Wow! Perhaps anything can happen. Next thing you know I'll be emoting

Had to look that one up . Even in an infinite universe I doubt that will ever happen!

[QUOTE=Iginla]errm, the vast majority of the inhabitants of your new location.

I don't think so, i haven't heard or overheard one conversation about hockey, i drove 50 miles to kentville and didn't see a single item connected to hockey, no flags from cars etc, not a singlr thing.

Hockey maybe the national sport but as soccer is to the UK, not everyone follows it, not even the majority let alone the "vast majority"

p.s. i did see an ad on tv for some store advertising the fact that you can get paint in team colours, does this constitute national fervour?

I find that hard to believe considering your location and Sidney Crosby's (you have heard of him) debut last night.

Yes, i know who he is and i can honestly say his name has been mentioned once and that was by me. He has been all over the news of course.

Has the season started then ? I don't read the local papers but, if it has, I'm a bit surprised that no one has mentioned it. It's all baseball in the pubs here.

Poor old gretzky, lost 2 out of 2 now. I guess it's kind of like football players jumping into managerial roles, and finding out they are not cut-out for it. Great managers weren't exactly the greatest footballers of their time

A useless piece of info, but my Mrs grew up with "The Great One". His dad (Walter) and my FIL play golf together.

That aside I enjoyed the first night's games ... according to the guys in the office the game is faster with the new rules.

He is from Brantford isn't he or somewhere like that?

You mean the town with the "WG Sports Centre", "WG Parkway" etc. etc. yes.

His house in California was featured in a Home magazine recently. No taste at all.

By all accounts a really decent bloke though.

I saw the frontpage magazine cover recently, when we were grocery shopping, a bit over the top if you asked me, and it looked busy. It must have been his wife that did all that decor

Excellent! That increases the chances of some serious violence at the re-match I'm attending on Monday.

How much do tickets to these games cost? I will like to go see one sometime

The ticket price range for a Flames game ranges from $50 to $160.

If you can get one. I have been told that they are sold out for the entire season.

The second string leagues (AHL, WHL etc) are cheaper and to the untrained eye just as good.

Nope, if you go onto ticketmaster now you can get blues ($61) for the second Vancouver game at home.

Tickets are always available. Just get on the web at the start of each month for the following months games.
Deadmonton at home on New Years eve!