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IOC joins talks to get NHL players in 2018 Olympics
The four top stakeholders in the discussion over whether NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea next year met without resolution Friday, with one warning that time is running short to make a decision. Nashville Predators shutout Oilers Sports | 84525 hits | 9:38 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
NASHVILLE - There’s usually no need to worry when a team has only lost back-to-back games in regulation three times in the last 10 weeks. Unless one of those times is right now. So yes, there is a little concern in the air after the Oilers lost their seco Oilers falter against Wild in clash of hot squadsSports | 84704 hits | 10:56 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
Oilers drown Sharks 4-1 | Hockey | Sports | Edmonton SunSports | 84722 hits | 11:12 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan and his San Jose Sharks counterpart, Peter DeBoer, offered a window to how they feel about wins and losses in late January, both emphatically saying they�re big-picture guys. No parade route after a win in January, no Curling and crokinole collide, creating a new ice game in Winnipeg
There's a new outdoor game in Winnipeg and it has a distinctly Canadian flavour. It's called crokicurl, and it combines two popular pastimes — crokinole and curling. Draisaitl, Talbot lead surging Oilers' rout of DucksSports | 84958 hits | 10:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
Leon Draisaitl scored two goals and Cam Talbot made 26 saves in his 15th career shutout, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Germany's top Olympic official proposes Russia banSports | 85297 hits | 12:02 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The president of the German Olympic Committee has called for Russia to be banned from the 2018 and 2020 Olympics if sports bosses there are found to have known about state-sponsored doping. Brossoit gets first win for Oilers in rout against FlamesSports | 84885 hits | 10:43 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
CALGARY - On Retro Night at the Saddledome Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers treated Calgary Flames goalie Chad Johnson like he was the beleaguered Reggie Lemelin back in 80s when the playful media in the Rexall Place press box used to wage on what OilerS sho Oilers fall short in 3-2 shootout loss to PredatorsSports | 84762 hits | 10:30 PM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
Given that it was the first day with America’s new President, it’s fitting to describe the results of Friday’s game in his words: The Edmonton Oilers were real losers. And that was huuuge disappointment for a team that was playing at home against a tired Henrik Sedin records 1,000th career point against former teammate
Henrik Sedin has the 1,000th point of his NHL career. The captain of the Vancouver Canucks reached the milestone on Friday night with a goal in the second period against the Florida Panthers. Connor McDavid pots game winner in OT in Oilers victory over PanthersSports | 84849 hits | 10:08 PM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
One thing about Connor McDavid: he's all about timing. On the night when McDavid reached 100 points in the first period, he then gave the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 OT victory when he'd been on the ice for a full minute and was dead-tired but still got free on Oilers put Coyotes out of their miserySports | 84551 hits | 9:34 PM on Monday | posted by Alta_redneck
There are games a team hopes to win, games it needs to win, games it should win and games it better win or else the roof will fall in. Monday night at Rogers Place featured all four, as the lowly Arizona Coyotes moved into the Edmonton Oilers' crosshairs. Oilers pull out shootout win over FlamesSports | 84471 hits | 11:31 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
The potential for an old fashioned, rock-em-sock-em Battle of Alberta was in the air. And, for once, Saturday’s clash between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers meant something to both squads — Calgary which occupied the first Wild Card spot in the We Battle of Alberta takes on new meaning Sports | 84756 hits | 12:28 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Those unfamiliar with how intense the Battle of Alberta can be for its residents clearly never took part in a family dinner at Kris Versteeg’s home in Lethbridge. “I mean, it’s big,” said the Calgary Flames winger, when asked how much it would mean for Al Oilers come back to defeat Devils in overtime | Edmonton JournalSports | 84753 hits | 9:34 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
The Edmonton Oilers were underachieving on home ice and losing in the third period to a bottom-feeding opponent. If they were were trying to make Taylor Hall felt right at home in his first visit to Rogers Place since being traded last summer, it worked. Edmonton Oilers continue to be Shark-bitten, falling 5-3 to San Jose | Hockey |Sports | 84520 hits | 10:59 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
MMA fighter exploits glove touch with brutal cheap-shot KO | New York PostSports | 84970 hits | 2:55 PM on Sunday | posted by shockedcanadian
Patrik Laine injured, Jets blow 2-goal lead against SabresSports | 84732 hits | 9:24 AM on Sunday | posted by Alta_redneck
Oilers survive major scare from the DevilsSports | 84701 hits | 8:02 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Despite overwhelming New Jersey with a relentless barrage of rubber, the Oilers spent most of the night being rope-a-doped off the scoresheet and needed a dramatic overtime finish to escape a hopelessly unfair loss. Hall ready for awkward reunion with OilersSports | 84536 hits | 10:53 AM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
NEWARK — It’s going to be all kind of strange on both sides of the ice tonight as Taylor Hall and the Edmonton Oilers meet for the first time since their awkward breakup last summer. The reunion angle doesn’t end there, either, as the other piece of the e Canucks double up Flames for 6th straight win
Markus Granlund had two goals and an assist, Ryan Miller made 44 saves, and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 4-2 for their sixth straight victory on Friday night. Maroon hat trick pushes Oilers past Bruins 4-3 | Hockey | Sports | Edmonton SunSports | 84733 hits | 10:24 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
Edmonton Oilers have been exorcizing ghost after ghost on their road to redemption, they put one away Thursday that had been haunting them for two decades. Edmonton blew 20 years worth of dust and cobwebs off a result they haven’t seen in Boston since bef IIHF World Junior Hockey: Canada advances to final after 5-2 win over Sweden
Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist and subbed-in goalie Carter Hart made 28 saves as Canada downed Sweden 5-2 in a semifinal at the world junior hockey championship on Wednesday night. Blue Jackets extend win streak to 16 games with 3-1 victory over Oilers | HockeySports | 84646 hits | 8:06 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
COLUMBUS — If the Edmonton Oilers were wondering where they stood in comparison to a powerhouse team like the Columbus Blue Jackets, they got their answer Tuesday night. According to their coach, it’s not even close. Empty seats in Toronto and Montreal speak volumes about Hockey Canada's prioritiSports | 84486 hits | 7:44 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
French cyclist Robert Merchand is chasing a world record at 105 years old after setting the previous best five years agoSports | 84483 hits | 7:02 PM on Tuesday | posted by shockedcanadian
Oilers claw back to tie game late but lose 3-2 in a shootout to the Vancouver CaSports | 84938 hits | 1:56 PM on Sunday | posted by Alta_redneck
One of these years, the Edmonton Oilers will get out their New Year's Eve party hats.
The Oilers haven't celebrated on Dec. 31 in 31 years, going back to Wayne Gretzky's 36th career hat-trick against Philadelphia Flyers on New Year's Eve, 1985 when the Jacob Markstrom carries Canucks past Oilers
Bo Horvat scored the lone goal in the shootout and Jacob Markstrom made 42 saves for the Vancouver Canucks in a 3-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Saturday. UFC's once-great hope Rousey suffers lightning-fast defeatSports | 85164 hits | 8:48 AM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Only 48 seconds after the opening bell, the comeback was over. Ronda Rousey, the UFC's once-great hope and the sport's all-dominating athlete, saw her chance to redeem her November 2015 loss to Holly Holm. Jones: Oilers come up with biggest win since 2006 Cup runSports | 84994 hits | 11:07 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
Edmonton was worthy 3-1 empty-net-goal winners. It was only the second time in the last 21 meetings with the Tinsel town team that the Oilers had won in regulation time. The result was bound to make a statement on way or the other with the Oilers coming o Star New Brunswick cyclist Ellen Watters dies from crash injuries
Ellen Watters, a Canadian competitive cyclist critically injured in a collision with a car while on a training ride in Sussex, N.B., has died. She was 28. Oilers in thick of playoff race at ChristmasSports | 84598 hits | 11:54 PM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
Report: Indians, Encarnacion agree to $60M, 3-year dealSports | 84836 hits | 9:05 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
Oilers tough line comes through, combine for 7 points in win over Coyotes | OileSports | 84699 hits | 10:12 PM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
GLENDALE — It will take 20 more wins and four overtime points before the Edmonton Oilers can call it even with the Arizona Coyotes, but right now one regulation victory is more than enough. Decreased obstruction calls obstructing NHL's best attractionsSports | 85285 hits | 5:43 PM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
Connor McDavid should've taken a penalty shot or at least have drawn a penalty after Alex Pietrangelo hooked and slashed him, but neither happened. This play should represent a beacon for change. Able to beat the best in the NHL, Oilers determined to end unfathomable winlessSports | 84960 hits | 2:30 AM on Wednesday | posted by Alta_redneck
GLENDALE — OK, Edmonton Oilers, seriously, you have to figure out this Arizona Coyotes thing already. It’s not funny anymore. You can beat St. Louis and Chicago, Washington and Anaheim. You’re 6-0 against Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. You’re fourth in Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins nets OT winner in 3-2 win over the St. LouiSports | 84740 hits | 12:21 AM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
ST. LOUIS – The Edmonton Oilers won in St. Louis for just the second time in 12 games Monday, overcoming a third period deficit to beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2. McDavid scores shootout winner in 3-2 Edmonton Oilers victory over the Tampa BaySports | 84860 hits | 11:37 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Edmonton Oilers turned a much needed hiatus into a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. But just barely. The Oilers should have been able to wrap this one up in the first period, coming off a three day break against a beaten up and short-staffed Tamp Columbus Blue Jackets' Sam Gagner scores a goal, assist in 3-1 victory over theSports | 84641 hits | 10:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
Photo Essay: Toronto FC loses MLS Cup in heartbreaking fashionSports | 84792 hits | 10:28 AM on Sunday | posted by Alta_redneck
As the cool kids would say, the pre-match festivities were “lit” — and not just because red flares lit up the dark Toronto sky. Most of the fans were congregating before the match well before it got dark. Many were at watering holes in Liberty Village dre Oilers fall in shootout to Wild | Oilers | Sports | Edmonton SunSports | 84686 hits | 10:22 PM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
Oilers' McDavid calls out Flyers' defenceman Brandon Manning following 6-5 lossSports | 84654 hits | 8:12 AM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
Edmonton Oilers squander a late lead to lose 4-3 in overtime to the Buffalo SabrSports | 84587 hits | 9:34 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
Concussion protocol sidelines Connor McDavidSports | 84675 hits | 10:08 AM on Monday | posted by Alta_redneck
Connor McDavid has enough to worry about with opponents trying to keep him off the scoresheet, the last thing he needs is Big Brother shutting him down. But there he was, pulled from the game at a crucial point in the second period Sunday when one of the Drainait scores overtime winner for OilersSports | 84638 hits | 11:22 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
"Right on the tape," said Draisaitl, who won 10 of 16 draws against the best face-off team in the league and slipped into the open after Jordan Eberle had carried the puck into the zone. Eberle picked up his third assist CFL mourns the loss of Joe McKnight
The Canadian Football League is mourning the loss of Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Joe McKnight, who was killed Thursday afternoon in Terrytown, La. Edmonton Oilers fall to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 at Rogers Place | Oilers | SSports | 85045 hits | 9:51 PM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
It was billed as Connor McDavid vs. Nazem Kadri vs. Auston Matthews. And all three scored as the pre-game script held up to an extent, but the real story Tuesday night was the 2016 Edmonton Oilers looking a whole lot like the 2015 and 2014 and 2013 team tBack to Canada News
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