Dear Oiler Fans,
If you don't know how to read please get a literate adult to help you
understand this letter and I encourage you to respond but try to do so
using whole sentences. A couple of very peculiar things have come to
my attention recently, the first is this car flag thing. Lets just all admit that
this is a Calgary Flames fan idea, I would like to offer this as the first piece
of evidence that Oiler fans are jealous of Calgary. It appears to me that Oiler fans
are completely fair weather as it gets, these Oiler flags have been
available all year but it seems they decided to put them on after the first
round, you got to love Edmonton's belief in their team! The second peculiar
thing is "The Blue Mile"... Where have I heard that before? where where where...
OH I remember! CALGARY with it's Red Mile, I will offer this as the second piece
of evidence that Oiler fans wish they lived in Calgary. Come on, any person with
half a brain could have thought of something, ANYTHING, more original.
"The Oil Slick", "the goal light district" ANYTHING!! The truly amusing thing is
the Red Mile (or 17th Ave S.W.) is what it is due to the fact the Saddledome empties
into it. In Edmonton after you leave Rexall (or whatever the name is this year) you
have to travel through 20 kilometres of ugliness, concrete, mullets and
people with no chiclets before you get to Whyte Ave. Maybe Oiler fans were
just unclear on the concept. In addition the Red Mile in 2004 had a special
feel because we beat the best!! This year the Oilers have had to beat the
worst the west had to offer so please don't pretend to think you have
anything on the aura of the 2004 Calgary Flames although it's clear by now
you wish you were Flames fans. I am a little happy for the Oiler success
this year it will give you something to talk about that isn't 20 years old
and involves Wayne Gretzky,it will rejuvenate the battle that was missing
for far to long in this province of which you are the Capital...in name only,
certainly not in money, size, population and looks. ( I would take a FLAMES GIRL
over a Whyte Ave dog any day!!) In conclusion Oiler fan if you want to be
Calgary Fans so much, just cheer for Calgary, make up some of your own
ideas and please please sign Roloson to a long team contract. I can't wait
until he lets you down next season. Regards,Flames Fans


W O W



F u c k i n g R i g h t






"Why do we skate back and forth night after night?
Skating so hard we throw up. Skating so hard your
heart beat rings in your head, while your lungs are
grasping for air. Late nights, early mornings, Friday
nights, Saturday evenings, broken bones, torn muscles
and deep bruises? We skate through it all. Because
we live off our adrenaline, because the game frees your
spirit, because the party in the locker room is fine,
because your invincible once you step on the ice,
because a shot can make you smile all night, sniping
the twine "Sniper", the rattling of the boards, the feel of
the puck, and skates carving into the ice is a rhythm to
live by, because its possible to skate fast enough to
leave all your worries behind. Sweat is the cologne
of our accomplishment. Why? Why would someone
push themselves so hard? It's not for the money,
it's not for the girls, and it's not for the fame. We do
it because we love it."




Edmonton, Canada - A seven year old boy was
at the centre of an Edmonton courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged
a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history
of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody
to his aunt, in keeping with the child custody law and regulations requiring
that family unity be maintained to the degree possible. The boy surprised
the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents
and he adamantly refused to live with her.

When the judge suggested that he live with
his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him. After considering
the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence
was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented
step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references
and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody
to the Edmonton Oilers, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of
beating anyone.

The Hockey Dressing Room:

People on the outside world cannot understand what happens in a hockey dressing room.
The word chemistry is often used to describe what lurks behind the walls of a tight knit hockey room.
If you talk to most players who win championships, they talk of the blood and guts, the second efforts, but most importantly they point out the chemistry in the room.
From the day training camp starts, players are thrown together from all parts of the globe.
Once the team is made, this is now your second family.
You will bleed with these team-mates, you will win and you will lose with them, but most of all they will become your best buddies in the world.
These are the guys you have to trust – not only on the ice but off the ice as well.
When you’re flying up the ice and you hear a “heads up Stewy!”, and you quickly avoid a train coming at you, your buddies were there for you.
When you are at the bar unable to walk, your buddies are the ones to make sure you get home ok.
When you passed out on the couch, your buddies are the ones that will t-bag you and then take pictures of it for everybody.
You will taste the sweet flavour of victory, and you will cry tears together in defeat.
You will go through hell and high water for the next 9 months and you will have a family that will take care of you.
Away from home for the first time, you may feel homesick.
Your boys will stick together and all of you will have some of the best times of you life.
Stories told in the dressing room, end when you walk out the door. What's said in the room stays in the room.
What happens in a dressing room becomes a world of itself.
If you respect this responsibility you will reap the benefits of a great year.
Respecting the code of the locker room is more about life then it is about what happens on the ice.
Cherish these times in the room; From sitting around having a chew after a game, or pissing on a rookie in the shower - these are memories that will stay with you for a lifetime.
Embrace these rules, respect your team-mates, but most of all enjoy the dance.
When it’s all over, you will think back and smile at the golden moments of your youth.
Then you will wake up your son or daughter and take him or her to practice..
As you take a sip of your warm coffee, you can be gracious that you were there - you played, you laughed, you cried - and got to the dance.