Saturday, May 13, 2006

Lessons from a hockey team

It is always pleasant to be reminded of one of the reasons I cheer for the Edmonton Oilers. Tonight, in playoff game 4 against San Jose, they got down by 2 goals early on. They scored but again got scored on and were down by 2 goals again. It is now 6-3 Edmonton because they turned it around. When things got tough, they did not quit. Victory will be theirs tonight.

I'm proud of the city of Edmonton (and northern Alberta/ Lloydminster) as well, for keeping the Oilers back in the tough days... For Superstore and the others who worked so hard to sell the minimum number of seasons tickets. For the local ownership consortium. For the community pulling together back in 98 to be the only former WHA team in today's NHL. Edmonton is the little city that could... I hope the OIL keep it up and move onto round 3 for the first time in many years. This year they aren't the favourites, but that doesn't mean they can't play hard and upset many other teams. GO OILERS GO!

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