When an orange wave of Oilers fans in Edmonton head toward the downtown core on game nights during the NHL playoffs, an ocean away in Akureyri, Iceland, Pavel Viking Landa says he makes his own way to his man cave in the dead of night.
The extreme Oilers fan says he can’t stop himself from turning on his TV in the room, where hockey jerseys hang on the wall, and watching the games, even if it goes until 4 a.m. his time.
“My family don’t like it, I watch deep in the night because I’m waking them up by screaming, ‘let’s go,”‘ said the 42-year-old in an interview from the Nordic island.
“My partner thinks I’m stupid. I’m just a normal, happy guy.”
Landa was in Edmonton last week to watch the Oilers take on the Florida Panthers in Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup final.
“I thought …