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.