I used to say they did this just for TV.

I suppose it’s still true, it’s just not “TV” any more.

With their win Friday night at home the Edmonton Oilers have fought back from three games down to force a deciding Game Seven in Miami tonight against the Florida Panthers.

NHL ad salesmen rejoice.

An Oilers win would mean the first time since 1942 that a team staved off elimination four games in a row to win the Stanley Cup.

That’s even before TV.

And it’s been 34 years since the Oilers last hoisted Lord Stanley’s cup. That was five championships in seven years for the Albertans.

The first of those five was a cool 40 years ago, when the Oilers won the Stanley Cup and the Celtics won the NBA Championship.

That would make a nice little circle, eh?