Oilers center picks up Bono hitchhiking

Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule doesn't make a habit of picking up hitchhikers, but he's sure glad he did on Tuesday. Brule was traveling with his girlfriend Kelsey Nichols in West Vancouver, British Columbia when they spotted a couple of hitchhikers on the side of the road. Brule took a closer look at one of the hitchhikers and told Nichols, who was driving, to stop. "I didn’t want to stop, but they waved and G yelled, ‘That’s Bono,’” Nichols told the Edmonton Journal. “I didn’t believe him, so I kept driving." Brule continually tried to convince Nichols to turn around - and reluctantly she did after they traveled a short distance. The pair then returned to find Bono, who confirmed his identity and asked for a lift to Horseshoe Bay. Brule and Nichols obliged, and Bono and his assistant traveled in back with Brule's dog, Bella. Bono then offered tickets to his show in Edmonton on Wednesday. Brule and Nichols ...