Bob previews the Oilers and Lightning (12/10/24)
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What is Bob Stoffer’s opening preview for the Oilers vs. Lightning game?
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You know what, that takes me back to being at the Thunderdome back in the day. Which of course before Unargile was the legendary Goose Loonies. Where the Goose Loonies incident occurred with the Detroit Red Wings in the uh late nineteen eighties playoffs. Welcome everybody, Bob Stoffer joining you. It is four oh eight in Edmonton. And in oil country. And it is a game night. And not surprisingly, based upon what we opened up with, The Tampa Bay Lightning are in town. This is what is now brought to you by World of Spa. What is now live from the Play Alberta Dot Broadcast Center, PlayAlberta Dotca. When you play in Alberta, it stays in Alberta. Please play responsibly. We got Derek Scott back at the eight eighty Chad Studios.
Derek, does the Thunderdome predate your uh work that you used to do as a uh DJ back in the day?
Uh yeah, I've DJ'd at that place a couple of times, but I never DJ'd when it was Thunderdome. I wasn't old enough to get in there there. I definitely knew
of it. You definitely knew of it. Yeah. That they'd play that song and the whole bar would just go crazy.
Oh yeah, the energy in that place is is unlike many other places. Now what's it what's it called now by the
way? Is any is it it went did it not become Union Hall?
Absolutely it did. Yeah, it was a few a few different names before it became Union Hall. I think it's still Union Hall. Brandon, you do you know about that one?
Well It is still Union Hall Still Union Hall, right? You can text us at any time on the uh Ashley Five Floors Tax Line, 780 451 8800, Ashley Fine Floors. Find the new floors you always wanted, one hundred and forty third street, one hundred and eleventh Avenue, or head to Ashley FineFloors dot com for more information. Yes, uh famous uh bars and pubs of the past In oil country. That's uh you know what? We'll have a little bit of fun. It doesn't all have to be say it's a hey it's important, Bob the Otters. We got four games coming up here against really good teams. Yeah, we'll get to that and we'll talk about that over the course of the next week. But that song in the Thunderdome back in the day, if that didn't get you going, I don't know what did.
And it was uh a little bit different time in oil country to say the least. I remember rolling into Barry T's in the mid nineteen eighties. And then hitting Uh Goose Looneys and then Goose Laneys ended up becoming uh the Thunderdome. One of the last last times I saw Darren Titian, uh God rest his soul. Uh was well it was at Tootsie's in Nashville, but it was also at the Thunderdome back in the day as well, and he was the god in Edmonton. Uh we got lots to get to. We got a game night, we got the oilers and the Tampa Bay Lightning should be a beauty. It'll be Andre Vasileschi against Stuart Skinner. The O Skinner had a tough, tough uh second uh game head-to-head. Against Tampa. We'll have a full preview of tonight's game in the first half hour here from Epitoletter's head coach Chris Snoblock as well as Zach Hyman and Adam Henrique.
I'll get the game day liner report from Maguire Financial as well. Elliot Freeman is at the NHL Board of Governors meetings in Florida. He will join us at four thirty-five. At five oh five today, Tampa Bay Lightning Analyst, a Stanley Cup champion with the Montreal Canadiens, Brian Engblom. And uh and by request uh for Brian In Ingbaum, I had multiple guys reach out over the last couple of weeks and say, You th you gotta have Brian back on the show. Uh we will do Oilers Game Day trivia for our friends at Pro Am Sports. We'll also have you're gonna wanna hear this interview coming up with Brian Lawton. And he didn't just call it in the last four months. He called it eighteen months ago. About the fact that
How did the Thunderdome/Goose Loonies history shape Edmonton’s bar culture?
The cap was gonna chase the revenues. And that we are gonna have a chance for growth. And today, Gary Bettman Uttered those words. Absolutely. Former NHL player, GM and agent Brian Lawton at 535.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is Bob Stoffer’s opening preview for the Oilers vs. Lightning game?
0:00–4:36
2
How did the Thunderdome/Goose Loonies history shape Edmonton’s bar culture?
4:36–13:17
3
What key insights does Coach Chris Snoblock share about facing Tampa Bay’s offense?
13:17–16:53
4
How does Zach Hyman describe the Oilers’ recent improvement and consistency?
16:53–18:15
Speakers
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