(Yeah, I’m already sorry about my pun headline. Even though I reserve the right to use more Rush-related phrases.)
Ah, spring in Edmonton. The trees are thinking about coming back to life (though water is a crucial factor right now), windows open up, and the playoffs return to the City of Champions.
I’m not crazy, I really wrote that last part. Playoffs. In Edmonton.
No, more than a dozen NHL teams didn’t come down with food poisoning, throwing the Oilers back into the mix. I’m talking about the Edmonton Rush.
They play lacrosse.
And they could finish the season as the best team in the National Lacrosse League. They get to try to leapfrog to the top of the heap with a little Battle of Alberta action over at Rexall tonight.
The (usually good) Calgary Roughnecks are here to close out the Rush’s home-season. Edmonton will head to Washington for the final game of the season tomorrow. Wins in both mean they finish on top of the NLL West, and maybe the whole darn league.
That kind of makes tonight’s game against Calgary a big deal.
So, we’ll see you there wavin’ your banner all over the place.
Oh, and with a win in one of the weekend’s two games, the Edmonton Rush are hosting a playoff game in, this, their first taste of the post-season in a handful of NLL years.
