EDMONTON -- Scotty Bowman has made many trips to the Stanley Cup Final. But this time, he has come for one game and one reason. His son Stan is the general manager of the Edmonton Oilers.

“He wanted me to watch one game,” Scotty said. “You never know when you’re going to be back at these situations. Traveling’s not easy for anybody. It’s even worse for guys like me.”

Scotty is 91 and lives in Buffalo. He said he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to make it to another game in this series, even if the Oilers are in position to clinch.

But he got a ride to Toronto and caught a flight to Edmonton so he could be here for Game 1 against the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).

“It’s really been a pleasure for me to have him here, just as a f

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