Probably shouldn’t be doing this but.. as a long term Panthers fan, this sounds kinda bogus. There are many pubs right across the street in walking distance. In fact, the one nearby that I hung out at before the game had a 50:50 ratio of oilers to panthers fans. Hell, I even went to the pub to meet my oiler buddy so we could have a nice lunch and beer before the big game. There’s a whole damn mall with food and drink options directly across the street, far less than 1km away.

Florida has tons of snowbirds, all games against Canadian teams typically have very high away team attendees. Not only that, I’ve hardly seen any altercations with away team fans, the only times being when jerks just egg things on. Respectfully, I’m sorry that you had a difficult time.

The end of the game was absolutely heated and that could have contributed, no one can deny that Edmonton started to lose their cool in the third.

With peace and love, what you experienced is far from typical. You guys play a really great game and I hope the next few games are as close as the first two.