and headed out to moose jaw. i had been waiting almost three months to cheer on the oil kings again so i was definitley excited to get there. i had to park about four miles away (knock a building down and GET A PARKING LOT) and climb the 800 stairs up to the concourse doors. theres not a whole lot to do there (i hate when concourse's arent closed off) so maybe leaving that early wasnt the best idea. the fans there are "all" pretty nice, probably because they are all old, so i didnt get chirped at at all, other than two kids who decided to yell at me from the top of the section when i was down for warmups... i couldnt really say how many oil kings fans were there, since most of them dont wear jerseys other than a few (maybe 5) of dylan wruck's family. didnt see any of ashton sautner's family there, although they were in saskatoon the next day. they never seem to sit where i like to sit for away games, so i am always the one random fan in an oil kings jersey next to the home team fans.i hate going to away games (or home games) with people i know so bringing someone along is always out of the question. the game was all oil kings, the shots were 17-6 oil kings after the first, and it was 2-0. cody corbett had quite the (short-lived) fight against tanner eberle. it was a pretty rough game, even though there was only the one "fight" if you wanna call it that. jarry was absolutely amazing for edmonton, although his puck handling skills that night were questionable... so i guess edmonton decided to release the beast (trevor cheek) in the third. i was not at all expecting a four goal period, especially with cheek scoring three and assisting on the one. such a sick game to be at. the oil kings are extremely fun to watch/cheer for, i cannot wait for the next one.
so im sure one or two of you are wondering "what the fuck? the oil kings?"... i will always be a blades fan and they will always be my team, but i have had a "crush" on the oil kings (the team...not players) for quite some time now. no, i didnt just start liking them once they went on that crazy streak to end the regular season/start the playoffs last season, and then go on to win the whl championship.i started "liking" them in early april 2010 (i went back to find the exact month) when i started talking to a (now former) player. of course that was the end of their season but then once summer was over and the new season started i started watching/listening to games, basically just for the player. i remember after the game vs regina with the line brawl (october 1st) i was all about cheering for the oil kings even more than before. no, i never really tweeted about them because i never went to any of their away games that were not in saskatoon. i have wanted a blue jersey for the longest time, then finally, someone bought one for me. since they never wear them any more, i want a red one, and wont have any shame buying one. i was obsessed (and still kind of am) with going on their website the next day after a home game and looking at the game pictures and all the non-hockey related videos they post.
i would not call myself an oil kings fan, other than when i go see them play other saskatchewan teams and i cheer for them. but who knows what it'll be like in the future, since my whole town seems to think i am moving to edmonton in the summer........
