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Have the Edmonton Oilers found their mojo? Is the early-season slump over? Have they, like in the last two years, finally started to find their game two months into the season? The latest stretch of games, punctuated by a 6-2 walloping of the Winnipeg Jets, shows that might be the case. It still might be…
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Minnesota State was a 27-win team last season, and it has shown no signs of slowing down as it plows through the first half of the season...
With three teams in the top six of the NPI and defending national champ Western Michigan lurking not far behind, it's hard to find a series in the NCHC each weekend that isn't "big." That's especially true as a number of teams are enjoying resurgent seasons...
Hockey East's collective struggles from a national NPI perspective were on display this weekend, though a few teams have risen up the ranks as we reach the midway point...
Despite continuing its perfect start, Dartmouth temporarily fell out of the top spot in the NPI on Friday, thanks to Michigan's big road win against Michigan State and its lofty strength of schedule. But Michigan had the tables turned on it Saturday, while Dartmouth kept on rolling, to regain the top spot...
It's cliche because it's true — it's always a fierce, emotional battle when Michigan and Michigan State get together. And this weekend's version of that, the first meetings this season between the teams, lived up to that...
Recap of the game.
That’s two in a row. On Saturday evening, the Edmonton Oilers played their third game on the five-game homestand, defeating the Winnipeg Jets 6-2. This came just two days after they smashed the Seattle Kraken 9-4. Safe to say they are officially back, so let’s take a look at what happened in this one! The…
Getting you set up for tonight’s Jets game.
After putting together their best offensive night on Thursday in a 9-4 win over the Kraken, the Oilers look to keep the momentum going in the third game of this five-game homestand against the Winnipeg Jets. At 12-11-5, the boys are still trying to find traction in a season that has offered almost none, but…
A new team, a first goal, and a forward starting to feel at home.
Kris Knoblauch didn’t exactly plan for Vasily Podkolzin, Leon Draisaitl, and Matt Savoie to become his second line against the Seattle Kraken, and now the Winnipeg Jets. But when you’ve already cycled through 28 different forward combinations in your first 13 games, you’re not so much making calculated decisions as you are reacting to whatever…
After I wrote last week about Garret Sparks suiting up with Bloomington as their EBUG for a week, I didn't expect to write a second story about a former NHL player finding work in the ECHL. The man to the left, though, has given me that opportunity as he signed a standard player contract with the ECHL's Jacksonville Icemen yesterday, and the veteran of 73 NHL games appears to have played last night as the Icemen hosted the Atlanta Gladiators. If you don't recognize him from that picture immedi...
Guest: Sara Orlesky at 28:40.
The noise around the Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending has quieted down in the last week, as since the team’s 8-3 blowout loss to the Dallas Stars, things have improved. It’s just a three-game stretch, mind you, but the Oilers have gone 2-1 with a pair of wins over the Kraken, in which Edmonton outscored them 13-4,…
November was not so kind to the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets were 31st in points percentage in November at .385 per cent a far cry from being 6th in that same category in October. That’s the type of run that gets you in the basement of the league and a lottery pick. However, seeing the…
The image to the left is a view I rarely find myself able to see unless I'm watching TimBits hockey. Even then, there's usually an army of parents cheering on their kids from ice level that force me to sit higher up in the stands. I'm not complaining since I don't have a kid on the ice, but the the point is that I rarely get to enjoy a hockey game at any level down at ice level. Being that I was offered a ticket to the Winnipeg Jets game tonight as they battled the Buffalo Sabres, I couldn't s...
A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
After suffering a 9-1 loss earlier this season, the Edmonton Oilers finally got to enjoy the other side of a 9-something beatdown, defeating the Seattle Kraken 9-4 in their most recent outing. They battled their way through a tough start to the season with lengthy road trips, and now, with some time to settle in…
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Recap of the game.
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ demolition of the Seattle Kraken, line combos, some injury updates, line combos, and much more. We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR…
Quinn Hughes’ name has been circulating in trade rumours quite a bit in recent times. It’s been a rough season for the Vancouver Canucks. Through 27 games, their 23 points are the fewest in the league, although they do have a higher point percentage than the Calgary Flames. Hughes, their captain, has had an okay…
Early in the 1983-84 season, the Oilers acquired a player who helped them win four Stanley Cups. This edition of Flashback Friday looks at the Kevin McClelland trade, which celebrates its 42nd anniversary on Friday. On Dec. 5, 1983, the Oilers sent Tom Roulston to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 1984 sixth-round pick…