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Old 06-17-2017, 10:15 AM   #27
Kiran403
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I grew up in Saskatoon between 1984 and 2000. There were very few flames fans around. Mainly because the oilers just had a better team. The 80's dynasty oilers were way more fun to watch compared to flames. Theo and Lanny were clowns compared to Gretzky and Messier. I remember we took a survey for favourite Canadian team when I was in 6th or 7th grade and out of 25 kids, 15 were oilers fans, 5 were habs fans, 3 were leafs fans and 2 were flames fans. We always laughed at kids who were flames fans.

Plus as a city, Edmonton had the hockey team and West Ed which, as a kid, made a weekend trip there much more fun than going to Calgary.
It wasn't until I had moved to Calgary in 2000 and lived here for a couple years before I finally got into the Flames.

And yes, Saskatoon is definitely the Calgary of SK if you are comparing Saskatoon and Regina.
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