How Edmonton Oilers fans are celebrating the team's success near and far

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 for a little while I'm going to lose my hearing because of fans cheering," he said.

"It was unbelievable."

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But he has since returned to his home to watch the remainder of the series in Iceland, with the next game scheduled for Wednesday in Sunrise, Fla.

He said he has been making the two-day journey from Iceland to Edmonton every year to watch the Oilers play since 2015.

Landa, who works in construction, said that's the year he fell in love with the team.

"I met a Canadian guy from Edmonton in a bar here. We started chatting. Life is funny," said Landa.

"He said, 'you should come' ... and within two months I was in Edmonton first time for hockey."

He said he went directly from the airport to the former Edmonton Oilers arena known as Rexall Place to watch the Oilers, including his favourite player at the time, Ales Hemsky, take on the Vancouver Canucks.

"It's a really nice memory and, I think the Oilers won 5-4