Edmonton school time capsule from 2000 contains NHL prediction that came true - BERITAJA

Time capsules from decades past ever look to uncover predictions that, astatine times, could beryllium far-fetched — whether it’s surviving connected the satellite aliases teleportation.

But a time capsule precocious opened astatine an Edmonton schoolhouse contained 1 child’s large dream that really came true.

It was 26 years agone erstwhile students and unit filled the gym astatine Good Shepherd Elementary School and filled a container pinch memories and keepsakes.

“The twelvemonth 2000 was a large deal, truthful we wanted to do thing that would observe the changing of the century,” said Mark McFarlane, who suggested the thought erstwhile he was chair of the genitor advisory assembly astatine the time.

Projects made by the students and photos from the clip capsule are now connected show about the school. The clip capsule itself was plastered pinch drawings from the students, Pokémon cards, newspaper cutouts and NHL subordinate cards.

Students astatine the clip besides recorded a video, which included predicting the future.

The students guessed that immoderate jobs would beryllium done by robots, immoderate group would beryllium surviving successful outer abstraction and location would beryllium flying cars.

We’re still waiting for that past one, but past location was this prediction: A young student was asked what he would for illustration to beryllium doing arsenic a occupation 25 years from now. He said playing arsenic a lucky subordinate successful the NHL. He besides said his favourite squad was the Edmonton Oilers, and he would for illustration to play for them successful 25 years.

That student was Tyler Ennis, who made his NHL debut successful 2009 for the Buffalo Sabres.

He retired aft a 13-year career, playing 700 games. Although it wasn’t precisely 25 years later, he fulfilled his wish of playing for the Oilers successful 2020.

On Thursday, Ennis was backmost astatine the schoolhouse for the first clip successful much than 20 years. That video came arsenic a bully surprise.

“I retrieve mostly that we were doing a clip capsule. I don’t retrieve doing the video, I don’t retrieve doing thing successful the clip capsule,” Ennis said.

Ennis now lives successful Switzerland pinch his family. Ennis, on pinch different schoolhouse alumni who took portion successful the clip capsule, received a missive their parents wrote to them 26 years ago.

“I haven’t opened it yet, truthful I deliberation I’m going to return it backmost pinch maine and possibly I’ll unfastened it pinch them because I deliberation that’s going to beryllium beautiful special,” he said.

Ennis besides gave a reside to the students and unit arsenic portion of the clip capsule celebrations. He said it was important to travel backmost and tell the kids to dream big.

“When I was younger, I would look astatine NHL players arsenic possibly larger than life,” Ennis said.

Current students astatine the schoolhouse opportunity it was bully to return a look astatine the past.

“Life has really changed; I’m amazed what’s happened. Looking astatine the clip capsule, what was successful it was really special,” Grade 6 student Grayson Hohmann said.

However, surviving without their telephone and existent exertion mightiness beryllium difficult.

“Right now, I’m comfortable pinch really 2026 is like, though it would beryllium cool to spell backmost successful clip and spot really it was,” Grade 6 student Natalia Harris said.

And if a clip capsule is tucked distant successful 2026, different early Oilers superstar whitethorn beryllium remembered.

“I really liked the Wayne Gretzky paper connected the clip capsule; it was really cool seeing their generation,” Hohmann said.