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| Oilers D Visnovsky out for season with shoulder injury |
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02/10/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers announced on Tuesday that defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky will undergo right shoulder surgery and miss the remainder of the season. Visnovsky, who was placed on injured reserve on Thursday after suffering the injury in the Oilers' 3-1 loss to Chicago on Feb. 3, appeared in 50 games this season, registering eight goals and 23 assists for 31 points. For his career, the veteran blueliner has 78 goals and 232 helpers in 549 contests with Los Angeles and Edmonton. |
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| Keeping Thomas fresh key for Bruins |
NHL Hockey |
02/10/2009 |
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| ris Osgood (43 games) and Dominik Hasek (41 games) last season, the 2008 Red Wings went with Osgood in the postseason and won their 11th title in team history. The 2006 Hurricanes, meanwhile, turned to Cam Ward in the '06 postseason to knock off the Edmonton Oilers in the finals. Then a rookie, Ward had played in just 28 games in the regular season before taking over for Martin Gerber (60 regular-season appearances) in the postseason. Like the teams that beat them, two of the last three Stanley Cup runners-up |
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| Falcons coach Truitt replaced by Daum |
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02/10/2009 |
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| Springfield, MA (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers have appointed Rob Daum as coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, replacing Jeff Truitt for the remainder of the 2008-09 season. "The Oilers organization would like to thank Jeff for his commitment and effort," Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini said. "Jeff's an outstanding individual who worked hard everyday to improve his hockey club." Named the Falcons head coach on June 17, 2008, Truitt compiled a 16-27-7 record |
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| Oilers reassign Peckham to Springfield |
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02/09/2009 |
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| Springfield, MA (Best E Casino) - The Springfield Falcons announced on Monday that defenseman Theo Peckham has been assigned to the American Hockey League club from their NHL affiliate, the Edmonton Oilers. Peckham has appeared in 43 games for the Falcons this year totaling six goals and 13 assists for 19 points and 81 penalty minutes. |
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| Wild top Oilers in SO |
NHL Hockey |
02/08/2009 |
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| St. Paul, MN (Best E Casino) - Mikko Koivu scored the lone goal of the shootout and added an assist in regulation, as the Minnesota Wild edged the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, at Xcel Energy Center. With the game deadlocked after a spirited overtime period, neither team could light the lamp in the first three rounds of the shootout. Then in the fourth, following Niklas Backstrom's pad save on Edmonton's Tom Gilbert, Koivu ended things. The speedy center skated straight in on Dwayne Roloson and beat the Oilers netmi |
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| Wild continue homestand versus Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
02/08/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Minnesota Wild continue a four-game homestand this afternoon against the Edmonton Oilers at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota got its residency off to a good start, as Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves to post his sixth shutout of the season -- second most in the NHL -- in a 3-0 win over Anaheim. However, the tables were turned on the Wild on Friday, as they failed to get any of their 22 shots past Nashville's Dan Ellis in a 2-0 setback versus the Predators. Backstrom stopped 24 shots in the l |
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| Five-goal first paces Red Wings in rout of Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2009 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Pavel Datsyuk, Marian Hossa and Brian Rafalski each had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings trounced the Edmonton Oilers, 8-3, at Joe Louis Arena. Niklas Kronwall had three assists while Ty Conklin made 23 saves in the win for the Red Wings, who have won three straight on the heels of a five-game losing streak. Marc-Antoine Pouliot and Zack Stortini each had a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who have dropped three of their last four. Dwayne Roloson started the game |
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| Red Wings host Oilers in Motown |
NHL Hockey |
02/07/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Red Wings will take aim at their third consecutive victory when they welcome the Edmonton Oilers for this afternoon's battle at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings, who lead the Central Division with 73 points, had lost a season-high five straight games before posting recent home wins over St. Louis and Phoenix. Detroit snapped the skid with Monday's shootout win against the Blues and followed with another close win two days later against the Coyotes. Nicklas Lidstrom's power-play go |
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| Oilers recall Peckham, reassign Potulny |
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02/06/2009 |
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| Springfield, MA (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers have recalled defenseman Theo Peckham from the Springfield Falcons and assigned center Ryan Potulny to the American Hockey League club, it was announced on Friday. This is the third recall of the season for Peckham, who has six goals and 13 assists with the Falcons this season. Potulny has a plus-two rating with three assists in eight games with the Oilers this season. He also has 19 goals and 14 assists with the Falcons. In another move, the Oilers annou |
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| Oilers top Blues in shootout |
NHL Hockey |
02/06/2009 |
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| St. Louis, TN (Best E Casino) - Robert Nilsson scored the decisive goal in the shootout, as the Edmonton Oilers edged the St. Louis Blues, 2-1, at Scottrade Center. T.J. Oshie began the shootout for the home team and was turned aside by Edmonton's Dwayne Roloson. Nilsson then beat Chris Mason with a wrister to the stick side. After Brad Boyes was denied by Roloson, Sam Gagner scored on a forehand-backhand deke to cement the win for the Oilers. Sheldon Souray scored in regulation for Edmonton, which has won s |
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