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For the first time since the name change, Edmonton Elks fans can legitmately talk about hosting a playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium. Not completely reliant on hope but actually based on fact, talk about a home game in November. No hoping the Club goes on a winning streak in October while multiple other teams go on losing streaks. So who do we want to host in November?

Calgary would be fun but a Labour Day Series sweep would be more fun and would relegate them to vying for the Eastern Crossover.

I do not want to see Nathan Rourke in November. I have zero expectation of an east team crossing over.

Which leaves us Winnipeg. Guess that opinion may change this Friday.

At long last I will be attending my first PFC game

I still dislike the fact the Saints, Crusaders and three others left the AJHL to join the BCHL.

Admittedly I have followed the Sherwood Park team fir over a decade. I tried to quit them last season with the Oil Kings but they play most of their schedule on Wednesday and Sunday which doesn't work for me.

This year I will be taking the plunge and becoming a Saints season seat holder. Checked out my first game in the new arena last March, the Green and Goals night, it's beautiful. It is the same blue print as Silent Ice but cozier and Blackfalds without all the annoying goal horns (if you've been there, you know what I mean).

Hopefully a few of you here are also Saints fans.

Cheers!

Last I heard during the Sherwood Park Crusaders playoffs was dirt was supposed to be broken *by* summer. It's August 1st.

Yes, i checked Google. No Google isn't a great source fir specific questions like this so i thought I would try the sub reddit. Thanks.

Anyone going this weekend?

I'm excited, this is my second year attending.

FIRST ROUND

The Edmonton Oilers just fired their sixth head coach in the past 12 years. Another fall guy for a general manager whose pursuit for the Stanley Cup includes a dubious chapter in Chicago Blackhawks history and not enough salary cap to acquire the elusive "number one goaltender" or tinker with the defense to make the various "1 B" goaltenders look like a "1 A".

SECOND ROUND

The Edmonton Oil Kings entered last season considered a favourite to win the Western Hockey League. The Oil Kings entered the WHL playoff holding on to favourite status to win it all. Ousted in the first damned round!

The dang BCHL Brooks Bandits! First they swept the Spruce Grove Saints, although with recent NAIT Ooks commit goaltender Ryan De Kok suspended the first three games, this was not much of a surprise. The Sherwood Park Crusaders headed home for Game 6 up 3-2 in their series against the Bandits to ultimately lose the series, that hurt like hell.

THIRD ROUND

The Edmonton Stingers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League started year eight with a heartbreaking loss. The Stingers play game two this Saturday May 16th at their home in the Edmonton Expo Centre likely once again without their best player Nick Hornsby. The difficult part of that is last years best player left via free agency and the original team MVP who left to play for the Los Angeles Clippers Xavier Moon has returned to the league but not Edmonton.

FOURTH ROUND

The Edmonton Elks, who have been terrible this decade thus far, enter the 2026 season with fans distracted by all the upcoming changes scheduled for the 2027 season.

If you are going to a game this season, sit at the 55 yard line because next year that will not be option as the league moves to a 100 yard field instead of 110 yards.

Love watching returns after a missed field goal? Sucks to be you, next season the goalposts move to the back of the end zone so that kick that goes wide right, has no chance to be returned.

NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!!