Showing posts with label Paq Twinn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paq Twinn. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

LIVE *TweetCast* Edmonton Oilers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (12-30-09)

Welcome everyone to another fine TweetCast by Oilers Jambalaya.

Tonight Smokin` Ray is doing the player grades for the Cult of Hockey - Edmonton Journal. Feel free to tell us what grades you would give. He may just use them.

Feel free to comment by typing in the box below. It`s easy and no signup required.

We hope you enjoy the TweetCast and GOILERS!


Monday, December 28, 2009

LIVE *TweetCast* of Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames

Welcome to another fine instalment of a LIVE interactive *TweetCast* by Oilers Jambalaya.  Paq Twinn is back and he will be tweeting this game.  We hope you enjoy what we have here and come back again next time.

Remember, you don't have to sign up for anything.  Just type in the box at the bottom of the Cover It Live box and it will be posted. GOILERS!






Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Happy Holidays from Oilers Jambalaya



Happy Holidays everyone! 

Here at Oilers Jambalaya we want to wish everyone a safe and fun filled holiday.  Forget for a moment that we cheer for a lackluster, sub par hockey club and embrace your loved ones on this holiday season.  We have boxing day to be pissed off at the tv. *wink*

Oilers vs. Canucks / 8:00pm start Saturday night on CBC.

Happy Holidays everyone... and be safe.

-Smokin' Ray Burnt & Paq Twinn-

The Big 100 - Beers & Jeers Oilers Recap vs Wild (12/23/09)



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? No player changes as the roster stays the same as last game. The lines change but not the roster.  Strudwick is the only healthy scratch.

- This is the 100th Beers & Jeers that I have written.  I'm happy to make it to 100.  It's a huge accomplishment for Oilers Jambalaya. YAY! *balloons fall*

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Pre-Game Records

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

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

Edmonton Oilers

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

Smid-Visnovsky
Souray-Gilbert
Strudwick-Staios

Deslauriers
Dubnyk

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**These are Re-Tweets of Paq Twinn featuring Smokin' Ray, during the LIVE *TweetCast* at http://twitter.com/OilersJambalaya/edmontonoilerstweetcast  You can also follow/join along at our LIVE interactive *TweetCast* right here at Oilers Jambalaya during every Edmonton Oiler game.**



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FINAL SCORE

Edmonton Oilers - 1

Minnesota Wild - 3

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GAME VIDEO REPLAY



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GAME SUMMARY SHEETS

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

Shawn Horcoff - The dumbass took a lazy hooking penalty and cost the Oilers some momentum. In fact all it did was give the Wild momentum.  Terrible leadership on his part.  How come the younger players never take any BTP?

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GAME STAT SHEET

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BEERS

Robert Nilsson - All in all Bobby played pretty solid.  I liked his goal and he didn't really make many mistakes.  He played limited minutes but managed to make an impact. Good for him. He's been good since returning from injury.  Good game Bobby. How about a cold beer? Cheers!

Jeff Deslauriers - Jeff came in and played a heck of a game.  He was the Oilers best player and kept them in it right up to the end.  It's just too bad that the Oilers just couldn't score tonight or this could have been a win.  Stand up job Jeff.  It's Miller time... Cheers!

Sheldon Souray - I liked how he played.  He was a lot better this game rather than the last one.  He ended up +1 and played 20:06 despite sitting for 5 for fighting.  I liked that fight as well.  It was a couple of old balls slinging the knuckles.  I always love it when Shelly shows his emotion.  I like the way he leads. How about a frosty mug of Stella? Thought so... *high five* Cheers!

Tom Gilbert - Gilbert has been pretty good for the last while and he hasn't got much credit.  I liked they was he's been playing and I guess so has Quinn.  I was a little surprised that he led the team with 25:15 of ice time.  Wow! That says a lot from a guy like Quinn.  He picks up an assist and blocks 3 shots. The guy even had 2 decent hits.  Who the hell is this guy? Care for a Budweiser and a new pair of shoes Gibby? Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Sam Gagner (He was pretty good.  He had 4 shots and went 7W-4L=64% on faceoffs.), Ryan Stone (Had a good fight and ended +1),

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JEERS

Patrick O'Sullivan - Were you expecting two other guys to be here?  Yeah your right O'Sullivan... it's not your fault. Booooooo!

Shawn Horcoff - No shots? A -2? No hits?  Umm... I think you need to do more than that in order to not get booed.  Brutal bad game by Horcoff.  He topped it off by taking a stupid hooking penalty with 5:00 minutes to go.  How is the team supposed to build momentum when they have to kill off you penalty? Boooooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): None

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - What a crappy way to start Christmas.  Thanks for the loss guys.  And here I thought that this game would be a good one... you know... it's the 100th Beers & Jeers.  The Oilers played well enough to win but couldn't score.  It's too bad because I really thought that they could do it.  But they didn't and now it's time to focus on our own families.  Let's just try and not be depressed.  so let's all get drunk and have a great Christmas.  Happy Holidays everyone.  See you all on Boxing Day.

Paq Twinn - Hmm....uuuhhhh.....well......ummm, how do put this delicately?. For the 2nd game in a row, the Oilers were out played by (no disrespect) a team that should be below us. When I say should be, I mean ideally. This team just proved that everyone, that has said how inconsistently brutal this team is, was RIGHT. Like really, how do you win 5 in a row on the road then come home and absolutely shit the bed and wind up losing the next 5 games. Only in Edmonton could you possibly say that you weren't surprised. It really is unfortunate that Mr. Tambellini has some SERIOUS thinking to do, during the holidays. But its time to fish or cut bait, sir. Game Grade: D

Merry Christmas everyone.
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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 (15-18-4) vs. Vancouver Canucks (21-16-0)


Sat, Dec 26/09
8:00 pm MT
CBC

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Thanks for stopping by and reading the Edmonton Oilers Full Game Recap. Don't forget that you can agree or disagree with us on Facebook and Twitter. Just look for Smokin' Ray Burnt and Paq Twinn. We will see you all next game. GOILERS!

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Oilers vs Wild / LIVE TweetCast with Paq Twinn (join the fun)


Once again, Oilers Jambalaya presents another LIVE interactive TweetCast (#5). It's as easy as typing what you want to say and hitting send. It's that easy. (NO SIGNUP REQUIRED)

So sit back and enjoy the TweetCast by Paq Twinn featuring Smokin' Ray. Feel free to participate or just follow along.





Another Adventure with Smokin' Ray Burnt - Oilers vs Blues


Well I woke up in the morning (December 21/09) excited about what is going to transpire throughout the day.  Finally we (Paq Twinn and myself) get to go to an Oiler game this year.  David Staples was kind enough to ask me if I wanted to go.  I'm not an idiot, so I said yes.  He had me at free tickets to the Edmonton Journal luxury box.  Free? SOLD!

So as I prepare myself for the day/trip ahead of me - I live in Stettler - I was trying to plan things out.  Oiler jersey? check.  Oiler hat? check.  Oilers watch? check.  All my usual nerdy Oiler paraphernalia? check. Ok, set to go. 




Normally I would take our van as it's a pretty decent vehicle.  But the wife needed it to pick up the daughter at day care.  So I'm going to drive my 1991 Crown Victoria.  It's usually my "go to work car", but for that moment, it was my "get me to the Rexall car", Oilers license plate and all.  Edmonton Oilers, here I come.




So once I fuel up and get out of town it's 1:45pm.  Forty five minutes behind schedule, but that's ok, I have lots of time. It's only just over two hours to drive to Edmonton from Stettler.  So up highway 21 I go.  Roads were pretty decent.  As I'm driving along I'm listening to the OilersLunch.  The whole time I'm listening to Bob I was getting grossed out.  How much spit does he have in his mouth?  Imagine using the microphone after him? Eww.

The whole way up I'm cruising at 100 kph.  Like I said, the roads were decent.  But as soon as I turn off 21 and make my way to the Anthony Henday, I can see the traffic slowing down.  The roads were way worse here.  What the hell is going on I'm thinking. Why does everything look so different?  Ahhh... maybe it's because it's getting dark.  It's 4:20 and Paq sends me a text. "Where are you?", he asks.  "Not far away", I replied.  "Be there soon".

Before I know it, the whole jam is at a stand still.  I start to panic a little but manage to calm myself down.  I'm going to the Oilers game man.  Chill out.  Well...




I was in that line for what seemed like forever.  It was 5:49 before we started moving faster.  Figures... I get up to the crash site and the cops shut their lights off and drive away.  Just my luck.

At 6:00 pm I realise that I screwed up somewhere.  Where am I?  Why is the Anthony Henday so screwed up?  EVERYTHING IS SCREWED UP!

So I figure out where I am - almost in Spruce Grove! - and start heading back to the west - where I came from *sigh* - and it's off to Paq's house.  On the way to his place I almost spin out from black ice under an overpass by the Yellowhead casino but I managed to pull out of it.  Underwear check after that.  Minutes later some jackass in a 4x4 tries to pass everyone and almost spins out as well.  He's lucky he saved himself because there was cars all around him, including me.

So now it's 6:30pm and I finally reach Paq's house.  He jumps in and off we go to the Journal office.  Traffic is still all stupid and we manage to work our way down to downtown.  We run in and get the tickets. SWEET!




 HOLY CRAP!  Look at the time.  We have 15 minutes till the puck drops.  Better hurry.  So we snake our way around the traffic and get on 118 th ave.  I ask Paq if we should just park on the west side of the tracks.  Just as I do that I decide on my own that I don't like that side of Rexall.  Ok.  I'm going to park by Axe Music (I love that place) and I feel like it's safer as it's a little better of a neighbourhood.  Did you know it costs $12 to park around there?  I was stunned.  The last time I had to park it was $8-10 to park.  So this guy waves at us and I thought, "FINALLY there is some good luck."  The spot is in front of Kid Sport.  I also like that place so if you have anything to donate to them please do so.  It's a good charity.

Anyways, so we park there and I ask him how much to park here. You know.. thinking it's $12 like the rest.  Nope.  He says it's $14.  I'm sure my eyes bugged out a little.  Then he busts into it's for charity speech.  I tell him it's ok and that I know the Kid Sport program.  Ahh, it's Christmas, I would have given him $20.

So off to the game we go.  Cross the road, past the scalpers, and up to the main doors.  By this time we are excited and can't wait to get in.  Tickets please.  No problem. Scanned and we are in. SWEET!

Random coat check.  He goes straight for Paq.  Again... no problem.  After a pretty thorough check he asks to see in his smoke pack.  Just then he looks at me and I look at him. *heart sinks* He completely forgets what was in there.  He just grabbed a pack off his counter and boogied out the door when I picked him up.  Wrong pack of smokes.  Sh*t!

As I try and throw my pack out for him to see and rip open my jacket to try and grab his attention, he shrugs me off and is only concerned with Paq.  "Come with me", he says.  *heart sinks again* They never did search me.

Just then, Gagner scores and we hear everything.  Damn it!  Gagner's my guy and I just missed his goal.  Whatever right?  We will be on our way soon. 

Nope.  20 minutes later I'm told that he is banned from Rexall property for 24 hours.  "Seriously?", I ask. For one little left handed cigarette? You have got to be kidding?  You should have seen those security guards eyeing that "smoke" up.  It was like he was thinking of a way to keep it and not turn it in.  Bunch of jackasses.  Although... at this moment, we were the jackasses.  It was an honest mistake and no bad intentions were thought of.  But sh*t happens and tonight was the night.

So when a friend is in need of help, I do that.  What can I say, I'm a good friend.  Not once did I consider ditching him and going to watch the game.  Not once.  I could have, it would have been easy to do but didn't.




So I get my ticket scanned so I can get back in and out the door we go.  All the way off the property and back across the street and back to the Crown Victoria and my $14 parking spot. *palm in face* My poor $14 parking spot.  The best spot ever.

In the car we go and I tell Paq I'll drive him home.  I take the poor guy home, and at this time he feels like a pile of Calgary fLame sh*t.  On one hand I feel so bad for the guy.  On the other... I started to laugh at "our" luck.  Why does screwed up stuff always happen to us? This isn't the first time that plans have gone array.  So I drop Paq off at home - the 1st period just ended - and I'm heading back to Rexall.  All I could think about was my $14 parking spot.  Is it there?  Will the guy remember me?

Somehow no one is in my spot and I take it back like I never left.  Ok.  Time to get inside Rexall... for real this time.  I run in and as luck would have it, I found the suite as it is close to the main doors.  I walk in and finally get to meet David Staples.  What a super nice guy he is.  Very personable.  I need a beer after all that so I go and get one. Mmmmm... tastes good.




The 2nd period is just getting under way and that's ok by me.  All that driving, I'm at least going to get to watch two periods.  Yay me!  As I sit (I was actually standing because my ass was sore from driving), I couldn't help but feel bad for Paq.  He waited just as long as I had to see a game.  Here I am sitting in a luxury box, drinking a beer and he's at home, most likely not very impressed.  I text him my sympathies.

So the game kind of sucked anyways but dammit, I'm trying to have fun.  Damn! The Blues score.  Again and again. Ugh!




At least I did see Penner's goal.  I was thankful for that.  So the 2nd period is over and I better go outside to calm down a little and have a smoke.  What?  Smokin' Ray smokes?  Shocking isn't it?  So out I go.  On my way, because the doors are right there, I beat the flow of people.  Who's that over there?  There is two people in line and I thought I should check it out. 




It was goaltender Sami Jo Small from the Women's Olympic Hockey team.  Sweet!  So I barely wait and it's now my turn.  I didn't know what to do so I pulled out my ticket to have her sign it (no way in hell I'm letting her write on my 1990 Bill Ranford jersey. I traded a pizza for it in the summer of 1990 with this dumbass that rented the suite at my parents house. I guess he was hungry?).  So I hand her the ticket and she signs it. 




We chit chat a little and I wish her/them luck on winning gold in Vancouver.  She says thanks and I go to move on.  She then asks me if I want to see the 2002 Salt Lake City Gold medal.  What a cool looking medal.  It gave me that feeling of greatness (much like the Stanley Cup does but it's not quite the same) and right then and there I imagined both of my girls winning one together someday. Oh how sweet would that be? 




Then she asks me if I want to hold it - usually it's the guy asking that question *wink* - and I say sure.  That medal was heavy. I bet around 2 pounds.  It was incredible to touch/hold it.  Very empowering.  I then say thanks again and move on so other people don't waste the whole intermission waiting for me. (Later when I get home I wonder If by touching it, did I screw my girls over at winning it down the road?  Is it the same as the Stanley Cup? Like a fool, I've touched that also in the past.)

So out to the Gretzky statue I go.  as I stand there and smoke this young couple asks me if I could take their picture with their camera.  Hey, I've been here before and I know how special that statue is to people.  So no problem, I can do that. I take two pictures of them and they thank me and off they go (they were having their own adventure.)  As I am getting ready to go back inside these two guys were just finishing smoking a joint right there in front of the building.  What?!?

They reeked like the stuff and I decide to follow them into the arena.  I chuckle to myself that these two are going to get the shake down at the door.  Nope.  Turns out they know the guy (same guy that busted Paq) at the door and high five him and continue on with whatever it is that they were going to do.  WTF is that all about?  They were just smoking the sh*t and they don't get tossed out?  Paq was doing nothing wrong and he gets punted?  Again... WHAT THE FU*K?





Whatever... I head over and get a beer and go back to the luxury box.  David Staples, Jonathan Willis, Bruce McCurdy and Lisa McRitchie are all talking hockey so I join in.  I'm sure I chimed in with some crazy Smokin' Ray thought and was given a strange look.  We then all sat down to enjoy the 3rd period.  GOILERS!




As I looked around I wondered where Katz sits.  I ask David and he laughed.  Katz rarely goes to games.  What?  The self appointed super fan doesn't attend games to a team he owns?  How is that possible? Super fan my ass.  What is it with the Oilers and their penchant for claiming stuff that isn't possible?  Super fan claims... Win the division claims... A team that competes claim... why waste your breath?  Oiler fans are not stupid.




So the Oilers gets kicked in the balls and lose 7-2 and the crowd is clearly upset.  Boo's are tossed out - including myself - and the Oilers leave the ice.  I can't believe the game is over. *sigh* We all chat it up for a bit longer and people start to disperse.  I make a joke that I don't want to leave, but I really wasn't joking.  I was sad that it was over.  What a night so far...




I thank David once again and wish him a merry Christmas and I head out the doors back to my $14 parking stall.  Well Edmonton... it's been a slice.  I call the wife and tell her I am on my way home. Off I go. 

Now I'm heading east on the Yellowhead and I turn at my usual ramp to head by Sherwood Park and then down to Camrose.  The traffic is flowing and the place looks different but no matter... I keep driving.  I'm going home.

The next thing I know... I'm at the West Edmonton Mall. What? I HATE THE ANTHONY HENDAY!!! I lived in Edmonton for 5 years and never once got lost.  Never.  Now I'm lost twice in one day? *sigh*

So now that I am at WEM I turn around and screw it, I'm just going to take Highway 2 south.  The roads were not bad but every time a semi truck goes by you you go blind for 10 seconds.  Is there a corner coming up? Don't know.  Is there a car in front of me? Don't know.  That was the scariest part of the whole trip.  Twice I tried to turn off on a secondary road and get back to highway 21.  Every time the roads were the sh*ts so I would turn around and go back to #2.  I finally make it to Lacombe and slowly drive back to Stettler. 

It's 2:00am and I'm tired and at home.  What a day. 

It's funny because I just said to my wife that since we have had our first daughter we don't have any crazy adventures anymore. This sort of thing used to happen a lot to me.  I even told her I miss that kind of fun... well until this trip.

All in all I did have fun.  I met some great bloggers and held a gold medal.  At one point I swear I seen Hillary Duff and Paul Comrie while I was waiting for Paq at the holding area, but most likely not.  Why watch the Oilers if Mike isn't playing?

I thank David Staples once again for the opportunity to see a game in a great luxury box like that.  I appreciate it.  And I should apologise to the readers of this story if you think it's a gay story.  It was interesting while it happened.  What's the next adventure bring?

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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**These are Re-Tweets of Paq Twinn featuring Smokin' Ray, during the LIVE *TweetCast* at http://twitter.com/OilersJambalaya/edmontonoilerstweetcast You can also follow along at our LIVE interactive *TweetCast* right here at Oilers Jambalaya during every Edmonton Oiler game.**



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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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GAME STATS
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BEERS

None -

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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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POST GAME VIDEO REACTIONS



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GAME STAT LINKS

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


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

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Thanks for stopping by and reading the Edmonton Oilers Full Game Recap. Don't forget that you can agree or disagree with us on Facebook and Twitter. Just look for Smokin' Ray Burnt and Paq Twinn. We will see you all next game. GOILERS!

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You can comment below without signing up! Pick Name/Url or Anonymous

Monday, December 21, 2009

*LIVE TweetCast #4* - The LIVE Game Day Experience (12/21/09)

Welcome to Oilers Jambalaya.  Today is a special day.  Today, both Smokin' Ray and Paq Twinn will be at the game tonight.  So what you say?  Well no one is here to moderate the comments.  But go ahead and say what you want and when we get home we will un-moderate all the comments and they will get published. 

During the day you can check in and see what is going on.  Smokin' Ray is travelling to Edmonton from Stettler starting at 1:30pm and he will be tweeting the entire trip.  Maybe something interesting happens? It will be Tweeted.  What is Paq Twinn doing before the game starts?  It will be Tweeted.  Stay tuned for all the updates.

So follow along and see what kind of crazy fun we can come up with.  If you are at the game and want to, we smoke at the Gretzky statue at the intermissions.  Come find us if you want to talk.  Just drop the code word: Jambalaya Soup

A special thanks to David Staples from the Cult of Hockey and the Edmonton Journal for providing us with tickets to the Edmonton Journal luxury box for this game.  What a night it will be. So look for us.  We will be cheering.  And cheering loudly.  GOILERS!


Saturday, December 19, 2009

LIVE *TweetCast* (no signup) at Oilers Jambalaya - Oilers vs Capitals (12/19/09)

Once again, Oilers Jambalaya presents another LIVE interactive TweetCast (#3). It's as easy as typing what you want to say and hitting send. It's that easy. (NO SIGNUP REQUIRED)

So sit back and enjoy the TweetCast by Paq Twinn featuring Smokin' Ray. Feel free to participate.

Washington Capitals (21-8-6) at Edmonton Oilers (15-15-4)




Sat, Dec 19/09
8:00 pm MT
CBC








Thursday, December 17, 2009

*LIVE TweetCast #2* w/ Paq Twinn - Oilers vs Predators (12/17/09)

Once again Oilers Jambalaya presents another LIVE interactive TweetCast.  It's as easy as typing what you want to say and hitting send.  It's that easy. (NO SIGNUP REQUIRED)

So sit back and enjoy the TweetCast by Paq Twinn featuring Smokin' Ray.  Feel free to participate.

Edmonton Oilers (15-14-4) vs Nashville Predators (20-11-3)

Thursday, Dec 17/09
7:30 pm MT
PPV






Tuesday, December 15, 2009

**LIVE BLOG** Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings (12/15/09)



Welcome everyone to Oilers Jambalaya - the blog that just keeps getting better (this time thanks to Jay at Low On Oil who provided the tip.)  CHECK OUT Low On Oil's Game Preview

At 7:00 pm you will see in that box below, the Tweets of Smokin' Ray (@OilersJambalaya), Paq Twinn (@PaqTwinn) and the Edmonton Oilers (@NHL_Oilers) without signing up to Twitter.   I know... about time.

You can follow the game LIVE and it's easy to do.  You will be able to ask questions or just simply state a comment by writting in the box at the bottom of the application (THE BOX LOOKS DIFFERENT AT 7:00).  So feel free to talk to us (NO SIGNUP REQUIRED) and tell us what you think of the game and the new *TweetCast*.  Heck, you don't even need to include a name.

It's a new process for us so it may not run smoothly this first go around. *fingers crossed*  But once we figure this out...  LOOK OUT WORLD!

Either way it's going to be epic (probably only for us) evening. Let's just hope not epic failure.  Thanks for coming and enjoy your stay at Oilers Jambalaya.  GOILERS!

EDMONTON OILERS (15-13-4)
vs
LOS ANGELES KINGS (21-10-3)

Tuesday, Dec 15/09

7:30 pm MT













Sunday, December 13, 2009

Dustin Penner - I Like The Cut Of Your Jib #6



The 6th installment of "I like the cut of your Jib", belongs to Mr. Dustin Penner, born on September 28 1982 in Winkler, Manitoba. Here is a guy that took the road less traveled to the NHL. He refused to take "NO" for an answer.


Minor Days

His hockey career started in Winkler playing for his high school team, the Garden Valley Zodiacs. After high school Penner was cut by several teams, including 3 times by his local Jr. team. Penner took the only opportunity available and went to play for Minot State University-Bottineau for 2 years. It was either that or get a "real" job. He broke his femur the 1st year and won "Most Determined Player" award in his 2nd season, scoring 20 goals and 33 points in 23 games, in 2001-2002. Penner then went to an evaluation camp in Saskatoon, averaging 3 points per game, he was noticed by U of Maine asst. coach Grant Stanbrook. He helped take the U of M Black Bears to the NCAA championship game, where they eventually lost 1-0 to Denver.


Anaheim Days

On May 12 2004, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signed the undrafted free agent. He recorded 28 points his 1st year in Cincinnati, and in the 2nd, he amassed 39 goals and 84 points in only 57 games for Portland. In 2006-2007 Penner found himself with a full time spot on the Anaheim Ducks roster, where he set a team record for rookie scoring with 29 goals and 45 points, good for 2nd in team scoring and helped Anaheim win their first Stanley Cup. That was all Kevin Lowe needed to see and sent out a 5 year, 21.25 million dollar offer sheet for the 6'4" 240+ lbs left winger. When Anaheim elected not to match the contract, Penner was off to Edmonton.


Edmonton Days (MacTavish)

In Penner's 1st season with the Oilers, he scored a team high 23 goals and improved his point total to 47 on the season. Penner's 2nd season as an Oiler is where his character was truly put to the test. After showing up to training camp out of shape and starting the season slowly, then head coach Craig MacTavish, publicly called out his big power forward numerous times. It must have bothered Penner, but he always showed class and took the high road. Penner's family was hurt by the actions of MacTavish. Frank Penner the manager of Norpine Auto Supply in High Level, a former customer of mine and Dustin's uncle, conveyed these thoughts to me. The expectations and pressure that were placed upon a 4th year pro were simply unrealistic. In hindsight he (Frank) was absolutely right. It's not as though Dustin was drafted with a high pedigree, he was never drafted at all.


Edmonton Days (Quinn)

It's amazing what can happen in one year. After being leaked as part of a package offered to Ottawa for Dany Heatley, which was rebuked by Heatley (NTC), Penner took his game to the next level. Today with the wily old Pat Quinn behind the bench, Penner is a man transformed. It can be argued that he has never played better. I don't know what sweet nothings Quinn and Asst.Tom Renney whispered in his ear, but it worked. Quinn has gotten everything MacT wanted and more out of the farm boy from Manitoba. He has been far and away the most consistent performer for the Oilers this season. He has already surpassed his goal totals for last year and only needs 2 more points to pass his point totals for last year as well. Penner is currently on pace for 92 points and 46 goals, which is almost double his most productive 47 point season, which was his first as an Oiler.

So for all the hard work, determination and perseverance, as well as a healthy appetite for "wheat and barley based beverages", I like the Cut of your Jib. Go get'em big guy.

-PaqTwinn-

Sunday, December 6, 2009

In Katz's Shoes - An Oiler Fan's Thoughts



Hello, my name is Paq Twinn and I'm the "other" guy here at Oilers Jambalaya. I've known Smokin' Ray for 10 years now and it's been fun helping out with the TweetCasts for the Beers & Jeers and whatever else he's wanted me to do. Now it's time to ramp it up a bit and you'll find me writing on here a lot more often. Do I have a different point of view compared to Smokin' Ray? You bet I do. Here's one example...

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Here's what I would do if I were in Katz's shoes.

If you build it they will come?

I'd worry less about the new building and more about the on ice product. Don't get me wrong, I do think that the Oilers need a new building in the future. It's just that the team is so inconsistent, that fans don't know what to expect when they show up to Rexall place for a game. Is it the team that works their collective asses off that shows up, or the one that stinks the joint out? The product should be the focus at the moment.

On a side note, if Mayor Mandel wants the "city" to own the new arena then he should pony up some money. Otherwise, be happy someone wants to better your city and build a new attraction, and keep your mouth shut.

The Scouts

When looking at the Oilers draft history over the last 30 years, an involuntary urge to puke swells in my gut. Other than some great drafts in the first few years (Messier-3rd rd, Anderson-4th rd, Kurri-4th rd, Moog-5th rd) and some decent prospects from recent drafts, the Oilers have been horrible.

From 1984-1992 there wasn't one 1st rd pick that played more than 60 games. That's not even a whole season. When Kevin Lowe took over from Slats back in 2000, most of the scouting staff retired, probably cause they would have been fired after drafting the likes of Rita, Riessen, Bonsignore etc. Kevin Lowe appointed Prendergast as head of scouting, while Lowe himself scouted AHL and NHL talent. Neither era has a great draft record. Slats got some good ones in the Oilers infant years, and Lowe has been better in the last few years himself(minus Robbie Schremp).

If I were in Katz's shoes I would do everything possible to get a scout or 2 that has a proven track record. Someone from Detroit and maybe New Jersey, these teams draft consistently well every year and it doesn't seem like a fluke.

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Unknown

Finally I'd do something about the contracts on this team. Here's what moves I would want done with this roster.

The Good ones are obvious, and I'm not that concerned about them. Gags, Pens, Hemmer, Lubo, Smid, Brule, Storts, Stoner and Potsy.

The Bad ones haven't played bad, but some have. I would give Tambo the power to trade these guys. Gilbert, Grebs, Horc(I know, I know, the contract), Cogs, Patty-O, Comrie and Souray. I would also deal one of the 3 goalies. JDD and DD are RFA's at season's end and we have to choose one to keep and deal one or keep both and trade Khabbi.

The Ugly players have to go, no matter what. whether it's through trades, buy-outs or waiving to the minors. They are as follows, Moreau, Nilsson, Staios, Strudwick, and I don't like to do this to him but Pisani as well.

The Unknown players haven't been around long enough to really know how effective they will become or ineffective for that matter. The jury is out on Chorney, Peckham, Reddox, McDonald and O'Marra. These guys still have potential and I wouldn't give up on any of them....yet.

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Well there you have it, a little look into Paq's brain. Hope it wasn't too scary. One more thing, I would also bring back the blue shoulder patches on the white jersey's, or maybe orange. But there would be shoulder patches on the whites for sure. But that's a whole other subject for some other time.

Have a great day and see you next time.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

B&J #91 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs Detroit Red Wings (12/03/09)



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? And it changes again.  O'Marra and MacDonald (sent down) are out and Stone and Nilsson are in.  Horcoff is also going to play even though there was talk he may sit out.  Here is the injury report.

- This game is being shown on Edmonton's CityTV but broadcasted by Sportsnet.  What gives?  *shrugs shoulders*  It's way better than paying for it a'la PPV.

- I have been having problems with Twitter as of late.  I hope that the Twitter app starts to work soon.  We need those play by play Tweets for the recap. 

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Pre-Game Records

Edmonton Oilers (10-13-4) at Detroit Red Wings (13-9-4)

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

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

Smid-Visnovsky
Souray-Gilbert
Strudwick-Staios

Deslauriers
Dubnyk

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**These are Re-Tweets of Paq Twinn's LIVE TweetCast© at www.Twitter.com/PaqTwinn **

1st PERIOD

coming soon

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Edmonton Oilers - 4

Detroit Red Wings - 1

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

None -

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GAME STAT LEADERS




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BEERS

The Entire Team - Thanks for playing a full 60 minute game.  You see what happens when you try for a whole game?  You win.  Yay!  Not one player was awful tonight either.  That for one is a nice change.  I sure hope we see more of that.  So why don't we all have a Keg party? Cheers!

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JEERS

None - I know... I'm shocked as well.

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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - He was average and didn't screw up in the 3rd.  Not a bad game in his books.

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - He made a beauty of a deke for his first goal in a loooong time.

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - I thought that the game was fun to watch, yet kind of dry in excitment.  There was no real emotion.  But who cares as long as the Oilers win.  And win they did.  Good job boys!!!  We need more of that around here so the fans have some kind of hope to hang on to.  GOILERS!

Paq Twinn - missed the game

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GAME STATS

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- David Staples/Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Report

- Shots Report

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers vs. Dallas Stars

Sat, Dec 5/09
12:00 pm MT
Sportsnet West

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Monday, November 23, 2009

The First 20 Games - The Ranked List


Ok... so what it's way past the 20 game mark.  We are busy people who didn't have much time to work on stuff this past week.  But have no fear... our Oiler rankings are here. 

Paq Twinn, Graham Martin and myself all composed a list of where we rank each Oiler player.  Here is what we came up with.

SMOKIN' RAY

Ok. Here's my list.

1)Penner
2)Khabibulin
3)Visnovsky
4)Gagner
5)O'Sullivan
6)Smid
7)Hemsky
8)Stortini
9)Souray
10)Comrie
11)Gilbert
12)Horcoff
13)Brule
14)Cogliano
15)Grebeshkov
16)Staios
17)Deslauriers
18)Chorney
19)Potulny
20)Stone
21)Pisani
22)Jacques
23)Reddox
24)Strudwick
25)Nilsson
26)Moreau
27)Peckham
28)Pouliot (injured)

PAQ TWINN

Here's Paq's List.

1)Khabibulin
2)Penner
3)Visnovsky
4)Smid
5)Gagner
6)O'Sullivan
7)Brule
8)Hemsky
9)Souray
10)Cogliano
11)Gilbert
12)Horcoff
13)JDD
14)Chorney
15)Comrie
16)Grebeshkov
17)Stone
18)Staios
19)Potulny
20)Jacques
21)Reddox
22)Pisani
23)Strudwick
24)Peckham
25)Pouliot*
26)Nilsson
27)Moreau


*Even though Pouliot hasn't played he's been better than Nilsson and Moreau.

GRAHAM MARTIN

I am absolutely floored that you have Smid at 6, cause I would have had him at three, and Comrie at 10? I would have had him around 22. And Brule so far down the list. He would definitely be in my top ten.

Here's Graham's list.

1. Penner
2. Khabibulin
3. Smid
4. Visnovsky
5. Gagner
6. Brule
7. O'Sullivan (Once you hit this point, these players have all disappointed me)
8. Hemsky
9. Stortini
10.Cogliano
11. Souray
12. Stone
13. Gilbert
14. Deslauriers
15. Horcoff
16. Chorney
17. Nilsson
18. Reddox
19. Potulny
20. Pisani
21. Jacques
22. Staios
23. Comrie
24. Strudwick
25. Peckham
26. Pouliot(his not being in the lineup helps the oil more than Moreau being in the lineup.)
107. Moreau

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BEERS & JEERS

Here's The Beers & Jeers List

1) Penner
2) Gagner
3) Visnovsky
4) O'Sullivan
5) Smid
6) Khabibulin
7) Stortini
8) Hemsky
9) Brule
10) Souray
11) Cogliano
12) Staios
13) Deslauriers
14) Stone
15) O'Marra *only played one game*
16) Chorney
17) Potulny
18) Reddox
19) Peckham
20) Pisani
21) Jacques
22) Gilbert
23) Horcoff
24) Strudwick
25) Comrie
26) Grebeshkov
27) Nilsson
28) Moreau

Now for the combined list that includes the Beers & Jeers Points list.  So that means that there is 4 lists and only one final list.  Drum roll please...

FINAL TOTALS

1) Dustin Penner - The Best Oiler so far this season.  He's been doing everything well.  Including getting points.
2) Nikolai Khabibulin - Took off where Roli left it.  He's way better than I thought he would be.  Great at rebound control.
3) Lubomir Visnovsky - He's the best guy on the backend.  He does however make at least 1 mistake a game but usually always recovers.  He a crafty guy.
4) Sam Gagner - The little midgit started on the 4th line.  Now he's won the hearts of teenage girls and Smokin' Ray *swoon*.
5) Ladislav Smid - He's our new shutdown guy.  He's mean and aggressive and loves to give a good face wash.  One of the biggest surprises this year so far.
6) Patrick O'Sullivan - Even though he doesn't have a lot of goals, he's making the effort.  He's a good PK'er and fires a ton of shots.
7) Ales Hemsky - He's failed to come out of the blocks hot.  This is a big reason why he's at #7 spot.  But he is improving.
8) Zack Stortini - Huggy bear has been good.  He just needs to play his own game and it's benifiting him big time.
9) Gilbert Brule - He's been a big surprise. He's exceeded everyone's expectations and I for one never thought he was that crusty.  He does a lot of the little things right.  Let's see if he can keep it up.
10) Sheldon Souray - He would have been rated higher but only played 3 games.  He was pretty good in those games though.
11) Andrew Cogliano - He's been good but not great.  At times he disappears and that is his biggest down fall.  He's not consistant.
12) Tom Gilbert - From here on down the players have been not good.  Gilbert has troubles being strong in his own end.  He needs to shoot the puck more.
13) Jeff Deslauriers - He only a couple of games so it's hard to judge him.  He was ok, but not great.
14) Shawn Horcoff - One has to wonder if he can't handle the pressure that comes with that pay cheque.  He's been sub par for most of the 20 games.  He just can't seem to get points.
15) Ryan Stone - He plays with grit and heart and doesn't seem to be afraid to get his nose dirty.  But then he was hurt and that had some effect on his rank position.
16) Taylor Chorney - He was sent down to start the year and was the first call up.  He's impressed a lot of us and shows signs that he can compete in the NHL. 
17) Steve Staios - Steady Steve started out not so good and has been getting better since.  He blocks shots and beats guys up, but seems like he can't stay up with the play.  Is age a factor?  I'd say so.
18) Denis Grebeshkov - He's the biggest dissappointment this year on the back end.  He's sketchy and it freaks people out when he handles it in the Oilers zone.  After a good start, he's not so good by the 20 games mark.
19) Mike Comrie - Was his pre-season show with 4 points and a fight all just a show?  I'm thinking so.  He has no stamina and can't compete well in the last half of a game.  He's not been very good at all. He's fooled me into believing in good stories.
20) Ryan Potulny - He's been fairly good.  Well, average is probably better to say.  He's not an impact player in the NHL and I don't think we think that either.
21) Liam Reddox - The red headed kid has been about the same as Potulny. Not bad for a call up. 
22) Fernando Pisani - It turns out that Pisani has been troubled by his Colitus a lot so far this year.  It's too bad because I like him, but maybe his time is up with this squad.
23) JF Jacques - He started out all balls out.  Then he kind of faded.  Then he was knocked silly.  He just needs to play his style and he will be a good grit guy.
24) Theo Peckham - He didn't look anything like he did last year.  Mind you, we only seen him in limited action.
25) Jason Strudwick - I'm not sure he's even qualified to be a 7th guy.  He's slow and ackward on skates.  Funny guy... but bad at hockey.
26) Robert Nilsson - Wow this guy is so bad he's not worth even saying anything. Trade or release him.
27) Marc Pouliot - He's been injured and has not played.  But he's still better than Moreau.
28) Ethan Moreau - The team leader in Bad Timing Penalties and doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.  He's been the worst Oiler by a long shot this year.  If Quinn won't take away his "C" then Tambo better trade him.  He sucks.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

B&J #86 Edmonton Oilers Recap vs Chicago Black Hawks (11/21/09)



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? Holy crap it just gets worse for the Oilers.  Khabibulin is out now because he has back problems.  Is this the beginning of the end for Habbi this year?  Let's hope not, that's the last thing this team needs.  However, Torrie Jung from the Oil Kings has been signed to an amateur tryout so he could be the backup for Deslauriers tonight.  That's twice I've seen that now by the Oilers in the last few years.  It looks like Jacques is in after missing quite a few games.  So we have Nilsson, Pisani, Chorney, Grebeshkov, Khabibulin, Stone and Comrie are all out due to injury/illness.

- Deslauriers is looking sharp in his orange and blue retro gear. Even the mask looks old school.  Damn I miss the 80's.

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Pre-Game Records

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

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TONIGHT'S STARTING LINES

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

Smid-Visnovsky
Souray-Staios
Strudwick-Gilbert

Deslauriers
Jung

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**These are Re-Tweets of Paq Twinn's LIVE TweetCast© at www.Twitter.com/PaqTwinn **

1st PERIOD

- Welcome to the #Oilers vs #Hawks LIVE *TweetCast*.
- The boys will have a big game tonight, i can just feel it. #GOILERS
- Waiting for intros, anthems and puck drop.
- Here we go, JFJ throwing hits early.
- JDD, with Orange pads and all, gets the start tonight.
- Khabi is out with a bad back. #getwellsoon
- Quick pace to the start of this game.
- Bickell tries to get a hit on Pens, bickell goes down for the count
- Toews scores off a terrible give away by Smid. 1-0 Hawks 16:10 1st
- Pens SCORES! after getting a whack at it, Barker puts in his own net. 1-1 Tie Game  15:30 1st
- Crowd starts the chant. #LetsGoOilers 15:00 1st
- Brule and Reddox get a nice chance on a 2on1
- Versteeg scores, after getting 2 whacks alone in front. 2-1 Hawks 12:40 1st
- Kane scores on a nice move. 3-1 Hawks on 6 shots. 7:20 1st.
- Oilers have a WHL goalie for a back up tonight, on a tryout contract.
- Oilers runnin around, fans booing, #Hawks with all the pressure.
- JDD makes a save, and with that its 2 min warning time.
- Oilers losing faceoffs on a regular basis now. When is Tambo going to do something about it, he's known about it for a year now.
- Pens is the best we got on the dot at like 48%, thats bad for team best.
- After one, its 3-1 for the #Hawks over the #Oilers.
- I swear I felt the Oilers would be better. Thankfully theres still 2 more periods for them to prove me right.

2nd PERIOD

- 2nd period is underway.
- Souray has been credited with the Oilers 1st period goal.
- Cogs has a nice chance at the side of the net.
- Seabrook goes off for hooking. Oilers PP 16:43
- Oilers PP pass it around a bit. JDD makes nice glove save on Madden
- No shots for the PP, back to even strength.
- Brule goes off for roughing. Oilers PK 13:41 2nd
- Oilers kill it off
- Halfway through a slow and rather boring 2nd, its still 3-1 Hawks.
- Madden scores at the back door, after a nice line rush. 4-1 Hawks 8:52 2nd
- Oilers need something positive to happen soon, or this one is all but done.
- Toews goes off for 2 with 30 sec remaining in 2nd.
- Hemmer SCORES! off a faceoff win, point shot, rebound. With .1 sec in 2nd. 4-2 Hawks.
- Officals looking at goal, making sure it went in before time expired.  Back to 4-1 Hawks
- No Goal, the clock stopped before the puck went in. 4-1 Hawks after two

3rd PERIOD

- Oilers will start the 3rd on the PP, if they can pull themselves together after the no-goal call. #deflatingcall
- 3rd period is underway
- Shots are 23-14 for the Oilers
- Staios blasts one, Pens tips it in front and SCORES!! 4-2 Hawks 18:24 3rd
- Things are heating up now, Oilers back in this game
- Smid gave Eager the puck, hits the post. #morebadgiveaways
- Smid's play tonight is as bad as his 'Movember' stache.
- Moreau takes another BTP for running Huet. Oilers PK 11:23 3rd
- Toews scores topshelf, 17 sec into PP. 5-2 Hawks
- Oilers looking life less, 5 min until this one is over.
- Last min in the game
- Game Over.
- Well that wasn't what i thought was going to happen, Oilers proved me wrong tonight. Maybe next time.
- Toews(1) Kane(2) Pens(3) get the stars tonight
- Thanks for following this Live *TweetCast*. Next up, the #Coyotes on Mon. 7 pm start. #GOILERS
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS



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FINAL SCORE

Chicago Black Hawks - 5


Edmonton Oilers - 2

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BAD TIMING PENALTY

None - Ethan Moreau's penalty would have been a BTP, but in my opinion, that was not his penalty.  He was pushed into Huet and was wrongly put in the box.

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GAME STAT LEADERS

Goals - Penner, Souray (1 each)
Assists - Horcoff, Staios, Penner, Visnovsky (1 each)
Points - Penner (2 points), Horcoff, Staios, Souray, Visnovsky, (1 each)
Best +/- - 8 Players tied with 0
Worst +/- - Smid, Brule, Visnovsky, Reddox, Gagner (-2 each)
Most Penalty Minutes - Brule, Moreau (2 minutes each)
Most Time On The Ice - Penner (22:15 of ice time)
Least Time On The Ice - Stortini (7:37 of ice time)
Most Shots - Penner (6 shots)
Most Hits - JF Jacques (7 hits)
Most Giveaways - Lubomir Visnovsky (4)
Most Takeaways - Lubomir Visnovsky (2)
Most Blocked Shots - 6 Players tied with 2 each
Best Faceoffs - Penner (11W-7L=61%) Gagner (7W-6L=54%)
Worst Faceoffs - O'Sullivan (3W-7L=30%)

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BEERS

Dustin Penner - He was the only Oiler capable of winning a game.  The rest of the guys were so bad it's not even funny.  Penner uses his body so well with the screening that it's helping the team even when he's not rewarded with a point.  But tonight he had a goal and an assist.  The fans couldn't ask for better tonight from Penner.  It's Bud Light Lime time. Cheers!

JF Jacques - 7 hits in 9:01 of ice time.  Why didn't Quinn play him more?  It makes no sense.  I didn't think his game was that great to deserve a beer, but having 7 hits in that little amount of time is definitely beer worthy.  Have a Black Star w/paper bag. Cheers!

HONORABLE MENTION(S): Shawn Horcoff (In the grand scheme of things... he was ok.)

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JEERS

Sheldon Souray - *sigh...* The Big Sexy was the Big Unlucky tonight.  On the second goal he was protecting the net and swiped the puck out of the air and into the Oilers net.  Ouch!  It was just not a good game for him  at all.  Boooo!

Lubomir Visnovsky - Where did the all star go?  He was terrible tonight.  His turnovers were horrendus and his sloppy play rubbed off on Smid.  Four giveaways is brutal and should be subjected to the coaches anger.  The defense corps is the big reason why we lost this game.  Boooo!

Ladislav Smid - He really blew it for the team early with the turnovers (he seemed to have more than the stats give him credit for.) The guy should be a baker instead of a hockey player.  I couldn't believe that this was the same guy that I've seen at every other game.  This guy is terrible.  Boooo!

Sam Gagner - Looked like a junior player out there.  But worse.  At first I was going to blame the guys he played with tonight.  But it wasn't then.  He sucked.  Bad.  Boooo!

HONORABLE MENTION(S):  The rest of the players who sucked (You guys sucked!)

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GOAT WATCH

(Smokin' Ray) Ethan Moreau - I don't know.  He was average but still was called on a late game penalty.  Does that stuff just follow you around or what?

(Paq Twinn) Robert Nilsson - Did Not Play

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OUR GAME SUMMARIES

Smokin' Ray - This was one of those that really was pain full to watch.  Everything that could go wrong, did go worng.  I sure hope that the team can forget about this one quick.  Ugh!  That was a brutal game.  *Other than Penner*

Paq Twinn - That was depressing game to watch. I'm not sure what the worst part is, that the Blackhawks play the way I want the Oil to play, or that the Blackhawks represent another team that has hit bottom and come up faster then the Oil. Why are we always bottom feeders in the standings. Every year Oil fans watch as another team gets better and passes us in the standings. When are the Oilers going to get better, every year we stumble along between 7th and 12th. I and all other Oil fans have been waiting for the Oilers to be better for far toooo looonng. Sometimes I wonder why the Oilers haven't been blown up and rebuilt, now it would be difficult to do that with the salary cap. Anyway, bad game by the Oil tonight, they had nothing going all night. Good game by the Hawks, they made us look exactly like we are. Game grade: D

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GAME STATS

- Game Summary

- Event Summary

- Scoring Chances (MC79)

- David Staples Player Grades (Cult of Hockey)

- Full NHL Play By Play

- Oilers Time On The Ice

- Opponents Time On The Ice

- Faceoff Reports

- Shots Report

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NEXT GAME

Edmonton Oilers (9-11-3) vs. Pheonix Coyotes (12-9-1)

Mon, Nov 23/09
7:00 pm MT
PPV

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