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Exit Ramp 5: Souray
Sheldon Souray can shoot a puck so hard even the other NHL players are impressed. On one shot last season, he injured two opposition players. He shoots the puck so hard from the point that it may actually be impossible for the goalie to move to stop it.He's a big man who is tough...
A Quality Taylor?
During MacT's 8 seasons as Oilers coach his team sent a lot of rookie defensemen to the majors. There were high picks and low picks and kids who didn't get picked in the draft. There were juniors and college seniors and puck movers and stay-at-homes. There were Canadians and...
Oilers jumps out early, hand Avs first home loss
Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home loss of the season, 5-3 on Sunday night.
OILERS RECALL TAYLOR CHORNEY
October 12, 2009 by
Goon's World
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Former Fighting Sioux defenseman Taylor Chorney has been recalled by the Edmonton Oilers. Nice to see Chorney get called up, hopefully he will stick with the Edmonton Oilers this time. [Official Press Release] General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the Edmonton Oilers have...
Can You Hear The Drums Fernando?
17 days ago by
Black Dog Hates Skunks
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Some frightening news today. Fernando Pisani has been sent home halfway through the roadtrip as his colitis has flared up again.Now I'm no doctor, although I play one on TV, but I would presume that if its serious enough to send him home then its pretty serious. And what this means...
Khabibulin posts 39 saves as Oilers top Canucks
EDMONTON, Alberta(AP) Nikolai Khabibulin made 39 saves to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over Vancouver on Monday night, keeping the Canucks winless on the road this season.
Oilers at Flames, G10, 09-10
This is Frank Mahovlich. The Big M. Mahovlich was a unique combination of size, power and speed and easily one of the finest players of his era. Howie Meeker loved him, saying Mahovlich played the game as it should be played (as a young man, the Big M would race down the ice, belt...
Toews scores 2, adds helper as Hawks rip Oilers
Jonathan Toews scored two goals and added an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks won their sixth game in a row, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Too Long at the Fair
The Pat Quinn Oilers are rolling. A shiny new #1 line rolled off the assembly line last night and the club is also enjoying Ladislav Smid's arrival as a real piece of work on the blue.The Quinn/Renney system features a simple but effective breakout system that relies heavily on...
Oilers at Jackets, G21, 09-10
Years ago I was at a weekend sales seminar and the instructor was from Columbus, Ohio. Over the course of the weekend during lunch and dinner breaks I found out quite a bit about C-bus. Unlike Cleveland (made immortal in song by Randy Newman) and Cincinnati (home of Marge Schott)...
NCAA Round Up: Questionable hits and the review process.
17 days ago by
Goon's World
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This is the article that I wrote for the Illegal Curve.Last night during the SCSU and UND game I witnessed one of the dirtiest checking from behind plays [ video included] that I have seen since the Geoff Paukovich hit on Robbie Bina during the 2005 WCHA Final Five. WCHA official Don...
Canucks can't beat clock, Oilers hang on for victory
Nikolai Khabibulin made 39 saves to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory against Vancouver on Monday night, keeping the Canucks winless on the road this season.
'Hawks notch 6th straight win
EDMONTON, Alberta(AP) Jonathan Toews scored two goals and added an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks won their sixth game in a row, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Oilers Send down Roy (Q) and Pitton (AHL)
The Edmonton Oilers had too many goalies at training camp and took quick action to correct it today. Highly-touted 2009 draft pick Olivier Roy is on his way back to the QMJHL and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. The young man (very young, born July 1991) has a bright future and will...
Kozlov, Thrashers down Oilers, win 4th straight
ATLANTA(AP) Slava Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.
Thursday Morning NHL Papers (Western Conference): Blackhawks embarass Sharks, Ken Hitchcock frustrated at his team’s inconsistency and Pierre-Marc Bourchard looked forward to talking to Patrice Bergeron
5 days ago by
Illegal Curve
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This morning in the Western Conference, all Wings scorers seem to be in slump, Joe Sacco mad at Avalanche's poor starts, Ales Hemsky hurt, Jean-Sebastien Giguere wins again and much more after the jump.
Oilers at Islanders, PS G5/09-10
Pat Quinn's postgame media conference had some quality insight. The best line was this one: "our veteran guys were the ones who abandoned the work, or went to individual habits early on."It's been a problem for some time, and I think it may go back to that "generation...
Quality Farm Products
A quick glance at the current Oilers roster tells us that the parent club is borrowing a significant number of Springfield's roster players from one year ago.Ryan Stone played 77 AHL games a year ago, Taylor Chorney 68, Gilbert Brule 39, JF Jacques 8, JDD 5.The current Falcons...
Oilers Draft Trends
Before Stu MacGregor took over as the Oilers head scout, Kevin Prendergast was the man who made the final decision on Oilers' picks.Through the great successes of Hemsky, Cogliano and Gagner and the poor selections that included Niinimaki, Pouliot and Schremp, Oilers fans enjoyed...
Red Wings at Oilers, G12, 09-10
Doug MacLean is most famous for trying to kill hockey in Columbus. Lately he's back in the news as one of the latest hires for hockey's inferior network, Rogers. MacLean can be seen most nights using the words "Shawn Horcoff" and "7 million" in the same...
Wilson Hit On Moreau - Clean Or Dirty?
12 days ago by
Kuklas Korner
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from David Staples of the Cult of Hockey,
The latest highlight reel illegal hit was handed out by Colorado defenceman Ryan Wilson, 22, a tough rookie defenceman trying to make his mark in the NHL. In Wednesday night’s game in Edmonton, Oiler forward Ethan Moreau charged for the...
Oilers blow 5-0 lead ... get SO victory over Wings
EDMONTON, Alberta(AP) Patrick O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday night.
Rangers at Oilers, G16, 09-10
I'm not sure if Jean Ratelle has a hockey stick or a divining rod, but this photo from 1967 is a beauty. Also in photo for the Rangers is Rod Gilbert and behind him appears to be Arnie Brown (but it might be Al MacNeil or Wayne Hillman). The Hab is the pocket rocket, Henri Richard...
Oilers at Avalanche, G17, 09-10
In Quebec province the men go about their business in about the same way as guys do in this part of the country. Always time for a beer or a glance at a pretty girl, always time to talk some Canadian football (believe it or not, Quebec is the new heartland of Canadian football) and...
Hard Nose the Highway
The Edmonton Oilers looked much better than I thought they would in their 2009-10 debut. Among the things that impressed me were Gilbert Brule, was skated well and looked like he knew what we was doing; Sam Gagner, who got in a fight and scored a big goal in the third period; Dustin...
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