08 Apr
Prerace Notes: The race today is 56 laps of the 5.543km course at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a total distance of 310.408km. The lap record on this track is 1’34.233 by Juan Pablo Montoya in 2004. Renault has won the last 2 races at Sepang with Ferrari, McLaren and Williams the other winners in the [...]
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07 Apr
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 [...]
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07 Apr
Pregame Notes: With Chelsea winning 1–0 earlier today, the lead at the top has been cut to 3 points and the pressure is on the Red Devils to win and take the lead back to 6 points. Rooney is the lone striker to start the game. Fletcher is back from injury and is in the [...]
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07 Apr
Round 1: 1 minute of the 15 minute round and Christian Albers and Jarno Trulli are the first 2 drivers to get out on the track. Track temperature at start time was 59°. 4 minutes have been completed and only 3 cars have not entered the circuit. They include Alonso, Heidfeld and Kubica. 5 minutes [...]
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05 Apr
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 [...]
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01 Apr
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 [...]
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24 Mar
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. [...]
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23 Mar
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. [...]
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21 Mar
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 [...]
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19 Mar
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 [...]
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