It's become a truism that history is written by the victors. When you consider that during the rollicking 1980s and early 1990s the Edmonton Oilers won five Stanley Cups and beat the Calgary Flames in four of five head-to-head playoff meetings, it's actually quite appropriate that the definitive history of the Battle of Alberta is written by a guy from Edmonton that came up as a sportswriter via covering the Oilers of that era.
Marc Spector's new book, the aptly-titled Battle of Alberta, is exactly what you would hope for in a book about hockey's best non-Original Six rivalry.