The Giant Killers

Although I grew up in Oshawa ON, I was born out west and my earliest memories of hockey are of the 1980s Edmonton Oilers. We lived in Lethbridge for a few years and I remember I had a real bad-ass Oilers tuque, and I wore it proudly. Although indoctrinated into the Church of The Maple Leaf when we moved here when I was about 7 I still carried a soft spot for The Oilers. In recent years I have been gravitaing back to them as my favourite team. Heart, energy and a truer sense of the roots of the game are what the Oilers embody. And Ryan Smyth is so Ol' skool rink rat you gotta love him. Anyway, last night's win over Detroit was so sweet vindication for this team that has been booted out of the first round for the last 8 years. The Edmonton Oilers are rock n' roll.