Edmonton hockey fans create beer emergency

Oilers fans are boozing their way into a beer crunch on the Blue Mile during the playoff run. As the Oilers battle their way to the Stanley Cup finals, bar owners in Edmonton are scrambling to keep beer on ice for thirsty hockey fans. John MacDonald, manager of Hudsons Tap House, sent his staff out to ...

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Premier Ralph Klein has asked revellers to show restraint

Gentlemen, start yer cliches: Thirsty hockey fans drinking Canadian city dry of beer

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Panic On The Streets of Edmonton

Edmonton is in crisis.

Sure, the Oilers are on the brink of a trip to the Stanley Cup finals. But this event has presented a terrifying problem.

The city is running out of booze .

According to CTV, the bars of Whyte Avenue--also known as The Blue Mile--are reaching critically low levels of pain-go-bye-bye juice. ...

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Apparently people in Edmonton are so excited about how their hockey team is doing that they're drinking the town dry : As the Oilers battle their way to the Stanley Cup finals, bar owners in Edmonton are scrambling to keep beer on ice for thirsty hockey fans. ...

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