Now, I've already been in Rexall Place (the Edmonton Oilers' stadium). This Tuesday, two months earlier than expected. Eric caught special sale tickets for a pre-season game - for 5(!) bucks from Elephant&Castle. Wicked!

So there we were, watching a 3:1 victory over Phoenix Coyotes, who are coached by the legendary Oilers' player Wayne Gretzky (the only name of an NHL player I knew before coming here and probably the only one I'll still know after having returned home). Thanks to Eric I passed another lesson of "Hockey Rules for Dummies" - so now I finally know how off-side works in hockey..

The stadium is nice although that day there were plenty of free seats (what's the point of selling the tickets for about 30 bucks - which is not so much cheaper than during regular season - instead of having a full stadium?) and of course it was just a friendly game - so the atmosphere was not overwhelming. But man, now I'm even more looking forward to the Calgary game. That's gonna be awesome!

Also we got free Oilers T-Shirts (well, we earned them by filling out some promotion forms). There is just one problem. The design I prefered (and chose) was only available in size "L", which obviously is too large for me. So I need your help. I know, as a man I should actually be quite proficient in ruining laundry.. yet.. help wanted: "Shrinking Clothes for Dummies". No kidding, I'd really appreciate suggestions: How can I effectively and systematically shrink the T-Shirt? It should be quite a bit smaller (size "S" or "M" instead of "L" I guess), but of course I still want to wear it (i.e. it shouldn't be size "XS" afterwards) and of course the design shouldn't be destroyed either. Shall I wash it 60C instead of 40C? Or shall I rather put it into the dryer choosing "hot" instead of "delicate"? If I wash/dry it too hot once and it's still too large can I repeat the procedure, or will the material reach the maximum shrinking after the first time? Any deliberate or undeliberate experiences?