EDMONTON — There again will be thousands of fans outside the Rogers Place cheering in a plaza Friday night. A horn section at one end of the arena again won’t be heard sometimes over arena’s relentless noise.
A fan will again hold up a sign, “SERGEI,” to signal it’s time to serenade Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
“Seeer-geeeeei!” the crowd will chant.
Sometimes, during the half-second’s lull in that chant, a sub-chorus will sound.
“We want the Cup!”
Yes, it will be hockey heaven again in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, as electric a championship venue as there is in all of sports.
Unless you’re the guest of honor.
Then it’s hockey hell.
“It’s not us against the 20 guys,’’ Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk said. “You’re also playing against the 20,000 that are in the rink, the 20