Eberle's first goal. It felt like that was a sign of sure success. It wasn't, but that goal was gorgeous.
I remember
exactly where I was and what I was doing when this happened.
First year at U of C, at the Den and without looking I could tell you it was on a Thursday, as it was "Thursden," which is the student appreciation night where everyone goes to the campus bar and it's nuts (or was anyways, don't know about these days).
I'm with a large group of friends just mingling around the bar on the bottom floor, it was BoA so all of the TVs had it going and I remember Vandermeer holding the puck on the back of the net, playing it off the boards and it was Eberle on the right and Horcoff on the left wing on a two on one. Thursden was loud and rowdy and I just screamed for everyone to "SHUT THE f*** UP" and, in my memory anyways, a majority of everyone on the first floor around me did. Now music is blasting, but it's essentially silent up until he toe drags and goes to his backhand, bar down on Kipper. The place erupts in both sighs and boos from the Calgary fans and cheers from the Oiler fans in the crowd along with me, JUST as 'Pursuit of Happiness - Kid Cudi / MGMT / Ratatat' starts blasting from the DJ at the bar. I finally got to pull out that cocky smirk and direct it to all of my buddies that I had to push down deep for years, due to the seasons beforehand.
I remember thinking, oh man, being an Oiler fan is going to be good again.
.....
And then the rest of the decade happened.