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Here’s a phrase we haven’t said for a while: it’s an Edmonton Oilers gameday. After three weeks between contests, the Oilers begin a massive roadtrip in western California on Wednesday night, beginning with the Anaheim Ducks. It’s a stretch of three games in four days against division opponents (Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose) who are all…
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The NCAA Tournament is almost here, and Boston College is sitting on the edge.Right now the Eagles are 12th in the NPI. While this is better than where BC ranked midway through the season, it’s still shaky ground and not high enough to guarantee an at-large bid with four games left in the regular season and the Hockey East Tournament.This means BC’s best chance at the NCAA Tournament is through...
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With just two weekends left in the regular season, teams in Hockey East are getting ready for their final push before playoffs. But there’s something different this year: Hockey East is in danger of only having one team make the NCAA Tournament.But how did Hockey East get here?There’s a myth in college hockey: Don’t look at the NPI until January. While the standings will change considerably ...
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It’s Tuesday afternoon, and there’s a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio set, which means the boys were back in the studio to recap the week that was. On today’s episode, the guys discussed Team Canada vs. Team Czechia, Connor McDavid’s success at the games, the State of the Nation survey results, and much more. We…
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Leon Draisaitl said what he said: from top to bottom, the Edmonton Oilers have to be better in this last stretch of the regular season. The German Olympian spoke to team media for the first time after rejoining the team, skating in his first practice in Anaheim ahead of the Oilers’ clash with the Ducks…
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I'm not American nor will I ever be one, but the citizens of the country connected to Canada had a lot to celebrate over the last few days with their men's and women's Olympic teams capturing gold medals at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Americans should be proud of these men and women, but it seems one man was not as proud of the women as much as he was of the men after "joking" with the men's team via a phone call that "I do believe I probably would be impeached" if he didn't invite them to th...
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Insight from the Jets team reporter.
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The Edmonton Oilers sit just four points out of a tie for first place in the Pacific Division, but they’re also only four points above the playoff cut line. With only 24 games remaining in the regular season, the margins are thin, and every point matters. One of the biggest question marks down the stretch…
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The Bakersfield Condors finished the week off playing only two games and winning one of them. The lineup didn’t see massive changes during the win on Wednesday versus the Coachella Valley Firebirds, but in the overtime loss to the Calgary Wranglers, the lineup saw a few changes. The first major change was that Cam Dineen…
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Pair of players on the shelf.
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The NHL returns from the Olympic break this week, and with it, full attention shifts back to the March 6 trade deadline. The Colorado Avalanche and Pittsburgh Penguins wasted no time getting active. Former Edmonton Oiler Brett Kulak is headed back to the Western Conference, as the Avalanche acquired the veteran defenceman from Pittsburgh in…
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Latest from practice on the NHL club of Winnipeg ahead of a three-game road trip.
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Ryan Hartman is an interesting player to keep an eye on ahead of the March 6th trade deadline. Every player or team we’ve looked at so far in this series has been on a team that will sell in the next couple of weeks. Hartman is not the case, as the Minnesota Wild are firmly…
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First recall up to the Jets.
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Latest from practice on the AHL club of Manitoba.
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It’s been a while since we added anything to our fake trophy case. That’s where we store the Carson (for best sophomore season ), the Bourque (for best final season ), the Pollock (for best trade ) and the Thornton (for best debut with a new team ). Today, we’re unveiling a new fake trophy, for the best combination NHL and Olympic performance in the same season. Please ooh and awe at the shiny new Teemu Selanne Trophy. Selanne was a relatively easy choice for the honor of having the award name...
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The Edmonton Oilers’ addition of Paul Coffey back onto their coaching staff is a clear signal that they do not trust their blueline. It really is as simple as that. If they thought that the current group of six defensemen were playing at a capable level, then they wouldn’t have made this change. I also…
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A daily roundup of Jets, Moose coverage — all the pro hockey news that matters in Manitoba and beyond.
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In 2013, the NCAA Men's Ice Committee instituted home/road weighting to the criteria used to select teams for the NCAA Tournament. More specifically, the RPI component of the Pairwise was adjusted depending upon whether the game was played at home or away.With the change to use straight NPI this year, that concept was largely carried over. A win at home counts less than a win on the road, and vice...
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Last season, Bentley had its first 20-win season, first Atlantic Hockey Tournament championship, and first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Those were heady times.But this season, as it approaches 20 wins again (18-9-5), has been about not stopping that momentum.To that end, Bentley took another step, and maybe the hardest one yet, when it defeated RIT last weekend to wrap up the Atlantic...
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Jeff Jackson was the first head coach of the U.S. National Team Development Program, leaving Lake Superior State to start the program after having won two national championships there as a head coach, and another as an assistant. He was much more than that, though. He had to start the entire program, including figuring out exactly what its mission would be, how it would operate, how it would attract...
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Drivers, start your engines. With the Olympics out of the way and the March 6th NHL trade deadline fast approaching, there will be no shortage of news to follow in the coming days and weeks. Monday was no different, as the Edmonton Oilers were at the front of a couple of news items. The Fourth…
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The Edmonton Oilers lineup on Wednesday ought to be interesting. After riding the waves of Olympic emotions, Connor McDavid might not join the Oilers right away, who are thrust right back into game action with a back-to-back in Anaheim and Los Angeles beginning Wednesday. “When he exactly joins the team, and when he’s ready to…
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A little insight on 44 from the TSN insider who was on First Up.
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