Oilers fans showing optimism, enthusiasm ahead of Game 2

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After a nail-biting overtime triumph successful Game 1, supporters from crossed North America are revelling successful however this rematch is simply a acold outcry from the Oilers' show successful past year's finals erstwhile the squad mislaid 3 games successful a enactment to the Florida Panthers

Some fans are coming from arsenic acold arsenic Arizona and Quebec to ticker the Oilers successful person

Cameron MacCuish · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 06, 2025 1:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 6

A pistillate successful a achromatic garment poses adjacent to a antheral successful a bluish and orangish Edmonton Oilers jersey.

With the Edmonton Oilers heading into their 2nd location crippled of the Stanley Cup final, fans from crossed North America are elated with the team's show and the vigor of the instrumentality basal successful the city.

Gaudan Roy and Janice Walsh are 2 of those fans who flew to Edmonton for the Oilers. They came unneurotic from Quebec to ticker the Oilers' archetypal 2 location games successful person.

"We were astatine the game. I thought it was electrifying. Everybody's emotions were precocious … I truly similar being present for the games. The full metropolis is conscionable boiling with emotion," Roy said.

Roy and Walsh said Canada is lasting down the Oilers successful their quest for the Cup.

"You tin consciousness that radical are down the Oilers, and we privation the Cup successful Canada this year," said Roy.

"I agree," said Walsh. "I deliberation everybody present feels the aforesaid way. Whether you are a Habs instrumentality oregon a Canucks fan. You're present to spot Canada triumph the Cup."

WATCH | Oilers fans, players excited for Game 2:

Oilers fans, players stock their expectations up of Game 2

After winning the opening crippled of the Stanley Cup final, the Edmonton Oilers are getting acceptable for Game 2 against the Florida Panthers. CBC's Tristan Mottershead spoke with fans and players astir however they're feeling heading into Friday's game.

Oilers superfan Duncan Byquist said helium is blessed to spot tourists and radical from extracurricular of Edmonton coming into the metropolis to bask the ambiance and observe the Oilers.

"The coolest happening is proceeding each the radical that are present from retired of town," Byquist said.

"They're loving it and flying successful from each implicit the spot … that's what's truly cool."

After a nail-biting overtime triumph successful Game 1, fans are revelling successful however this rematch is simply a acold outcry from the Oilers' aboriginal show successful past year's finals.

"It's a bully opposition due to the fact that we were down 0-3 past year," said

"So it was a full antithetic happening wherever [fans] were astir reserved similar it was over. This year, there's much excitement. We're successful a amended place."

WATCH | Draisaitl scores to triumph Game 1 successful overtime:

Draisaitl's OT victor lifts Oilers implicit Panthers successful Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final

Leon Draisaitl scores twice, including the game-winning extremity successful overtime, to pb Edmonton to a 4-3 triumph implicit Florida successful Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch.

Kobe Grant is simply a superior Oilers protagonist who said helium has flown each the mode from Arizona for each the playoff games successful Edmonton this year.

"I've been to each location playoff crippled here. It's the champion instrumentality basal successful hockey. It's electric. We merit this win. I emotion this fame. I emotion this team," Grant said.

Oilers protagonist David Lemieux said helium is blessed the Oilers are getting different changeable to bushed the Panthers successful the finals.

"I'm benignant of gladsome we're playing Florida again due to the fact that we volition amusement them this twelvemonth that we volition bushed them. I'm truly optimistic that we are going to person a bully year."

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