Showing posts with label Recap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recap. Show all posts

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Oilers Steal Barons Thunder? (News From Today)


Today the Oklahoma City Barons held a press conference to announce the new Head Coach, Todd Nelson and his assistant coach, Gerry Fleming.

Once again the Barons put on a great event. They were quick and to the point and followed that up with a Q & A session with the media.

By all accounts, the Barons should be very happy with having a guy like Nelson on board. From the reports and information I have gathered, he seems like a smart and passionate man for hockey. Todd Nelson will be an awesome coach in OKC. The Barons are lucky to have him.

Gerry Fleming was also hired/retained as Nelson's assistant coach. Fleming has been with the Oilers (Falcons) for the past couple years and is no stranger to the Oilers system. The Oilers must like him as he was the only minor league guy to not be fired. Good for Gerry. Just like with Todd, the Barons and their fans are lucky to have a guy like Gerry.

Now what's this Oilers steal Barons thunder thing?

The Barons had planned this PC for a couple of days and had the fans interest peaked, mine included. Just as the conference was starting to get rolling, the Oilers decide that they needed to rise above what the Barons are doing and they announced their assistant coaches at the exact time Bob Funk Jr was getting up to speak.

Go to 2:32pm in the TweetCast box. Proof is there.

How sad is that? Your own baby club is about to announce their "big surprise" when, what the hell? Let's announce our own news. way to market your brand. I really hope the Oilers don't screw this up with the Barons, I like them and I want them to succeed.

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The TweetCast went well today thanks to Eric and Scott as they provided some great pictures and tweets. It was also nice for me as I was able to sit down and chat with a few of the loyal readers about the Barons and Oilers at the Cover It Live box. It's always nice to talk to the readers. Thanks to those who stopped by, we value your opinions.

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Back to the Edmonton Oilers. Like I said above, they announced their assistant coaches today. No surprises, Kelly Buchberger is welcomed back to the fold. Bucky was on the ice last week for the Oilers Rookie Development camp and we all knew he would be doing something with the Oil this year.

The other man they bring back is Steve Smith. Yes, that Steve Smith. While he has no real experience as a coach, he gets a job with the Oilers and not the Barons. Puzzling. Don't newbies start at the bottom? Not in the old boys club. Both of these hirings have Kevin Lowe stink all over them.This couldn't have been Renney's or Tamby's choice. Could they?

I can not believe that Steve Smith is an Oiler once again.

-Written By Smokin' Ray-

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Player Grades - Cult of Hockey - Oilers vs Avalanche Recap (2/6/10)



Once again, David Staples at the Edmonton Journal has asked me to contribute to the Players Grades for his Cult of Hockey blog. How could I say no? I love the Cult of Hockey. So here they are.

Brule and Nilsson are sitting once again. I really don't understand why Brule is sitting. His chemistry with Penner is uncanny and with both of those guys struggling, you would think Quinn would put them together. When they have been together, they score.

Who knows, maybe Quinn is the actual ship Captain behind the Dive For Five?

The main reason the Oilers lost this game tonight is because the defence had no cohesion with the forwards. They couldn't get out of their own zone even if their lives depended on it. That was probably the most frustrating part of the game for me to watch.

The most shocking stat I found was that the Avs had more giveaways (14-7) than the Oilers did. What you say? How is that possible? I don't know?

With another loss, the "Quest for the Best" continues...

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Final Score

Edmonton Oilers - 0

Colorado Avalanche - 3

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Oilers Starting Lines

Penner-Gagner-Cogliano
O'Sullivan-Potulny-Comrie
Moreau-Horcoff-Pisani
Jacques-Pouliot-Stortini

Grebeshkov-Gilbert
Chorney-Visnovsky
Strudwick-Plante

Deslauriers
Pitton

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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.

Player Grades

#38 Jeff Deslauriers (8) - He was by far the best Oiler tonight. He made some great saves and had some help from the posts. He did everything he could to keep this team in this game. His only weak spot of the game was the 2nd goal. JDD was weak on that goal. But you can't fault him for the loss. He was great and the Oilers didn't score.

#27 Dustin Penner (3) - He was a non factor for most of the game. His only real visible attribute tonight was his ability to handle the puck along the boards. He did that well. But that's it. He was slow, lazy and ineffective. Even more so when Gagner left the game.

#89 Sam Gagner (4) - He left the game after the 2nd period with soreness on his knee. He did go 3W-0L for faceoffs before leaving after only playing 9:37. In that short time, he had 2 shots and that's about it.

#13 Andrew Cogliano (4) - He was mostly invisible. At times he was doing what he was supposed to do, but mostly he did squat.

#19 Patrick O'Sullivan (3) - While he did take shots (5 shots), none hit the net. What good is a shot if it doesn't reach the net? He did nothing to help his line mates and was ineffective. I'm willing to bet that if he wasn't on the block, he'd be sitting.

#16 Ryan Potulny (5) - While he tried hard, his effort came up short. He had 2 shots and 2 blocked shots. He did have a team best 8W-6L for 57% on faceoffs. He was definitely not the worst Oiler tonight.

#91 Mike Comrie (6) - He wasn't afraid to take the puck to the net. He did that very well. He was the real leader on that 2nd line. He played pretty decent and I would have thought that he would have received more ice time (15:57).

#18 Ethan Moreau (5) - He was pretty decent. I know, strange for me too. I have noticed that since he has taken off the visor and has been lined up with Horcoff and Pisani, he's been good. Who would have thought that? I didn't. Moreau had 5 shots and 2 hits and wasn't a big liability.

#10 Shawn Horcoff (4) - He even had a glorious chance with just over 5 minutes left in the 3rd and he just couldn't do it. *sigh* He really isn't earning his money this year. Not even close. While he is a real good 3rd line center, he's not a $5.5 million cap hit. He was a measly 39% on the faceoff dot and only had one shot. He was out played by Moreau. Now that's sad.

#34 Fernando Pisani (4) - While Pisani wasn't a standout, he wasn't a complete bum either. He played his position well, but never registered a stat other than his one shot and one missed shot.

#22 JF Jacques (3) - I didn't like his game much. He always seems to look good in the 1st period and then disappear for the rest of the game. He did it again tonight. 1 hit and 2 blocked shots. That's it.

#78 Marc Pouliot (3) - He was promoted to the 1st line after Gagner left the game but he didn't do anything to impress.  He had one takeaway and one missed shot. He was also a team worst -2.

#46 Zack Stortini (3) - Zack who? Unless it's a rough game he's useless. He can't contribute if there is no mouthing guys off and getting in scrums. This game didn't have any of that and therefore made Storts insignificant.

#77 Tom Gilbert (7) - He has been, in my opinion, the best guy on defence for the oilers in the past few weeks. He's been playing a quiet and mistake free games. He, for the most part did that tonight. While he did have a giveaway, he had a team high, 8 blocked shots. To top it off, he also had 2 takeaways and 2 hits. I really like the way he plays and I would be disappointed if the Oilers trade him.

#37 Denis Grebeshkov (6) - He also played pretty well. He played a ton of minutes and held his own against the speedy Avalanche. He didn't register a shot on net and that is something he needs to work on. Not much point having a guy that doesn't shoot on a PP. He was also a little responsible for the 2nd Avalanche goal. He defensive coverage was not working at that moment.

#71 Lubomir Visnovsky (5) - He was a 50/50 guy tonight. No, not selling the tickets in the stands. It was more of a go to one end of the ice and look good, then skate back to the other end and look like a Bantam player. He was frustrating to watch. He somehow managed to escape a giveaway stat.

#41 Taylor Chorney (5) - Chorney was OK. Nothing to write home about. He would be better if he hit more. He did have 3 blocked shots.

#43 Jason Strudwick (4) - Slow, clumsy, awkward. That's Strudwick for you.

#48 Alex Plante (4) - He's a rookie who makes the simple rookie mistakes. He was fumbling the puck and seemed like he was panicking out there. He did have 4 hits and that's great to see. Hitting is going to be his attribute in this game.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS


-Smokin' Ray-

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

#113 Beers & Jeers Edmonton Oilers Recap vs Flyers (2/3/10)



Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya - An Edmonton Oilers Hockey Blog. Beers & Jeers is a dual collaboration between Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn. We hope you enjoy our Edmonton Oilers full game recap.

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- Who's Out? Who's in? Things get interesting. Nilsson and Pisani are the two that are sitting tonight. Why? I don't know. But they are. Smid and Staios were skating today, so that's a good sign. Chorney and Plante are still in lineup tonight.

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Pre-Game Records

FLYERS (28-23-3) at OILERS (17-31-6)

Last 10 - Philadelphia 6-4-0; Edmonton 1-8-1

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Gagner-Cogliano
O'Sullivan-Potulny-Brule
Moreau-Horcoff-Comrie
Jacques-Pouliot-Stortini

Grebeshkov-Gilbert
Chorney-Visnovsky
Strudwick-Plante

Deslauriers
Dubnyk

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FINAL SCORE

Philadelphia Flyers - 0

Edmonton Oilers - 1

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GAME VIDEO REPLAY



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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Alex Plante - It wasn't so much a bad timing penalty as it was more of a bad luck penalty. He went to clear it in the Oilers zone. Just as he was releasing, the puck rolled and went off his stick a little high and it went over the glass. Thankfully the Oilers killed it off. It's hard to blame the kid for that penalty. Complete accident.

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BEERS

Jeff Deslauriers - The man posted a shutout. WoOoOoOoO! Good for him. Some where Robin Brownlee is yelling, "I told you so!" at all the naysayers. Myself included. JDD was rock solid all night. Lucky a few times but overall, the best player on the ice. Great job Jeff. It's Miller Time. Cheers!

Sam Gagner - Is there anything he can't so? *swoon* Gagner continues he late season point streak. Let's be honest. Do you want 1st half Penner or 2nd half Gagner leading your team into the playoffs? You chose Gagner too? He had 3 shots, 2 hits and an assist on the winning goal. Good game little guy. Here's a frosty mug of Bud. Mmmm. Cheers!

Ryan Potulny - He scores the winning goal with 16.1 seconds left. Who the hell discarded him from their roster like he was a spare part? Oh right, the Flyers did. I bet that felt good for him? He had 3 shots, 2 hits, 2 blocked shots, 2 takeaways and was 5W-3L for 63% on faceoffs and a partridge in a pear tree. What? Too late for Christmas jokes? Great game Ryan. You impress me every game you play. How about a Kokanee? Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Alex Plante (I like this kid. He plays tough and takes no guff. He even wanted a piece of Carcillo and he declined. I'm glad we are getting a look at him. Can we stop asking for Peckham all the time?), Tom Gilbert (I really liked him tonight. This may have been the toughest that I have ever seen him play. Serious.), Lubomir Visnovsky (He had a team high 3 takeaways. How does he do it? He was creamed and looked hurt. He came back and played but we will cross the fingers it's nothing like a long term nagging type of injury.), Everyone else was pretty good as well. No one sucked. O'Sullivan and Cogliano each had 4 shots for a team lead.

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JEERS

None - I know... it's strange for me too.

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - 2 wins in a row. Cool. But don't forget to keep your eyes on the prize. But seriously. The Oilers were good tonight. At times the Flyers killed them, yet they didn't get scored on. It was nice to see the team play as a team.

Paq Twinn - *coming soon*

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POST GAME VIDEO REACTIONS



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GAME STATS

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- David Staples/Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Report

- Shot Report

- Roster Report

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers vs. Minnesota Wild

Thursday, 04/02/10
6:00 PM
Sportsnet West
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Monday, February 1, 2010

Beers & Jeers #112 - Edmonton Oilers Full Game Recap vs Carolina Hurricanes (2/1/10)



Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya - An Edmonton Oilers Hockey Blog. Beers & Jeers is a dual collaboration between Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn. We hope you enjoy our Edmonton Oilers full game recap.

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- Who's Out? Who's in? From what I understand, Potulny was sick today and he did not play. Pisani also sat out and we don't know why. Stortini and Comrie draw back in. Alex Plante has also been called up and he will play in his 1st ever NHL game. He will play with Strudwick.

- Since it's a PPV, not many people are paying to watch this game. I'm a hardcore and since I needed to watch it in order to do the Beers & Jeers, I paid for it.

Pat Quinn Talking About Sheldon Souray's Surgery


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Pre-Game Records

Carolina Hurricanes (19-28-7) at Edmonton Oilers (16-31-6)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Gagner-Nilsson
O'Sullivan-Cogliano-Brule
Moreau-Horcoff-Comrie
Jacques-Pouliot-Stortini

Grebeshkov-Gilbert
Chorney-Visnovsky
Strudwick-Plante

Deslauriers
Dubnyk

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FINAL SCORE

Carolina Hurricanes - 2

Edmonton Oilers - 4

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GAME VIDEO REPLAY



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BAD TIMING PENALTY

None -

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BEERS

Marc Pouliot - Wow! Talk about a breakout game. He scored the Oilers 3rd goal (game winner) and assisted on the Jacques (1st goal of game) goal and finished a +2. Not too bad. He also had 3 shots. Pouliot even found some time on the PK and the PP which means Quinn was liking him tonight. He needs to improve his faceoffs but played a good game. Feel like a cold one? Cheers!

Sam Gagner - Gagner had himself a good game. He was contributing nice plays and even squeaked a goal by Cam Ward. Gagner has been on a points rampage and thanks to that goal, it continues. He had 2 shots and a takeaway. Good stuff? Not really. But good enough for a Budweiser? Cheers!

Mike Comrie -  The boy in the bubble was might fine tonight. He made some real nice plays and really led his line tonight. He was the one "making" things happen. He had 6 shots and picks up an assist on the Gagner goal. Solid night out for Mono Mike. How about a can of Pilsner? That should cure what you have? Cheers!

Alex Plante - His first ever NHL game and he's thrown to the lions. OK. At this point in the season, every team is a lion. But Plante did pretty good. He didn't see any PP or PK time but did manage to play 12:00 minutes. Not only did he look OK out there, he picks up his first ever NHL point with an assist on the Jacques goal. Good for him. If that doesn't boost the confidence then nothing will. Frosty cold one rookie? Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Gilbert Brule (I liked Brule. He played pretty good. He scored a goal and served up 3 hits.), Andrew Cogliano (I also liked him. he tried hard and was rewarded with an assist on the Brule goal.), Lubomir Visnovsky (He is now the Oilers best defenseman. He lived up to it. He played over 21:00 minutes and was a +1.), Zack Stortini (Storts drew back in after sitting for 2 games and made the best of it. He was banging and crashing for 4 hits and he added an assist.), JF Jacques (He scored and had an assist. What the hell huh? All this and he only played 10:00 minutes.), Ethan Moreau (He had a good game. It was a trange sight for sure. Adding Comrie ure helped that line.), Shawn Horcoff (He also had a good game with Comrie. Watch for Quinn to stick with this line.)

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JEERS

Jeff Deslauriers - Maybe I am being a little harsh, but his 2 goals that went by him were weak. Those were shots you should have saved. For that reason alone, Booooooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Taylor Chorney (Now it's totally not his fault, but he was burned at least 3 times tonight.  However, he did have a team high 5 blocked shots and played OK. He just needs more experience.), Denis Grebeshkov (He had 3 giveaways and I don't expect anything less from him. Sure he played pretty good, but he needs to stop doing that.), Dustin Penner (His penalty was lazy and pissed Quinn off. He at times had that fire to compete, other times it was gone. At one point Quinn had him benched.), Robert Nilsson (He wasn't great tonight at all. I've seen him better.)

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - Finally a win for the Edmonton Oilers. Do you know how hard it is to write about a stinky team? You can only say so much before you start repeating yourself.  The refs only blew one call and that was the Comrie call. He didn't even see the Canes player coming. Pure accident. Oh well. The Oilers gained a lead and held on to it for a full 60 minutes. That might have been the best full game they have played in months.  All I can say is that it was worth the PPV money. Finally.

Paq Twinn - He missed the game because he is boycotting the Oilers PPV's for the rest of the season. Can you blame him?

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POST GAME VIDEO REACTIONS

Edmonton Oilers Post Game Comments


Carolina Hurricanes Post Game Comments


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GAME STATS

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- David Staples/Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Report

- Shot Report

- Roster Report

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Wednesday, 03/02/10
 7:30 PM
TSN
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Beers & Jeers #110 / Oilers Game Recap vs St. Louis Blues (1/28/10)


Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya - An Edmonton Oilers Hockey Blog. Beers & Jeers is a dual collaboration between Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn. We hope you enjoy our Edmonton Oilers full game recap.

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- Who's Out? Who's in? Mike Comrie and Gilbert Brule will draw back into the lineup tonight which means that two need to sit. Stortini and O'Sullivan drew the short straws for tonight. The lines have changes slightly from last game. Staios and Smid are still out (injured) and won't play. They both suffer from concussion symptoms. No word on when they will be back in the lineup.

The Edmonton Oilers current Man Games Lost is 297. Ouch!

- Don't forget to vote on the poll above this post. Your opinion matters to me. Please vote.

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Pre-Game Records

St. Louis Blues (23-22-8) vs Edmonton Oilers (16-29-6)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner Gagner Nilsson
Comrie Potulny Brule
Moreau Horcoff Pisani
Jacques Pouliot Cogliano

Souray-Gilbert
Grebeshkov-Visnovsky
Strudwick-Chorney

Deslauriers
Dubnyk
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RE-READ THE GAME REPLAY

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FINAL SCORE

St. Louis Blues - 2

Edmonton Oilers - 1

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GAME VIDEO REPLAY



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BAD TIMING PENALTY

None -

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BEERS

Dustin Penner - The big guy was pretty good tonight. He used his size well and made some great plays because of it.  Penner has been in a goal slump for awhile now and finally pots one. I can only imagine the relief he must have felt. He not only scored, but he also went 7W-2L for 78% on faceoffs. A few of those draws were must wins and he came through. This team needs more Dustin Penner's (when he's motivated). Good job tonight Pens, how about a cold one? Cheers!

Sam Gagner - The little guy had his foot on the gas pedal tonight. He was trying everything and even was throwing his pint sized body around. He picked up an assist on Penner's goal and that gives him 10 point in his last 12 games. He went 5W-3L for 63% on the dot and fired off 7 shots, but only 4 hit the net/goalie. I liked him tonight. I figure a frosty beer is in order. Cheers!

Gilbert Brule - For a guy that missed quite some time due to the "flu"", he was skating fast and doing all the little things right. The stats are not telling the truth on how he played. He was physical and determined. But id Brule wants to be a great NHL player, he needs to do that no matter how crappy your teammates are. Good game Brule. Cold Budweiser? Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Sheldon Souray (I liked him. He played mean and finished his checks. When the Oilers needed a boost, he provided it.), Lubomir Visnovsky (He quietly played a good game. He had 3 shots and 4 blocked shots.), Mike Comrie (He played OK. I liked his fire when he dropped the gloves. He never ceases to surprise me.), Jeff Deslauriers (While he didn't get the win, he was pretty good. I don't have much to complain about him.)

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JEERS

The Entire Team - Just for losing again... Booooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): The 3rd Line (I really didn't care much for this line of Moreau, Horcoff and Pisani. While they weren't bad, they were the worst Oiler line of the night in my opinion.), JF Jacques (He had 4 hits and that's about it. He didn't agitate the Blues and he needs to do that to be effective. Hits are great, but they only get you so far.) Andrew Cogliano (From the 1st line to the 4th line just like that. He was average tonight and I'm sure it's not hard to do playing with Jacques and having limited ice time.)

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - Basically if I was grading the game for the Cult of Hockey, anyone who wasn't in the Beers section would have received a 5 or a 4.  This game was a snoozefest for the first 40 minutes then the action picked up a little and I thought that this game would go to overtime. If the only Oilers could have only busted out with one more goal. *sigh* Gagner did came close.

Both Souray and Visnovsky were terrible with giveaways, but played well in my eyes. Go figure? Grebeshkov didn't make me yell so that's a good thing. Chorney and Strudwick did OK as well. I don't know. This team is strange. Is a win ever going to happen for the Oilers? This year? In 2010?

Paq Twinn - *coming soon*

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POST GAME VIDEO REACTIONS

Edmonton Oilers Post Game



St. Louis Blues Post Game



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GAME STATS

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- David Staples/Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Report

- Shot Report

- Roster Report

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames


Saturday, Jan 30/10
8:00 PM mst
CBC - Hockey Night In Canada

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Beers & Jeers #104 Oilers Game Recap vs Columbus Blue Jackets (1/7/10)



Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya - An Edmonton Oilers Hockey Blog. Beers & Jeers is a dual collaboration between Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn. We hope you enjoy our Edmonton Oilers full game recap.

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- Who's Out? Who's in? The lines don't change. However, Devan Dubnyk will start his 2nd NHL game in goal.

- Paq Twinn is M.I.A. so this is a Smokin' Ray TweetCast and Recap.

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Pre-Game Records

Columbus Blue Jackets (15-20-9) vs Edmonton Oilers (16-22-9)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Edmonton Oilers

Penner-Horcoff-Nilsson
Brule-Potulny-O'Sullivan
Stone-Gagner-Pisani
Moreau-Cogliano-Stortini

Souray-Gilbert
Smid-Staios
Grebeshkov-Strudwick

Dubnyk
Deslauriers

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FINAL SCORE

Columbus Blue Jackets - 4

Edmonton Oilers - 2

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GAME VIDEO REPLAY



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GAME SUMMARY SHEETS

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Steve Staios - His interference was the straw that broke the camels back.  The Blue jackets scored on that power play and never looked back.  That goal made it 3-2 and the Oilers lost right then and there. Thanks Steve.

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GAME STAT SHEET

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BEERS

Fernando Pisani - He scores his first goal of the season and played pretty good.  He was the best Oiler and lead by example which is refreshing for the Oilers.  Good job Fernie.  Have a frosty beer. You deserve it. Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Devan Dubnyk (He played well but the other guys didn't. I felt bad for him.), Sam Gagner (He sucked in the first half of the game and then turned it on in the last half. He needs to play a full 60 minute game. He did score and was 60% on faceoffs.), Sheldon Souray (He was OK and fired a lot of shots.  He took 12 shots but only 3 hit the net. He also led the team with 3 giveaways.), Tom Gilbert (He quietly had a good game. Not much to complain about here but nothing to write home about either.)

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JEERS

The Entire Team - Horcoff, Staios, Moreau and Smid (only by association with Staios) were the worst guys. But the whole team sucks right now and it's not fun to watch.  As the Menacer said tonight... the Oilers are taking their licks for picks. Boooooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): The Entire Team (That's right... you sucked that bad.)

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - Grabs old Panasonic ghetto blaster. Dusts off and puts in mixed tape. Presses rewind. Click. Presses play.

*Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun's ready to go
Are you ready? Hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat, Yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think I'm gonna get along without you when you're gone?
You took me for everything that I had and kicked me out on my own
Are you happy? Are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat (Look out)

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust*

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POST GAME VIDEO REACTIONS

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- Scoring Chances (MC79)

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- Game Summary

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- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

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Edmonton Oilers vs Nashville Predators

Tuesday, 12/01/2010
7:00 PM
Sportsnet West

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

B&J #99 - Edmonton Oilers vs St. Louis Blues Recap (12/21/09)



Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya - An Edmonton Oilers Hockey Blog. Beers & Jeers is a dual collaboration between Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn. We hope you enjoy our Edmonton Oilers full game recap.

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- Who's Out? Who's in? Grebeshkov draws back in and Strudwick sits out.

- What we have tonight is a battle of the crappy teams.  Both the Oilers and the Blues are at the bottom of the Western Conference barrel.  The loser of this game will be last in the West, nevermind the fact that St. Louis has one game in hand.  Oh the good times in Oilerville.  If you asked me if this is how I thought "our" Christmas would turn out, I would have laughed.  Who's laughing now?  Not me.  Happy Holidays. *sigh*

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (15-16-4) vs. St. Louis Blues (14-14-5)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Edmonton Oilers

Penner-Gagner-Brule
Stone-Horcoff-O'Sullivan
Moreau-Potulny-Cogliano
Jacques-Stortini-Nilsson

Smid-Visnovsky
Souray-Gilbert
Strudwick-Staios

Deslauriers
Dubnyk

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FINAL SCORE

St. Louis Blues - 7

Edmonton Oilers - 2

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GAME VIDEO REPLAY



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GAME SUMMARY SHEETS

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Ethan Moreau - His end of the game lapse of good judgement was a huge dissapointment.  Even though it didn't really affect the outcome of the game, Ethan Moreau pulled a boner. He was knocked down by a clean hit by T.J. Oshie and responded with a trip.  Then like that wasn't stupid enough, he has to crosscheck him in the back.  And just when you think that was it, he tries to start stuff with the goalie Mason.  This guy is classy.  And he's the captain?

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BEERS

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JEERS

The Entire Team - That was the most brutal game this year.  BOOOOOOO!

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - I drove a lot of hours and the roads sucked. There is a good story to this and I'll be posting it soon.  That was the worst game of the year and the Oilers are looking very bad right now.  The fans are pissed and so they should be.  But where do we go from here?

Paq Twinn - *coming soon*

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers (15-16-4) vs. Minnesota Wild (17-15-3)


Wed, Dec 23/09
5:00 pm MT
Sportsnet West

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Friday, November 20, 2009

B&J #85 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs Colorado Avalanche (11/18/09)



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- Who's Out? Who's in? Mike Comrie has Mono and will be out for awhile. What isn't wrong with this guy?  Is he the next Tom Poti? So Comrie, Pisani, Nilsson, Chorney, Grebeshkov, Jacques, Stone and Pouliot are all not playing due to injury.

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (8-10-3) vs. Colorado Avalanche (13-5-3)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Horcoff-Hemsky
Cogliano-Gagner-empty
Reddox-Brule-O'Sullivan
Moreau-Potulny-Stortini

Smid-Visnovsky
Souray-Staios
Strudwick-Gilbert
Arsene


Khabibulin
Deslauriers

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1st PERIOD

- Welcome to the #Oilers vs #Avs LIVE *TweetCast*.
- Waiting for player intro's, anthems, and #puckdrop.
- Here we go, 1st period underway at the Rex. JDD gets the start in net.
- Oilers PP. Clark goes off for Holding at 18:26 remaing in 1st
- Oilers cant get anything going on PP. 0-0 1st
- Fast Physical game so far. 5 mins gone in 1st.
- Staios goes off. Oilers PK 0-0 13:33 1st
- Pens draws an even up call on a nice PK rush. 4on4
- Hejduk scores 4on4, on a rebound in front. 1-0 Avalanche 1st
- Oilers PP. 9:41 1st
- Crowd chants "Lets Go Oilers" for 1st time at 9:00 1st
- Oilers PP seriously out worked by Avs PK.
- Oilers not able to gain any momentum, Avs are controlling the play. 5:00 1st
- Horcoff SCORES! on a rebound off a Hemmer shot. 1-1 Tie Game 3:16 1st
- That goal gave the Oil some life. 2 min warning
- Hejduk scores, off a feed from Duchesene. 2-1 Avalanche 1 and change to go. 1st
- After one period the Avs lead the Oilers 2-1.
- Oilers looked pretty lifeless in the 1st.

2nd PERIOD

- 2nd period is underway. Brule SCORES! 21 sec in, great shot up high. 2-2 Tie Game
- Jones scores, with a rocket shot from high slot. 3-2 Avalanche. 18:42 2nd
- Oilers playing more inspired this period. 14:21 2nd
- Oilers PP. Durnno goes off for Tripping. 14:12 2nd
- Oilers cant score, 0 for 4 on PP tonight.
- Gags 'Movember' stache is starting to look alright.
- Cumisky scores, with a nice shot over JDD's shoulder. 4-2 Avalanche 8:53 2nd
- Storts vs Wilson: more wrestling then punches. draw.
- Storts draws the instigator. Oilers PK 7:42 2nd
- Souray nails Wolski up high. Oil down 2 men for 52 sec.
- JDD making some good stops 5on3.
- Patty-O goes off for Tripping, 5on3 PK for 19 sec
- Oilers playing with fire, giving Avs all this PP time. #pissedatnoncallonMoreauhit
- Oilers kill off the successive penalties, now they go on PP. Quincey 2 for Tripping, 2:40 2nd
- Oilers manage 0 shots on that PP.
- Gags SCORES! on rebound off Lubo's point shot. 4-3 Avalanche 15.8 sec 2nd
- After two periods its Avs 4, Oilers 3
- Oilers played way better that period, outshooting Avs so far this game.

3rd PERIOD

- 3rd period is underway.
- Cumisky goes on a nice rush, but runs JDD. Oilers PP 19:05 3rd
- Potsy SCORES after Gilbert moves down to the slot for a shot. 4-4 Tie Game 17:15 3rd
- Crowd has been into this game all night.
- Good action in middle part of 3rd. Oilers gaining edge in play.
- Patty-O SCORES! after some good work by Reeddox to gain possesion. 5-4 Oilers 8 min left in 3rd.
- Looking the wrong way, JDD makes a good toe save on a wrap around attempt.
- @lowkeyhockey Absolutely, no one does it better. RT Gotta love Oilers PA announcer. He is awesome
- After shaky start, JDD is having a soild 2nd half to this game. #anothersoildsave
- Oilers playing more of a lock down type of game now. 4:00 3rd
- 2 min warning and the Oil lead 5-4
- Budej goes to the bench and shortly after Hemmer SCORES! an empty netter on a nice move to get open. 6-4 Oilers.
- OILERS WIN 6-4!!!
- Solid game by the boys tonight, minus the PP, that was awful.
- Thanks for followimg this LIVE *TweetCast* of the #Oilers vs #Avs. Final Score: 6-4 Oilers. Next up Blackhawks on Sat at 8 pm. GOILERS!

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Colorado Avalanche - 4

Edmonton Oilers - 6

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

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GAME STAT LEADERS

Goals - Horcoff, Potulny, O'Sullivan, Brule, Hemsky, Gagner (1 each)
Assists -Visnovsky (2), Smid, Staios, Brule, Gilbert, Hemsky, Reddox, Gagner, Deslauriers (1 each)
Points - Brule, Hemsky, Gagner, Visnovsky (2 points each), Smid, Horcoff, Potulny, O'Sullivan, Staios, Gilbert, Reddox, Deslauriers (1 point each)
Best +/- - Visnovsky, Smid (+3)
Worst +/- - Gilbert (-2)
Most Penalty Minutes - Stortini (17 pm)
Most Time On The Ice - Souray (25:36 minutes)
Least Time On The Ice - Stortini (5:16 minutes)
Most Shots - Penner (7 shots)
Most Hits - Reddox, Brule, Souray, Moreau (2 each)
Most Giveaways - Souray (2)
Most Takeaways - Visnovsky (2)
Most Blocked Shots - Strudwick (3)
Best Faceoffs - Penner (7W-8L=47%)
Worst Faceoffs - Potulny (2W-6L=25%)

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BEERS

Lubomir Visnovsky - A solid game by Lubo.  He only made one error and other than that he was great.  He picked up 2 assists and was a +3 at the end of the game.  If it wasn't for the error, it was a perfect game.  Here's a nice cold Bud. Cheers!

Ales Hemsky - He also played one heck of a game.  He was making crisp passes and fairly decent decisions.  He scores a goal and adds an assist for a two point night.  He's starting to catch Penner in points.  You know he's playing well when he fires 4 shots at the goalie.  It's Old English time! Paper bag and all.  Cheers!

Dustin Penner - The big guy may not have had any points, but he did good.  His screening is top notch and he's been pretty good in the crease area.  Never mind the fact that he is leading the team in faceoff wins.  Can he do it all?  A Pilsner for the Manitoba boy.  Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Sam Gagner (He scores a crucial goal and gives the team life.), Patrick O'Sullivan (He gets the monkey off his back and scores the game winner.), Ryan Potulny (The hard work pays off and he pots the tying goal.), Ladislav Smid (His +3 was a team best.  He's plays so mean it's fun to watch.), Gilbert Brule (He's been good for a few games now.  He had a goal and an assist.), Sheldon Souray (He sent a message to the Avs that fae hitting in not cool.  He played pretty good.)

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JEERS

Tom Gilbert - He was brutal.  The first two goals were on his shift and both times he was weak at taking out his check.  Quinn then benched him for awhile and then gave him another chance where he picked up an assist on the Potulny goal.  Let's hope he understands the message.  For a bad game, Boooooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Jeff Deslauriers (He needs to smarten up and learn how to be sharp more consistaanly.)

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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - He was playing ok... till his bell was rung. 

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - Still not playing because of his concussion.

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - What a game by the Oilers.  They were crappy for half a game and then funally picked up the pace and pulled out the win.  Deslauriers needs to play more so he doesn't look so rusty.  Besides, I thought he was going to play 20-25 games this year?  I'm hoping the Oilers can get it together in time for the Chicago game.  They have a history of beating the Oilers. Badly.

Paq Twinn - Ya, good win boys. Oilers started slow but got stronger as the game went on. JDD let in some bad ones, but didn't let in the "next one", when the team was making their come back. That was HUGE. Speaking of huge, the PK had some timely kills. The PP continued to be Hot/Cold, tonight it was cold. The 1st line didn't play well in general tonight. Brule had a good game as did Smid, Penner, O'Sullivan, Gagner and Potulny. But pretty much everyone looked average. No one stood out to me tonight. Game Grade B.

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Edmonton Oilers (9-10-3) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (13-5-2)

Saturday, Nov 21/09
8:00 pm MT
CBC - Hockey Night In Canada

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

B&J #83 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs. Thrashers (11/15/09)



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- Souray, Horcoff and Reddox all draw back in tonight.  It looks like Dean Arsene isn't going to play now that Souray is going to play.  Let's hope his headaches don't come back because of rushing into playing so quick.  He's barely practiced.

- I still cannot believe how many PPV games there are this month. It's going to kill my wallet next month when the bills come in.

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (8-9-2) vs. Atlanta Thrashers (9-6-1)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Penner-Horcoff-Hemsky
Comrie-Gagner-O'Sullivan
Moreau-Cogliano-Stortini
Potulny-Brule-Reddox


Smid-Visnovsky
Gilbert-Strudwick
Souray-Staios

Khabibulin
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1st PERIOD

- Just minutes away from #Oilers vs #Thrashers It's another Oilers PPV. Stay around for the full game LIVE *TweetCast*
- GOILERS!!!
- Anthems are being sung and we are awaiting the puck drop.
- Khabibulin is getting the start tonight.
- Souray is back!!!
- GAME ON!!! Oilers vs Thrashers
- There is an entire section "= to Oilers Gold Section" is completely empty. #WOW
- Staios takes the games 1st penalty. PP Thrashers
- Thrashers score! Bogosian from Kovalchuk at 4:37 of the 1st period. 1-0 Thrashers
- Another Thrashers PP coming up. Visnovsky for Boarding at 5:20
- Allright... Oilers killed it off. But there is a hooking penalty coming up to the Thrashers.
- PP Oilers.
- Oilers look bad on the PP. 10:25 left in the 1st
- Shots are 5-1 for the Thrashers 9:00 minutes left
- 5:00 minutes left and this game is lacking some intensity. The Oilers need some life.
- Not one of the Oiler players are looking spectacular yet. Who's going to be the guy? Hemsky? Penner? Souray? Horcoff? Comrie? Gagner? Habbi?
- Ok. Here we go. Oilers PP Kozlov for Tripping at 15:20
- Oilers get a PP late in the 3rd.
- 2nd Period is over and the Oilers will have a bit of PP time to start it off. Let's hope they come out guns a blazin'
- RT @buck75 Stortini playing NHL10. Good interview. #serious

2nd PERIOD

- GAME ON!!! 2nd Period is underway. 6 seconds left in the PP. GOILERS!
- YEAH! Oilers score 1-1 Tie Game. Horcoff from Staios at 39 seconds
- Oilers looking better now. #sweetemotion
- 11-9 are the shots in favour for the Oilers. 15:00 left in the 2nd period.
- Habbi is on fire!!! Big saves with 12:30 left iin the 2nd
- 5:32 left in the 2nd and the 2nd line, Brule and Habbi are looking the best on the Oilers this period.
- YEAH! Penner scores from Cogliano at 15:13 2-1 Oilers
- Penner should not be left off of Team Canada #2010 #oilers
- Shots are 23-17 for the Oilers. 3:47 left in the 2nd
- Ethan Moreau knows how to suck the life out of a period. PP Thrashers Bad Timing Penalty
- Potulny and O'Sullivan kill a good chunk of the PP.
- *insert swear word* Breakaway for Afinogenov and he scores. 2-2 Tie Game. It was a PP goal. The Oilers dominated that PK... until then.
- That's the end of the 2nd period. It was all Oilers but the Thrashers manage to tie it up at 2. 24-18 are the Shots in favour of the the Oil
- This LIVE *TweetCast* brought to you by http://www.oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com/  #oilers #nhl #thrashers

3rd PERIOD

- The puck is dropped and the 3rd is underway. GOILERS!
- Good Story Indeed RT @buck75 Good story about Tanner Hubbs. Good on the community fouindation for the #oilers.
- Great back and forth action to start the 3rd period. 28-21 are the shots in favour for the #Oilers. 2-2 Tie Game 13:28 left.
- PP Oilers Salmela for Hooking. at 7:59
- @BenThrashers Not to sound like a wise guy, but is your arena always that empty? Are those expensive seats?
- Agreed! RT @marshaboyd What a sh*tty powerplay. Some things never change.
- DAmN! The Thrashers Kozlov scored. 3-2 Thrashers at 11:59
- Ok. Makes sense now. Just strange to see. RT @BenThrashers When we're head-to-head with the Falcons it's tough. This is football country.
- 7:10 to go in the 3rd period
- 30-30 are the shots with 5:11 left in the 3rd Period
- Great pressure by the Oilers and the Thrashers take a penalty. PP Oilers 4:50 left in 3rd
- LET'S GO OILERS, LET'S GO!!!
- Two Minute Warning
- Reasoner hits the post
- Timeout Oilers 3-2 Thrashers
- Habbi goes to the bench #emptynet
- 50 seconds left
- Whistle. 29 seconds left in the 3rd. Oilers need a big one now.
- Game Over. #Oilers lose to the Atlanta #Thrashers. Great game by the Thrashers.The Oilers need to change things. Poor effort level from all.
- 3-2 Final Score. 36-30 were the shots in favour for the Oilers.
- I second that. RT @buck75 Weak...I'm getting tired of paying to watch #oilers games on tv.
- @AToilfan83 Moreau is a sad excuse for a leader. This team is getting into some serious trouble. Flu schmo. The effort level sucks
- Brule, Khabibulin and Visnovsky all played good for the Oilers. The 3rd Line, Strudwick and the 1st line for most of the game SUCKED!
- Please Eskies!!! Give me something to be happy about today.
- Have a good day everyone. I'm out! http://www.oilersjambalaya.blogspot.com/

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Edmonton Oilers - 2

Atlanta Thrashers - 3

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Ethan Moreau - I usually won't tack a BTP on a guy in the 2nd period, but in this case it's fully worthy. The Oilers just scored to make it a 2-1 Oiler lead. Captain Dumb Ass takes a lazy Hooking penalty and gives the Thrashers the man advantage. What happens? They score and tie the game at 2. Way to be a leader.

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GAME STAT LEADERS

Goals - Horcoff, Penner (1 each)
Assists - Cogliano, Staios, Stortini, Hemsky (1 each)
Points - 6 Players tied at 1 each
Best +/- - Cogliano, Staios, Penner, Souray, Hemsky (+1 each)
Worst +/- - 13 Players tied a 0
Most Penalty Minutes - Moreau, Staios, Visnovsky (2 Mins each)
Most Time On The Ice -Souray (25:10)
Least Time On The Ice - Stortini (9:39)
Most Shots - Gilbert, O'Sullivan, Moreau (5 each)
Most Hits - Reddox (3 hits)
Most Giveaways - Smid, Horcoff, Moreau (1 each)
Most Takeaways - Moreau (2)
Most Blocked Shots - Strudwick (2)
Best Faceoffs - Gagner (5W-4L=56%)
Worst faceoffs - Potulny (2W-5L=29%), Penner (6W-11L=35%)

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BEERS

Nikolai Khabibulin - Once again Habbi stands up and delevers for the Oilers.  It's just too bad his team stinks.  He did his best and you can't ask for much more than that. Good job.  Frosty beer? Cheers!

Gilbert Brule - By far the hardest working Oiler tonight.  He tried his ass of and did everything he could to help this team win.  Is Quinn going to finally see what we see in this guy?  He was solid.  Have a drink on me. Cheers!

Lubomir Visnovsky - Perhaps he's been quietly our best player all season.  I can only remember one bad game by him and it wasn't tonight.  He's beer worthy today. Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Laddy Smid (He played well, just not good enough for a beer.), The 2nd Line (They played well but never scored. The three of them sure can pass/cycle the puck.), Tom Gilbert (He was good. Too bad he's stuck with Strudwick.), Sheldon Souray (He seemed off tonight but played a ton. he just needs a game or two and he'll be back at the beer table with me slamming Buds.

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JEERS

Ethan Moreau - I wish Tambo would do something with you. You do nothing but drag this team down and pass the blame to whatever you don't contribute to.  It's time to man up and be a leader.  20 games into the season and you have done NOTHING to make this team a better hockey club.  I'm tired of it and I'm sure everyone else is (never mind your teammates).  Take a hike loser. Boooooo!

Jason Strudwick - He's a funny and classy guy, but he sucks at hockey. He's another guy the Oilers could do without.  Booooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): The Moreau/Cogliano/Stortini Line (For a "bigger" line they sure looked slow and not tough.  I'd split these guys up by removing Moreau.),

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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - Holds up middle finger.

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - Did not play. (concussion)

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - Talk about another sh*tty PPV game brodcast by the Edmonton Oilers.  I heard one of the reps (can't remember who?) talk about the PPV's last week on the radio. Let me say this whoever you are, THIS IS NOT ON A LEVEL OF CBC/TSN/SPORTSNET. Quit trying to pull a fast one on us.  We are not stupid fans and we know when we are getting quality. The segements during the 1st and 2nd intermission were good.  It's the rest of the content that sucked. 

Ok. Actualy hockey talk now. This team sucks.  This team has no heart.  This team can't fight their way out of a paper box.  This team is in serious trouble now. It's the 20 game mark and with a record of 8-10-2, that's pretty bad.  The Oilers forgot to show up for the 1st period and then when they did decide to appear, the Captain took the BTP and allowed the Thrashers to tie it up.  After that it just seemed like the Oilers were good, but just a slight step behind.  I can only expect Quinn to roll some heads tonight and I'm expecting a better showing tommorow night.  F*^% $#%@!!! There... I feel better.

Paq Twinn - He missed the game.

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- Opponents Time On The Ice

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Edmonton Oilers (8-10-2) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (10-6-2)

Monday, Nov 16/09
5:00 pm MT
Sportsnet West

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