Edmonton Oilers: Welcome to Numbers Country Stephen Kaczmar | November 1, 2011 Eleven games into the Edmonton Oilers season; you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who could have predicted the numbers to look the way they do now. The Oilers own…
Edmonton Oilers: Top Team in the Western Conference Marcy Di Michele | October 31, 2011 Don’t look now, but the Edmonton Oilers are on a roll. They’ve won 5 straight games, sit tied for first place in the Western Conference with the Dallas Stars and…
Battle of Alberta I: Five Things To Watch Andrew Sykes | October 18, 2011 Tonight marks the first installment of the 2011-2012 version of the Battle of Alberta, and with the two clubs set to fight for provincial supremacy once again, here are five…
The Ryan Effect: Ryan, Ryan & Ryan doing their thing Stephen Kaczmar | October 18, 2011 Four games into the 2011/12 season the Edmonton Ryan’s, err ah the Edmonton Oilers have got off to a satisfying start; well at least every player with the first name…
2011-12 Edmonton Oilers Season Preview Marcy Di Michele | September 9, 2011 After finishing dead last in the NHL for the past two seasons, the re-building Edmonton Oilers are hoping to take a step forward this year. Their young stars Taylor Hall…
Battle Royale: the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings Jockey for Pacific Supremacy Walter McLaughlin | August 21, 2011 “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” — Thomas Jefferson. One team has ruled the roost four consecutive years, missing a fifth (despite…
Legion of Doom Redux? Kings Acquire Richards, Gagne Walter McLaughlin | July 9, 2011 Even NHL General Managers are susceptible to the occasional man-crush. Dean Lombardi, who served as a Philadelphia Flyers scout for four years, continues to build what some have coined “Philadelphia…
NHL Draft Day One 2011 – Reactions: Trades Galore and Team Grades James Neveau | June 25, 2011 Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent St. Paul, MN – The 2011 NHL Entry Draft got off to a pretty tame start in the Twin Cities. Other than the trade that sent…
Round One: Royal Jelly Walter McLaughlin | April 12, 2011 Before you say anything, there really is such a thing. From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: a highly nutritious secretion of the pharyngeal glands of the honeybee that is fed to the…
Los Angeles Kings Must Keep It Simple Without Kopitar, Williams Gann Matsuda | April 4, 2011 LOS ANGELES — Although the Los Angeles Kings were not lighting the National Hockey League on fire by scoring goals in bunches before losing their top two scorers, the task…
Chicago Tomahawks Los Angeles 4-3 Andrew Knoll | January 4, 2011 Andrew Knoll examines Chicago’s completion of a season sweep of Los Angeles.
Oiler Captain Ethan Moreau – Last Link to the Gretzky Trade Lee Ferris | October 17, 2009 Ethan Moreau does not fit the profile of the standard NHL captain. He’s not a top line superstar expected to lead his team with a clutch goal or assist. Nor…