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Originally Posted by stang
Oh sheesh Oilers went to game 7 in 2006 and there was no violence either. Didn't have to call in the national guard.
That was only Vancouver.
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Hmm. I was at a bar on Whyte Ave watching one of the 2006 Edmonton-San Jose games. It was packed and there was a semi hostile vibe if you weren’t decked out in Oilers gear.
After the game there was a heavy police presence, a few Evanders pulled pallets out and started a bonfire in the middle of Whyte ave. At that point we decided it was time to get out of dodge. When we were leaving, there was a column of riot police stretched across Whyte, heading to sort things out. It made the news the next day, I don’t remember exactly how many people were arrested and how much damaged they caused, but there definitely was some violence.