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| Edmonton Oilers forward Shawn Horcoff out for season with shoulder injury |
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02/04/2008 |
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -Edmonton Oilers center Shawn Horcoff will miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The 29-year-old forward, who leads the team with 50 points in 53 games this season, aggravated the injury when fell awkwardly at the NHL All-Star game in Atlanta on Jan. 27. ``I tweaked it three times before that already this season,'' Horcoff said. ``Each time you do it, it gets worse. ``That's the thing that scared me the most. It was just a harmless play. I got clip |
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| Flames head to Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
02/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Calgary Flames will try to get back in the win column tonight, when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for a Northwest Division battle at Rexall Place. Calgary will have Curtis Joseph in goal for the first time tonight, as the 40- year-old veteran gets the start. Joseph went 18-31-2 with a 3.19 goals against average and .893 save percentage in 58 games with Phoenix this year. He started the 2007-08 campaign without a team, but was signed by Calgary last month. Joseph has 446 career wins in |
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| Oilers' Horcoff to have season-ending surgery |
NHL Hockey |
02/04/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Edmonton Oilers center Shawn Horcoff will have surgery on his left shoulder later this week and will be out for the remainder of the season. Horcoff has been bothered with a shoulder injury all season and re-injured his shoulder at the 2008 NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta on January 27. He played in Edmonton's first game following the All-Star break, but missed the last game against the Dallas Stars on February 1. In 53 games this season, Horcoff leads the Oilers with 21 goals and |
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| Columbus Blue Jackets |
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02/02/2008 |
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| Acquired defenseman Dick Tarnstrom from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for forward Curtis Glencross. |
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| Oilers activate Sanderson from IR |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers activated forward Geoff Sanderson from injured reserve Friday. The 36-year-old sat out the Oilers' last six contests with a lower back sprain. Sanderson already spent one other stint on IR this season, missing seven games from December 2-13 after he suffered a back injury during Edmonton's 5-1 triumph over Anaheim on November 30. In 32 games this season, Sanderson has recorded only two goals and nine points. |
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| Blue Jackets acquire veteran defenseman Tarnstrom |
NHL Hockey |
02/01/2008 |
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| Columbus, OH (Best E Casino) - The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired defenseman Dick Tarnstrom from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for left wing Curtis Glencross Friday. Tarnstrom, 33, has appeared in 287 career NHL games, registering 33 goals and 98 assists for 131 points with the Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders. In 29 games with Edmonton this season, Tarnstrom collected one goal and four assists. Glencross joined the Blue Jackets last season following a trade with the Anaheim Ducks. He col |
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| Oilers' Souray placed on IR again |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers placed defenseman Sheldon Souray on injured reserve Wednesday with a left shoulder injury. Souray aggravated an existing shoulder problem in Edmonton's January 24 game against the Florida Panthers, and the backliner missed the Oilers' game Tuesday in San Jose. The original injury was a separated left shoulder caused by a fight with Vancouver's Byron Ritchie on October 13. That setback cost Souray nearly two months of the season. A native of Elk Point, Albert |
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| Nabokov, Sharks blank Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
01/30/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 13 shots he faced as the San Jose Sharks asserted their control of second place in the NHL's Western Conference, roaring out of the All-Star break with a 3-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Mike Grier and Patrick Rissmiller each recorded a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who stretched their winning streak to three games. Joe Pavelski's 11th goal of the season midway through the second period proved to be the game winner. Mathieu Garon |
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| Oilers open homestand with Pacific-leading Sharks |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The San Jose Sharks come out of the All-Star break tied for first place in the Pacific Division, and battle the Edmonton Oilers tonight at Rexall Place. The Sharks and Dallas Stars both have 61 points on the season, with the Anaheim Ducks lurking just one point back. San Jose briefly fell out of the top spot courtesy of a recent four-game skid, but rebounded with two straight wins before the breather. On Thursday, Jonathan Cheechoo scored two power-play goals and Joe Thornton registered thr |
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| Stoll helps Oilers rally past Panthers |
NHL Hockey |
01/25/2008 |
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| Sunrise, FL (Best E Casino) - Jarret Stoll scored a pair of goals in the final 83 seconds of regulation to force overtime, and Shawn Horcoff scored in the first round of a shootout as the Edmonton Oilers completed a stirring comeback with a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center. Ales Hemsky assisted on both of Stoll's tallies as the Oilers won for just the second time in their last six games going into the All-Star break. Ethan Moreau scored his fourth goal of the season for Edmonton, and |
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