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Dec. 17 1933 — The Chicago Bears win the first NFL championship with a 23-21 victory over the New York Giants. 2006 — LaDainian Tomlinson breaks Paul Hornung’s 46-year-old NFL single-season scoring record on a 15-yard run in the first quarter of San Diego’s game against Kansas City. 2016 — Donnel Pumphrey breaks the NCAA career rushing record in his …

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4 months ago

Blues’ offer sheets land Broberg, Holloway. NHLPA reviewing Flyers’ decision to waive Ryan Johansen

Associated Press

The St. Louis Blues signed defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway to two-year contracts Tuesday after the Edmonton Oilers declined to match the offer sheets for the restricted free agents. Blues general manager Doug Armstrong defended the rarely used move of issuing offer sheets by saying, “If there is a GM code not to do offer sheets, nobody emailed …

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6 months ago

Saturday Sports: Stanley Cup, remembering Willie Mays

NPR

Saturday Sports: Stanley Cup, remembering Willie Mays DON GONYEA, HOST: It's time for sports. The Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers last night 5-1, to force the Stanley Cup finals into a winner-take-all Game 7. GONYEA: OK. STEELE: The Panthers have gone from being up three games to none in this series, just one win away - just one win …

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6 months ago

Oilers fever overtakes Edmonton as fans dream of a Stanley Cup comeback against Florida

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Kris Knoblauch got his up-close look at how crazed Edmonton is about the Oilers’ playoff run thanks to a mix-up with his car keys the night they clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Final. “You see the excitement, the flags all over the place, people driving around with Oilers flags and their clothes around town even …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Stars beat Knights 3-2 for series lead

Associated Press

DALLAS — Jason Robertson scored a power-play goal to put Dallas ahead late in the second period after Tyler Seguin took a shot to the face and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, becoming the first home team to win in this opening-round series that they now lead. Evgenii Dadonov and Matt …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Oilers fire coach Jay Woodcroft after 3-9-1 start to season: How Edmonton turns things around

New York Times

The Edmonton Oilers fired head coach Jay Woodcroft and assistant coach Dave Manson, the franchise announced Sunday. He told the media this week his confidence is “not very high.” The #Oilers announced today that head coach Jay Woodcroft & assistant coach Dave Manson have been relieved of their coaching duties.⁰ Hartford Wolf Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch will assume head …

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1 year, 1 month ago

NHL Power Rankings: How low can the Oilers sink, plus one surprise for each team

New York Times

Read The Athletic’s latest NHL power rankings. Andrei Vasilevskiy’s training-camp back surgery forced Johansson into workhorse minutes, and he has responded, putting up perfectly respectable numbers and buying the Lightning time while Vasilevskiy recovers.. Last week: 19 Sean’s ranking: 13 Dom’s ranking: 12 Nino Neiderreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton Projected: 0.0 Current: +3.8 If you took a look …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Canadian guru John de Ruiter charged with sexually assaulting followers

New Indian Express

MONTREAL: The self-styled leader of a wealthy spiritual community in Western Canada has been charged with sexually assaulting several of his followers, police in Edmonton said. John de Ruiter, 63, was arrested and charged Saturday in four cases of sexual assault that allegedly occurred between 2017 and 2020, according to a police statement this week. "The accused informed certain female …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Bruce Boudreau adapts on way to 600 wins as an NHL coach

Associated Press

When Bruce Boudreau finally got his first chance to be an NHL coach with Washington in 2007, he took over a staff with only a few assistants. “We’ve been playing some good hockey and it’s been exciting and, obviously, it comes from a lot of years with really hard work,” Bratt said. “Most of it comes from hard work and …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Edmonton routs Ducks 7-3; Oilers unbeaten under Woodcroft

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers routed the Anaheim Ducks 7-3 on Thursday night to remain unbeaten under new head coach Jay Woodcroft. Evander Kane, Derek Ryan, Jesse Puljujarvi, Warren Foegele and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who are 9-1-2 in their last 12 outings and 4-0 under Woodcroft. “We’re coming on a …

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3 years, 4 months ago

‘You could see it coming’: Behind the rise of Ducks second-round pick Olen Zellweger

New York Times

CALGARY — To the world, Olen Zellweger’s draft year rise from C-rated prospect by NHL Central Scouting to second-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks comes as a bit of a surprise. “You could always see how dynamic he was,” said Northern Alberta Xtreme Hockey Academy’s Tyrel Spitzer, Zellweger’s skills coach. “He’d play the game and then he’d ask me ‘hey, …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Evacuations ordered as wildfires rip through Canada’s west coast

Al Jazeera

Dozens of huge wildfires in British Columbia come after Canadian province saw record-breaking heatwave. “Generally speaking, we’re three weeks ahead of our drying cycle,” Cliff Chapman, director of regional operations for the BC Wildfire Service, told reporters on Friday afternoon, as reported by CBC News. “It is not really comparable to seasons of the past just because of the heat …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Oilers sign Dylan Holloway to ELC: What it means for his timeline and how Ken Holland convinced him to go pro

New York Times

The timing of the announcement — a Friday afternoon — was a bit eyebrow-raising, but the substance of it was not the least bit surprising. In a move that had been expected for weeks, the Oilers signed their 2020 first-round pick Dylan Holloway to a three-year, entry-level contract — a deal that doesn’t commence until the 2021-22 season. Oilers GM …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Lowetide: Five Oilers prospects who deserve NHL tryouts now that the trade deadline has passed

New York Times

The trade deadline passed earlier this week with no change to the Edmonton Oilers depth chart at the three forward positions. Year 2019-20 2020-21 Age 20 21 Games 56 26 Even-strength boxcars 5-13-18 10-12-22 Points per game 0.32 0.85 Even-strength goal differential 27-27 31-11 McLeod’s improvement in goal differential is impressive but expected. Year 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Age 20 21 …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Inside NHL’s plan for 2020-21 season: It’s ‘more challenging’ than summer return

New York Times

The NHL spared no expense, spending an estimated $75-90 million to isolate 24 teams and administer 33,394 COVID-19 tests to complete the 2019-20 season. First, the current COVID-19 numbers in North America make it so that, if the NHL truly expects to open next season “on or around Jan. 1,” it’s hard to imagine any way the league can open …

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4 years, 3 months ago

How NHL consolidated from 2 bubbles to 1 to finish playoffs

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — When the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL’s Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew west across Canada on separate charter flights. “The whole concept of creating two bubbles, hosting 12 teams with 52-person traveling parties in each bubble, that was …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Dumba kneels, NHL puts focus on Black Lives Matter movement

Associated Press

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before the opening playoff game between Edmonton and Chicago in Edmonton, Alberta. “We always show up for each other on the ice, this shouldn’t be any different.” Earlier this week, Avalanche center Nazem Kadri said standing together with Minnesota players prior …

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Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 13 - Dec. 19

Blues’ offer sheets land Broberg, Holloway. NHLPA reviewing Flyers’ decision to waive Ryan Johansen

Saturday Sports: Stanley Cup, remembering Willie Mays

Oilers fever overtakes Edmonton as fans dream of a Stanley Cup comeback against Florida

Stars beat Knights 3-2 for series lead

Oilers fire coach Jay Woodcroft after 3-9-1 start to season: How Edmonton turns things around

NHL Power Rankings: How low can the Oilers sink, plus one surprise for each team

Canadian guru John de Ruiter charged with sexually assaulting followers

Bruce Boudreau adapts on way to 600 wins as an NHL coach

Edmonton routs Ducks 7-3; Oilers unbeaten under Woodcroft

‘You could see it coming’: Behind the rise of Ducks second-round pick Olen Zellweger

Evacuations ordered as wildfires rip through Canada’s west coast

Oilers sign Dylan Holloway to ELC: What it means for his timeline and how Ken Holland convinced him to go pro

Lowetide: Five Oilers prospects who deserve NHL tryouts now that the trade deadline has passed

Inside NHL’s plan for 2020-21 season: It’s ‘more challenging’ than summer return

How NHL consolidated from 2 bubbles to 1 to finish playoffs

Dumba kneels, NHL puts focus on Black Lives Matter movement