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| Oilers edge Flames |
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10/19/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Andrew Cogliano scored the game-winning goal, as the Edmonton Oilers used a fierce second-period rally to defeat the Calgary Flames, 3-2, and sweep the home-and-home series. The Oilers won another close battle Friday night, defeating the Flames 4-3 in Calgary. Ethan Moreau and Fernando Pisani also scored for Edmonton, which has won all four of its games this season. The Oilers scored all their goals in the second period after being down 2-0 following the opening stanza. Mathieu |
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| Yzerman named executive director for Team Canada |
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10/18/2008 |
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| ut the group that we have in place, a group that has great experience at both the professional and international level. I know that we have the right mix in place to assemble a team that will make all Canadians proud in 2010." Yzerman will work with Edmonton Oilers president of hockey operations Kevin Lowe, St. Louis Blues assistant general manager Doug Armstrong and Red Wings general manager Ken Holland. Wayne Gretzky, the head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes, will serve as advisor to Yzerman. Gretzky was Canada |
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| Oilers hope to remain perfect in home test vs. Flames |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers will try to stay unbeaten on the season when they aim for a home-and-home sweep of the Calgary Flames tonight at Rexall Place. The Oilers improved to 3-0-0 on the young campaign after posting a 4-3 decision at the Saddledome in Calgary on Friday. Erik Cole scored the first of three second-period, power-play tallies for Edmonton, and the Oilers held on to beat the Flames, 4-3. Lubomir Visnovsky added a goal and an assist, while Robert Nilsson and Andrew Cogliano also lit |
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| Oilers visit Flames to open home-and-home set |
NHL Hockey |
10/17/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Northwest Division rivals square off this evening, when the Edmonton Oilers pay a visit to the Calgary Flames in the opener of a home- and-home series at the Saddledome. The series will then shift to Edmonton's Rexall Place Saturday night. Edmonton has won its first two games of the season and will wrap up a brief two-game road trip tonight against Calgary in the Battle of Alberta. In Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks at the Honda Center, Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray and Lu |
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| Edmonton keeps Anaheim winless |
NHL Hockey |
10/16/2008 |
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| Anaheim, CA (Best E Casino) - Mathieu Garon made 33 saves, as the Edmonton Oilers edged the Anaheim Ducks, 3-2, from Honda Center. Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray, and Lubomir Visnovsky tallied in the win for the Oilers, who have won their first two games of the season. Kent Huskins and Rob Niedermayer scored for the Ducks, who have dropped their first four games of the season for the first time since they started with five straight losses to start the 2003-04 campaign. Jonas Hiller halted 25-of-28 shots in de |
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| Springfield assigns four players to Stockton |
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10/15/2008 |
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| pringfield, MA (Best E Casino) - The American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons assigned forwards Adam Huxley and Ryan MacMurchy, and defensemen Rob Bina and Josef Hrabal to their ECHL affiliate, the Stockton Thunder. The Falcons, an affiliate of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers, will play three games in three days this weekend. They head to Providence on Friday before hosting the Portland Pirates on Saturday in their home opener. The Falcons will conclude their weekend in Manchester on Sunday. |
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| Ducks aim for win versus visiting Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
10/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Ducks are off to their worst start to a season in five years. Anaheim will try to halt a season-opening three-game losing streak tonight against the Edmonton Oilers at the Honda Center. The Ducks have opened the season with setbacks to San Jose, Phoenix, and most recently last night to the Los Angeles Kings. Anaheim has lost its first three games of the season for the first time since it dropped five in a row to start the 2003-04 campaign. Brian Sutherby and Todd Marchant scored the fir |
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| Penner's tip-in late gives Edmonton win over Colorado |
NHL Hockey |
10/13/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Dustin Penner's tip-in with 5.4 seconds remaining in regulation gave the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 season-opening win over the Colorado Avalanche at Rexall Place. Penner gave Edmonton the lead early in the third in a two-goal performance while Shawn Horcoff notched a first period power-play tally for the Oilers, who got stellar goaltending from Mathieu Garon. The netminder was brilliant in stopping all but two of Colorado's 33 shots. Joe Sakic lit the lamp in the second and Milan H |
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| Oilers kick off 30th season versus Avs |
NHL Hockey |
10/12/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The last team to start the 2008-09 season, the Edmonton Oilers finally get things going tonight, as they begin their 30th season with a home test against the Colorado Avalanche at Rexall Place. Perhaps the schedule makers thought a few extra days would be beneficial for the Oilers, who saw veterans Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray, captain Ethan Moreau and Fernando Pisani all miss significant time last year due to injury. However, with so many vets sidelined, Edmonton's young flyers emerged on |
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| Edmonton places Potulny on waivers |
NHL Hockey |
10/01/2008 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers placed forward Ryan Potulny on Wednesday. The Oilers acquired Potulny from Philadelphia on June 6 in exchange for defenseman Danny Syvret. The University of Minnesota product arrived in the NHL late in the 2005-2006 season after averaging better than a point per game in college, and has recorded seven goals and 14 points in 44 total games over the last three seasons with the Flyers. Philadelphia's third-round pick in the 2003 draft also racked up 68 goals an |
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