CBC at the RBC

Well, I just spoke with a producer from CBC and it looks like I'll be on a pre-game fan panel tomorrow before the game. I think they need to find an Edmonton fan for some sort of point-counter point. She said it would be a five minute segment. Sounds like fun. Hopefully I won't horribly embarrass myself on national (Canadian) television.

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Update
It was a short (2 minute) segment with Portia Clark of CBC News at Six Edmonton. It was a live feed that aired around 7:45 locally, so about 5:45 in Edmonton. Portia was very nice, although a little short (she was standing on a block of wood. heh)

I went to the back lot where all of the media set ups are to meet Stephanie (the producer) and Mark Connolly, the sports reporter. My wife and I got there about 7:30 and chatted with them, along with the Oilers fans (Shane, a friend of his, and his wife/girlfriend - I didn't ask). We had a good time waiting.

While we were standing there, we were passed by Steve Levy, Barry Melrose, and Clay Aiken. The two girls recognized Clay and Shane's significant other (I've never been good with names) had a picture taken with him. My wife commented that he had "Nick Rhodes hair" [Wife note 1: Nick Rhodes circa 2006, not 1984] for those of you old enough to get the Duran, Duran reference. They also got a picture with Melrose.

The interview itself wasn't too indepth or anything. She asked Shane and I what we thought our respective teams needed to do in order to win the game. I told her I thought if the Canes skated hard and brought the effort, they'd win more often than not. Shane's answer wasn't that different from my own. She then asked us to cheer for our team and we were out. Our significant others were in the background, which was cool, even though my wife almost chickened out - the Edmonton contingent talked her back into it. [Wife note 2: I did not chicken out! I thought it would look bad that the Edmonton contingent was all decked out with neon signs and then it was just little old librarian me standing behind you in her autographed Erik Cole jersey.]

In talking to them, I discovered we sat in the same section (they are in row S, we're in row C). They're season ticket holders who just happen to be from Edmonton. Shane's brother is actually a Hurricanes convert, which is pretty funny. I'm going to try to contact them about getting a copy of the segment - I'll probably post it on youtube and link it. It might take me a few days (they're understandably busy).