The Edmonton Oilers playoff energy has several fans getting crafty.

Ashley Sinclair has been making emotional support playoff chickens for the past year, after learning to crochet while pregnant when she had to pause some of her other hobbies.

“I had terrible morning sickness so I needed something that was really slow and didn’t involve a lot of moving around,” Sinclair said. “I taught myself how to crochet and then got really into that.”

She started making blue, orange and white ’emotional support’ chickens during the 2024 cup run to help ease her nerves during games.

Sinclair sold a bunch at a crafting market and word got around. Now, sales have taken off as the playoff pressure mounts for fans.

“As soon as my son goes down to bed, I have between 7:30 p.m. and about 1 or 2 a.m. wh

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