{"id":7520,"date":"2024-06-21T15:18:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:18:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:18:29","slug":"liverpool-residents-travel-to-edmonton-to-cheer-on-oilers-in-game-6-of-stanley-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/06\/21\/liverpool-residents-travel-to-edmonton-to-cheer-on-oilers-in-game-6-of-stanley-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool residents travel to Edmonton to cheer on Oilers in Game 6 of Stanley Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lincoln Inglis and his father Bruce will be at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Friday night cheering on the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n

As the Edmonton Oilers try to extend the Stanley Cup final to seven games on Friday night, a small but committed group from Liverpool will be in the stands cheering them on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce Inglis, his son Lincoln and three friends will be at Rogers Place in Edmonton for Game 6 as the Oilers try to tie their series with the Florida Panthers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, people kept asking me, ‘Are you and Lincoln going to a game from the start of the playoffs?’ And I said, ‘No we’re saving ourselves for the finals,’ which actually came to pass this time for the first time in 18 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce, who works as a financial planner in Liverpool, says he\u2019s been an Oilers fan since he was 10 years old \u2013 when they upset the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the 1981 NHL playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n

His team has won five Stanley Cups, beginning in 1984 during the Gretzky-Messier glory years. But it\u2019s been 34 years since the Oilers last won the cup. And Inglis told his wife that he had to be there to see it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had said many years ago to Melanie that if the Oilers were ever to win another Stanley Cup I was going to be in the building when they win it. So that’s our goal this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The father and son were in the crowd at the Panthers\u2019 rink in Sunrise, Florida, when the Oilers won Game 5. And if the Oilers win on Friday night, they plan to be back in Florida for Game 7.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in the very back row in Florida at the very top, but it was actually a great place to watch from. The view was fantastic.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was unreal. There was lots of energy of course, especially at the start of the game. The Florida folks were hoping to see the Stanley Cup brought out on the ice. So there was a lot of energy in the rink. \u2026 At the end of the game there were some pretty good Oilers chants as well. There were probably 2,000 Oilers fans in the rink. Lots of great energy, great food, it was a fun night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lincoln, who\u2019s 22 and is a masters student at Western University in London, Ont., says the playoff run has been pretty special.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s very surreal because it\u2019s the first time I can remember them being in the finals. Even just being in the away rink, the energy was pretty high. So I’m really looking forward to going to Edmonton because it\u2019s going to be insane.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce says he made sure to pass on his love of the Oilers to Lincoln and his sister Lauren early on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the kids turned 10, I took them each to an Oilers game because you want to make sure your kids get a proper education. Lincoln and I went to a playoff game in 2017 that they lost and then in 2022 and 2023 we saw a game in each versus Los Angeles. So we got to see them win those ones. So they\u2019re on a hot streak with us in the crowd now. We have to hope that continues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lincoln says it\u2019s a chance he couldn\u2019t pass up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t not see the Oilers hoist a Stanley Cup. It\u2019s one of those things that hasn\u2019t happened in 34 years, so you don\u2019t want to miss that kind of opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce says he loves sharing this Stanley Cup experience with Lincoln.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s fantastic. It\u2019s pretty neat. Lauren and I do concerts. That\u2019s our thing together. But for hockey, it is neat when you grew up liking something and your son adopts that and ends up liking it as much as you do. But we have a lot of laughs when we go on these little trips and there are memories that you\u2019ll always have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And they\u2019re also happy to bring friends along, like Claudine MacDiarmid, her son Teed and Inglis family friend Rauri Whynot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the small town hits the big city for a Friday night. It’s going to be a lot of fun. And for me to be going, especially to have three younger guys, \u2026 to see that experience for those guys, because if you\u2019ve watched on TV, you\u2019ve seen how loud Rogers Place in Edmonton is. It\u2019s quite phenomenal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be wearing their Oilers jerseys on Friday night — Kelly Buchberger\u2019s No. 16 for Bruce and Mattias Ekholm\u2019s No. 14 for Lincoln.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy jersey\u2019s on a lucky streak right now,” Bruce says, “and so I think if I didn\u2019t wear it, it could be bad news.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So, do the Inglises have any predictions for Game 6?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect an Oilers win,” Lincoln says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really hope we see them win,” says Bruce. “If we don\u2019t, the five of us will see a Stanley Cup awarded. And that\u2019s a pretty neat and privileged thing to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And if the Oilers tie it up on Friday night, father and son will be booking last-minute flights back to Florida for Game 7 on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our favorite pastime,” Bruce says. “Some people have boats and some people go on parties but we\u2019ll be a while paying this one off, Lincoln and I, but again (we) realize it\u2019s a pretty special occurrence if it happens and who knows if we\u2019ll ever see that again?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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