, and shouldn't, chiefly revolve around this. Rather, the level to which a city can come together and collectively share in the hysteria is a truer barometer in my belief. Calgary captured this like no city had done before and is certainly deserving.
the above, or below, was kail.
With Calgary, I think part of it was amplified because they hadn't been in the playoffs for a while, and they went quite far. I think you'd have seen a similar scene in Edmonton in 97 had they kept knocking off top teams and not just stopped with Dallas.
Dear Kyle,
Screw you and the Polar bear you sleep with.
All the Best,
Calgary
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