Pregame Notes: A win by the Flames tonight and they clinch the last playoff spot in the west. If the Oilers win and Colorado beats Nashville then the game tomorrow between the Flames and Avs means something. Shawn Horcoff is back in the line-up and Rob Schremp is back out. Dwayne Roloson and Miikka Kiprusoff [...]

Pregame Notes: Rob Schremp has been recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and will make his NHL debut and play in place of Shawn Horcoff. The starting goalies are Jussi Markkanen and Niklas Backstrom. Pavol Demitra is out of the line-up for the Wild tonight.
First Period: 30 seconds in and Pouliot has a steal in the corner [...]

Here are my thoughts and recollections from the last 3 weeks. Yes it has been that long since I did a retrospect.

Today is April Fool’s Day. Were you one of the gullible people to be embarrassed today? If so, let me know your story.
The last 2 weeks were spring break in Yellowknife and a great [...]

Pregame Notes: Mathieu Roy is out today after catching a deflected puck in his face Friday in St. Louis. Danny Syvret has been recalled to replace him. Dwayne Roloson and Nikolai Khabibulin are the starting goalies.
First Period: Some good hitting to start the game with Torres and Smith getting licks in within 12 seconds of [...]

Pregame Notes: Danny Syvret has been sent back to the AHL with Mathieu Roy back tonight. One of the stars from last nights game, Ales Hemsky, will not dress tonight and Zack Stortini will play instead. Hemsky’s shoulder is still bothering him. That will hurt tonight as Hemsky was the second best Oiler last night. [...]

Pregame Notes: Kyle Brodziak was sent back to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL and Sebastien Basaillon was sent back to the QMJHL. Ales Hemsky, Marty Reasoner and Tom Gilbert are all back into the line-up for the first time in many weeks. Because of the returning forwards, Robert Nilsson has also been sent back to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. [...]

A friend of mine (?) sent me this yesterday:

Edmonton, Canada - A seven year old boy was at the centre of an Edmonton courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded [...]

Pregame Notes: In a quirk that is the NHL schedule, tonight is the first of 2 straight home games against the Colorado Avalanche. Sebastien Bisaillon starts his second game on the Oilers defence tonight as the Oilers start the same team that lost to the Canuck’s on Monday. Dwayne Roloson and Peter Budaj are the [...]

Pregame Notes: According to the NHL the Edmonton Oilers have not lost 10 games in a row. They are winless in 10 games so instead of tonight possibly tying the club record for losing they will have to go 4 more games without a win to tie the franchise record of 14 games without a [...]

Pregame Notes: The Oilers come into the game with a 9 game losing streak on the line. It is the longest losing streak the team has endured since the 94/95 season. During the stretch the Oilers have only scored 7 goals and been shut out 3 times. The Blues have also been in poor form [...]