Mayors of Edmonton and Sunrise up the ante in bet over Stanley Cup rematch between Oilers, Panthers – Edmonton [Video]

If history repeats itself, Edmonton’s mayor may soon declare an official Florida Panthers Day in Alberta’s capital city.

Last year’s bet between Amarjeet Sohi and Mike Ryan, the mayor of Sunrise, Fla., where the Panthers play, saw salt rubbed in the wounds of Edmontonians when their own mayor was forced to wear a Panthers jersey during a council meeting.

This time around, with the Edmonton Oilers set to take on the Panthers again in the Stanley Cup final, the municipal pride of both respective cities is being put on the line.

The losing team’s mayor will read a decree written by the victor in city hall and declare a certain day be set aside to honour the championship winner in the losing city.

“We both had a good laugh about how much fun this could be,” Ryan said in an interview about this year’s wager.

He joked that “when the city of Sunrise celebrates the Florida …