It's That Time Again... GAME DAY!!!

Tonight marks the first game for the Oilers for this new season. I can't wait! 

Game starts at 8pm and its on CBC. 

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OILERS STARTING LINES vs. JETS

Smyth Hall Hemsky

Perron Arcobello Eberle

Joensuu Gordon Yakupov

Eager Acton Brown

Ference J. Schultz 

Smid Petry

N. Schultz Belov

Dubnyk

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I'm excited to see this lineup. I'm expecting a big game from Hall, Eberle, Perron, J. Schultz and the new Captain Andrew Ference. This should be fun to watch. 

For the first time out of 82 times, GOILERS!!!

-WRITTEN BY A VERY EXCITED SMOKIN' RAY BURNT-

Don't BS Me. Do We Really Have A Game On Tonight?

What seems like an eternity, game day is finally here. Oilers vs Wild tonight in Minnesota.

There is a couple of stories today for the Oilers that makes this game interesting.

- The obvious. 2nd game of the season. The Oil haven't played since Sunday, and with the shootout win over the Pens, the fans want more. It just took to damn long to get to today.

- Sure does sound like Linus Omark won't play tonight. He's being benched for playing with little fire in the opener. Some say Renney is also pissed off with his shootout attempt.

- Lennart Petrell makes his NHL and Oilers debut tonight. In sure he's buzzing this morning and he's ready to go. He's good defensively and apparently a stud on the penalty kill. I'm interested to see him in action.

- Darcy Hordichuk and his :59 of playing time is in the lineup. WTF? If that's all he's going to play, I'd rather have Omark on the 4th line. Wasn't signing Hordichuk was because he can play 7 minutes a night? Play Hordichuk, or the press box. Pick one Renney.

Hall-Nugent Hopkins-Hemsky
Smyth-Belanger-Eberle
Paajarvi-Horcoff-Jones
Petrell-Lander-Hordichuk

Sutton-Gilbert
Smid-Peckham
Barker-Petry

Khabibulin

-WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY-

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-

On The Road Again Tweetcast: Oklahoma City v. Rockford

Barons Game Day Information Center

• Barons won 4-3 in shootout against Milwaukee last night, with Colin McDonald scoring the shootout.
• Jeff Deslauriers should get the start in tonight's game.
• Tonight's Officials are Referee Jean Hebert and Linesmen Mike Hamilton & Dan Dineen.
• Former Oilers' Centerman Ryan Poultny and former Blazers' Defencemen Wade Brookbank should be in the IceHogs Lineup.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Game Day Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Double Dose Tweetcast: Barons v. Monsters and Oilers v. Wild

Welcome to the Double Dose Game Day, LIVE TweetCast of the

Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota Wild
and

Oklahoma City Barons vs Lake Erie Monsters.

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OKC Barons vs Lake Erie Monsters
6:00pm CST(5PM MST) Start

LIVE GAME STATS


BARONS ROSTER

MEDIA KIT

Listen to game HERE!

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Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota Wild
8:30pm CST(7:30pm MST) Start

GAME PREVIEW

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Oklahoma City Barons (22-15-2-4) at Lake Erie Monsters (19-19-3-4)
&

Edmonton Oilers (14-23-7) at Minnesota Wild (22-18-5) 

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Road Trip Game Day Tweetcast: Barons v. Rampage & Oilers v. Kings

Welcome to the Road Trip Game Day, LIVE TweetCast of the

Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
and

Oklahoma City Barons vs San Antonio Rampage.

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OKC Barons vs San Antonio Rampage
6:00pm MT Start

LIVE GAME STATS

GAME PREVIEW

BARONS ROSTER

MEDIA KIT

Listen to game HERE!

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Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
8:00pm MT Start

GAME PREVIEW

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Oklahoma City Barons (21-15-2-4) at San Antonio Rampage (25-15-1-0)
&

Edmonton Oilers (14-21-7) at Los Angeles Kings (23-19-1) 

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Revenge is Sweet Tweetcast: Barons v. Rivermen

Barons Game Day Information Center

• Barons won 7-2 against Peoria last night, with goals from Giroux, Helmer, Harksi, Stewart , and Cornet.
• Martin Gerber should get the start again in tonight's game.
• Tonight's Officials are Referee Ryan Fraser and Linesmen Jesse Pletsch & Aaron Mills.
• Barons' defencemen Bryan Helmer became the AHL's top-scoring defencemen with 520 points.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Game Day Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Deep in the Heart of Texas Tweetcast: Oilers v. Stars

Welcome to the LIVE TweetCast of

the Edmonton Oilers vs the Dallas Stars 

GOILERS!!!

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TV: Sportsnet Oilers

RADIO: 630 CHED & Oilers Radio Network

PUCK DROP: 6:38 p.m. MST

OILERS.com GAME PREVIEW

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Edmonton Oilers (13-20-7) at Dallas Stars(25-13-5)

This LIVE TweetCast is brought to you

by the good people of 

OilersJambalaya.com and OilFieldHockey.com.

Monster of a Game Tweetcast: Oklahoma City v. Lake Erie

Barons Game Day Information Center

• Barons lost 5-4 in Overtime against the Rivermen.
• Martin Gerber will get the start in today's game.
• Today's Officials are Referee Tim Mayer & Ryan Hersey and Linesmen Randy Sappo & Chris Petrin.
• Lake Erie beat the Texas Stars 3-1 in Cedar Park last night.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Game Day Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Barons v. Rivermen Part Duex Tweetcast

Barons Game Day Information Center

• Barons won 5-2 against Peoria last night.
• Not sure who is going get the start in tonight's game.
• Tonight's Officials are Referee Keith Kaval(Oh Joy!) and Linesmen Randy Sappo & Chris Petrin.
• Ryan Reaves is "Gutless" according to Shawn Belle, and is a marked man for tonight's game.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Game Day Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Big Weekend for the Barons

Tonight is the beginning of a huge weekend for the Barons off and on the ice. They've been putting the full court press in the local radio and tv stations. Commercials are playing at least two or more times in a 5 minute period on local TV. And for the second time this week, that Barons' defencemen Jake Taylor and John Allgood from the front office will be making the rounds on local radio to drum up some support. To get fans to come down to the 3 game home stand this weekend.

As mentioned by Ryan Aber of NewsOK.com on Twitter last night, that newcomer Bryan Helmer is likely to be signed to a PTO contract to start out on. Martin Gerber should be in goal tonight for the Barons, and Jeff Deslauriers could see some action after returning from playing in the Spengler Cup the week before last. Tonight's game starts at 7:05PM, and tomorrow's game starts at 6:05PM due to the Thunder playing across the street. And Sunday's game against Lake Erie will start at 5:05PM, with the last post-game skate with the team.



Some GameDay Notes for the Weekend.
This is the first time that the Peoria Rivermen have come to Oklahoma City. And they're going to be looking for a little revenge, as the last time these two teams played in Peoria. The Barons won a 3-1 decision in their only meeting so far this season, and was on the last game on their first extended road trip as a team. So far in the last six game that Peoria has played, they've only won 3 games. But those 3 wins have come after a 3 game skid, and that includes knocking off division leading San Antonio the other night with a 7-4 win. A player that could be a factor for the Rivermen this weekend is Derek Nesbitt, and he seems to be a on a hot streak scoring 4 goals in their last game against the rampage.

Lucky Number 7 Tweetcast: Oklahoma City @ San Antonio

Barons Game Day Information Center

• Barons blew a 2 goal lead, and lost again to the Rampage on Wednesday.
• Bryan Pitton could get the start for tonight's game, as the last few haven't gone well for Gerber.
• Tonight's Officials are Referee Shaun Davis and Linesmen Carl Sasyn & Paul Wilkinson.
• Jeff Deslauriers and Team Canada loose to SKA St. Petersburg today in the Spengler Cup.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Game Day Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Stockton Thunder Prepare For A Battle / Game Preview / #StkThunder

TONIGHT’S LINEUPS: Sweet Emotion

So, the last time both teams met, this happened.

At the tail-end of a 4-0 Thunder walloping of Bakersfield on Nov. 7, the results featured 95 penalty minutes, 27 penalties in total dished out. 17 of them were “emotion” penalties (roughing, fighting, leaving the crease, secondary altercation, misconducts, etc). It’s pretty evident that emotions will be running high. Jim McKenzie confirmed it this morning in a conversation we had, and Matt Thomas is hoping the Thunder will match it throughout the game.

The Thunder are in first place at 11-4-4 (26 points), Bakersfield is nine points behind. The Thunder outscored Bakersfield, 15-2, in the three-game series in November, but the score might be closer than you think tonight.

The Thunder have found their stride again with Bryan Pitton carrying the mail (7-0-1 this year with a 2.26 GAA) and the offense combining for 13 goals in the three-game sweet at Victoria last week. But, we’ll see several gifted and credentialed players inserted into the Condors lineup this evening, for the first time in the series.

They are: Kyle Calder (yes, THE Kyle Calder), recent assigned prospects Kyle Broda and Pete Zingoni, former Springfield Falcon Slava Trukhno, former Manchester Monarch Joe Rullier, and fresh-off-the-I.R.J.D. Corbin and Bobby Robins.

With Jesse Gimblett up in the AHL, that creates a spot for Thomas to dress seven defensemen. He’ll do that, and Trevor Hunt will serve primarily as an extra forward and also create options for penalty killers with fresh legs at the ready, in case that need arises.

Here’s how the lineups are looking for tonight:

THUNDER LINE COMBINATIONS
McKenzie – Lawrence – Watson
Clarke – Bureau – Cameron
G. Hunt – Arcobello – Clair
T. Hunt

THUNDER DEFENSIVE PAIRS
Aiello – Vanoosten
Ringwald – Brodie
Constant – Marcoux

GOALTENDER: Pitton

As a reminder, send us your questions for the broadcast at fanmail@stocktonthunder.com – and don’t be afraid to mention your valued status as a season ticket holder! Don’t forget, you can add your comments by clicking on the comment link below!

Come gather as well at Fat’s Grill to watch the game.

-Written by Mike Benton of the Stockton Thunder-

*reprinted with permission from the Stockton Thunder hockey club*

Riding the Wave Tweetcast: OKC Barons v. Houston Aeros

Barons Game Day Information Center

• Barons won 6-1 against Texas(SUCKS) last night, and are on a 5 game win streak.
• Chris Vande Velde score 2 goals last night, with one of them shorthanded.
• Jeff Deslauriers will start in net tonight for Oklahoma City, as announced last night post game show.
• Tonight's Officials are Referee Ian Croft and Linesmen Jean Menard & John Grandt.

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!


Barons Home Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Up A River Tweetcast: OKC Barons v. Peoria Rivermen

Barons Game Day Information Center
* Barons won in a shootout 5-4 in Grand Rapids last night.
* Barons have killed 40 of 44 penalties over 11 games.
* Alex Giroux is 7th in the league in scoring with 6 goals, 6 assists, and 12 pts.
* Tonight's Officials are Referee Ghislain Hebert and Linesmen Mike Hamilton & Scott Bokal

Listen to the Live Broadcast here!

Barons Game Day Media Kit in pdf form
Barons Roster in pdf form

Vancouver Canucks (44-24-4) at Edmonton Oilers (23-42-7) **LIVE TweetCast at 7:00pm MST**

GAME DAY!!!

Welcome everyone to another fine TweetCast by Oilers Jambalaya.

Tonight you will see the tweets/comments of Paq Twinn, Smokin' Ray, Nick Walker, Scarlett, OilFieldHockey, Dan Tencer, The official Edmonton Oilers and the official Vancouver Canucks tweets.

Feel free to comment by typing in the box below. It's easy and no signup required. Once you comment, we will unmoderate you and you can then speak freely. Be patient if we don't see you right away. You will get on.

We hope you enjoy the TweetCast and we are glad you stopped by. GOILERSBUTNOTTOOMUCH!!!

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Edmonton Oilers (23-42-7)

Springfield Falcons Travel To Wilkes-Barre Thursday

March 18, 2010 - The Springfield Falcons continue their six-game road trip this weekend as they get set for three games in three days starting on Friday night in Wilkes-Barre, PA at 7:05 pm. The Falcons will practice Thursday morning in Springfield before jumping on the bus to Wilkes-Barre as they get set to meet the Penguins for the second and final time this year. Springfield beat the Penguins on home ice back on January 17 by a score of 6-3. Chad Wiseman led the Falcons offense on that night collecting four goals and two assists in the win. Wiseman tied a Falcons' record in that game for most goals in a game.

The Falcons have not traveled to Wilkes-Barre since the 2007-08 campaign when Springfield dropped a 6-1 decision on April 4, 2008. Springfield has played 13 games against Wilkes-Barre in their franchise history with the Falcons holding a 7-4-2 advantage.

The Falcons continue their road trip having won their last three road games, all one goal games and two that went into overtime. Springfield started their recent hot stretch on the road back on February 26 in Hartford when they rallied in the third period to tie the score and Rob Hisey won the contest in overtime. On February 27 in Syracuse, Chad Wiseman's goal with just seconds remaining in regulation gave the Falcons a 2-1 win, followed by Springfield's most recent road victory this past Sunday when they scored two third period goals to even the score and finally won the contest in a shootout.

Wilkes-Barre has also been playing very well recently as they battle for one of the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins currently sit in fourth place in the East Division with a record of 34-29-2-3 good for 73 points. The top four teams in both the Atlantic Division and East Division make the Calder Cup Playoffs, unless the fifth place team in the Atlantic has a better record than the fourth place team in the East Division. Currently, the fifth place team in the Atlantic is the Bridgeport Sound Tigers with 73 points, tied with the fourth place Penguins in the East.

FALCONS TIDBITS

The Springfield Falcons have won five of their last seven games, including three straight road games. The Falcons concluded this past weekend with back-to-back 5-4 shootout victories against the AHL’s leading Hershey Bears on Saturday and at Portland on Sunday.

The Falcons have played 20 games this year that have gone to overtime and they have nine wins, eight overtime losses and three shootout losses in that span. The Falcons are 5-8 in ot games and 4-3 in shootout games.

Rob Hisey scored the game-winner in the sixth round of the shootout on Saturday night and followed that up with a “Gordie Howe Hat Trick” on Sunday scoring two goals, collecting one assist and adding a first-period fighting major.

Goaltender J.P. Levasseur was outstanding in the shootout this weekend stopping all six Hershey shooters on Saturday, followed by turning aside all five Portland shooters on Sunday.

Chad Wiseman collected two goals and two assists in his last two games including being named the game’s first star on Saturday with two goals and one assist against Hershey.

Dean Arsene scored his first goal of the year on Saturday against Hershey being named the game’s third star.

Chris Armstrong extended his scoring streak to 10 games with a goal on Sunday in Portland. Armstrong has two goals and nine assists in that span.

-Written by The Springfield Falcons-

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*Reprinted with permission by the Springfield Falcons AHL Hockey Club. The Springfield Falcons are a proud affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers (NHL)*