EDMONTON -- How lucky are we?? Tonight in the home of the Edmonton Oilers, the Regina Pats (23-24-1-5) take on the Edmonton Oil Kings (22-26-2-4) at Rexall Place. And we're on hand for it, along with a fanbus of 54 Pats supporters. Check out this ad below from the Oil Kings' website:
You can add another 1,000 or so tickets sold meaning well over 12,000 fans will be on hand tonight for this gigantic WHL East Conference showdown. The Pats and P.A. Raiders are tied for the WHL's final playoff spot with 52 points while the Oil Kings are only two behind.
Last night at the Oilers-Wild game, Jordan Eberle was interviewed live on the jumbotron illiciting a roar from the sellout crowd of Oiler fans. Then, on his way out of the arena, he was swarmed by a mob of Oiler fans wanting "autties" (as the players say).So, with 12,000 tickets sold as of Friday, it's reasonable to assume at least a thousand more were sold last night and today after all the Eberle hype.
We're lucky because we're here, and tonight's game will be monumental.
Opening faceoff on 620 CKRM is at 8:00pm Regina time (7:35 Press Box Sports Bar Pats Pregame show). The Oil Kings broadcast is at http://www.theteam1260.com/.
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Speaking of, the Press Box Sports Bar wants to be your Super Bowl XLIII headquarters. Of course tomorrow the Arizona Cardinals take on the Pittsburgh Steelers for the NFL championship in Tampa Bay, FL.
Doors to the Press Box swing open at 11:00am and don't close until 2:00am. The Super Bowl Party is sponsored by Molson Canadian, with all Molson products just $4.00, and $0.25 chicken wings all day. Plus, there's plenty of prizes from Molson
Across down at the Four Seasons Sports Palace, owner/operator George Yannitsos tells us the weekend starts with UFC 94 tonight, with no cover, buckets specials.
On Super Bowl Sunday, the 4Seasons offers great prizes including a beer fridge, 2 lounge chairs, buckets specials, pizza and nacho specials.
I offer this info because Super Bowl is like Christmas to me, and it is to these two places as well...
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I was with some members of the Edmonton Eskimos last night, and they were asking how I thought Richie Hall will do as their new head coach. The answer of course, was obvious, and then I cursed them for stealing him.
They said he marvelled at the media attention the Eskimos get, and how it's at least double what the Roughriders attract in Regina. That's the way it goes.
And I was a little put out to see this morning where an Edmonton newspaper football writer lifted some Maurice Lloyd quotes from my blog without attribution. The story is below, and if you read this blog daily, you'll remember the day I blogged Maurice's comments on CKRM:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/edmonton-eskimos/Will+Riders+trio+follow+Hall/1238681/story.html
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Time to get ready for the game. Hope you tune in tonight! It's a huge one..
Talk to you tonight!
7 comments:
Does anyoene know if the Pats game is on Access 7 tonight?
Nope...it's on WHLtv online....
Bah! I hate hooking up the computer to the plasma.
Rod, you really blow things out proportion, Ebs is great et all, but I was at the game last night and there was a general appreciation of his efforts by the fans, not a "ROAR" as you suggest.
Your opinion. Plaster and I were right beside him and we all talked about how loud it was.
RP
It was quite a roar for him before the Oil Kings game. I can't imagine what it was like last night in front of a sellout!
DJ
I live in Edmonton and follow your blog consistently. I read your interview with Lloyd over a month ago and couldn't believe it when I read Saturday's Edmonton Journal. I cringed for the second time hearing Lloyd's apprehension. Also, my sister works at the Starbucks on Jasper Ave & 101 Street and posted on facebook that she was so pumped to serve you a drink for the second time this year. There you go, you're famous in E-Town! Thanks for your analysis and info about the homeland.
Jon H
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