Supporting the team is a way of life over there. People base a way bigger part of their personal identity on what team they support. Here its just something to do on a random evening. We'll never see anything remotely close to this at the Saddledome.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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