From a downtown guy…

Kelly Hrudey admits he’s a downtown kind of guy.

And, a few weeks ago he proved it: when Kelly drove into Edmonton from Calgary and checked into his downtown hotel — where else, right? — he went for a drive.

Kelly didn’t head to Edmonton’s west end neighbourhood Elmwood where he grew up. Nor did he head down 163rd St. to pass by Jasper Place Arena, now Bill Hunter Arena, where Kelly played Bantam and Midget in the Canadian Athletic Club.

Nope.

It was a spin by Rogers Place, the new downtown arena.

“That was the first thing I did when I drove into town — I drove by the project,” says Kelly, who played golf in the Edmonton Oil Kings alumni tournament recently at The Links in Spruce Grove.

Kelly played goal in the National Hockey League, starting with the New York Islanders in 1983. He also was between the pipes for the Los Angeles Kings and retired as a member of the San Jose Sharks in 1998.

Kelly, now 55, was the enemy to the Edmonton Oilers for countless …

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