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The San Jose Sharks have started to slip in the standings. Despite a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon, the Sharks are starting to slip in the standings. As of Sunday morning, they sit five points out of a playoff spot, losing five of their last six games. Earlier this season, when…
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Distance did not make the heart go stronger for Edmonton Oilers hockey. While noticeable improvements were made for players like Matt Savoie and Trent Frederic offensively, we were quickly reminded just how poor this team is in the defensive zone. In the category of Just Oilers Things, how do you score 17 goals on a…
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The Edmonton Oilers’ attempts to trade Andrew Mangiapane have failed, thus far, to find him a new home. And with the Oilers going 1-2 out of the Olympic break with disappointing losses to the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks, the team has taken the drastic measure of placing the disgruntled winger on waivers. Joining…
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The Edmonton Oilers’ Jekyll-and-Hyde season continued on their past three-game road trip. They gave up yet another lead to lose to the Anaheim Ducks in the first game, looked like men among boys in a dominating 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, and just when you thought they had turned the page, they came…
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Latest on the veteran winger.
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
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One step forward, one step back. After an 8-1 win over the Kings in Los Angeles that felt like the team’s most complete effort of the season, the Edmonton Oilers followed it up Saturday with a 5-4 loss to a San Jose Sharks team that came in riding a five-game losing streak. Macklin Celebrini opened…
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With the NHL Trade Deadline less than a week away, the Edmonton Oilers have recently been linked to defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson of the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I do think Edmonton’s interest in Ekman-Larsson is real,” said Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts podcast. “And I think it’s just going to be really interesting to see…
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Five teams went into a mad scramble in the final weekend with a chance to take first place. That's more than half the teams in the league still capable of winning the league championship, even on the last night.Turns out, in the end, it was Minnesota State all over again.The Mavericks needed a shootout to defeat last-place Northern Michigan on Friday, but got some help in the process. That paved the...
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North Dakota had already sealed another Penrose Cup by defeating Western Michigan on Friday night. But it was nevertheless another riveting game Saturday between two of the top four teams in the NPI.With nothing really on the line, the teams didn't play that way, in going to a shootout. The Broncos won it there, 4-3, on a goal by Owen Michaels, his 11th.The two-point weekend allowed Denver to swoop...
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It was more or less a foregone conclusion by the team the weekend rolled around, but Providence clinched its first-ever outright Hockey East regular-season championship with a 3-2 win over New Hampshire. Providence also won in 2016, but shared the title.After an inconsistent first half, the Friars are rolling towards the postseason having gone 13-2 since an early January loss to Alaska at home had...
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Dartmouth and Cornell might it tight late, but in the end, it was Quinnipiac winning another ECAC regular-season title, its sixth in a row.The Bobcats defeated Harvard, 4-1, to seal the championship. Freshman forward Ethan Wyttenbach had one assist, to extend his lead in the national points race to 10 (57 to 47) over Michigan's T.J Hughes.Harvard had a big comeback win Friday against Princeton to ...
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Recap of the game.
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There's no free stream I can find where the game can be watched, but the AWIHL title will be decided today or tonight depending on your time zone. I say "today or tonight" because the teams are playing at the O'Brien Icehouse in Melbourne where the Brisbane Lightning will meet the Perth Inferno in the gold medal game at 5pm Melbourne time or at midnight in the Central Time Zone on March 1. Melbourne, for those doing the math, is 17 hours ahead of Winnipeg. The AWIHL Final will feature the t...
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After beating the wheels off the L.A. Kings on Thursday night, the Edmonton Oilers wrapped up their California road trip with one last stop in San Jose to face the sliding Sharks. The Sharks came into the game on a healthy losing streak, and that meant an opportunity for the Oilers to keep building momentum…
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It’s safe to say that the Edmonton Oilers aren’t playing their best hockey at the moment. On Saturday afternoon, the Oilers headed to Northern California to play the San Jose Sharks for the second time this season, falling 5-4 in another high-scoring game. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. The…
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Tough news on the veteran forward.
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They hit the ice in Anaheim before heading to San Jose.
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The Edmonton Oilers wrap up their California road trip with a final stop in San Jose to face Macklin Celebrini and the sixth-place Sharks. I know I don’t have to tell anybody reading this how important these two points are, but it’s worth mentioning that the Oilers absolutely need to figure out a way to…
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The Edmonton Oilers look to close out their three-game road trip with a matinee victory at the Shark Tank after a resounding demolition of the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. Connor McDavid and company had Darcy Kuemper and Anton Forsberg spinning in their crease in the 8-1 win, and have scored 13 goals in just…
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For the first time since forming a dominant line together at the Winter Olympics, Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini will face each other as opponents. With the 2024 first-overall pick riding shotgun, McDavid led the Olympic tournament with 13 points in six games, earning MVP honours despite Canada falling to the United States in the…
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I admit that I don't spot a lot about Canada West men's hockey on HBIC. My focus when I first started this blog was to get more exposure on the women's game, but the men's game likely deserves the same effort when it comes to coverage. Frankly, someone could likely make a solid living if they were paid to cover Canada West hockey, but I'm not about to dive head-first into that venture being that I already devote one full day to Canada West. Tonight, however, I need to talk about the men's hock...
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One defenceman that the Edmonton Oilers have been linked to is Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Ekman-Larsson is one of the last remaining players in the National Hockey League who was a part of the Phoenix Coyotes (before the name change). He’s a well-travelled defenceman, as he was drafted sixth overall in the 2009 draft and has played…
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