Showing posts with label Calgary Flames. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calgary Flames. Show all posts

Thursday, September 5, 2013

A Blunder of a Game - Oilers lose to Flames

We all know the current YoungStars team doesn't have the big names that make you pay attention like years past, but this years squad boasts a rock solid defense corp. On defense the Oilers have Darnell Nurse, Oscar Klefbom, Martin Gernat, David Musil, Brandon Davidson, Joey Leach, Martin Marincin and Ben Betker.

That's a pretty decent group of young men. Big and strong with good puck movement. You would think they can shut down any one of these opposing teams in this tournament.

Well... that's not the case. Today's game versus the Calgary Flames, the Oilers were out worked and out scored and lost a 5-2 game. The defense looked terrible. Even brutal at times. I had high hopes for the Nurse/Klefbom pairing, and for the most part, they disappointed.

Klefbom had big words to say today about making the Oilers and how he was going to show everyone in this game that he belongs in the NHL. Maybe next game Oscar?

Maybe Darnell Nurse was also too nervous, but his boarding penalty really got the Flames offense rolling. He needs to play big, yet he needs to know how to not cross the line. Much like Klefbom, I'll expect Nurse to play much better next game.

Like I mentioned at the beginning of this blog, the Oilers forwards aren't the high skill players we are used to. They are however big and tough and can play.

Today's forward lines looked like this.

Marco Roy - Andrew Miller - Kale Kessy

Cam Abney - Travis Ewanyk - Jackson Houck

Brandon Baddock - Chase Schaber - Ty Bilcke

Jujhar Khaira - Greg Chase - Austin Fyten


Ty Bilcke dropped the gloves and that seemed to inspire the Oilers squad. I don't know much about him, but I liked his fighting skills.

The Oilers two goals came from Travis Ewanyk and Jujhar Khaira. Ewanyk's goal was a fluke/own goal and Khaira's goal was a tip on a Gernat shot from the point.

Not much stood out for me in today's game except for Marco Roy. Roy was billed as a two player, and he seems to fit that bill. Pretty good in his own zone and he had flashes of brilliance in the offensive zone. I want to see more.

I've have mixed reviews on starting goalie Tyler Bunz. He looked pretty good, but giving up that many goals, he had me worried. In my opinion, his development has been slow, and this year will be pivotal for him. This tournament should be his chance to shine from the start. We will see if he can.

Overall, the first period sucked for the Oilers. The second and third were better. First game jitters should be over. A better team will show up Saturday.

Well... I hope so.

-WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY BURNT-

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Oilers and Flames Players Might Not Be Locked Out?

I came across this story by Sportsnet and I thought I'd share the link with you. Very interesting read. Something similar is happening in Montreal as well.

There is hope that the lockout may not happen. At least in Canada anyways.

Or... an Oilers/Flames Stanley Cup final. (just kidding)

http://www.sportsnet.ca/iphone/hockey/nhl-lockout/2012/t09/08/oilers_flames_legal_snag_lockoutr/?regiony=WEST

If link doesn't work, here is the entire article below;

"Flames, Oilers could hit lockout legal snag

Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames could hit a legal snag if the National Hockey League locks out its players on Sept. 15, according to the Edmonton Journal.

A lockout vote is required in the province of Alberta by the NHL owners in order for Daryl Katz, owner of the Oilers, and the group of businessmen who own the Flames, to legally lock out their players if there is no new collective bargaining agreement in place by the deadline.

The NHL has to request Alberta to appoint a mediator, under the provincial law, who theoretically could work to have an agreement in place between the warring sides before the NHL owners can hold a lockout vote. A mediator was appointed on Aug. 21.

However, the Players' Association has filed a challenge to this -- arguing that the NHL's lockout vote would be defective because the league failed to take certain steps when it asked for a mediator for the dispute.

The law requires the mediator to wait 14 days but the NHLPA contends the league has shown no interest in using the mediator to try to get a resolution. It says the league insisted the mediator leave his task after three days with no meetings convened between the two sides.

The NHLPA is arguing the league is trying to rush the clearance for a lockout without following the necessary steps in Alberta and if the Alberta Labour Relations Board agrees, the league couldn't legally lock out Oilers winger Ryan Smyth or Flames captain Jarome Iginla or any other Edmonton or Calgary players."

-WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY BURNT-

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Edmonton Oilers Line Combos Vs Flames

Magnus Paajarvi - Shawn Horcoff - Linus Omark
Curtis Hamilton - Chris VandeVelde - Jordan Eberle
Philippe Cornet - Ryan O'Marra - Teemu Hartikainen
Darcy Hordichuk - Gilbert Brule - Lennart Petrell

Ladislav Smid - Corey Potter
Cam Barker - Alex Plante
Theo Peckham - Taylor Fedun

Devan Dubnyk
Olivier Roy

Some interesting notes. Horcoff is once again paired with Paajarvi and Omark. Looking like this will be the opening night 3rd line.

Brule with Hordichuk? Are the Oilers just seeing if there is chemistry between those two? Or nothing at all?

Sounds like Devan Dubnyk will play all 60 minutes.

-WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY-

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sunday, March 27, 2011

If There Was A Bed To Poop In... The Oilers Found It

Despite destroying the Flames in the first 40 minutes, the Oilers laid an egg and lost in the the shootout. Here are the highlights of the game.

BEERS

Devan Dubnyk
Magnus Paajarvi
Linus Omark
Teemu Hartikainen
Ryan Jones
Ryan O'Marra
Ladislav Smid
Jeff Petry

JEERS

Steve MacIntyre (His dumb interference penalty got the Flames ball rolling and eventually was the root cause of the loss)

Saturday, March 26, 2011

A Kids 1st NHL Game (Oilers vs Flames)

A friend from work asked me if it was possible to find 2 tickets for tonights game so he could take his 9 year old son to his 1st ever NHL game. I remember mine clearly (in Vancouver vs the classic Gretzky Oilers) so I thought what the hell. I can find him some. Sure enough, Marsha (Scarlett) Boyd gave some up so they could go. Such a nice thing she did. I'm sending her good karma for it. She deserves it.

I hope Joe and his son really take in everything that tonight has to offer. I told him to show up early so they could see the warm ups and grab some shirts and sub par food from Rexall. I told him to even grab one of those heroin beers.

So here's to hoping the Oilers at least put up a fight with the southern rivals. Make this game fun to watch for them. I'll let you know how they made out tomorrow. GOILERS!!!

-WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY-

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Battle of Alberta / Oilers vs Flames Video Highlights


The Edmonton Oilers lose 2-1 to the Calgary Flames.

OKC Barons vs Ice Hogs & Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers / A LIVE TweetCast


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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Oilers Too Little, Too Late / Lose 5-4 in OT / A Game Recap


BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 4

CALGARY FLAMES - 5  SO

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner/Gagner/Hemsky
Paajarvi/Horcoff/Eberle
Hall/Cogliano/Brule
Jones/Fraser/MacIntyre

Whitney/Gilbert
Smid/Strudwick
Peckham/Foster

Khabibulin

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS



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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES


The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (5) Hall like the rest of the Oilers didn't show up at the start. He was hit a few times and seemed to bounce back. That's a good sign. He had 18:56 of ice time and was -1.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (6) Better game for Smid. He played a little more nasty than normal. He was +1 and blocked a team high, 5 blocked shots. Smid wasn't on for any of the special teams goals. He played well.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (4) JEERS Leads the team in ice time, again. 28:10. He sucked big time in the first half of this game. Sucked bad. He might have had 2 assists, but his 4 giveaways out weigh that. That's four that counted. I seen way more than that. Interesting note; he was on the ice for 7 out of the 8 goals scored tonight. Kind of good, kind of bad. He was going to get a score of 3, but the 2 assists bumped it up to a 4.

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (5) Horcoff went 14/11 for 56% on faceoffs tonight. That was the best on the team. But the important ones were late in the game and it was in the Oilers zone. Flames could have had a great chance, but Horcs won the draw. I said before the 3rd started that this was going to be his 1st test as a captain. Could he rally the troops? I think he did his job.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (5) He probably played his best game of the year. He had an assist and played 16:16. He even seen some overtime ice time. He was OK tonight. He took 4 shots and went 4/5 for 44% on faceoffs. Much improved game.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (7) BEERS Another good game from the rookie. He scored early in the 3rd to get it all going and was +1 by games end. I love Eberle! He's so smart with the puck it's ridiculous. You can't teach that. That's a gift. He had 4 shots and yet I feel like he didn't shoot enough. He gets chances, he just needs to try it more.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (3) He played minimal once again. In his 2:43, he managed to drop his gloves and stick up for Hall after he was nailed and he racked up 17 penalty minutes (instigator, fighting, misconduct). On a side note; Congrats to him on the birth of his baby!!!

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) DNP (Injured)

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (5) He was playing well before he hurt his groin. Ouch! He finally scored his first goal. Then the injury. I'd say a 5 is fair for his 11:16 of ice time.

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (4) JEERS For a big guy, he sucked. The first half of the game he skated around like it was public skating. Geez he pisses me off. He can dominate a game, if he wants to. Tonight he didn't want to. Gagner in a way, made him play better in the 3rd. He did block a shot when it mattered the most, but he needed that effort all game. For some reason Renney put him out for the shootout. Not sure why.

#28 RYAN JONES - (3) 3:30 of ice time. Not much to write about.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (3) 1:49 of ice time. He did nothing much like Jones.

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (4) JEERS He sucked bad in the first half. Bad. He was off his game. Sure he faced a lot of shots, but the goals he did let in were soft. He needs to be sat for a game of two. He can't play every game.

#38 JEFF DESLAURIERS - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (5)  He was decent. He had a fight with Jackman that he started and kind of was beat. He took some hard punches to the head. He played 19:24 and while he still sucked, he wasn't that bad. He even saw some overtime time.

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (0) DNP (Healthy scratch)

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (6) He was not bad in a game full of bad. Made some good hits and picked up an assist. *gasp* He's caught up to Hall! 21:37 of ice time and he didn't play bad. He had a team high, 5 hits. Good for Theo. Hope the trend continues. Just watch those penalties.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (5) Brule was banging and crashing. At one point he had Glencross wanting to fight. He did his job and didn't get burned by the Flames. He took 3 shots on goal. His low point, 0/5 for 0% on faceoffs. Ouch!

#77 TOM GILBERT - (5) I don't know how to grade Gilbert. He was on the ice for a lot of goals, but he did play 28:54. His soft play continues to plague him as Gilbert a few times gave the puck away in his own zone. Nice to see him score and he blocked some key shots at key times. I didn't think he was nearly as bad as Whitney was.

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (4) JEERS He did nothing to deserve the A on his jersey. Hemsky needs to be a leader on this team and I'm sure it's not because he's a great talker. He needs to play hard 100% of the time. When the Oilers started sucking and Penner was lollygagging, Hemsky should have been that guy, not Gagner. Hemsky disappointed me tonight. He can do better than that, and we should expect it. Even his shootout goal attempt was lame.

#89 SAM GAGNER - (6) BEERS He gets a 6 based on effort and for the fight. He fought Olli Jokinen and did quite well. His 4th if your counting. I thought Sam played like he was wanting to win this game on his own. He was playing gritty and really stuck out to me as a difference maker. He made a few passes to Penner in the 3rd that really seemed to get him going. He did the same for Hemsky. Watching him tonight is one of the reasons why I said he should be captain.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (7) BEERS A goal and an assist. Not bad! He was +2 at the end of the night and had 4 shots. In his 17:16 of ice time, he made the most out of it. I like everything about these kids. You can tell he's not scared to play in this league. He seems to get going more when the team struggled. That's a good sign for the future of the Oilers.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

FACEOFF REPORT

SHOT REPORT

SHOOTOUT SUMMARY

mc79hockey Scoring Chances

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

Theo Peckham - His 3rd period High-Stick penalty was a blatant call. No way the ref missed it. It was a needless penalty and it could have cost the Oilers the game. He needs to be more cafefull with his stick near the end of a game like that. Lesson learned.

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GAME #7 / Oilers vs Flames LIVE TweetCast


Welcome to the LIVE TweetCast of the Edmonton Oilers vs the Calgary Flames. This LIVE TweetCast is brought to you br OilersJambalaya.com, OilFieldHockey.com and FlamesJambalaya.

TONIGHTS OILERS LINES

Penner/Gagner/Hemsky
Paajarvi/Horcoff/Eberle
Hall/Cogliano/Brule
Jones/Fraser/MacIntyre

Whitney/Gilbert
Smid/Strudwick
Peckham/Foster

Khabibulin

TONIGHTS FLAMES LINES

Tanguay - Stajan - Iginla
Hagman - Jokinen - Bourque
Glencross - Backlund - Morrison
Meyer - Conroy - Jackman

Regehr - White
Giordano - Sarich
Bouwmeester - Staios

Kiprusoff

THE SEASON SERIES

This is the third of six meetings between the teams. The Oilers earned a 4-0 victory at Rexall Place in the season opener, but the Flames answered with a 5-3 victory in Calgary nine days later.

OILERS (2-4-0) at FLAMES (5-3-0)

Friday, October 8, 2010

Eberle Shines While the Oilers Win Game 1 / A Game Recap


BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 4

CALGARY FLAMES - 0

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Gagner-Hemsky
Hall-Horcoff-Eberle
Paajarvi-Cogliano-Brule
Jones-Fraser-Stortini

Gilbert-Whitney
Strudwick-Smid
Foster-Vandermeer

Khabibulin
Dubnyk

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

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PAQ TWINN'S GAME SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD

- The Oilers played well here. Up tempo, with lots of shots (19). Had 4 power plays and scored shortly after a 5 on 3 had ended (Brule). Hall and Eberle look to have some chemistry already. Paajarvi looks great, took the puck to the net a few times as did Hall.

2ND PERIOD

- The Flames took it to the Oilers here, out shooting them 18-7. Khabby looked sharp, made a huge blocker save on Iginla, and seemed to see the puck well through traffic. The Oilers had some good chances but couldn't finish or get it through the Flames defenders.

3RD PERIOD

- The Oilers came out like gangbusters. First Eberle scores the sickest goal I can remember seeing in a long, long, long time. One that will go down in history as probably the most beautiful 1st career goal of all-time. Shortly after Hemsky blows a slap shot right through Kiprusoff. A minute or so later Eberle buried his 2nd of the game on a power play. After that it was lights out, literally, as MacIntyre KO's Ivanans in a fight.

FINAL THOUGHTS

- This was a great way to start the year. The kids looked good and didn't seem out of place at all. Khabibulin look healthy and right on top of his game. Hemsky looked great and Horcoff looked to be in 05/06 form. The only players that didn't look too good were Gagner and Cogliano. Gags was more or less invisible. Cogs was alright, but missed on a couple grade A chances. Until next time, GOILERS!

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES


The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (6) Good honest game. He kept the Flames players cool and unresponsive. A few times I'd see him grab a guy and make him chill out. I can only guess what he was saying to them.

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (6) He didn't part the water on his first shift in the NHL, but he did find his groove quickly. I liked Hall. I thought his ability to feed off of Eberle is going to make them a power duo down the raod. They criss cross nicely. Sure he took a penalty, but he did take, tied for a team high, four shots. He blocked a shot and also had a hit. He played a total of 16:59 for 21 NHL shifts. Not a bad game for a first one.

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (7) Smid was a workhorse tonight. He had a team high, 4 hits and skated 19:02. Did I mention the assist? Yeah he had one of those too. If Smid keeps this up, he could be one of the Oilers', unsung hero's. But he does need to watch the giveaways. He had 3 on paper tonight, but it seemed like more.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (8) BEERS Wow! Two assists and 24:47 of ice time. Ryan Whitney is the Oilers best defencemen, and he makes it look easy. Wow!

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (7) thecaptainshawnhorcoff had a good game. Sorry, I'll never call him that again. He scores his first of the year and first as the Oilers new captain. While he did do everything pretty well, he sucked at faceoffs. You read that right. Sucked. 38% sucked. Amazingly, a team worst.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (6) Speedy and buzzing. That sums up Cogs tonight. He did however go 50% on faceoffs. That's an improvement. Cogs took 3 shots and had 15:14 of ice time.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (9) BEERS The best Oiler tonight, IMO. He was hit a few times, he made some nice passes, but the best part of all, his highlight reel goal. Now if you are going to score your 1st ever NHL goal, Eberle's goal tonight is the one I want. WOW! Watch the highlights. He did everything right tonight. He had one goal, one assist, 4 shots and 2 takeaways.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (6) Not a bad game. He did what he was supposed to do. Piss people off. He had a scrap with Brett Sutter, and I'd have to say he was beat. All in all, Fraser wasn't a bad 4th liner at all.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) Injured

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (6) He had a quiet game. Not sure about him yet. Very average to me tonight. No big boomer of a shot and spent a ton of time on PP. I'm going to pay a lot of attention to him to see if he changes.

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (7) The big man came alive. He was not the same Penner from preseason. Not at all. I thought that he created tons of space for Gagner and Hemsky. He couldn't have played a better game. Well, other than scoring and becoming the screen we know he can be. But still, 4 shots is a good game for Pens.

#28 RYAN JONES - (6) Not a bad game for Jones. He did his thing out there with Fraser and made me take notice of him a few times. 3 hits and 2 shots is more like his style. He didn't do that in his limited time in preseason. It will be fun to see him adapt to the Oilers surroundings now that he's healthy.

#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (6) HOLY CRAP! No not his overall game, although I did think he was decent, his fight in the 3rd with Ivanans sent a message to the rest of the NHL. Big Mac knocked the fu*k out of Ivanans. BOOM! Down he went. It was something to see for sure. I will also comment on his foot speed. It's improved big time. He's not a slug anymore, just a bonafide thug now!

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (7) I don't know what to say about him. Sure he pitched a shutout and he did pretty good, but he really wasn't tested with a lot of quality shots. Don't get me wrong, I liked him, I just don't know what he brings to the table. More games will show us.

#38 JEFF DESLAURIERS - (0) DNP

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (0) BACKUP DNP


#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (0) DNP

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (0) DNP

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (7) He was pretty good. Nothing special, but good. Somehow at the end of the night, he ends up +2 and has 6 blocked shots and drops the gloves. Ouch! So whatever he wasn't doing in training camp, he's doing it now.

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (8) BEERS I liked Brule. He played with an edge and this time didn't get burned for it. He had a goal and (THIS IS WHY HE SHOULD PLAY CENTER) he had a 5 wins / 1 loss for an 83% faceoff rate. Make Brule the 3rd line center and he won't disappoint.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (6) Normal Tom Gilbert game. He logged 23:04. It's funny, cause I swore I seen him go out of his way to lay out an open ice hit. That's not the TommyG that I know. 4 blocked shots was his big claim to fame tonight.

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (8) BEERS The razzle and dazzle was back tonight. His moves were slick and his creativity was looking genius. Is this just the beginning? Hemmer scored a nice goal and took 4 shots. He basically went out there tonight and showed me why he deserved an A. Was I wrong?

#89 SAM GAGNER - (7) He tried his ass off to be the #1 center tonight. He did what he could and snagged an assist. He had a good night on faceoffs with 54% and he seemed comfy between Hemmer and Penner.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (6) Good game for the young Swede. He will learn North American hockey in no time. That big game of his in the preseason was no fluke. He will do it in the regular season. Maybe not the hatty, but he will dominate. But for now, he needs time to adjust more.

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

mc79hockey Scoring Chances
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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Opening Night / Oilers vs Flames / Battle of Alberta / LIVE TweetCast

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Welcome to the 1st regular season, LIVE TweetCast. Tonight's game is the Edmonton Oilers vs. the Calgary Flames. This should be a great Battle of Alberta and... it's opening night!

Click Here for the Chuch of Eberle Game Preview

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TONIGHTS OILERS STARTING LINES

Penner-Gagner-Hemsky
Hall-Horcoff-Eberle
Paajarvi-Cogliano-Brule
Jones-Fraser-Stortini

Gilbert-Whitney
Strudwick-Smid
Foster-Vandermeer

Khabibulin
Dubnyk

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Follow the OilersJambalaya.com crew as we enjoy some 2010/11 Edmonton Oilers hockey. GOILERS!

Calgary Flames (0-0-0) at Edmonton Oilers (0-0-0)






Sunday, October 3, 2010

Oilers Were Snuffed Out / An Game Recap


BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another fine Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 0

CALGARY FLAMES - 1

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Dustin Penner (27) - Andrew Cogliano (13) - Jordan Eberle (14)
Alexandre Giroux (12) - Sam Gagner (89) - Gilbert Brule (67)
Linus Omark (23) - Colin Fraser (16) - Ryan Jones (28)
Steve MacIntyre (33) - Ryan O'Marra (42) - Ben Ondrus (25)

Ladislav Smid (5) - Theo Peckham (49)
Jason Strudwick (43) - Tom Gilbert (77)
Richard Petiot (37) - Shawn Belle (45)

Jeff Deslauriers (38)
Devan Dubnyk (40)

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

*COMING SOON*

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES


The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.

#2 JAMES VANDERMEER - (0) DNP

#4 TAYLOR HALL - (0) DNP

#5 LADISLAV SMID - (6) Smid had a decent game. I expect him to be more in your face though. He did get hurt in the 3rd but I think he's going to be ok.

#6 RYAN WHITNEY - (0) DNP

#10 SHAWN HORCOFF - (0) DNP

#12 ALEXANDRE GIROUX - (6) This was Giroux's, like many others, last chance to impress. He did play a well rounded game and had some good chances with Gagner, I don't think he did enough to stay with the Oilers. The Barons fans will love him.

#13 ANDREW COGLIANO - (6) I didn't mind Cogs. He tried hard to be a good player and I thought he did well. I liked that he was 56% on faceoffs. But in order for him to be on this team as a permanent fixture, he'll need more than 2 shots a game.

#14 JORDAN EBERLE - (7) BEERS He was pretty good. Probably the best Oiler tonight, IMO. He made some really nifty plays and he had some really good chances to score. He looked like a complete player tonight. Shoot, Pass, Slow Down Everything. I half expected him to score in the last few minutes of the game to tie it.

#16 COLIN FRASER - (6) He had 3 blocked shots and was a team best, 73% on faceoffs. He's a good addition to the team and I'm curious to watch him get better as the season goes on.

#22 JF JACQUES - (0) Injured

#23 LINUS OMARK - (5) He stuck out in the first few shifts and then faded till the end of the game. So disappointing. I was rooting for him but I just don't see him making the Oilers. He will go to OKC and dominate. He just isn't ready for the NHL.

#25 BEN ONDRUS - (5) I didn't notice Ondrus much this game. Well, that one time when him and Giordano crashed into the boards in the 3rd and Ondrus was cut. Ondrus will go to OKC.

#26 KURTIS FOSTER - (0) DNP

#27 DUSTIN PENNER - (5) He did have some great shifts that made me take notice, then next thing you know, he's invisible. I wonder what's up with Pens?

#28 RYAN JONES - (6) I thought he hit more guys that the stats say. Jones played an in your face game and I thought he was effective.
#33 STEVE MACINTYRE - (3) JEERS Didn't do anything but skate around and whack, slug and talk cheap. No fight for Big mac so that makes him useless. Mind you, the Flames pulled no crap, so maybe he was more effective that I think.

#35 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN - (0) DNP

#37 RICHARD PETIOT - (6) One of my favorite defencemen tonight. Very stable but he did get caught a few times. I'd like to see him stick with the Oilers. If not, the Barons will gain a good player.

#38 JEFF DESLAURIERS - (8) BEERS He was great. He made some huge saves to keep the Flames at 1. He actually looked like he's improved and ready to take on an NHL job. But was tonight enough to persuade Renney into keeping him?

#40 DEVAN DUBNYK - (7) BEERS He looked pretty good. He did let in the only goal, but other wise looked ready to play. I still say Dubnyk stays.

#41 TAYLOR CHORNEY - (0) DNP

#42 RYAN O'MARRA - (6) Dan Tencer claimed that O'Marra was the best Oiler tonight. I don't agree with that statement, but I did think O'Marra was good. He had 3 shots and 2 blocked shots in only 9:06 of play. I can't imagine he's here on opening day.

#43 JASON STRUDWICK - (5) Meh! Same old utility Strudwick.

#45 SHAWN BELLE - (5) Did not stick out at all. He blew it tonight as he had a good chance to make the team. He was physical like he needed to be and he didn't do much.

#46 ZACK STORTINI - (0) DNP

#49 THEO PECKHAM - (7) Out of all the bubble guys, he did the best. He really does needs to either work on his foot speed or make better decisions. He turns around to late and gets burned by fast forwards. But he did hammer out 4 hits.

#54 CHRIS VANDE VELDE - (0) DNP

#57 COLIN MACDONALD - (0) DNP

#67 GILBERT BRULE - (7) I liked Brule. He played with an edge, but at times he was on that fine line of doing something stupid. As long as he can keep that in check, he's going to be great on the 3rd line this year. He had 3 blocked shots and created some chances to go along with the havoc.

#77 TOM GILBERT - (6) Normal Tom Gilbert game. He logged 24:43 of ice time and really did nothing. But let's be real, doing nothing is looking like his style. If it works, why not?

#83 ALES HEMSKY - (0) DNP

#85 LIAM REDDOX - (0) DNP

#89 SAM GAGNER - (7) BEERS He tried hard tonight and proudly wore the A on his jersey. He made some crazy plays with Eberle. He went 44% on faceoffs and while that's not good, it's an improvement over last year. Gagner is ready to get over the hump. He's ready to break 50 points.

#91 MAGNUS PAAJARVI - (0) DNP

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EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

None -

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POST GAME VIDEO

*coming soon*

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CLICK HERE TO VIEW TWEETCAST

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Oilers vs Flames LIVE TweetCast


Welcome to the last pre-season game between the Oilers and the Flames LIVE TweetCast.

CHURCH OF EBERLE PREVIEW

TONIGHT'S OILERS STARTING LINES

Penner - Cogliano - Eberle
Giroux - Gagner - Brule
Omark - Fraser - Jones
MacIntyre - O'Marra - Ondrus

Smid - Peckham
Strudwick - Gilbert
Petiot - Belle

Deslauriers
Dubnyk

TONIGHTS FLAMES STARTING LINES

Tanguay - Jokinen - Iginla
Hagman - Backlund - Bourque
Glencross - Meyer - Jackman
Ivanans - Sutter - Conroy

Regehr - White
Bouwmeester - Giordano
Brodie - Pardy

Kiprusoff
Karlsson


SportsnetOne Channel Listings

Television Provider       SD    HD
Shaw Cable                    320    301   (Regular Shaw Cable)
Shaw Direct Classic      413    452   (Star Choice Customers)
Shaw Direct Advanced 108    396
TELUS Optik TV          108    679
Cable TV of Camrose   117    247

EDMONTON OILERS (4-1-0) at CALGARY FLAMES (6-0-0)

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Big Mac Looks Yummy And Hall, Khabibulin, Peckham Out Stink Each Other / A Game Recap


BEERS & JEERS GAME RECAP

Welcome to another Edmonton Oilers Beers & Jeers Game Recap.

I'll be honest and tell you that I never watched the game. I had a pre-planned (before schedule came out) poker game that I went to. I didn't do as well as I hoped. I doubled my money, but I wanted it all. lol

So for the player grades, please go the the Cult of Hockey (that's where we stole them from in the first place) as our good friend David Staples has them there. I'll provide a link.

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FINAL SCORE

EDMONTON OILERS - 1

CALGARY FLAMES - 5

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Hall-Horcoff-Eberle
Paajarvi-Gagner-Hemsky
Jones-O'Marra-Reddox
Big Mac-Vande Velde-Stortini

Whitney-Gilbert
Smid-Foster
Peckham-Vandermeer

Khabibulin
Dubnyk

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

LINK

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BEERS & JEERS PLAYER GRADES

The Cult of Hockey Grading System:
10 perfect game,  9 extraordinary,  8 great,  7 good,  6 above average,
5 average,  4 below average,  3 poor,  2 terrible,  1 deserves to be in minors.


PLEASE GO HERE TO READ THE PLAYER GRADES FOR THIS GAME

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EDMONTONOILERS.com RECAP

EVENT SUMMARY

GAME SUMMARY

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BAD TIMING PENALTY (what is a Bad Timing Penalty?)

None -
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POST GAME VIDEO

LINK

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CLICK HERE TO VIEW TWEETCAST

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Cult Of Hockey - Edmonton Journal

-Written by Smokin' Ray-

Friday, October 1, 2010

Oilers vs Flames LIVE TweetCast


Welcome to another fine TweetCast from OilersJambalaya.com and OilFieldHockey.com

GAME PREVIEW from Church of Eberle

Hall-Horcoff-Eberle
Paajarvi-Gagner-Hemsky (I'm not sure which of these 2 lines are line 1)
Jones-O'Marra-Reddox
Big Mac-Vande Velde-Stortini

Whitney-Gilbert
Smid-Foster
Peckham-Vandermeer

Khabibulin(He gets the whole game)
Dubnyk




Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Things I Seen / Oilers vs Flames Young Stars Game / Oilers Win 5-3

The Big 3 did not play but yet, this game was intriguing to me. This was going to be a legitimate chance to watch the Oilers kids while not being distracted by watching Hall, Eberle or Paajarvi. This game was and did end up interesting.

EDMONTON OILERS - 5

CALGARY FLAMES - 3


TONIGHTS ROSTER
*The Players Numbers Are In Brackets*

James Livingston (69) - Chris Vande Velde (54) - Curtis Hamilton (52)
Kristians Pelss(63) - Tyler Pitlick (68) - Drew Czerwonka (71)
Phillipe Cornet (51) - Ryan Martindale (66) - Mike Thomas (59)
Teemu Hartikainen (56) - Chase Schaber (74) - Cameron Abney (53)

Brandon Davidson (60) - Martin Marincin (70)
Dominik Schlumpf (72) - Alex Plante (48)
Jordan Bendfeld (55) - Nolan Toigo (73)

Tyler Bunz (1)

MY PLAYER THOUGHTS

James Livingston took two penalties in the 1st period and they looked like marginal calls to me. He's a tough playing guy and he's fun to watch. I want to see more of this guy in the future. I think he may just become a pretty decent player down the road.

Tyler Bunz had a good 1st period with little action. The shots were 16-7 for the Oilers after one period. The Flames did manage to score twice on him in the beginning of the 2nd and snuck one by Bunz with mere seconds left in the period. But he played his BUNZ off in the 3rd and helped the Oilers hold off for the win. Great, almost Hasek like, game from Bunz. I really like this draft pick.

Chris Vande Velde was fantastic in the 2nd period. He scored a nice one but after that he just played a solid game. I expected more, but was satisfied by his play. He's going to be a good player for the Barons.

First fight was by Cameron Abney vs Breen. Great fight. Big bombs thrown. I like Abney. Still don't think I would have taken him with such a high draft pick, but he's a good addition to the Oilers system.

Second fight a few seconds later was with Bendfeld and he had a great fight with Grantham. More big bombs thrown. Bendfeld's a tough guy.

Brandon Davidson plays a very structured game. I quite liked him. He was a big surprise for me. I was hoping to find a guy that I would like that I wouldn't normally notice. Davidson's that guy. At one point in the 3rd, Davidson was nailed by Cameron and the kid never missed a beat. Love that!

Hartikainen had a good 1st period and a so-so 2nd period. By the 3rd he was not really noticeable at all. He was disappointing for me.

Chase Schaber -- the camp invite -- had a good game with limited minutes. He's not a bad player at all. Too bad the Oilers don't sign him for the OKC Barons.

Tyler Pitlick had another good game. This kid is someone who I want to see more of in a few years. I think he might mature into quite the player. I really like Pitlick.

Who is Nolan Toigo? Not to sure yet, but I like his style. He stuck out to me tonight. I want to see more.

-Written by Smokin' Ray-

Us Versus Them / BOA Oilers vs Flames LIVE TweetCast at 8:30pm MST

Welcome to another fine TweetCast.

The Oilers take on the Flames at 8:30pm MST.

Add the hashtag #YST or #YoungStars to any tweet and the LIVE TweetCast will pick it up.


Sunday, September 12, 2010

Day 1 of the YoungStars Tournament

Welcome to the first day of the YoungStars tournament.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Young Stars Tournament, is it Important to the Oilers?



If the Edmonton Oilers rookies don't dominate the Young Stars tournament and go undefeated, is that considered a fail? Is this tournament a definite measure of how good our rookies actually are? How much impact does this have for these kids in the long run? How is this Oilers team going to fare against the other rookie teams they are facing? Hmmmm...

After looking at the Calgary Flames Young Stars roster, I think the Oilers have a good chance to win that game. Other than the more experienced goaltending and a couple of forwards, the Flames don't have a top notch roster. No doubt though, based on skill (Hall, Eberle & Paajarvi) I think the Oilers should win this one.

Here is the San Jose Sharks roster. They look beatable no? Sure the Sharks rookies are pretty big, but with the Oilers speed and skill, they should out preform those pesky sharks. If the Oilers do lose one game out of the three, it's this one against the Sharks.

What about the Vancouver Canucks? Here is their roster. Do think the Oil can win this game too? I do. They are led by Cody Hodgson who has some experience so they will be a decent group, but with the Oilers fire power, the Oilers should have the advantage in a straight up run and gun game. If I'm a betting man, this game I put my money on the Oilers.

So if the Oilers play it out like that, a 2 wins, 1 loss record is pretty good. Let's just see what happens. I suppose the big question will be to see if they can get it together and work as a team right from day 1?

Anything less than a 2 wins 1 loss record will not be disastrous, but definitely not a good thing for the organization, publicity included. But then again, I may be reading too much into a rookie tournament. Maybe this is all fluff and show and not meat and potatoes like I'm thinking it is?

Regardless, I can't wait to see these kids in action.

On a side note: Look at the roster below and pay attention for these games. Many of these kids might be with the OKC Barons this year and there isn't much footage from there.

HERE IS THE OILERS ROSTER

Forwards
Cameron Abney RW Right 6' 4" 192 23 May 1991 Aldergrove, BC, CAN
Philippe Cornet LW LEFT 6' 0" 173 28 Mar 1990 Val-Senneville, QC, CAN
Drew Czerwonka LW LEFT 6' 2" 192 1 Jul 1992 Glenavon, SK, CAN
Jordan Eberle C Right 5' 10" 174 15 May 1990 Regina, SK, CAN
Taylor Hall LW Left 6' 1" 185 14 Nov 1991 Calgary, AB, CAN
Curtis Hamilton LW Left 6' 3" 202 4 Dec 1991 Kelowna, BC, CAN
Teemu Hartikainen C Left 6' 1" 198 3 May 1990 Kuopio, FIN
Milan Kytnar C Left 6' 0" 180 19 May 1989 Topolcany, SVK
James Livingston RW Right 6' 1" 210 8 MAR 1990 Newmarket, ON, CAN camp invite
Ryan Martindale C Left 6' 3" 183 27 Oct 1991 Brooklin, ON, CAN
Magnus Paajarvi LW Left 6' 1" 201 12 Apr 1991 Norrkoping, SWE
Kristians Pelss F Left 5' 11" 179 9 Sep 1992 Preili, LATVIA
Tyler Pitlick C Right 6' 2" 194 1 Nov 1991 Centerville, MN, USA
Chase Schaber C Left 6' 0" 194 3 JAN 1991 Red Deer, AB, CAN camp invite
Mike Thomas RW Right 6' 0" 185 8 FEB 1990 New Maryland, NB, CAN camp invite
Chris Vande Velde C Left 6' 2" 190 15 Mar 1987 Moorhead, MN, USA

Defencemen
Jordan Bendfeld Right 6' 2" 216 2 FEB 1988 Leduc, AB, CAN
Jeremie Blain Right 6' 2" 190 19 Mar 1992 Longueuil, QC, CAN
Brandon Davidson Left 6' 1" 190 21 Aug 1991 Taber, AB, CAN
Dallas Ehrhardt Left 6' 4" 210 31 Jul 1992 CALGARY, AB, CAN camp invite
Martin Marincin Left 6' 4" 187 18 Feb 1992 Kosice, SVK
Johan Motin Right 6' 1" 202 10 Oct 1989 Karlskoga, SWE
Jeff Petry Right 6' 3" 176 9 Dec 1987 Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Alex Plante Right 6' 4" 225 9 MAY 1989 BRANDON, MB, CAN
Dominik Schlumpf Left 6' 1" 175 3 MAR 1991 Switzerland camp invite
Nolan Toigo Left 6' 1" 187 22 JUL 1989 Delta, BC, CAN camp invite

Goaltenders
Tyler Bunz Left 6' 1" 196 11 Feb 1992 St. Albert, AB, CAN
Bryan Pitton Left 6' 2" 168 26 Jan 1988 Mississauga, ON, CAN
Olivier Roy Left 6' 0" 165 12 Jul 1991 Amqui, QC, CAN

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE

Game 1 Vancouver vs Edmonton Sept. 12 4:00pm
Game 2 San Jose vs Anaheim Sept. 12 7:30pm
Game 3 Anaheim vs Calgary Sept. 13 4:00pm
Game 4 San Jose vs Vancouver Sept. 13 7:30pm
Game 5 Calgary vs Edmonton Sept. 14 7:30pm
Game 6 Anaheim vs Vancouver Sept. 15 4:00pm
Game 7 Edmonton vs San Jose Sept. 15 7:30pm
Game 8 Calgary vs Vancouver Sept. 16 12:00pm

**Don't forget that we will have the LIVE TweetCast of the tournament AND we will have the LIVE streaming Oilers games shown right here in the comfort our site. ;) **
-Written by Smokin' Ray-

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