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Old 03-17-2017, 03:50 PM   #1
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Default Oilers and Flames concerned about Alberta Standard Time

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...917/story.html

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The Oilers and Flames, after a lot of recent years out of the playoffs, look to be about to begin an era with plenty of Stanley Cup playoff games again. Guess who they’ll be playing in the first round or two just about ever year?

Teams in the Pacific time zone! That’s 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. starts in Calgary and Edmonton. Even the regulation time games won’t end until midnight.
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With the HNIC Saturday games and the Pacific time zone games, as many as 30 games in each market could be starting after nine and ending after midnight in Alberta.

There would be many other moving parts involved with moving away from daylight saving when it comes to hockey alone.

If Mountain Standard Time was only one hour from Eastern Daylight Time, Calgary and Edmonton could be scheduled with 6 p.m. games in the Saddledome and Rogers Place to be part of 7 p.m. Eastern prime time.
Just another one of the inconveniences that would arise if we abolish daylight savings time. Thomas Dang should find another way to cut his teeth in the legislature.
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