Murray Wood: Who's being fooled this April 1?
Murray Wood says every day is April Fools Day in the disinformation age and, as ever, some people will never believe the...
I logged on to Sportsnet.ca on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., and the headline read: “The most potent moments in Battle of Alberta’s history.”
The picture had Joel Otto and Steve Smith, two players from three decades ago, in a collision. The story outlining the history of these two Alberta rivals was great.
The headline, though, was designed to draw attention to Wednesday’s Calgary-Edmonton battle in the Alberta capital, on Sportsnet. The Jan. 11 battle in Calgary, where Edmonton’s Zack Kassian took 14 minutes in penalties — and subsequently was given a two-game suspension — for going after a turtled Matthew Tkachuk after a blindside hit, has had fans clamoring for the rematch.
Some fans have paid an exorbitant dollar to watch the game within the game Wednesday (that being Tkachuk vs. Kassian). However, the emotion and hate of this rivalry was never defined by a game in late January.
Currently, three points separate the top five teams in the Pacific Division. The points matter more than revenge.
